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grimmmy
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I've the Asus ux31a. It's a really nice ultra book. There was an issue with the keyboard but they're since resolved that. The battery life is good as too is the speed/performance. When I looked around, the Samsung had a really flimsy screen which put me off. The Asus feels solid and looks nice.
Would highly recommend
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz - 32GB Kingston HyperX - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - EVGA GTX 980 TI SC 6GB - Asus ROG Swift PG278Q
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Invasor
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2013 16:20 Post subject: |
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I have almost the same doubts as Garus, except that I'm considering the MBPr 13"... I never had a mac, never even considered one, and I like lenovo the best (T series mostly), but for some reason lenovos are really expensive here (and I can get a macbook for a little more than it costs in the US, which means even cheaper than EU).
I don't get the hype around apple products, I don't like their design, and I won't be using their OS (I'll use linux), but the hardware/price on the MBPr 13" seems pretty solid, although giving money to apple is an issue too 
Should I buy a macbook pro 13 retina? (and damn, that's a stupid name)
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2013 17:18 Post subject: |
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No, you shouldn't. The current "retina" Macbooks are all underpowered, at least they seem that way.
| Invasor wrote: | | which means even cheaper than EU |
"Even" cheaper? You imply that things are cheap here, they're anything but cheap (basic 13" MBPR is 1785 EUR already, or 2416 USD, nice little $700 difference there - that's not taxes anymore) 
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Invasor
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2013 17:54 Post subject: |
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| Werelds wrote: | No, you shouldn't. The current "retina" Macbooks are all underpowered, at least they seem that way.
| Invasor wrote: | | which means even cheaper than EU |
"Even" cheaper? You imply that things are cheap here, they're anything but cheap (basic 13" MBPR is 1785 EUR already, or 2416 USD, nice little $700 difference there - that's not taxes anymore) |
Well, the thing is, the MBPR 13 you're talking about costs 3500 USD here that's why I implied it's "cheap" in EU. But I can get it for 1800 USD (from a tax free shop in Paraguay, which is not too far from where I live). The ASUS UX31A is around 1500 USD. Is the macbook worth the extra $300? I want build quality, a good keyboard, nice screen, and I expect it to last for many years.
(the lenovo I'd buy is over 2200 USD, so I can't afford it)
Edit:
UX31A-DH71 I7-1.9/4/256 for 1695USD or
MBP retina 13 i5-2.5/8/128 for 1760USD...
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Feb 2013 23:27 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | | I still don't see any evidence of them being underpowered, especially if you consider what I already said |
All I know is that I've seen one 13" and two 15" in action in early December and a lot of sites lagged like crazy. That was Chrome as well, so I don't know when they fixed Chrome? The guys are all on the beta channel, idiots that they are, so if it was fixed by then, they had the fix.
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garus
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