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I went ahead and bought an ASUS UX303LA from Amazon and just recently got it. 1080p screen, i5-4210u, 128 gb SSD, 8 gb RAM. Was $850 when I bought it and appears to be $899 now. Had been looking for an ultrabook for school for a few months. Would anyone be interested in a small write up after I have used it for a bit?
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Hi all, I'm in the process of returning my Dell XPS15 (L521X) to the manufacturer because, in just under a year and a half this happened:
so, yeah. What do you folks recommend to replace it with, considering how apart from the constant screen replacements this has been the best laptop I have ever used, the best looking, gently caress, it even beats the Macbooks for appearance. I've been thinking of a Macbook, but I've already spent £1450 on this laptop, and I don't really want to spend another £600 to get one of a decent spec...
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Gwaihir posted:Yea, this is entirely up to application developers to handle (or not handle, as the case may be). Some programs work great, and then some are from Adobe. Thats a bummer. Is there anyway to check if apps play well with high dpi? Edit: I mean could I somehow see a preview of how VS 2013 looks at various resolutions?
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Gwaihir posted:Yea, this is entirely up to application developers to handle (or not handle, as the case may be). Some programs work great, and then some are from Adobe. True. 1366x768 TN panels are still the norm for a lot of reasons. Businesses wanting something cheap when they order a lot of laptops, older users who want a resolution where everything is gigantic, and budget users who don't care about quality. Also the fact that it's basically a widescreen 1024x768, which was the standard for many, many years. I guess when 95% of your laptop users are on a lovely 768p TN screen, adapating your application for a small number of users with high dpi IPS screens is probably not a high priority.
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B-Mac posted:I went ahead and bought an ASUS UX303LA from Amazon and just recently got it. 1080p screen, i5-4210u, 128 gb SSD, 8 gb RAM. Was $850 when I bought it and appears to be $899 now. Had been looking for an ultrabook for school for a few months. Would anyone be interested in a small write up after I have used it for a bit? I, for one, am always interested to hear what people have to say about the laptops they purchase. If nothing else it will let me look online for other reviews to see if what you mention might be a trend or a(n) (un)fortunate one-off.
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So I've been using Steam In Home Streaming to play modern games on my lovely 2009 laptop streamed from my nice gaming desktop, and I'm extremely impressed with how well it works. The only problem atm is that this laptop is so old that the hardware video decoder in it can only handle decoding up to 720p without dropping tons of frames. CPU isn't fast enough to handle 1080p using software decoding either, I tried and it's even worse. My question is, can I buy a cheap laptop released in the last year or so with lovely integrated graphics and be confident that it will have no problem displaying a high bitrate 1080p video stream smoothly? Thereby avoiding paying for a loving expensive gaming laptop. Torka fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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Gfs macbook pro took a poo poo and can't be salvaged. She really likes macs but would be find with a nice similar laptop. Even old macbook pros still net a lot on craigslist. How are these deals? http://computers.woot.com/offers/asus-13-zenbook-intel-core-i5-ultrabook-1?ref=cnt_wp_2_4 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...hnomkhxbs20whhx No backlit which is a bust http://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-15-6-quad-core-touchscreen-laptop-6?ref=cnt_wp_5_5 Budget is around $500-600. Should I just pay the difference and get a macbook air? Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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B-Mac posted:I went ahead and bought an ASUS UX303LA from Amazon and just recently got it. 1080p screen, i5-4210u, 128 gb SSD, 8 gb RAM. Was $850 when I bought it and appears to be $899 now. Had been looking for an ultrabook for school for a few months. Would anyone be interested in a small write up after I have used it for a bit? 
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Christoff posted:Gfs macbook pro took a poo poo and can't be salvaged. Does she really need a MBP or could she live with an Air?
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Dick Fagballzson posted:I guess when 95% of your laptop users are on a lovely 768p TN screen, adapating your application for a small number of users with high dpi IPS screens is probably not a high priority.
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Bob Morales posted:But for a company like Adobe who sells $1,000 software that's run on pretty decent to high-end machines... Adobe also sells to enterprise contexts and to schools and universities. Also Photoshop has always been buggy, crummy trash in every other respect so yeah.
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Torka posted:So I've been using Steam In Home Streaming to play modern games on my lovely 2009 laptop streamed from my nice gaming desktop, and I'm extremely impressed with how well it works. Anything with a modern Haswell (i5-4xxx) chip will do just fine. You should be able to hit up something like the Lenovo outlet and get a good deal there. Not needing a discrete GPU gives you tons of options. Probably the only thing you'd really care about is the screen quality.
