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It seems that the 14" Razer Blade has an update announced, to ship in a few weeks: a 3200x1800 IGZO screen, GT 870M, touch screen, 4.47 lbs (up from 4.13 thanks to the touch screen/glass).
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I've heard mixed opinions on sagers/clevos, but they're in heavy consideration for my purchase. Anyone got anything to say about the dealer I should buy from or this 13 inch model in particular? http://www.powernotebooks.com/Sager-NP7338-gaming-laptops-notebooks-sys-6214.html
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shrughes posted:It seems that the 14" Razer Blade has an update announced, to ship in a few weeks: a 3200x1800 IGZO screen, GT 870M, touch screen, 4.47 lbs (up from 4.13 thanks to the touch screen/glass).  The 870M is pretty beefy--apparently not too much slower than a M290X. I wonder what sort of noise it'll put out when fully loaded, what with an estimated 100W TDP in a 14" package. Still probably not enough to game much above 1080p (sadly not an even multiple of the 3200x1800 screen), but I'm happy to see IGZO screens popping up more and more often.
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tacosupreme posted:I've heard mixed opinions on sagers/clevos, but they're in heavy consideration for my purchase. Anyone got anything to say about the dealer I should buy from or this 13 inch model in particular? I think Xotic is a more popular Sager dealer. Clevo normally makes laptops for others but then also will sell them as Sager/Clevo direct. It used to be REALLY obvious which one it was (people would make equivalency tables showing the corresponding Toshiba) but now I think they change them a bit. I had one and it worked fine for 4 years until I sold it.
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DrDork posted:Yeah, and 8GB + 128GB SSD for only $2200! Totally worth it for the acid-green USB ports, though! To be fair, I've been reading some reviews of it, and the keyboard has been described as the best they've ever seen on laptops on one occasion and favorably compared to the Thinkpad Twist's on another (I don't know about that considering the key travel). I've also seen the trackpad described as the best Windows laptop trackpad. (Also, a proprietary trackpad by Razer, with no Linux support.) If you compare this to MacBook Pro pricing, it seems like it's still overpriced, but not absurdly so. A second monitor output would be nice, and an ethernet port would have been good for a gaming laptop to have.
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I've no doubt it's pretty decent in a lot of ways (in that a bunch of the "hands on" reviews of the new keyboard put it as mildly better than the old one, I'm really doubtful that it'd beat a ThinkPad--though beating a ThinkPad trackpad is easy as pie). Still, sticking a 100W TDP GPU in a 14" frame sounds like a recipe for hilarity, and not in a way that will help Razer's current reputation of "puts out products which are nice right up until they inevitably break." A single HDMI out is probably fine for most users--though it would have been nice for it to have been a DisplayPort, instead, which would have been quite a bit more useful and forward-looking. You're right about the ethernet port, though: how do you make a laptop that clearly needs to be plugged in (no, I do not believe "up to 6 hours" of battery life doing anything other than idling on the desktop) and then decide to skip wired ethernet? DrDork fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Rahu X posted:My 11" Macbook Air came in today, and so far, I'm actually really liking it.
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After spending way to much time on this I have this as my shortlist, which is not very short at all: http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/3ER2WQ2S6K9WI With the Lenovos especially the Intel based ones the Wifi issues are a concern. Toshiba id be concerned about build quality and same for Acer, though i have actually seen the E1 and the C55 in person and they seem ok. Toshiba seems to have a particularly bad rep for support though.
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Cheekio posted:My W540 order has been pushed back by a handful of days due to an out of stock cable. Again. Serves me right for springing for new hardware straight from the manufacturer for the first time in my life. Speaking of the W540,I just got one for work and I hate HATE HATE the loving trackpad. I don't particularly care for the Mac glass trackpad either, and this thing is like a cheap lovely imitation of that. The off center keyboard can go to hell too, but it's not nearly as bad as the garbage trackpad.
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SamDabbers posted:I have and recommend a Thinkpad T440s with the 1080p IPS touchscreen. I recently played Civ V at a LAN party all the way through the endgame at full resolution on Low-Medium settings and it was very playable. Intel's latest integrated graphics are surprisingly powerful, and the 14" IPS screen is beautiful. I'm still on the fence about the Civ V touchscreen UI option, but that's a whole other animal. Any thoughts on the x240? It looks like a smaller version of the T440s that would better fit what I'm looking for.
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Samsung ativ book 9 plus base model is $300 off at the Microsoft store: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Samsung-ATIV-Book-9-Plus-NP940X3G-K03US-Touchscreen-Ultrabook/productID.283976900 Its probably the best possible windows ultrabook with the only complaint being expensive.
