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So, after postponing the deadline for about 1.5 years, I finally had to switch my laptop at work.
So far, I had an HP Elitebook 2540p, which is by far the best laptop I have ever had. lighweight, powerful, robust, could handle docking/undocking and hibernating several hundred times before crashing, survived about 6 hours without power even after 3 years of intensive use, could handle all my funny experimentations with networking (switching from home network to work network to wireless to VPN to home ...), could even get by with some fancy external power supply if I forgot mine at home or in a meeting room. To cut a long story short, you now understand why I resisted the necessity of the scheduled maintenance change policy of my company.
Eventually, got a lenovo as a replacement. Starts with a big minus (which is a killer when I look for private laptops) : the fn key on the bottom left, instead of the ctrl key. When you constantly have to swtich between desktop and laptop, this is a PITA. Why on earth would someone put that more than useless key in such a critical place ???? You elephanting keyboard designers ever used a laptop in the past ?
[EDIT] There is a BIOS option to swap the keys. It works, but... a BIOS option ? Isn't that just a sign that this is an unfeature ?
Second one : proprietary rectangular connector for the power supply ? why ? WHY ? Why did you have the need of going from easy-to-plug half-universal round connectors to something rectangular !!! DO you guys ever used a usb port ? And turned the usb connector several times upside down until it finally fits in the hole ? Now imagine that with the power supply ? How many times will it survive it being put upside down ???
A fun fact: The power converter 220V->12V has been reduced in size and weight, but it seems that they run out of place to write all the logos and warnings on it, so they are all just packed in random places (sorry, no time to put a picture to illustrate what I mean)... This looks the same as a lego car for which I'd asked my 4-year-old daughter to put the stickers on it by herself...
So already two negative points, and I haven't switched the thing on... Bloody monday...
*Going for google to see how to switch fn and ctrl key  *
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
modified 25-Aug-14 4:40am.
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Pretty minor gripes I'd have thought. Yes, flip the Fn in the BIOS and you'll never need again. As for the rectangular port - that is clearly done to allow for a more shallow socket and slimmer laptop. It works either way round so I don't see the problem.
The shallowness does have an inconvenience on my yoga pro though, no room for a network socket so always stuck on WIFI.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: es, flip the Fn in the BIOS and you'll never need again
Why should I be the one to do that ? How does the average laptop user, who today does not even know what BIOS is and that you can set it up, do it ? Why is this not a standard that desktop and laptop are designed similarly ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I'm inclined to agree with you - I would prefer function keys to be function keys.
For those who don't use anything sophisticated though (VS for example), they probably never use them and this is most people.
Looking at my keyboard (Desktop), the function keys are primarily labelled according to their non-F function (Help/Undo/Redo/New/Open etc...), their numbers on the front of the key not the top.
That I would suggest is a Windows thing, and the laptop is just following convention.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rage wrote: There is a BIOS option to swap the keys
Step two is to check if you can swap the physical keys too. They usually unsnap pretty easily. The question is if they are the same size?
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Nope, they are not the same size. They would have been if I had not had the need to swap them, thank you Murphy. I'll go with tipp-ex. 
The keyboard layout is actually pretty lame : here some pictures[^] : the touchpad is taking about half of the size, which is completely oversized. Right-click is only possible when you hit the top right of the touchpad, the rest (including bottom right) is a left click. That thing is so big, that when reaching for top right with your thumb will just cause you to bottom-right click with the pulp of the base of your thumb.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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My next will have to have a touch screen. I spend so much time using tablets and phones that I've taken to tapping my laptop screen and cursing when nothing happens.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Movie Quote Of The Day
After a way too short holiday...
A: The ends justify the means, Pops.
B: The ends is bullshit. The means is what you live with.
Which movie?
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George W. Bush Jr - The hole truth
to political? to soon?
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
Dogs are man's best Friend,
Cats are man's adorable little serial killer
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Sorry, don't know this one!
But I will give you 100 bucks if you upvote me.
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Money first, then we can talk about voting. Just like your politicians... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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So...all you have to do is send him your bank account details, and...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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He can send me his credit card details. Then I can determine the value of my vote myself. Once again just like his politicians... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I am very liberal.
I accept chocolate worth 100 bucks instead of money. And i will upvote you, maybe in few days/years 
Note: I do not agree with any political cr@p. I do not belong to any kind of political party.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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So I created a Hello World application using MVC4 and man that is awesome. I appreciate the amount of effort Microsoft would have put in to get all of it together. This is for you Microsoft: 
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And even MVC 5.2[^] 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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And then Ruby on Rails...briefly...before you go back to MVC 5.2
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I wasn't impressed.
In fact, in parts, I was bored.
There were too many in-jokes being squeezed in IMHO and a pretty poor plotline too.
Maybe I was just looking forward to it too much?
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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This is the first time I've watched an episode of Dr Who all the way through since David Tennant. Plot was mad but the script did a fantastic job of linking the nonsense together. Great fun.
At last a deep Doctor, reminds me of Patrick Troughton.
Even my partner laughed all the way through.
That and Strictly to come too - what fun on a Saturday evening!
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Quite enjoyed it.
After 'Day of the Doctor' and the Christmas episode, it was nice to have a cup of light roast to start the reason... while I prefer a dark roast, it was a pleasant change.
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![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
(yes|no|maybe)*
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He will be sorely missed, a great legend!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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The Great Escape is one of the "greatest" movies of all time, IMHO.
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