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Preface: I hate shopping for laptops and do not keep up to date on things very well. I was going to re-purpose an old, but decent desktop to replace my girlfriend's terrible old machine running XP, but now I'm thinking about just getting her a laptop for Christmas instead. It would spend 90% of its life doing facebook and email, but we do have a GoPro4 and I want it to be able to handle playback of 4K 30fps and 1080p 120fps videos. It'll likely sit on a desk with a spare monitor and external kb/mouse hooked up a lot of the time, but she does work a job where she may want to bring it along for downtime. I'd like to keep it in the $500 range, but I don't know how reasonable that is. Oh, and able to get here before Christmas would also be nice  Is there something that fits these requirements? Also, are the barnes and noble gold deals gone now? This link brings me to an error: http://www.lenovo.com/barnesnoble Hillridge fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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The Dave posted:Does she really need a MBP or could she live with an Air? Oh an air is fine
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Grumpwagon posted:Hi Laptop thread! To follow up on this, I am looking at the Lenovo T440 (not the S/P/whatever). This is a recommended model from the OP, but the OP is a bit old. Is that still a good idea? By default, it comes with a 500gb 7200 rpm platter drive for a total of ~$750. For Lenovo to upgrade to a 128gb SSD, it costs about $100. This also changes the name from "Lenovo T440" to "Lenovo T440 ultrabook with SSD," and changes the windows version to 8.1 from 8. I realize 8.1 is a free upgrade from 8, but does this mean I'm buying a previous generation laptop? It has the same generation/model CPU ("4th Generation Intel Core i5-4200U Processor( 1.60GHz 1600MHz 3MB)") I asked their sales support chat if the drive was user replaceable without voiding the warranty, and they said it was. Would it be a bad idea to buy a decent SSD and replace it myself? I'm comfortable building desktops, and I've replaced the fan on my ancient laptop, so I think I'm capable. Is it just a normal 2.5" drive? While I'm in there, I was thinking of adding another 4gb stick of ram, but I can't figure out what form factor the memory is? Would this work? All the tech specs page on the lenovo website says is: 4.0GB PC3L-10600 DDR3L 1333 MHz Thanks again! Grumpwagon fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Dec 16, 2014 |
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HP Chromebooks are back at Woot: http://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-14-dual-core-chromebooks-w-free-4g-22
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Grumpwagon posted:To follow up on this, I am looking at the Lenovo T440 (not the S/P/whatever). This is a recommended model from the OP, but the OP is a bit old. Is that still a good idea? Yes, T440 family is still a good choice all around. Yes, buy your own SSD and install it, very easy and quick to install. Memory is DDR3L (for low voltage) in a SODIMM. What you've linked is the right form factor but 1.5v where 1.35v is needed.
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Grumpwagon posted:t chat if the drive was user replaceable without voiding the warranty, and they said it was. Would it be a bad idea to buy a decent SSD and replace it myself? I'm comfortable building desktops, and I've replaced the fan on my ancient laptop, so I think I'm capable. Is it just a normal 2.5" drive? quote:While I'm in there, I was thinking of adding another 4gb stick of ram, but I can't figure out what form factor the memory is? Would this work? All the tech specs page on the lenovo website says is: 4.0GB PC3L-10600 DDR3L 1333 MHz
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Excellent, thank you to you both. I'm putting the order in now.
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This seems like a really good deal, right? Lenovo Y50 Core i7 15.6" 1080p gaming laptop with GeForce GTX 860M, 16GB RAM for $939 http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptop...Bargains&NID=CJ I wish that they had the option for just a SSD though.
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Gwaihir posted:Anything with a modern Haswell (i5-4xxx) chip will do just fine. You should be able to hit up something like the Lenovo outlet and get a good deal there. Not needing a discrete GPU gives you tons of options. Probably the only thing you'd really care about is the screen quality. Alright, thanks a lot dude. And yeah the other reason is I'd like to get one with a 17" screen, current one's only 15.
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Uziel posted:This seems like a really good deal, right? Yes, it is. I have one, and it is REALLY nice. try to read a few pages back, and you will get most questions answered, and if you have other questions, just ask!
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So I'm in the market for a new laptop. I'm not very hardware savvy so I was wondering if I could get some ideas. What I want is one that can run world of warcraft and league at medium/high settings. Price is also a concern, and I live in the UK. My plan is just to use the monitor and keyboard/mouse setup from my old desktop computer.
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I travel for business every week, and I need a new personal laptop for the road. Was considering the Lenovo Yoga, but I'm hesitant about jumping into the world of touchscreen WinTel. If I get an Alienware, I can get Win7, and do some light gaming. Anyone seen the new Alienware 13 inch laptop first hand? http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-13/pd?oc=dkcwe05h&model_id=alienware-13 Seems like a good tradeoff between portable formfactor and power.
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Further trip reports on the Lenovo Y50 UHD - still enjoying the insane high resolution in the form of very very small writing. Still hate the touchpad. Been playing Alan Wake at medium settings and medium-high resolution (I think I picked 1920x1200, so not all the way up at the 3K). I'm confident I could turn some things and up and still have a smooth experience, but I'm equally confident I wouldn't notice the difference. Most impressive thing is that I can play for 3 hours and the machine barely even gets warm. Also enjoying, though it's not really to do with the laptop, that Windows 8 complains that I'm running low on memory while playing Alan Wake even though I always had more than half of the 16GB unused. Apparently this is just something that Windows 8 does, and you can turn it off using the group policy editor if you have Pro, or with creating some keys with regedit if you don't. Thanks Microsoft. I've already had to do 4 regedit hacks and use 2 third-party programs to make the operating system usable.