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Trawling amazon I found this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire...=I39LNU4MQ64BG7 Bit of an odd configuration, Ivy Bridge i3 ULV plus Gforce 820m dedicated, also the only hits for this particular model number would be on italian online retailer sites, though I did ask amazon support if it would be a UK keyboard/OS and they said yes but id be skeptical but i guess its amazon so returns would not be a problem. Worth a look ?
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CalvinandHobbes posted:Samsung ativ book 9 plus base model is $300 off at the Microsoft store: Can you put Windows 7 on it? That same laptop is on Amazon prime right now for 649 and I'm ready to pull the trigger.
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Risky posted:Can you put Windows 7 on it? That same laptop is on Amazon prime right now for 649 and I'm ready to pull the trigger. Probably, but unless 8 doesn't have the legacy support you need why would you want to?
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Risky posted:Can you put Windows 7 on it? That same laptop is on Amazon prime right now for 649 and I'm ready to pull the trigger. Are you sure you aren't looking at the ATIV book 9 lite? If so, please link to Amazon page.
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AriTheDog posted:Are you sure you aren't looking at the ATIV book 9 lite? If so, please link to Amazon page. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFMDUQ/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1NVOASJK71MUN I thought it was the same.  Also, does anyone know if you can upgrade the SSD in these?
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Risky posted:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFMDUQ/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1NVOASJK71MUN Yeah, this is a completely different machine lacking pretty much all of the advantages of the 9 plus. Sorry!
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I need something to stick on the part of the laptop where you rest your palms, below the keyboard. I don't want my sweaty palms rubbing away the paint like my last laptop. Do they make something like?
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EZgrease posted:I need something to stick on the part of the laptop where you rest your palms, below the keyboard. I don't want my sweaty palms rubbing away the paint like my last laptop. Do they make something like? I ordered a replacement trackpad skin from these guys and they also do larger versions for the palmrest http://www.skinstyler.com/pc/
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Rahu X posted:My 11" Macbook Air came in today, and so far, I'm actually really liking it. I'm still learning all the bits of OS X, but I've already gotten used to the basics. I've even changed some of my opinions on some features, like fullscreen applications. Used to think it would be useless, but on this screen, and with the way it works, it's perfect. I use Chrome fullscreen, and once I decide to do some work, I just do a nice four finger swipe and get at it. I want to get back to Chrome, I swipe back. It's just so slick. The only thing I wish is that Chrome would leave fullscreen when I press Esc, but it's not a major issue. The concept of multiple desktops come from Linux so I don't know why Microsoft hasn't ripped it off, it's such a better way to work on a smaller screen. Touchpad gestures on Mac trackpads are also lightyears ahead of Windows laptops. I run a VM of Windows 7 on my Mac, I just swipe over, do my Windows stuff and swipe back. In reference to your mouse speed issue, Windows and Mac track the mouse pointer in radically different ways. It's an interesting topic to read about. Basically Windows is better at one to one mouse/pointer movement, but Mac cheats a little with acceleration. When you go back and forth, it's really strange to see and feel. I set a keyboard shortcut key to fullscreen applications by hitting CMD+Escape. It's easy to set up if you want me to show you.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:The concept of multiple desktops come from Linux so I don't know why Microsoft hasn't ripped it off, it's such a better way to work on a smaller screen. Touchpad gestures on Mac trackpads are also lightyears ahead of Windows laptops. I run a VM of Windows 7 on my Mac, I just swipe over, do my Windows stuff and swipe back. There was actually some posts from a Microsoft UX engineer a few weeks ago on Reddit that said Microsoft has tried for years to incorporate multiple desktops in Windows, but focus tests with their core users (corporate users and the like) always ended up getting so confused they took the feature out. He said that with the segmentation of power users into desktop mode and casual users into Metro now in future versions, it may finally be able to be incorporated, but I doubt it.
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Octopode posted:There was actually some posts from a Microsoft UX engineer a few weeks ago on Reddit that said Microsoft has tried for years to incorporate multiple desktops in Windows, but focus tests with their core users (corporate users and the like) always ended up getting so confused they took the feature out. Interesting. I guess once you get to the size of Window's install base pissing off 1% of customers is really pissing off about 500 million people so you have to make each change very gingerly. It's a little impressive when you consider that in spite of that, they went ahead with Metro.
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Risky posted:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVFMDUQ/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1NVOASJK71MUN The Lite is pretty terrible, Samsung don't want you to know what APU is actually in the system and seemingly try and hide it,its a A6 1450 and you can find that in much cheaper notebooks.
