\n| <\/td>\n | Manufacturer<\/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\n| 1.<\/td>\n | Toshiba<\/td>\n | Satellite Pro<\/td>\n | 1997<\/td>\n | 2000<\/td>\n | 12\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium<\/td>\n | Full-featured<\/td>\n | Win 95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 2.<\/td>\n | Dell<\/td>\n | Inspiron 3000<\/td>\n | 1999<\/td>\n | 2000<\/td>\n | 14\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium<\/td>\n | Full-featured<\/td>\n | Win 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 3.<\/td>\n | IBM<\/td>\n | Thinkpad 240X<\/td>\n | 2001<\/td>\n | 2001<\/td>\n | 10.4\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium III<\/td>\n | Ultraportable<\/td>\n | Win 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 4.<\/td>\n | Toshiba<\/td>\n | Protege 3000<\/td>\n | 2001<\/td>\n | 2002<\/td>\n | 11.1\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium III<\/td>\n | Ultraportable<\/td>\n | Win 98 SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 5.<\/td>\n | HP<\/td>\n | Omnibook 500<\/td>\n | 2002<\/td>\n | 2004<\/td>\n | 12.1\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium III<\/td>\n | Ultraportable<\/td>\n | Win XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 6.<\/td>\n | Sager<\/td>\n | 5650<\/td>\n | 2003<\/td>\n | 2005<\/td>\n | 15\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium IV<\/td>\n | Full-featured \/ Gaming<\/td>\n | Win XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 7.<\/td>\n | Acer<\/td>\n | Travelmate 3001<\/td>\n | 2005<\/td>\n | 2007<\/td>\n | 12\u2033<\/td>\n | Pentium M<\/td>\n | Ultraportable<\/td>\n | Win XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 8.<\/td>\n | Dell<\/td>\n | XPS M1210<\/td>\n | 2007<\/td>\n | 2008<\/td>\n | 12\u2033<\/td>\n | Core 2 Duo<\/td>\n | Ultraportable \/ Gaming<\/td>\n | Vista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 9.<\/td>\n | IBM<\/td>\n | Thinkpad T60<\/td>\n | 2007<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 14\u2033<\/td>\n | Core 2 Duo<\/td>\n | Full-featured<\/td>\n | Win XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 10.<\/td>\n | NEC<\/td>\n | Versa E6310<\/td>\n | 2008<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 14\u2033<\/td>\n | Core 2 Duo<\/td>\n | Full-featured \/ Gaming<\/td>\n | Vista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n ![\"blog-nec-computer.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/blog-nec-computer.jpg\") This sort of table is illuminating because it shows several things:<\/p>\n
\n- Notebook turnover is about 14 months. I think that has a lot to do with the fast depreciation of notebook value once warranty runs out.<\/li>\n
- I\u2019m about evenly split between ultraportables and full-featured notebooks. Actually, come to think of it, I oscillate between the two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In general, I\u2019ve had pretty good luck with notebooks with most having served me very well without failure. OK, there\u2019s been two exceptions. The HP Omnibook 500 was a great machine with a very sexy chassis and color scheme, but the docking bay was just horrible with frequent failures to properly recognize the notebook when mounted. I think I had it sent to repair at Hewlett Packard three times within a year, after which I gave up and let it sit and gather dust at home. The Acer Travelmate had a quirky keyboard with a key that my fingernail kept getting stuck under. Moreover, it suffered three hardware failures, which fortunately were still properly covered under warranty. That said, I\u2019ve had fond memories of the machine since I did a large amount of thesis writing on it.<\/p>\n Of the two current notebooks I\u2019ve got, one is the always reliable IBM Thinkpad given by the school. The other personal one is a pretty recent acquisition: an NEC Versa E6310 which has a pretty OK graphics chipset to let me run game demonstrations for my lecture groups. Hopefully this one will last for a bit – or at least longer than the current average of 14 months. ![\":)\"](\"https:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\") <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cameras and HD entertainment aren\u2019t my only two obsessions as a geekboy. I used to have a thing for PDAs, handphones and notebooks. Fortunately, the tech compulsions don\u2019t all occur at the same time (otherwise I\u2019d be in perpetual deficit),<\/p>\n Read More Notebooks through the ages<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toys-technology","wpcat-16-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | | | | | | |