<div dir="ltr">Thanks all for for sharing their experiences on hardware! I might go for a Retina MBP then. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 July 2016 at 10:35, Paul Battley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pbattley@gmail.com" target="_blank">pbattley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 19 July 2016 at 10:09, Ian Moss <<a href="mailto:hello@ianmoss.com">hello@ianmoss.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Does anyone currently use a machine other than an Apple based product?<br>
><br>
> I run unbuntu on a ThinkPad, and enjoy using it. Quite like it when I meet<br>
> others with one too, though we're pretty rare. Keep meaning to try mint, but<br>
> havn't got around to it yet.<br>
<br>
</span>I use Ubuntu (Lubuntu, to be precise, because the interface is more<br>
boring) 14.04 LTS (again, because stability is boring) on a ThinkPad<br>
x220. The keyboard is really nice, and it works fine for me! After<br>
working alongside people using OS X, I'm pretty sure that apt is less<br>
hassle than Homebrew.<br>
<br>
My computer cost £260 refurbished, plus a bit extra for an SSD and 16<br>
GB of RAM. It's not as slim as a MacBook Pro, but it weighs about the<br>
same, and I probably wouldn't be too devastated if I dropped or lost<br>
it. In fact, it's cheap enough that I bought another identical one to<br>
leave at client sites instead of carrying it there and back each day.<br>
<br>
The only thing that might prompt me to upgrade at this point would be<br>
a higher resolution screen, but as I mostly use it plugged into an<br>
external monitor that's not a huge issue.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Paul.<br>
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