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Gutcruncher
Apr 16, 2005

Go home and be a family man!
I have a Surface 3. It basically cost me a second mortgage but dangit it owns!

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baw
Nov 5, 2008

RESIDENT: LAISSEZ FAIR-SNEZHNEVSKY INSTITUTE FOR FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
i kind of regret buying mine because the plan was to have it replace the macbook but it really lacks some basic goddamn capabilities that a computer has. so instead i basically have to bring both with me when i go around because both fulfill different uses. im the perfect customer

Glasgow Kiss
Dec 12, 2007

Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.
i want a computer that can live my life for me. like go to work, go grocery shopping, gently caress my woman

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


I wouldn't mind getting a surface 3. That drat thing is cool as gently caress. The price is crazy but I understand it.

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We
i will maybe get surface pro 3 it sounds great, maybe in a few years when my mac will become defunct

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
I like my tablet for almost everything.

I have some production apps too.

Gutcruncher
Apr 16, 2005

Go home and be a family man!
Dont get the Surface 3 i7. Supposedly those overheat and shut down like instantly. Ive got the i5 version and its pretty great and hasnt gotten hot enough to melt its insides

Brand New Malaysian Wife
Apr 5, 2007
I encourage children who are bullied to kill themselves. In fact, I get off to it. Pedophilia-snuff films are the best. More abused children need to kill themselves.
Got given one, it's alright.

opus111
Jul 6, 2014

since my job changed and i dont need to make presentations all the time i have no idea what to do with mine.

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


gggiiimmmppp posted:

my ipad was an ok christmas gift i guess

Berious
Nov 13, 2005
Got mine for work. I wouldn't have bought one unless work was involved but they're quite good. Use it mainly as a remote for my PC and Clash of Clans. Camera is nice for dick pics too but remember to turn of iCloud :ohdear:.

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


opus111 posted:

since my job changed and i dont need to make presentations all the time i have no idea what to do with mine.

Frisbee so you can spend time with the fam

kode54
Nov 26, 2007

aka kuroshi
Fun Shoe
Windows Phone for the awesome camera with raw saving capability (Lumia 1020) and iPad mini for apps and poo poo. Both are supposed to be for my jerb, but they're mine to keep, and I love them a lot. Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 that I also got for work barely sees any use.

Posted from my iPad using Awful App.

Berious
Nov 13, 2005

THS posted:

if you have some crazy fukkin obscure apps you cant live without then yea windows phone gets the shaft but if you use it for making calls, organizing contacts, doin txts and emails, photos and gps its The poo poo

big advantage of a smartphone over one of these bastards is apps though

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug
i use my ipadden for any computer stuff i can do without an actual computer, like streaming video, drawing UML, reading stuff. ipadden own a lot and its cool to have both a mini and a regular sized one.

DamnCanadian
Jan 3, 2005

Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.
I got an iPad for work, primarily so I can support our other iPad users. I took it home for a weekend when it first came in to play with it.

Six months later, it's still sitting in a drawer in my office. I really have no use for it; I can do everything I need to on my Galaxy 4s.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
i paid the perfect price: free
same with my macbook and my iphone(s)

i would definitely get it again at that price. i use it about as often as i make a poop

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

DamnCanadian posted:

I got an iPad for work, primarily so I can support our other iPad users. I took it home for a weekend when it first came in to play with it.

Six months later, it's still sitting in a drawer in my office. I really have no use for it; I can do everything I need to on my Galaxy 4s.

lol which subreddit did you c/p this from?

Gaz2k21
Sep 1, 2006

MEGALA---WHO??!!??
My iPad is used pretty much exclusively for porn although I do occasionally take it to work to play Sam & Max on nightshifts....

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Also all you poor people must be talking about some Chinese knockoff ipedbecause the iPad Air rules hard

Stream VLC to it, use it as an extra monitor, perfect for pooping, audio midi control is ace, awful is amazing etc etc

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


Who the gently caress uses an iPad for "work". What work involves updating Facebook and watching porn.

kode54
Nov 26, 2007

aka kuroshi
Fun Shoe
Or posting on this forum.

ZombieParts
Jul 18, 2009

ASK ME ABOUT VISITING PROSTITUTES IN CHINA AND FEELING NO SHAME. MY FRIEND IS SERIOUSLY THE (PATHETIC) YODA OF PAYING WOMEN TO TOUCH HIS (AND MY) DICK. THEY WOULDN'T DO IT OTHERWISE.
When i first got it I found browsing to be really nice. The screen was much better than my laptop. So i thought "oooh I'll watch movies" but then I find out I have to convert every loving file I own in order to watch it on this thing and the screen is really too small to enjoy the movie. I had it set up next to the computer with my social networks poo poo running on it but it's usefulness fell to nothing before long so I sold it.

