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magma wrote:New toy! Full Windows 8 and 9 hours battery life.

Asus > Apple

it's all about the apps.
Android and ios rule that field.

acorn > apple

magma is that a fake iPad? seen em down market innit

Electric_Head wrote:it's all about the apps.
Android and ios rule that field.

It was a difficult choice - I'd pretty much dismissed Windows 8 tbh, but I could see myself getting frustrated with iOS and Android, especially for the amount of money an iPad costs. I wouldn't be able to dial into work on them... I could play Angry Birds and surf the web, but I couldn't sit in the park and work in Visual Studio or Powershell. They're beautiful gadgets, but a little bit too toylike for what I need... I just couldn't convince myself to part with the cash.

This is going to replace everything I currently use my laptop for apart from hardcore Ableton work... for £400 that's not at all shabby!

gwa wrote:magma is that a fake iPad? seen em down market innit

I've just bought 5 pots of tippex so I can paint it up and fool girls into sucking me off on the Tube.

That is what happens when you get your iPad out on the Tube, right?

magma wrote:

Electric_Head wrote:it's all about the apps.
Android and ios rule that field.

It was a difficult choice - I'd pretty much dismissed Windows 8 tbh, but I could see myself getting frustrated with iOS and Android, especially for the amount of money an iPad costs. I wouldn't be able to dial into work on them... I could play Angry Birds and surf the web, but I couldn't sit in the park and work in Visual Studio or Powershell. They're beautiful gadgets, but a little bit too toylike for what I need... I just couldn't convince myself to part with the cash.

This is going to replace everything I currently use my laptop for apart from hardcore Ableton work... for £400 that's not at all shabby!

I agree fully.
Ipad is an expensive kids toy.
Your reasons are the same as mine.
Win 8 just opens up more possibilities.

magma wrote:

gwa wrote:magma is that a fake iPad? seen em down market innit

I've just bought 5 pots of tippex so I can paint it up and fool girls into sucking me off on the Tube.

That is what happens when you get your iPad out on the Tube, right?

no i don't think so mate. i wouldn't do that if i was you

gwa doesn't want to loose any of his prospective ladies.

nah it's cool magma can have a few. he's one of the good guys.

Lye Form wrote:

magma wrote:New toy! Full Windows 8 and 9 hours battery life.

Asus > Apple

Used to have a top of the line Asus laptop, doesn't even compare to an MBP.
And I'm not exactly an Apple fanboy

Both my essays completed and off to Amsterdam on Thursday

AxeD wrote:

Lye Form wrote:

magma wrote:New toy! Full Windows 8 and 9 hours battery life.

Asus > Apple

Used to have a top of the line Asus laptop, doesn't even compare to an MBP.
And I'm not exactly an Apple fanboy

MBP is the only good thing Apple makes. I still prefer my Asus laptop.... it's a year old, stupidly quick (i7 ting) and never freezes or slows no matter how many programs i run.

Though - i use external hard drives for storage and have anti virus software unlike most people.

Cost only 500 quid too.... fuck Apple.

If I'd wanted an expensive laptop, I probably would've at least looked at MBPs, but there's no way I can see myself spending that sort of cash on a computer again. Unless you're gaming (got a Playstation) or doing serious A/V work, it's just overkill. Apart from Ableton, which I'm going to run from a dedicated little audio PC, the most taxing thing my laptop ever does is stream video!

I used to be a nerd, now I'm just an adult.

€1300 is not that bad for a product of this quality imo. I got it from college, but in 2-3 years I'm definitely
going for a new one.
Unless there's some other quality laptop out that I don't have to tingle with all the time.

AxeD wrote:€1300 is not that bad for a product of this quality imo. I got it from college, but in 2-3 years I'm definitely
going for a new one.
Unless there's some other quality laptop out that I don't have to tingle with all the time.

It's not terrible for what it is, it's just massively more than anything I'm likely to ever need again - and in comparison to equivalent Windows laptops it is a bit of a premium. They're lovely machines though, especially now you can stick Windows on.

I used to spend £2k on new laptops - now a £400 Intel-Atom based tablet does the trick. Progress!

My iPad was free. Move to Spain, there's a reason the economy is fucked up.

i've got a feeling my old boys gonna get me an iPad mini for my birthday in a few weeks.

NO DAD I NEED AN IMAC AND AN IPAD MINI AND A CDJ OR YOU CAN JUST GET ME A NEW MBP

first world fucking problems hey?