Tumi Alpha International Wheeled Office Review

Tumi Alpha International Wheeled Office Review

To go with my new Lenovo T510 I now also bought a carry-on with space for the laptop. As it goes with purchases like this I spend a lot of time researching them on the net, it just seems to be the German or nerd to do. Also quite typical for a German is to choose something which is of better quality than you need, but also not the most expensive one out there. Other bags I considered where by Rimowa, Victorinox, Samsonite and Briggs & Riley. The reason why I am writing about this at all is that the Tumi website doesn’t include the information I needed and there seems to be a lack of information about this bag on the, so this is more about the facts as an actual review. ...

December 19, 2010 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Fedora 14 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T510

Fedora 14 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T510

Another brand new toy. After my last trip to the UK for bikesoup I decided that it was about time to get a proper laptop. So far I only have a netbook, which is very convenient when size and weight matter. But for getting work done it is just to small, the main problem is the screen size and resolution. I had a look around for good full sized laptops and the only brands producing something with the quality I had in mind were Apple and Lenovo. The advantages of the Apple over Lenovo are better built quality, battery life and easy to buy locally. I choose the Lenovo, because you can order it with more gadgets, swappable batteries and mostly because it isn’t an Apple as I despise where the company is going and I already had bad experiences with Linux and iPods. This is the configuration I finally got. ...

November 28, 2010 · 3 min · Christof Damian