On December 29, 2014 at 23:51, sofa_king_CI said...
I would rather have a 1TB SSD than have to carry one more extra part around. Personally, TIme is money, faster PC with higher screen resolution, good battery life (not huge but helps) and lets devices to setup every time I use it add's up.
As I said, 1-2 Minute savings per typical work day (based on a meager $60 an hour) and it pays for itself. Any more time savings and you're making money on it.
I had no desire for mac either. I want the specs of a maxed out MBP, that's what will work for me. ON a PC would be even better, I can't find one. at least not for less money than the MBP and the Macs have great service (if needed) and reputation.
I've checked with many people using Mac to run Windows that are very happy.
Honestly, peak gaming graphics and movie editing graphics processor isn't as important as a quality higher rez display .
I keep my laptops for about 3 years....isn't that the same as you said. What are you talking about about "if you guys are keeping there a things as long as you do!"?
Not an extra drive. Buy it with the 1th optical and replace it with an add. 512, 1tv, whatever. That gets that machine to 1200 plus whatever hard drive. Mac and a few others mentioned keeping for much longer. In searching tonight. There are some beast mode Lenovo machines with 4k screens and top speccs that are sweet but absolutely get into the mbp range. Which I am not afraid to spend, but I just don't see why I need to. I have been completely satisfied with top of the line consumer grade laptops. I would put the performance of any full featured i7 laptop in the 1500 price range up against the Mac book any day of the week. In fact I would love to compile some Crestron code on whatever I get and some one with a new mbp and see the difference in time. As for extra resolution. When I am working on anything that could benefit from it I am in the office with my 39" 4k. I am not working on touch panel graphics on site. Do I make small changes here and there on site, yes, enough to add $600 no. 1080p is surely fine for me. That being said, in not ruling a 3k to 4k screen out. To be honest I am willing to take a performance hit if I can hold off for the announcement of the new Corel chip in the surface pro series. After playing with one, it is really what I want. It may not deliver as a replacement for my current laptop but in willing to give it a try. I just think for what we are doing on site, in not sure how you could get a better form factor. The only other machine that has piqued my interest is the yoga pro 3. Very nice looking well built machine.
