Comments on: waiting for Santa Rosa http://www.haibane.info/2006/08/14/waiting-for-santa-rosa/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: fledgling otaku http://www.haibane.info/2006/08/14/waiting-for-santa-rosa/#comment-466 fledgling otaku Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:18:30 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/08/14/waiting-for-santa-rosa/#comment-466 I think that there really is no reason to wait if you need a laptop in the near term. I thought about waiting for Yonah myself, but realized that even the couple of months of usage I'd get by buying my laptop when I did prior to Yonah's launch was just too essential to pass up on. While to some extent it does depend on your usage model, I think that there isn't much advantage to waiting longer. I assume you're in the PC market, not Mac - as you can probably tell I am a Thinkpad nut and the T60 (Yonah-based successor to my T42, as cheap as $1200 at Newegg.com)) is probably the single best laptop out there. However I am also enamoured of the <a href="http://www.haibane.info/2006/06/01/dell-xps-m1210/" rel="nofollow">new Dell XPS M1210</a> which would be a really sweet machine. If you travel a lot, you might also want to check out Dell's <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3101&review=Dell Latitude D420" rel="nofollow">new D420 ultralight</a>. Your best bet is to drop by <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/" rel="nofollow">NotebookReview.com</a> and leave a note in the "<a href="" rel="nofollow">What Notebook Should I buy</a>?" forum. Be sure to answer all the questions from <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=29271" rel="nofollow">the FAQ</a> in your post. The aggregate knowledge of the NR.com denizens will probably give you a pile of suggested machines tailored to your usage model, price range, etc based on your answers. The bottom line, though, is that if you are unsatisfied with your notebook, you shoudl buy one now rather than wait. New technologies will always be just around the corner. A new notebook gives you so much productivity boost - esp if your old one is a creaker - that waiting for the next best thing is actually a step backwards. I think that there really is no reason to wait if you need a laptop in the near term. I thought about waiting for Yonah myself, but realized that even the couple of months of usage I’d get by buying my laptop when I did prior to Yonah’s launch was just too essential to pass up on. While to some extent it does depend on your usage model, I think that there isn’t much advantage to waiting longer. I assume you’re in the PC market, not Mac - as you can probably tell I am a Thinkpad nut and the T60 (Yonah-based successor to my T42, as cheap as $1200 at Newegg.com)) is probably the single best laptop out there. However I am also enamoured of the new Dell XPS M1210 which would be a really sweet machine. If you travel a lot, you might also want to check out Dell’s new D420 ultralight.

Your best bet is to drop by NotebookReview.com and leave a note in the “What Notebook Should I buy?” forum. Be sure to answer all the questions from the FAQ in your post. The aggregate knowledge of the NR.com denizens will probably give you a pile of suggested machines tailored to your usage model, price range, etc based on your answers.

The bottom line, though, is that if you are unsatisfied with your notebook, you shoudl buy one now rather than wait. New technologies will always be just around the corner. A new notebook gives you so much productivity boost - esp if your old one is a creaker - that waiting for the next best thing is actually a step backwards.

]]> By: HC http://www.haibane.info/2006/08/14/waiting-for-santa-rosa/#comment-465 HC Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/08/14/waiting-for-santa-rosa/#comment-465 Any advice for someone looking for a laptop in the nearer term? I can delay months, but am not wild about delaying years - my laptop is rapidly approaching senescence. Any advice for someone looking for a laptop in the nearer term? I can delay months, but am not wild about delaying years - my laptop is rapidly approaching senescence.

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