Tablets/Laptops etc for University.

[toad]

might as well throw in my 2 bobs' worth.

got a lenovo t series laptop (i5 with beefed up ram etc.) about 18 months ago and have had no issues with it . ordering system is similar to dell but at the time i could get what i wanted a bit cheaper with lenovo. t series is their standard/middle of the road series, some people at uni have the cheaper ones and they do look/feel more flimsy.

don't have a tablet but from what i've seen/used i would go with a samsung i think. i don't like the whole apple "ecosystem" and also think macbooks are a bit of a ripoff, and windows 8 seems to have negative reviews all round.

[furns]

personally I am looking at the Clevo range from LogicalBlueOne. Basically the same parts you get in the mainstream ranges (ie Sony, Dell, etc) without having to pay the premium for the name.

[weston]

it does work on PC but if u can't find something just go on hahasport.com or another streaming site and watch it (albeit with lower quality)

I will try that link tonight on the tablet and see how it goes. I

[MFKS]

Love how everyone thinks any new Windows such as this time Windows 8 is a nightmare. Yet seems to forget that in 12-24 months when the bugs are ironed out /or people have adequate equipment for it it will run alright.

Could never understand the furore over Vista. Vista was built for 64 bit systems. Nearly every dick on the planet tried jamming it on a 32bit system and then wondered why it wasn't good. Built a 64 bit system for Vista and as soon as Vista SP1 came out it ran sweet

[weston]

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Love how everyone thinks any new Windows such as this time Windows 8 is a nightmare. Yet seems to forget that in 12-24 months when the bugs are ironed out /or people have adequate equipment for it it will run alright.

Could never understand the furore over Vista. Vista was built for 64 bit systems. Nearly every dick on the planet tried jamming it on a 32bit system and then wondered why it wasn't good. Built a 64 bit system for Vista and as soon as Vista SP1 came out it ran sweet

My problem with windows 8 is I get windows popping up randomly all over the place all the time and I have trouble finding my way back. Absolute hate it.

[My2BobsWorth]

Windows 8 is for kids to play with on their smartphone, it's the worst Windows in history if you actually want to do some work. Classic shell will give it a more Win7 look
http://www.classicshell.net/

[holmesy]

If you want to do any kind of work. Stay away from anything Microsoft.

[q-money]

If you want to do any kind of work. Stay away from anything Microsoft.

spoken like a true asshole mac zealot

both OS's have their relative merits. office is far far superior on windows than mac, adobe CS vice versa

[militiamon]

If you want to do any kind of work. Stay away from anything Microsoft.

Doing science on a mac

[sh10]

If you want to do any kind of work. Stay away from anything Microsoft.

no porn on macs? devo. can see why ur so angry

[plague]

Went to Harvey Norman yesterday to gey a tablet. Told the guy what I really wan it for is to run foxtel go and a few games. He checked it out on one of the asus tablets and it was compatible. Though I wanted the asus a step down from the one he checked (he checked it on that one because he had an account etc on there and he didn't on the one I was looking at and we both assumed that it would work on both as there were not really much different in specs). $200 later and the kne I got does not support foxtel go. FFS. So now I will miss the jets game though I downloaded an app that has highlights etc so it's not all bad. But Tuesday when I get paid I will be going back and saying it doesn't do what I want and try and swap it for the other one and pay the extra $90 or so.

Haha this asshole (the HN guy not you)
If he was the tall streak with black curly hair he pulls it with everyone.
Tried to pull it with me and openly argued with me as to which tablets do and don't have Foxtel Go (Q is right, one Samsung model does and so do iPads but that's it).

[q-money]

such a dick move on behalf of foxtel...samsung makes the farken nexus 10 argh

foxtel go/play is actually pretty dope on the PC though, i use it all the time when the mrs doesn't let me watch the telly

[The Dunster]

The only thing Apple / Mac do well is promote their 4th rate woeful products. Phones are junk, music devices - junk - inability to run databases such as Access natively - Disgrace, and they are about one tenth the speed of an intel at similar clock speed if yer lucky running Mathematica.

I also don't buy the better for music crap either. Plenty of good programs such as Sonar do it just as good for a lot less money.

I'm not against young girls having their own brand of computer or phone but lets not pretend apple make products for men. Because they don't.

[q-money]

we're running a 12 core xeon mac pro for our image reconstruction software and it's pretty manly

[The Dunster]

we're running a 12 core xeon mac pro for our image reconstruction software and it's pretty manly

Made by Intel. You could get a PC with the same power running natively for a lot less.

[q-money]

yeah but it's a lot of dickin' around, plus half of our stuff runs on OSX and the other half on windows - parallels is the answer and it works out of the box.

[Jetmaster]

Acer Aspire V3 571G fanboi here too - running Windoze 8 SP1 with i7 core. Also recommend Classic Shell to bypass that apps shit.

Great laptop - only downer is the battery could last a bit longer.

Got a tablet to show PDFs to clients and just general surf whilst lounging around - I'm "anything but Apple" and went for a Chinese Android. Apart from getting around the Chinese hyraglyphics it is taking everything I throw at it, including streamed media from my home server.

So much easier to discretely w*** with a tablet btw.

[My2BobsWorth]

Made by Intel. You could get a PC with the same power running natively for a lot less.

This is true of all Apple stuff

[MFKS]

Acer Aspire V3 571G fanboi here too - running Windoze 8 SP1 with i7 core. Also recommend Classic Shell to bypass that apps shit.

Great laptop - only downer is the battery could last a bit longer.

Got a tablet to show PDFs to clients and just general surf whilst lounging around - I'm "anything but Apple" and went for a Chinese Android. Apart from getting around the Chinese hyraglyphics it is taking everything I throw at it, including streamed media from my home server.

So much easier to discretely w*** with a tablet btw.

How long ago did you get it??

I bought mine about January last year and at the shop had the option of getting it with either Windows 7 or Windows 8

I took the Windows 7 option as I thought it would be more stable.

Just wondering what it would have been like if I went the other option and went Windows 8???

[q-money]

This is true of all Apple stuff

what's good for the computer dork out there isn't always good for the high-end user who is not au fait with the building of systems from scratch (i.e. biologists, clinicians, anyone who is not an engineer (or economist, obviously) )

the mac pro is popular because it works out of the box, and you don't have to put it together yourself

given the choice between ****ing around building a system, or knowing i can get one that does the job with a minimal amount of fuss, most people with a bit of wedge to spend will opt for the mac.

but horses for courses - dunster's machine is probably useless for what i'd want to do and vice versa, and mine would probably send him into apoplectic rage