Ask Slashdot: Best Laptops For Fans Of Pre-Retina MacBook Pro? 477
stigmato writes "Once upon a time the MacBook Pro line was well-regarded amongst IT professionals for their quality, performance, serviceability & upgradeability. As appealing as the new Retina displays are, I don't want a device I cannot upgrade or repair. Glued in batteries and soldered in RAM with high prices have made me look to other manufacturers again. What are you buying, /. community? System76? Dell? Old article but still rings true with the latest models. I post this from my 2010 MBP 13" with a 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD in the optical bay, 8GB (possibly 16GB soon) and a user replaced battery."
Re:Lenovo. (Score:4, Interesting)
I went with a Lenovo Think Pad too.
They are good professional systems. They just have the opposite aesthetics that apple does.
Black Matted Rubberized Plastic, the same that they had for 20 years.
But it is a solid design. A good keyboard even though the new version has a chicklet keyboard, it is still very nice, and feels good.
If you are actually using Windows 8, you may want to get an X series with touch but it comes down to what you want.
However unlike Apple where there is a few to choose from there is a good selection of Think Pads to choose from.
Re:Cannot upgrade or repair? (Score:5, Interesting)
You keep saying 'self respecting slashdotter' like this means a single, measurable thing. Some IT people are hardware types and some are software types and a small handful are both. They are called 'silos'. Look it up.
Also, among that few who 'like' to work on hardware, many of those are wise enough not to stretch their comfort zones - due to bad experiences, just like the one you replied to above.
As a 'self respecting slashdotter', you really ought to know this.
You like Apple and feel like the repair issue isn't a thing. Fine. That's your opinion. How's about letting the other folks express theirs without replying to every. single. post?