What tech did you buy today?

2011-08-05 16:25:36

#6776

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5224|Dundee, Scotland.

Uzique wrote:
can guarantee the entry level macbook pro will be the best laptop you've used in your dolesome life, finray

weren't you and/or camm salivating over mbp's a while back? i would say quick! get one, but neither of you are going to university so you're not elligible

i would get one with being at college

oh, and I have a 15.6", honestly couldn't go lower.

Last edited by Camm (2011-08-05 16:26:52)

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-08-05 16:53:36

#6777

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

honestly, you're lying. how can you not use a 13" screen? scottish college is more demanding than university finals? cause everyone else i know seems to cope fine. 15" was a burden for me, anyway, having to carry around a laptop for 4-5 hours a day walking around a huge campus. it was unnecessary to have that extra space/weight.

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2011-08-05 16:54:13

#6778

Roc18: `; +655|6047|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

A new laptop lol

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2011-08-06 03:57:40

#6779

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5224|Dundee, Scotland.

Uzique wrote:
honestly, you're lying. how can you not use a 13" screen? scottish college is more demanding than university finals? cause everyone else i know seems to cope fine. 15" was a burden for me, anyway, having to carry around a laptop for 4-5 hours a day walking around a huge campus. it was unnecessary to have that extra space/weight.

i'm not lying! I love haivng screen space, especially being able to snap two windows to either side of the screen in windows 7.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-08-06 04:13:47

#6780

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

never used osx?

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2011-08-06 04:14:11

#6781

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5224|Dundee, Scotland.

Uzique wrote:
never used osx?

used it a couple times on mate's macbook, and john's macbook.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-08-06 04:23:09

#6782

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

I have a 17".
13" works fine, but i just wanted a bigger screen.

Zique is right about the multi-tasking. I would recommend a macbook over a windows laptop to any student, simply because its so easy to work with. The swipe techniques are easy to learn and use and they really help when you have to switch between tasks quickly.

2011-08-06 04:32:29

#6783

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

the 17" mbp's are huuuuuge

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2011-08-06 04:32:40

#6784

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

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Bought these from zimmer's store, www.frogbeats.com

2011-08-06 04:34:43

#6785

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

Uzique wrote:
the 17" mbp's are huuuuuge

i know
My bag was big enough, the weight wasnt an issue (all mbp's are very light) and this one can run almost anything.
I really like the bigger screen.

Last edited by Kampframmer (2011-08-06 04:34:59)

2011-08-06 04:47:44

#6786

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

they go way over the price-performance ratio for me, personally, the 17"s. i'd rather buy a brand new 15" every time they release one than fork out for the 17".

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2011-08-06 04:52:25

#6787

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

I guess that depends on what your budget is.
If you want a 17" you have to able to spend quite a bit and it has to be worth it (to me is was), but if youre a poor student (like 90% of the students) the 13" is better because it will you give you a lot more for its price.

But i was more than happy to pay extra for the better performance and additional 2 inches.

2011-08-06 05:13:19

#6788

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

i don't think students are too 'poor' to afford a 17". if you can afford a £1000+ laptop then you're hardly poor (which is what the 13" costs). i think it's just a matter of spending priority . most students don't want to spend an extra £1k on top of the already-high starting price for more screenspace... that's a lot of beer, clothes and nights-out! also the extra performance in the 15-17"'s is mostly all GPU, cost-wise anyway, and it's more like 90% of students don't play graphic-intensive videogames than 90% of students are 'too poor'...

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2011-08-06 13:09:56

#6789

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

Maybe poor was a bit too harsh, but yeah, spending priority seems to be more the case.
It's true that when you use your mb for nothing but work/studying the 17" might be abbit over the top, but i also wanted to be able to play games on it and i wanted the extra screen size. So an easy choice for me.
I think all mbp's are great (most other mb's as well) as a laptop (not a fan of the their desktops though) and depending on what youre going to use it for or what you prefer, theres a macbook for it.

2011-08-07 08:30:27

#6790

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6996

My old motherboard went so I decided to upgrage

http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-amd-u … -70ZM.html

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2011-08-07 08:53:33

#6791

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6044|Catherine Black

Kampframmer wrote:
depending on what youre going to use it for or what you prefer, theres a macbook for it.

playing Crysis at max graphics whilst encoding 1080p video and folding at home. There one for that?

2011-08-07 09:45:01

#6792

Benzin: Member; +576|6255

Oh for crying out loud, Finray, stop being such a twat with your posts. Any chance you get to bash on Apple you do it. Just let it be.

2011-08-07 09:51:26

#6793

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6727

Finray wrote:
Kampframmer wrote:
depending on what youre going to use it for or what you prefer, theres a macbook for it.
playing Crysis at max graphics whilst encoding 1080p video and folding at home. There one for that?

is there any laptop for that?

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2011-08-07 09:55:55

#6794

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6995|Toronto | Canada

Uzique wrote:
Finray wrote:
Kampframmer wrote:
depending on what youre going to use it for or what you prefer, theres a macbook for it.
playing Crysis at max graphics whilst encoding 1080p video and folding at home. There one for that?
is there any laptop for that?

is there anything for that?

2011-08-07 10:05:57

#6795

gurdeep: +812|5011|prolly

CapnNismo wrote:
Oh for crying out loud, Finray, stop being such a twat with your posts. Any chance you get to bash on Apple you do it. Just let it be.

he's just jealous because he can't afford one

2011-08-07 12:39:06

#6796

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6044|Catherine Black

CapnNismo wrote:
Oh for crying out loud, Finray, stop being such a twat with your posts. Any chance you get to bash on Apple you do it. Just let it be.

I think you missed the point

Winston_Churchill wrote:
is there anything for that?

2011-08-07 17:47:28

#6797

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7028|PNW

The size of the screen isn't all that important. If you're dying for a better view, plug the damn thing into a monitor. I prefer 17" not because of the size, but because it's been my experience that a roomier chassis allows for a better cooling profile. But for portability, low-power 13" every time. And you won't be constantly reminded about the bloody anchor in your pack.

Also, people shouldn't open the fucking things up in class and start clacking away on them like complete douchebags unless it's pretty much a required tool for said class.

2011-08-07 17:51:28

#6798

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5099|Amsterdam

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
n't open the fucking things up in class and start clacking away on them like complete douchebags unless it's pretty much a required tool for said class.

every

single

class

2011-08-09 03:37:42