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Tom Guycot posted:metro needed to be done and the interface for its intended purpose is fantastic, the best tablet os I've used. They made several boneheaded moves in its interaction with classic desktop mode though, but they're growing pains they needed to get out of the way, and couldn't really wait any longer. That its a tablet OS is why it should have been kept so far away from desktop usage. and its a poo poo tablet interface
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go3 posted:That its a tablet OS is why it should have been kept so far away from desktop usage. Agreed--I was totally lost with Metro on a Surface, but have no problem with an iPad. Figuring out how to close apps with no help at all is really dumb. edit: Would also love to understand why it 'needed to be done'. Judging by how terrible Win 8 has been doing I seriously doubt anyone at MS can defend it anymore.
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Bob Morales posted:Have you taken it outside to a coffee shop or library yet? It's so loving portable. No joke, I'm actually thinking about taking it to Starbucks tomorrow morning to work on some programming and enjoy some coffee. Can't help but feel that I'm going to be among the stereotypical Mac using people at most Starbucks shops that are apparently working on "writing novels" or whatever. Other than that, I'm definitely going to be taking it with me to college once my Spring Break is over. Going to use it for general note taking as well as doing assignments. Jerk McJerkface posted:The concept of multiple desktops come from Linux so I don't know why Microsoft hasn't ripped it off, it's such a better way to work on a smaller screen. Touchpad gestures on Mac trackpads are also lightyears ahead of Windows laptops. I run a VM of Windows 7 on my Mac, I just swipe over, do my Windows stuff and swipe back. Yeah. I know it did. I never really used virtual desktops on Linux though, mostly because I never needed them, and with the way most DEs organized and laid them out, it sort of turned into a confusing mess at times. Funnily enough, I think the only DE that has gotten virtual desktops right is GNOME 3, and it takes the OS X approach to them (creates them as you want/need them). It's just a shame that GNOME 3 generally has other changes that most don't seem agree with. As for the trackpad, I'm sure I'll get used to it, though I might look into seeing if there's a way to disable acceleration. Given the guts of OS X being a bit more accessible than Windows, I imagine there's a way. And thanks for the offer for the shortcut, but I just realized there's already one pre-defined on OS X (Ctrl+Cmd+F). On a side note, while I totally expected this to happen, I still find it really amusing that I'm barely on my desktop anymore. I'm only really using it for playing games and the occasional intensive task. Other than that, I'm just laying in bed with this little machine and browsing the web/writing programs/watching videos until the battery is nearly dead.
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The other great thing about Mac is that the version of Office for it is actually much nicer than the Windows version. I just threw Windows in a VM and don't even dedicate a machine to it anymore. Lots of games are moving to Linux for SteamOS support too.
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Scott808 posted:Speaking of the W540,I just got one for work and I hate HATE HATE the loving trackpad. I've never met a trackpad I liked, so I guess I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up. Anyway, here's the first in depth review of the W540 I've found: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-ThinkPad-W540-Workstation.112318.0.html It's not exactly glowing (their review model had sticky keys on the left side?), but it does offer a lot of good information and a ton of pictures. And that's really just an excuse to say that despite the estimated ship date being pushed back again, while I was reading the above review I got a shipping confirmation! Five days ahead of schedule, expected to arrive before the end of the month. Apparently obsessively checking/posting on forums about the laptop actually does make it ship faster.
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mod sassinator posted:The other great thing about Mac is that the version of Office for it is actually much nicer than the Windows version. That is really not the prevailing opinion
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Cheekio posted:I've never met a trackpad I liked, so I guess I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up. Anyway, here's the first in depth review of the W540 I've found: Here's another review I just came across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXa0XzNvuZU
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Does anyone know if Apple intentionally neuters the WiFi strength on their laptops? I know they do this on some of their IPads unless you jailbreak them.
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system protocol posted:Does anyone know if Apple intentionally neuters the WiFi strength on their laptops? I know they do this on some of their IPads unless you jailbreak them. From what I can tell, my Macbook Air gets just as good of wifi reception as my desktop. Full bars in my bedroom with my wireless router being a good bit down the hall in my living room. Both are leagues better than my Nexus 4 or Nexus 7, which only gets 1-3 bars on average. I would think the wifi reception on mobile devices is less due to intentional neutering, and more using crappy wifi radios to reduce costs.
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Rahu X posted:I would think the wifi reception on mobile devices is less due to intentional neutering, and more using crappy wifi radios to reduce costs.
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system protocol posted:Does anyone know if Apple intentionally neuters the WiFi strength on their laptops? I know they do this on some of their IPads unless you jailbreak them. Apple Macbooks are notorious for positioning the WiFi antenna on the bottom of the chassis, giving terrible performance.
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mobby_6kl posted:Here's another review I just came across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXa0XzNvuZU You know who else doesn't like the new trackpad 
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What's the minimum I should get hardware wise on an x240 for being able to run office and look at web videos. HD would be nice but its not mandatory. I'll be using wireless internet alot.
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