{"id":21449,"date":"2016-02-26T07:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2017-03-09T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:38:21","slug":"notebooks-through-the-ages-2016-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2016\/02\/26\/notebooks-through-the-ages-2016-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Notebooks through the ages (2016 edition!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another four years since my 2012<\/a> post on notebooks, and the 2008<\/a> before that. Right about time to do another update, since there’s been a whole bunch of machines since that point. Here’s what the table looks like now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nManufacturer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nModel<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nFrom<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTo<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nScreen<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCPU<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nType<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nToshiba<\/td>\nSatellite Pro<\/td>\n1997<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n12\u2033<\/td>\nPentium<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWin 95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\nInspiron 3000<\/td>\n1999<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n14\u2033<\/td>\nPentium<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWin 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nThinkpad 240X<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n10.4\u2033<\/td>\nPentium III<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWin 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nToshiba<\/td>\nProtege 3000<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n2002<\/td>\n11.1\u2033<\/td>\nPentium III<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWin 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nHP<\/td>\nOmnibook 500<\/td>\n2002<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n12.1\u2033<\/td>\nPentium III<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWin XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nSager<\/td>\n5650<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n2005<\/td>\n15\u2033<\/td>\nPentium IV<\/td>\nFull-featured \/ Gaming<\/td>\nWin XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nAcer<\/td>\nTravelmate 3001<\/td>\n2005<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n12\u2033<\/td>\nPentium M<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWin XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\nXPS M1210<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n12\u2033<\/td>\nCore 2 Duo<\/td>\nUltraportable \/ Gaming<\/td>\nVista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\nThinkpad T60<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\n14\u2033<\/td>\nCore 2 Duo<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWin XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nNEC<\/td>\nVersa E6310<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n14\u2033<\/td>\nCore 2 Duo<\/td>\nFull-featured \/ Gaming<\/td>\nVista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nMSI<\/td>\nWind U100<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n2013<\/td>\n10″<\/td>\nAtom<\/td>\nNetbook<\/td>\nWin XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\nMacBook Pro 13<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\n2012<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\nCore 2 Duo<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\niOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\nStudio XPS 16<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/td>\n16″<\/td>\ni5 m460<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWin 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\nMacBook Pro 15<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\nCore 2 Duo<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\niOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>\nSamsung<\/td>\nN305<\/td>\n2012<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11.6″<\/td>\nAMD Dual Core<\/td>\nNetbook<\/td>\nWin 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\nMacBook Pro Retina<\/td>\n2012<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\nQuadcore<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\niOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>\nAsus<\/td>\nZenbook UX31E<\/td>\n2013<\/td>\n<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\ni5-2557M<\/td>\nUltrabook<\/td>\nWin 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\nSurface Pro 3<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12″<\/td>\ni5-4300U<\/td>\nTablet hybrid<\/td>\nWindows 8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\nXPS 13<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\ni7-5500U<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWindows 8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>\nHP<\/td>\nPavilion 15 p257TX<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n<\/td>\n15.6″<\/td>\ni7-5500U<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWindows 8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Entries 17 to 20 are new since the 2012 post. Here’s the reckoning, notes, updates and whatnots for these and others:<\/p>\n