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Samsung are pretty cool if you intend to install Ubuntu on them. Well at least if you want to fry your firmware that is 
Why not buy a new macbook pro and install windows on it?
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I had an Asus Zenbook UX31 and loved it. But the Zenbook Prime is better, so i upgraded. My favorite laptop i have ever owned. Build quality is great.
Get one with the Scandisk SSD. Thing is smoking fast on boot. Plays skyrim quite well on lower detail.
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| garus wrote: | | PumpAction wrote: | Samsung are pretty cool if you intend to install Ubuntu on them. Well at least if you want to fry your firmware that is
Why not buy a new macbook pro and install windows on it? |
Care to elaborate?
Because Apple, and it's more expensive, has lower resolution, no SSD, heavier and thicker in the similarly priced model. Hell, it's worse in every aspect.
And if you are talking about the really really new Retina crap (hate their retarded naming, or the lack of it). That's 30-40% more expensive.
And I don't even want Windows on it. I intend to work and maybe watch movies while traveling. |
The retina "crap" looks amazing. You say high resolution, no? 
The only thing that has kept me from replacing my MacBook Air with a rMBP 13 is the damn Intel 4000.  I hope the second generation finally has a dedicated chip in there. |
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Also, since it's a laptop and you need to move it, be sure to buy an IPS screen. I know you mentioned it, but I want to stress. The MBA is not IPS, and it so fucking shows when on the go. It's an OK TN, but nothing compared to IPS.
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | The only thing that has kept me from replacing my MacBook Air with a rMBP 13 is the damn Intel 4000. I hope the second generation finally has a dedicated chip in there. |
That is the entire problem with any high resolution display right now. Bravo to Apple on pushing higher resolutions into the world, boo on Apple for not backing it up with sufficient hardware. The "retina" MBPs lag like crazy (4 of them in our UK office), it's ridiculous how bad it is. Don't expect a dedicated chip though, because they'll want to stick to the thinner design and one less partner to deal with.
And yes, the "retina" term is nonsense, because everyone associates it with Apple's magical 326 PPI (and just to annoy you Leo, even Apple talk about pixels per inch and not fucking dots per inch  ). That number only applies at 12 inches (30.5 cm or 1 foot). Apple's displays sit at about 220 PPI, meaning that particularly for a laptop, a lot of the time it's not "retina" as you'll be closer than the "retina" distance (which is about 41cm or 16 inches for 220 PPI). And EVEN THEN - that only applies to someone with 20/20 vision; if you have better vision you'll need to sit even further away, if your vision is worse you'll need to sit closer.
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 @ spoiler
That may be the case, but in that case I wouldn't take the chance until I'd have seen it fixed in action myself. Because it was horrifying to watch the guys on their 2000 pound monster machines..only to lag out because a website used more than 5 images 
It made the Mac Mini I work on when I'm in the UK look blazing fast (standard 5400 RPM drive, woohoo  ). |
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Mac mini is really great. I use that for work also. Sure, drive is a little slow, but it's still a great machine, and very small. Just make sure to put 8GB in there if you want to have Xcode run with Instruments connected to a device.
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Why not wait a few more months for the Haswell crop to arrive?
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Seriously? My next laptop will be MacBook Air. I bought so-called "gaming laptop" once and never again.
Like iNatas said, I would wait for Haswell, how they perform, but MacBook Air is my next logical buy.
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| Przepraszam wrote: | | iNatas |
I think you made a typo and made to say "iSatan"?
But let me say that if you have the money, a second generation "retina" MBP 13" would be my take @Przepraszam. |
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Sorry, I have mistype your name. But I agree, despite how much I dislike Apple.
My sister recently got MacBook Pro with Retina display and god damnit I am fucking jelous. I wanted to trade with her with my lenovo, she kicked me out of the room  
If I ever buy a laptop, it will be MacBook Pro/Air.
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I told her it was equipped with i7 cpu and has amazing resolution of 1336x768! AND AND It can play movies/games in 3D! It was a lost cause. I was doomed from the start |
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Even a woman I was with noticed a huge difference between the screens, and that is a person that sees no difference between watching 1080p HDTV and a 29" CRT TV.
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Well you've already chosen, and I wasn't on humps lately, but I saw my friends Asus ultrabook (it was all aluminum casing, i5 in it, nvidia gpu) and it looked hot 
This so thin laptop idea is really great Plus he got some leather case to hold it in, and since it came with w8 on it, and he's a hardcore linux guy, he said that he doesn't want w8 and they gave him back the money (I dk how much w8 goes for these days).
It cost somewhere around 1k € (probably little less)...
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