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Posted 18 July 2012 - 11:43 AM
The number of models mean nothing when they include 6.5-lb behemoths. And how many of the models from top tier OEMs are good Air competitors, not considering price?
Intel needs to restrict specs so the name Ultrabook means something again.
And no, I don't want touchscreen on my laptop. If I did, I'd have gotten a tablet. This is an unnecessary price increase and will drag Intel down the Windows 8 drain.
Intel needs to restrict specs so the name Ultrabook means something again.
And no, I don't want touchscreen on my laptop. If I did, I'd have gotten a tablet. This is an unnecessary price increase and will drag Intel down the Windows 8 drain.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 11:51 AM
Gnostradamus, on 18 July 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:
The number of models mean nothing when they include 6.5-lb behemoths. And how many of the models from top tier OEMs are good Air competitors, not considering price?
Intel needs to restrict specs so the name Ultrabook means something again.
And no, I don't want touchscreen on my laptop. If I did, I'd have gotten a tablet. This is an unnecessary price increase and will drag Intel down the Windows 8 drain.
Intel needs to restrict specs so the name Ultrabook means something again.
And no, I don't want touchscreen on my laptop. If I did, I'd have gotten a tablet. This is an unnecessary price increase and will drag Intel down the Windows 8 drain.
One new Ultrabook worth looking at is the Samsung Series 9. At 0.5 inches thick, it's considerably thinner than even the MacBook Air! A new version with Ivy Bridge is due out soon, and don't worry, it won't have a touchscreen.
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 06:03 PM
"Touch enabled" - Now THERE'S an almost meaningless phrase. My gut reaction to it is that it'll end up meaning: "If you attach a touch screen to the system, it will be recognized." This, of course, implies that the system didn't come standard WITH a touch screen.
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 01:32 AM
Ultrabook with Windows 8, simply outstanding. I don't think there is anything wrong in a touch screen enabled notebook. A variety of use to a notebook. Looking forward to get my hands on the gadget soon.
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 03:33 PM
JaimeGonzalez, on 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
They exist, quit looking at the cheap-o Windows machines while expecting top quality performance.
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 05:25 PM
JaimeGonzalez, on 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
And yet, Windows machines vastly outsell Macs. It seems to me that the logical conclusion is that the vast majority of people really don't care about touch screen systems.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 01:48 PM
waldojim, on 21 July 2012 - 03:33 PM, said:
JaimeGonzalez, on 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
They exist, quit looking at the cheap-o Windows machines while expecting top quality performance.
I meant to say "trackpad" not "touch pad" btw. I think everybody still understood what I meant.... Anyway, please do provide me with some ultrabook recommendations with multi-touch trackpads as good as apple's. I've been searching... Hopefully by next year there will be a nice touch screen windows 8 ultrabook with a nice track pad...
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 01:50 PM
JimH443, on 21 July 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:
JaimeGonzalez, on 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
And yet, Windows machines vastly outsell Macs. It seems to me that the logical conclusion is that the vast majority of people really don't care about touch screen systems.
meant to say "trackpad"... the multi-touch track pad on all apple computers is 100X's better than any windows laptop i've ever toyed with...
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 02:57 PM
JaimeGonzalez, on 24 July 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:
waldojim, on 21 July 2012 - 03:33 PM, said:
JaimeGonzalez, on 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:
All obsolete until touch pads reach macbook quality. This is my number 1 gripe with any windows laptops is the glitchy, non-responsive touchpads; arguably the most important component on a portable laptop. Apple has had a fluid high quality touch pads with their laptops for years yet there are still no windows laptops that come even close.
They exist, quit looking at the cheap-o Windows machines while expecting top quality performance.
I meant to say "trackpad" not "touch pad" btw. I think everybody still understood what I meant.... Anyway, please do provide me with some ultrabook recommendations with multi-touch trackpads as good as apple's. I've been searching... Hopefully by next year there will be a nice touch screen windows 8 ultrabook with a nice track pad...
The one that I used personally, and can tell you was extremely nice, was on the Sony SA.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:07 AM
I've had a cheap convertible touch-screen laptop for years, and it's absolutely great! don't see why you would by a non-touchscreen laptop when you can get a touchscreen laptop.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 07:55 AM
cipnrkorvo, on 25 July 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:
I've had a cheap convertible touch-screen laptop for years, and it's absolutely great! don't see why you would by a non-touchscreen laptop when you can get a touchscreen laptop.
