Selling my MBA for the thinkpad X1

[Funkymonk]

Lol this is getting ridiculous but I can't help myself. I love macbooks and thinkpads but have no use for multiple laptops so I always sell one to buy the other. I kinda hope now the next MBA is not too great so I don't feel like trading for it too quickly. The MBA after the next will be mine though!

 

[BENJMNS]

Lol this is getting ridiculous but I can't help myself. I love macbooks and thinkpads but have no use for multiple laptops so I always sell one to buy the other. I kinda hope now the next MBA is not too great so I don't feel like trading for it too quickly. The MBA after the next will be mine though!

i don't blame ya. i'm looking at dumping my mint 13 ultimate and 27" acd for a complete thinkpad x220/lcd monitor setup. i use ms office a lot and it's just subpar on the mac os. i also find the filing system to be quite clunky on the mac os.

lots of positive going for it though so... debating whether i want to go thru the hassle of selling my mac goodies.

 

[Funkymonk]

i don't blame ya. i'm looking at dumping my mint 13 ultimate and 27" acd for a complete thinkpad x220/lcd monitor setup. i use ms office a lot and it's just subpar on the mac os. i also find the filing system to be quite clunky on the mac os.

lots of positive going for it though so... debating whether i want to go thru the hassle of selling my mac goodies.

I won't be selling all my apple goodies, I'm still waiting on my freakin ipad 2 to come

 

[Bottomsup]

i don't blame ya. i'm looking at dumping my mint 13 ultimate and 27" acd for a complete thinkpad x220/lcd monitor setup. i use ms office a lot and it's just subpar on the mac os. i also find the filing system to be quite clunky on the mac os.

lots of positive going for it though so... debating whether i want to go thru the hassle of selling my mac goodies.

Curious. Why do you feel the file system is sub par on Osx?

 

[calvol]

Have to agree about the filing system on Win7/Office2010, it's great with the preview and search functions-- and blazing fast on a i5/7 system.... very handy when navigating through lots of files/folders. Though I will keep my MBA-13 for the screen resolution and battery life, mostly for browsing and reading.

 

[theSeb]

There is nothing wrong with the file system in osx and it certainly is not clunky. What is clunky though is finder itself, but explorer in windows 7 is also clunky compared to xp. There are a couple of things that are highly annoying about finder, but once you've learnt how to use Automator and finder to manage your files you'll never think about explorer again. I also like having the terminal to manage files, but I am probably in the minority.

 

[Young Spade]

^ I agree in that sense. I love the look and feel of explorer on Windows XP; not so much with 7. Now with finder, I find it a slight mix between the two. Luckily I have always kept my documents and things organized so moving everything over to the new computer was quick and easy.

Spotlight (Alfred) works wonders now though.

 

[nebulos]

you're selling an 11" Air for the X1?

isn't the X1 like twice the price, or more?

and you can of course run Windows on the Air.

So, why?