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Your question intrigued me, so I went looking at my 10-12 laptops acquired over the years.
I guess I am a boring, Honda/Toyota kind of guy. I have always valued reliability, and not much else.
I have HP, and Dell. I only use a wireless keyboard and mouse combo, as I hate trying to type on a laptop keyboard. They are too flat for me.  I already struggle with my typing skills.
Finally, take a look at Acer. don't know if they have the pazazz you are looking for but have loved their desktops for 30 years or so.
ed
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I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Ultrabook that's about 2 years old -- great keyboard with pointing nub, great display, no problems at all. It was worth the extra bucks.
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I'm with you on the eraser nib. I cannot work without it. Although some Dell and Toshiba computers also have them, the do not work as well. The IBM laptops WERE tops in quality. Lenovo design and build are not quite as good, but stick with the Thinkpad models and they are plenty good enough. I get lots of use out of my Thinkpads. I'm still using two 2013 vintage i7-based W520 laptops that have 32Gb RAM and just keep running. These were the last Thinkpad to have real keyboards. I also have two recent P-series laptops that seem to be their current line of workstation replacement laptops. My 2nd choice would be Dell high end models. I have to use one for one of my clients. Solid build quality, durable, and an eraser nib that is usable but not a pleasure to use.
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After my first, and definitely last, experience with Lenovo I will NEVER give them my money again. For starters, I experienced frequent BSOD events for some weeks. No one at Lenovo was ANY help - and that's a theme that is consistent. Eventually that issue just magically cleared up.
I read online that folks had been having an issue with connecting anything to the thunderbolt and dock ports simultaneously. (See ports 2 and 3 in the link provided).
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/t490/22tp2tt4900?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.bing.com%252F&cid=us:sem|se|msn|brand_commercial_think_t+series|lenovo+t490|lenovo%20thinkpad%20T490|e|402399263|1271036205890394|kwd-79440208754324:loc-190|text|brand&msclkid=9b305a7c9564133e2cd63e5d331f574c
I CALLED Lenovo and asked about this before I purchased their Cat 5 adapter and explained that about 70% of copmplaints I found online were about this issue. He gave me smarta$$ answer about percentages and assured me there'd be no issue.
I purchased the adapter and - SURPRISE! - the internet was right. You CANNOT use both ports at once, the plastic base of their proprietary dock adapter is too wide for that. Tried calling them back and spent HOURS on the phone being routed in circles. Eventually I gave up.
So now that the BSOD issues have stabilized the machine works pretty well, but after the stupidity evidenced in such poor engineering, and the insufferable attitude I got after waiting hours to speak to a "human," they can pound salt.
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Yes. I've got a 2019 P1 & the build quality is very good. The RAM slots and drives (2 x M2 NVMe SSD) are easily accessible. The keyboard's much better than the HPs and Dells that work has lumbered me with.
And yes, they still have pointing nubs.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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I have a Dell laptop I bought in 2009 for personal use. The only issue was battery life. After about 10 years, because I couldn't increase the memory, I decided to get a new one.
Got an HP 4 years ago and regretted it very soon afterwards. It was a little cheaper than Dell by cost but a lot cheaper by quality. I've replaced the motherboard and the hinges.
My work has issued me 2 Lenovo ThinkPads throughout the years. The first one from 5 years ago was crap all around. The second one has held up better, but I still consider my old Dell from 2009 a superior machine.
Because of the issue with my HP, I bought a new Dell last year, and I am glad to be back with them. They still have superior quality for reasonable prices.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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I am currently eyeing up a Asus Zenbook Duo - the keyboard is at the front, so no reaching over the touchpad to type.
The only problem is they are expensive - especially the i9 version 
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Please have a little patience: if your message doesn't appear immediately, then posting it again and again, and again just aggravates the automated spam detection system and pushes more of your messages into moderation. Where we have to let them through and then hunt down the duplicates and kill them to prevent you getting kicked as a spammer ... which is not what I want to be doing at 22:31, thank you very much!
Moderation normally happens pretty quickly, so please give them a few minutes to appear?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Sorry about that. Post was not going in to moderation, just the submit button was not doing anything. Disabling the submit button when clicked client side might help. *sorry, I am not a web developer)
Sorry man,
Mark
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Check out MSI. I've had good experience with them (2 for me, 1 for my SO). XOTICPC has great prices and you can custom build. The Windows key is on the wrong side of the keyboard, though (right instead of left)! For me it doesn't matter as I use an external keyboard most of the time and suffer during those times when I have to use the built in keyboard.
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I didn't even think MSI made laptops. I'll have a look. They're my second choice for motherboards. That's a positive. I'm very selective.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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As I read this my open laptop with the MSi logo is facing me. Check out XOTICPC.
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I wasn't saying I didn't believe you. 
I just didn't know they made laptops, so it didn't occur to me to look. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have a Lenovo Flex 5 15. It's a so-called "two-in-one," which means the screen can wrap completely around the keyboard. This machine checks every single box on my wish list: Windows 11 Pro, Intel i7-11th gen processor, 1TB SSD main storage, 16GB RAM, a 3840 x 2160 4K touchscreen with a 2GB NVidia GPU, two USB 3 ports (among others), two charging options (USB C or pin plug) and a ten-key pad with a NUM Lock light. It is not easy to find another machine like it, especially with a ten -key.
Now, every laptop's got your CAPS lock light, and maybe even a FUNC lock light, but nobody, I mean nobody has a NUM lock light. Does yours? If you use a ten-key as much as I do, you'll understand how important this one little LED can be. My earlier laptops didn’t have one and it drove me crazy. Why does the cursor skip around? Oh! Because the ten-key got unlocked. Okay, it's not a huge deal and I've lived for years without it, but it's this sort of "icing on the cake" thing that makes this laptop so darn perfect for me.
And, I bought the little darling at Costco, where they offer 90 day returns and double the manufacturer's warranty.
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My HP Elitebook has a variation on the eraser that does not move. It seems like it is pressure sensing.
My only gripe:
I have a small notebook, so the necessary small screen is killer on my 50+ eyes. I am glad all apps have zoom features!
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As the subject line says - not something I came up with, but I like it. I stole it from this discussion when researching the topic.
In any case. Not a programming question.
I like to label my fields, listboxes, etc so if the user is only allowed to make a single selection, the label is singular. If the user is allowed multiple selections (including just one), I like to indicate it as such by using a label such as "Widget(s)" (as opposed to "Widgets"). Maybe I'm thinking like a developer (or so I'm told), but to me the parens make it clear making multiple choices is possible, but still just an option.
One of my coworkers hates this. Or to use the example from the discussion at the link above, something like "Party(ies)".
What's your preference? Or has your company adopted something formal?
I'm thinking this might be a good survey question.
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If 1 - Singular
if 1 or more - Plural
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But do you use the plural version using the parenthesis, is really my question. That's what my co-worker hates, to the point of having searched our entire codebase and checking in "corrections"...
I'm okay with that...just wondering what the world at large thinks...
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I wouldn't put Parenthetical Pluralization in a UI. Even a Tooltip should be along the lines of "Select one or more Widgets", "Select up to ten Parties".
In documentation sure, but only when it's a simple (s), (ies) is an abomination. Better to reword the statement to avoid the issue and possibly the meaning will be clearer as a result.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: In documentation sure, but only when it's a simple (s), (ies) is an abomination
You should see what they are doing here in Germany with the genders in texts...  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Nelek wrote: You should see what they are doing here in Germany with the genders in texts...
That has crossed my mind. I'm French, and it's not uncommon to see those sorts of things in ordinary documents written in French, so maybe that's where I adopted the idea. My co-worker only speaks English; not being used to associate genders to nouns, I think, is the reason he sees this as being out of place.
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Are you trying to acomodate ALL gender forms in the same word?
Example:
Worker (m): Arbeiter
Worker (f): Arbeiterin
Workers (m): Arbeitern
Workers (f): Arbeiterinnen
Now you have to write: Arbeiter_innen, Arbeiter*innen, Arbeiter-innen... to be political correct.
And you can not imagine how tiring it is to read a text full of that crap.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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No, ultimately my UI is only targeting English, so gender is not an issue.
In French, you Worker example would become:
Travailleur(euse)(s)
...and I have seen such a thing in documentation.
But still, I agree, if it went beyond just singular vs plural, I'd standardize on one thing only.
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What a waste of effort, 2 keys to insert a parenthwhatever and adds very little to the readability of the code, actually I think it detracts from the readability. Besides the information should be in the comments!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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