[olug] [omaha] Laptop Recommendations

[Jay Bendon]

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
>> _______________________________________________
>> Omaha Python Users Group mailing list
>> Omaha at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha
>> http://www.OmahaPython.org
>>
>
>