The Modern Leper
Dec 25, 2008

You must be a masochist
Comics and casting videos until Apple TV gets an official channel for X. Since work email goes to my phone, my iPad is where I go precisely to avoid productivity.

If not for Airplay, I think any tablet would work for me. I don't use any of iPhone apps on my iPad or vice versa, and I don't sync my music to it, so the unified ecosystem isn't super important to me. Either way, there's really no reason to have one if you have a decent laptop.

EDIT: Goddamit. Did I just post a serious answer in this stupid thread?

The Modern Leper fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Sep 6, 2014

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

TontoCorazon posted:

Who the gently caress uses an iPad for "work". What work involves updating Facebook and watching porn.

for stuff like drawing flowcharts & other UML its unironically better than a real computer.

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

ZombieParts posted:

When i first got it I found browsing to be really nice. The screen was much better than my laptop. So i thought "oooh I'll watch movies" but then I find out I have to convert every loving file I own in order to watch it on this thing
lol no u dont. air video server converts whatever files on your pc on the fly

Pipski
Apr 18, 2004

Gutcruncher posted:

I have a Surface 3. It basically cost me a second mortgage but dangit it owns!

how's the keyboard? i read that it flexes and feels frfagile when you type and i think that might annoy me. quite want one though. i would actually be doing work on it though so it would have to be good for typing on

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


newreply.php posted:

for stuff like drawing flowcharts & other UML its unironically better than a real computer.

You are wrong as gently caress.

Sixfools
Aug 27, 2005

You be the Moon,
I'll be the Earth
And when we burst
Start over, oh, darling
My gf has a playbook that she never uses. Its impossible to browse websites with popups on it.

Gutcruncher
Apr 16, 2005

Go home and be a family man!

Pipski posted:

how's the keyboard? i read that it flexes and feels frfagile when you type and i think that might annoy me. quite want one though. i would actually be doing work on it though so it would have to be good for typing on

Id rank it around your typical laptop keyboard. Whats kinda neat is it has a set of magnets so you can either use it flat on the table or angled a little.


poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Gutcruncher posted:

Id rank it around your typical laptop keyboard. Whats kinda neat is it has a set of magnets so you can either use it flat on the table or angled a little.




the problem with convertibles is they need a table, you can't put them on your lap or on the bed or something and expect to use it like a laptop, the kickstand doesnt work well and the weight balance is all wrong

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
cool so ipads are expensive toys for dumbos

cat doter
Jul 27, 2006



gonna need more cheese...australia has a lot of crackers
I've got an iphone and could see why something larger could appeal to someone, but I've found the stuff I actually do with my iphone doesn't distinguish itself enough so I'll probably get an android next time

so it's probably the same with ipads as well I guess

Spatial
Nov 15, 2007

Gutcruncher posted:

Id rank it around your typical laptop keyboard. Whats kinda neat is it has a set of magnets so you can either use it flat on the table or angled a little.



lmao

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Gutcruncher posted:

Id rank it around your typical laptop keyboard. Whats kinda neat is it has a set of magnets so you can either use it flat on the table or angled a little.




i thought this poo poo was gay until i played iwth one in my office and drat its actually really nice

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



It's cool how mac people laugh about android/windows tablets but when apple finally puts a grown up OS on a tablet with a real CPU and some usb ports and poo poo they'll all nod sagely and chant in unison that this is innovation at its best, clearly inspired by the ghost of the late genius steve jobs

Just like how a big feature of iOS 8 is custom keyboards, since the stock keyboard is a piece of poo poo, meaning they're finally getting swype like the rest of the world

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

Toilet posting on my hand me down iPad (it auto capitalized the name of course)

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
i think a tablet would be cool for taking futuristic looking sci fi notes but other than that eh i have a phone if i really gotta watch a blurry vid right the gently caress now

way too expensive to gently caress with though i'll wait four years until last year's models stop being dogshit and companies start releasing basically the same thing each time

I.N.R.I
May 26, 2011

Lawman 0 posted:

reminder that op lives in Russia and is desperately trying to get out of the country
good luck with that

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pochoclo
Feb 4, 2008

No...
Clapping Larry
The ipad is the ultimate gaming/browsing device for playing while you're taking a poo poo on the toilet.
I didn't buy mine, it was a gift from my boss.

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