I realize I'm probably in the minority, but most of the time I'm using my laptop... it isn't even open. Why use 17" screen when a 32" screen is available? Why pay for a touchscreen when it's not even going to be looked at, much less used?
Even if this were not true, I wouldn't use a touchscreen. Screens are hard enough to keep clean WITHOUT constantly putting my fingers on it. I much prefer wireless mice.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 08:18 AM
JimH443, on 25 July 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:
cipnrkorvo, on 25 July 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:
I've had a cheap convertible touch-screen laptop for years, and it's absolutely great! don't see why you would by a non-touchscreen laptop when you can get a touchscreen laptop.
I realize I'm probably in the minority, but most of the time I'm using my laptop... it isn't even open. Why use 17" screen when a 32" screen is available? Why pay for a touchscreen when it's not even going to be looked at, much less used?
Even if this were not true, I wouldn't use a touchscreen. Screens are hard enough to keep clean WITHOUT constantly putting my fingers on it. I much prefer wireless mice.
I agree with the not wanting to touch my screen. I cannot stand fingerprints on my displays... I only use my laptops display because it is the best looking in the house. Not that the others are that bad, just the laptop is that nice.
This post has been edited by waldojim: 25 July 2012 - 08:18 AM
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 09:07 AM
waldojim, on 25 July 2012 - 08:18 AM, said:
JimH443, on 25 July 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:
cipnrkorvo, on 25 July 2012 - 04:07 AM, said:
I've had a cheap convertible touch-screen laptop for years, and it's absolutely great! don't see why you would by a non-touchscreen laptop when you can get a touchscreen laptop.
I realize I'm probably in the minority, but most of the time I'm using my laptop... it isn't even open. Why use 17" screen when a 32" screen is available? Why pay for a touchscreen when it's not even going to be looked at, much less used?
Even if this were not true, I wouldn't use a touchscreen. Screens are hard enough to keep clean WITHOUT constantly putting my fingers on it. I much prefer wireless mice.
I agree with the not wanting to touch my screen. I cannot stand fingerprints on my displays... I only use my laptops display because it is the best looking in the house. Not that the others are that bad, just the laptop is that nice.
My laptop's display is actually better than my TV. This was my first purchase of a flat screen TV, and I knew I'd want to hook it up to my computer... but I hadn't realized the "simple fact" that a 720p shouldn't be expected to look good at the 1600x900 resolution I was using on my laptop. If I had, I would have spent the almost insignificant extra $40-50 for a 1080p.
Even still... the reason I use the 32" with my laptop is the same reason I decided to settle for the 720p - I'm getting up there in years, and I don't see as well as I used to. I use it with the computer because bigger is better. As for the TV, I no longer have "1080p eyes" - so I figured why pay extra? I know better now, though.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 10:47 AM
JimH443, on 25 July 2012 - 09:07 AM, said:
My laptop's display is actually better than my TV. This was my first purchase of a flat screen TV, and I knew I'd want to hook it up to my computer... but I hadn't realized the "simple fact" that a 720p shouldn't be expected to look good at the 1600x900 resolution I was using on my laptop. If I had, I would have spent the almost insignificant extra $40-50 for a 1080p.
Even still... the reason I use the 32" with my laptop is the same reason I decided to settle for the 720p - I'm getting up there in years, and I don't see as well as I used to. I use it with the computer because bigger is better. As for the TV, I no longer have "1080p eyes" - so I figured why pay extra? I know better now, though.
Even still... the reason I use the 32" with my laptop is the same reason I decided to settle for the 720p - I'm getting up there in years, and I don't see as well as I used to. I use it with the computer because bigger is better. As for the TV, I no longer have "1080p eyes" - so I figured why pay extra? I know better now, though.
I understand quite well. I had similar issues with my 720P Toshiba. But my mention of how the display looks is more about the color accuracy, and range of colors. The laptop has a very wide gamut, and as such produces colors none of my TV's can. Pictures, movies, games, everything just look more natural on there.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -- Isaac Asimov
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