[omaha] Laptop Recommendations

[Steve Young]

I don
Steve


On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Jay Bendon <jaybocc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As for wireless routers, i haven't looked into anything in a long time, but
> i still swear up and down by my Asus RT-N16 with dd-wrt (
>
> http://www.amazon.com/RT-N16-Wireless-N-Maximum-Performance-single/dp/B00387G6R8
> )
> though my coworker just picked up asus's latest offering in wireless
> routers for $120~ and it comes preinstalled with openWRT i believe, which
> is pretty nice and he says its pretty solid aswell.
>
> fwiw my rt-n16 has a lot of muscle and hasn't failed me, nor has it been
> incapable of handling what i throw at it.
>
> i stream from my blu ray player, ps3, multiple android phones and laptops /
> chromebooks inside my household with no issues. Granted only 3-6 devices
> are active at one time since its just me and my wife and we have to speak
> to each other once in a while... ;)
>
> --Jay
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Jay Bendon <jaybocc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We use t420's or whatevers the latest t4 from lenovo at the office.  I'm
> > sitll on a 2 & 1/2 year old T400 going solid, and its been dropped,
> punted,
> > beer spilled on etc.
> >
> > I like it and it works well and reliably.  Alternately you could get an
> > non-retina display MBP and cram linux onto it. We use those aswell (with
> > macos though, not linux) and they're durable/reliable aswell.
> >
> > ymmv
> > --Jay
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <
> jeffh at dundeemt.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I am looking to replace my aging laptop and I'm looking for a programmer
> >> and *nix friendly system.  I5 or I3 + High resolution screen  (won't go
> >> for
> >> 1366x768 ick) and a good keyboard (not a fan of the chiclet kb's -- I
> >> touch
> >> type)   Anyone bought something similar recently that they would
> >> recommend?
> >>  T series thinkpads?  I don't have a problem filling it up with after
> >> market memory or SSDs most vendors charge way too much compared to after
> >> market prices.  I've looked at system76 but those chiclet keys and
> >> consumer
> >> displays are a no-go for me.
> >>
> >> Also, I could stand to update my wireless router.  I've got a boatload
> of
> >> wireless devices in the house, many stream video (roku boxes) and
> laptops.
> >>  Anyone want to recommend something?  Cisco ea3500, Netgear n750 or
> cisco
> >> e4200??
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Jeff Hinrichs
> >> 402.218.1473
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