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Are you using any kind of scaling with the 3K resolution? I gave up on scaling on my 1440p X1 Carbon. It just seems to create too many issues. I've just been leaving it at 100% at 1440p, which is actually still readable but small, and zooming as needed.
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-Blackadder- posted:Anyone have any thoughts/reviews on the new Dell Latitude 13 7000 series detachable 2-in-1? This has me excited. I've been using the detachable form factor with an 10 inch android tablet for 3 years now. It's still fine for HD media and pdfs and the 1920x1200 IPS screen at 10.1 is more then fine DPI wise so I haven't been in the biggest rush to buy something like a surface just yet. My dream upgrade is a 13 inch version of this setup, that is light enough to do some basic reading at 1:1 scale of A4 8.5x11 content with some kind of accurate stylus/digital pen for markup ability. I've been spoiled by all day battery life, no heat or fans. It seems like there might actually be a few more models in this space now with Broadwell and eventually skylake. I'm cautiously optimistic but more hopeful in windows 8.1/10 detachables then android tablets going past 10-11 inch territory. Waiting for IFA/reviews in this space..
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Holy poo poo I replied to an old post. What is the current "decent cheap laptops" for someone that just wants to youtube, etc? Just get a chromebook?
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Squashy Nipples posted:Anyone seen the new Alienware 13 inch laptop first hand? If money is not an issue, I think the best part about that laptop is the first-party external GPU. You can do an eGPU setup on a lot of laptops with expresscard slots, but it is buggy even on the most stable of setups.
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Just go with a Sager gaming laptop imo. But that external poo poo is pretty nifty
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Dick Fagballzson posted:Are you using any kind of scaling with the 3K resolution? I gave up on scaling on my 1440p X1 Carbon. It just seems to create too many issues. I've just been leaving it at 100% at 1440p, which is actually still readable but small, and zooming as needed. I have set the kinds of windows I do programming in to use 12pt fonts rather than my usual 10pt, that's the only concession I've made to the limitations of eyesight. (A Chrome "Hangouts" window is less than two inches wide with these settings.)
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Holy poo poo I replied to an old post. The built in media player doesn't do MKV files, but converting h264 MKV to h264 MP4 on my desktop beforehand is quick and easy, and supposedly a better player is coming soon. Other than that, it's been problem-free.
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Christoff posted:Just go with a Sager gaming laptop imo. But that external poo poo is pretty nifty I will look into that, thank you. A friend of mine with expensive tastes also recommended this brand: http://www.originpc.com/ Agreed, the external card cage is very nifty, but I don't need it, since I have a very nice full sized gaming box at home. Again, the form factor of the 13 inch Alienware was it's greatest appeal.
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KozmoNaut posted:I've been very pleased with my Chromebook so far. 11+ hour battery life is a game changer. Sold. Chanukah/xmas gift for the wife, enroute. How are different models, though? I was going to get her http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JI9HISQ/ - asus chromebook 300, 32 gigs and 4gb ram. notwithoutmyanus fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Sold. The Asus 200 and 300 Chromebooks get good reviews, and you definitely want one with 4GB ram, for cases when you have 10-15+ tabs open at once. 32GB local storage over 16GB doesn't matter nearly as much, you can use USB storage and SD cards to make up for it, and you're not going to be storing large amounts of local data on a Chromebook anyway. Plus right now I believe you get 1TB of Google Drive space with all Chromebooks for 2 years. Personally I prefer the 13.3" form factor. It fits better on my lap than the smaller models, and the keyboard+touchpad combo tends to be a little less cramped. The only thing I would be wary of is the 1366x768 resolution. This may be just fine for your wife depending on what she's used to, most people don't appear to care much about resolution. I knew I had to have one with a 1920x1080 resolution screen, so that severely limited my options. I think the only Chromebooks with full HD screens right now are the Acer Chromebook 13 (which I have), the Samsung Chromebook 2 and the Toshiba Chromebook 2. The Toshiba is probably the best one, all-round. It's got less battery life than the Acer, but the display is gorgeous.
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Re: Chromebook chat How's the lenovo n20p? The specs look nice, but is the screen good?
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I'm thinking of selling my Dv6-6145dx do you guys know how much it's worth? (I'm also selling a couple of controllers, but I already have an idea.) e: Best Buy gave me $50 for it. Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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Klaus Kinski posted:Re: Chromebook chat Outside of pretty much only the Thinkpad 11e Touch and the Toshiba Chromebook 2, there are no "good" Chromebook screens. The best you're really going to get is "acceptable" or "not completely useless". Chromebooks are cheap machines with cheap TN panels for the most part. From what I gather, the n20p is neither better nor worse than other 11.6" Chromebooks.
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