Sticking it to the fanboi.
Occasionally, on long train journeys, I'll take my laptop with me. Now, she's not pretty to look at, being a 5-year-old StinkPad, with the plastic cracking round the edges, but she's reliable, and has more new bits bolted onto her courtesy of the glorious 5 year warranty she came with. This in addition to the battery - the one replaced for free as it constituted a 'fire risk', and came with an apology that they only had a big 9-cell version, rather than the 6-cell she originally came with.

So I'm on the train to Norwich from Liverpool Street. This is a 2 and a half hour stretch, which is best lightened with perhaps, a short film or two. The man who sits opposite me also brings out his laptop - a widescreen MacBook pro, and gives me a withering look - you know the sort, the 'oh dear, are you not an acolyte of the Jobs? You know you're worse than a nonce until you know the love of Steve...' And then proceeds to use it like an oversized mp3 player, with his iPhone, iPod and various other Apple-related fetish objects scattered around the table like so many orphaned children. Fine, I think to myself, since we're both on this train together until the terminus having clocked his reservation ticket, we'll have a silent race. I'll pit my baby against your icon. I know I'm good for above an beyond the journey time alone.

After 2 hours, he's looking worried that standard class doesn't have a power socket, and sheepishly puts his expensive tea tray away. I look at my battery monitor - I'm still good for another hour and a half. And so I smiled at him, as he tried to avoid eye contact for remaining half hour of the journey.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 17:07, 7 replies)

Good old reliable workhorses, the Rx series.
Ugly and plasticky, but good nevertheless...

in fact, I'm using one now and have got through a few in the past few years.
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 17:12, closed)

I have a Tx series.
Bought from fleabay, still chugging away with more new bits than Cher.

The aftercare service is awesome - hardrive failed; online request, couriered out the next day. More significant power supply unit failure - sent her to the service department; she came back at the end of the week, and they had cleaned under the keyboard too.

Should she bite the dust, I'm eyeing up the X series. But she's good for a long time yet :)
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 17:19, closed)

Click for "Apple-related fetish objects scattered around the table like so many orphaned children."

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 17:39, closed)

No winners in this scenario
not really
(Pete_G, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 19:20, closed)

i concur.. lolzers!

(anvil, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 20:49, closed)

Bit like the business cards scene
in American Psycho!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 21:23, closed)

Hahahaha.
This.
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Thu 24 Jun 2010, 10:40, closed)

i have a monster quad core laptop for 3d animations
battery lasts about half an hour.
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 11:28, closed)