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As someone who works on both macs and windows, I prefer to work on a retina 15" mac pro spec'd to the hilt.

Sure you can get a 17" laptop, but that shit is clunky to transport, 99% of the good laptop bags/luggage don't fit it and it's heavy. Generally you don't place laptops further away than your hand's reach (due to keyboard being attached) so it'll be physically closer to your face than a desktop screen. Add to the fact that you'll probably want to put it on your body while fapping in bed you don't want something that huge.

The resolution on a 15" retina is much much more than most 17" windows lappys will give you. Pack it with RAM, a good SSD and beef up the video card and you're good to go. If you need to have windows, install windows on it. Don't use OSX. If you need to play games on it play it in windows. The processors understand virtualisation commands these days, so even in a windows VM you'll still get good performance.

Anyone who pulls the whole "uhhh you can never upgrade a mac laptop" line can f**k off. when was the last time anyone ever upgraded a laptop. By the time you get around to making the choice to upgrade your shit there's a newer processor or screen that's much better out that needs you to chuck the old base anyway.

These days you don't have to be a hipster to buy a mac laptop, most guys who are devs and serious nerds choose Macs. The only guys who rock up to dev conferences with windows laptops are poor students or unemployed.

BTW, stay clear of HP and Lenovo. The latter has pissed all over whatever it inherited from IBM and is now just rubbish. HP has announced that it's splitting it's consumer business from the enterprise and is selling off consumer. Their consumer stuff were garbage anyway.

If you must buy a native windows laptop, buy an ASUS, Gigabyte or Alienware or... the new Razr Blade. They're proper consumer grade laptops that aren't just churned out by the thousands to put in corporate environments with some jackass running scripts remotely that is your only avenue for support.

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probably worth more than your D1R's

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i kinda want one. name him al pacacino.

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You laugh now, but when I'm at a formal occasion with a shitty DJ and they need someone to drop Dre beats...I have something up my sleeve.

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1.Sure you can get a 17" laptop, but that shit is clunky to transport, 99% of the good laptop bags/luggage don't fit it and it's heavy. Generally you don't place laptops further away than your hand's reach (due to keyboard being attached) so it'll be physically closer to your face than a desktop screen. Add to the fact that you'll probably want to put it on your body while fapping in bed you don't want something that huge.

2.The resolution on a 15" retina is much much more than most 17" windows lappys will give you. Pack it with RAM, a good SSD and beef up the video card and you're good to go. If you need to have windows, install windows on it. Don't use OSX. If you need to play games on it play it in windows. The processors understand virtualisation commands these days, so even in a windows VM you'll still get good performance.

3.These days you don't have to be a hipster to buy a mac laptop, most guys who are devs and serious nerds choose Macs. The only guys who rock up to dev conferences with windows laptops are poor students or unemployed.

4.BTW, stay clear of HP and Lenovo. The latter has pissed all over whatever it inherited from IBM and is now just rubbish. HP has announced that it's splitting it's consumer business from the enterprise and is selling off consumer. Their consumer stuff were garbage anyway.

5.If you must buy a native windows laptop, buy an ASUS, Gigabyte or Alienware or... the new Razr Blade. They're proper consumer grade laptops that aren't just churned out by the thousands to put in corporate environments with some jackass running scripts remotely that is your only avenue for support.

1. It's unlikely it'll ever leave the house. I'm massive and so is my cock.

2. So buy a Mac then upgrade everything in it, and it'll be good?

3. I'm not a dev or a nerd

4. Thanks for the advice :thumbsup:

5. Asus was my first stop as it's what I have now...will check out Alienware and Gigabyte... Guessing Alienware would make some decent looking lappys.... I won't be using it for gaming though...

Really want that fkin Asus Lambo laptop, but don't want superseded CPU/RAM/HDD etc

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Yeah only online

how about this?

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1538_1539&products_id=27680

nah but srs MSI have some decent options out there, even if you aren't using it for gaming

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if you cannot handle your grog, either don;t fly or stay sober.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/etihad-airways-flight-470-forced-to-return-to-brisbane-after-man-flies-into-rage/story-fnizu68q-1227080454549

at this rate they going to ban grog on planes or some shit.

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But dezz, will the 15-inch retina display be good enough for you to watch the race?

btw, I get 10% off Dell products including alienware. PM me if you decide too....

alienware is all aimed at gamers yes? Can't see myself every using it for gaming, but I'll look at the range and see if anything takes my fancy...Will hit you up for discounts if go down that path...

The price on the Dell site for the XPS15 I linked above says including 20 or 30% off, do you get a further 10% off that price or only off the retail?

Leigh, had never heard of MSI til yesterday when I looked on scorptec/centercom... they're aimed at gamers too I gather..?

UNR33L Grand Master

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mirin 5k laptops

yeah alienware and msi are pretty much directed at gamers, but they'd still kick ass at any other tasks if you can get one for a decent price / decent specs

mates got one of those dell xps 17s when they had a sale, pretty good for the price.

dezz Grand Master

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Touchscreen isn't needed, but it comes with it so too bad...

I guess I should set a budget, makes it easier for you people that know shit to pick one...

Say you were gonna spend $2500 max, throw some options at me

Fast

SSD with decent storage space

I watch a lot of shows on it, and hook it up to the TV via HDMI to watch shit too

ALL THE RAMS

Want a decent looking one

Will consider 15" screen options also.

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alienware is all aimed at gamers yes? Can't see myself every using it for gaming, but I'll look at the range and see if anything takes my fancy...Will hit you up for discounts if go down that path...

The price on the Dell site for the XPS15 I linked above says including 20 or 30% off, do you get a further 10% off that price or only off the retail?

Leigh, had never heard of MSI til yesterday when I looked on scorptec/centercom... they're aimed at gamers too I gather..?

This doesn't sound like the madwob we used to know

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