{"id":32017,"date":"2020-01-16T06:17:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=32017"},"modified":"2020-01-16T07:17:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:17:19","slug":"notebooks-through-the-years-2020-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2020\/01\/16\/notebooks-through-the-years-2020-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Notebooks through the years (2020 edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 2020 edition of a very long running series of posts on notebooks I’ve owned and used. The previous editions were in 2008<\/a>, 2012<\/a>, 2016<\/a> and 2018<\/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\n
<\/td>\nManufacturer<\/strong><\/td>\nModel<\/strong><\/td>\nFrom<\/strong><\/td>\nTo<\/strong><\/td>\nScreen<\/strong><\/td>\nCPU<\/strong><\/td>\nType<\/strong><\/td>\nOS<\/strong><\/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>\n2018<\/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>\nUltraportable<\/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 9343<\/td>\n2015<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\ni7-5500U<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/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>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWindows 8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>\nLenovo<\/td>\nX1 Carbon 5th Gen<\/td>\n2017<\/td>\n<\/td>\n15.6″<\/td>\ni5-7300U<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\nSurface Pro (2017)<\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n2019<\/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>\nHP<\/td>\nPro x2 G2<\/td>\n2019<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12.0″<\/td>\ni7-7Y75<\/td>\nTablet-hybrid<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\nXPS 13 9380<\/td>\n2020<\/td>\n<\/td>\n13.3″<\/td>\ni7-8565U<\/td>\nUltraportable<\/td>\nWindows 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Surface Pro (2017)<\/a> was sold away as I couldn’t get used to its quirks; specifically, poor port connectivity, the slow as molasses and unfortunately non end-user replaceable SSD. Also, the old Samsung N305 went into recycling.<\/p>\n

Entries 26 to 27 are new since the 2018 post. Here’s the reckoning, notes, updates and what-nots for these and other laptops I’m still using:<\/p>\n