{"id":27126,"date":"2018-07-03T07:52:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T23:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=27126"},"modified":"2018-07-14T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T10:44:33","slug":"notebooks-through-the-years-2018-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2018\/07\/03\/notebooks-through-the-years-2018-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Notebooks through the years (2018 edition!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing from my last post about the new Acer Swift 3, here’s my fourth and 2018 edition of a long running series on notebooks: with the previous editions in 2008<\/a>, 2012<\/a> and 2016<\/a>. Things move so quickly in the technological world that there’s a high chance that I’ll forget my impressions of each item I’ve used or owned over the years!<\/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\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>\n2017<\/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>\n2016<\/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>\n2018<\/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>\n2018<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\ni7-5500U<\/td>\nUltrabook<\/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
21.<\/td>\nAftershock<\/td>\nS17<\/td>\n2016<\/td>\n<\/td>\n17.3″<\/td>\ni7-6700HQ<\/td>\nFull-featured \/ Gaming<\/td>\nNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/td>\nLenovo<\/td>\nThinkpad X240<\/td>\n2016<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n12.5″<\/td>\ni7<\/td>\nUltrabook<\/td>\nWindows 8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>\nLenovo<\/td>\nX1 Carbon 5th<\/td>\n2017<\/td>\n<\/td>\n15.6″<\/td>\ni5-7300U<\/td>\nUltrabook<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\nSurface Pro (2017)<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12.3″<\/td>\ni5-7300U<\/td>\nTablet hybrid<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.<\/td>\nHP<\/td>\nElite X2 1012 G2<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12.3″<\/td>\ni7-7600U<\/td>\nTablet-hybrid<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.<\/td>\nAcer<\/td>\nSwift 3 SF315<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n<\/td>\n15.6″<\/td>\ni5-8250U<\/td>\nFull-featured<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A number of old items got sold away – including the Surface Pro 3, Zenbook UX31E, or tossed into the e-recycling bin because they failed catastrophically – specifically the Dell XPS 16, and Dell XPS 13.<\/p>\n

Entries 21 to 26 are new since the 2016 post. Here’s the reckoning, notes, updates and whatnots for these and others:<\/p>\n