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Originally posted by norrahe View PostGoing to be travelling rather a lot and wondered what others use.
Looking for something for surfing and general admin (odd spreadsheet,docs, plans), so not something heavy duty.
Current laptop is a tad on the heavy side, great for working from home but not lugging about the place. Not sure whether to go with a tablet (android preferably) and bluetooth keyboard or laptop. Been looking at the Nexus 7, not sure about laptops, possible Acer or Asus.
Recommendations for anything mac related will be studiously ignored.
Whatever option you choose, I hope you enjoy your new toy.
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostGoing to be travelling rather a lot and wondered what others use.
Looking for something for surfing and general admin (odd spreadsheet,docs, plans), so not something heavy duty.
Current laptop is a tad on the heavy side, great for working from home but not lugging about the place. Not sure whether to go with a tablet (android preferably) and bluetooth keyboard or laptop. Been looking at the Nexus 7, not sure about laptops, possible Acer or Asus.
Recommendations for anything mac related will be studiously ignored.
That said the spreadsheet apps are wank, the word processing app isn't too bad. Using google docs is a chore.
Not the answer you wanted, sorry, but for a surfing machine I can check emails on, take meeting minutes and play angry birds on it's brill
Perhaps I am not using it properly though, and there's a ton more stuff I could be doing on it. Most sites have apps (Sky, IGIndex etc) so there's always some new gadget and something to learn so it satisfies my inner geek.
Best of luck with the lappy hunting, hope you get what you want.
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Originally posted by fullyautomatix View PostI bought the Toshiba Protege Z830. Its a basic ultrabook but I wanted a light laptop for travel and to just run Visual studio whenever I wanted.
For Photoshop you might want to look for one with a bigger RAM and SSD, there are ultrabooks with 256 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM costing about a grand.
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostWhat did you buy? In the market for something myself at the moment with the same requirements as the OP. I need to use Photoshop so that rules out a tablet - was thinking of an ultrabook of some description.
I bought the Toshiba Protege Z830. Its a basic ultrabook but I wanted a light laptop for travel and to just run Visual studio whenever I wanted.
For Photoshop you might want to look for one with a bigger RAM and SSD, there are ultrabooks with 256 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM costing about a grand.
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Originally posted by fullyautomatix View PostI bought an ultrabook recently. Bloody hell its light as feather with 6 GB RAM and an SSD in it.
I think tablets are great but I prefer a keyboard than the touch screen for anything other than browsing the web.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostForget the toys - get a small powerful laptop. In the end you want to do everything in a small package.
I have the Thinkpad x1 (i7, 8Gig RAM) which cost 1200 a few months ago. Can't fault it - rock solid milspec construction if you're travelling a lot, probably the best keyboard on a laptop.
Small and light - battery life is good.
I use my 27 inch iMac as a screen for it at home.
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Originally posted by realityhack View PostActually, if cost is no issue, WSGS - the new ThinkPad X-series are astonishingly good quality.
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I'd wait to see what the full-fat Windows Surface tablets are like. From what I've seen so far, they look good.
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Actually, if cost is no issue, WSGS - the new ThinkPad X-series are astonishingly good quality.
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Forget the toys - get a small powerful laptop. In the end you want to do everything in a small package.
I have the Thinkpad x1 (i7, 8Gig RAM) which cost 1200 a few months ago. Can't fault it - rock solid milspec construction if you're travelling a lot, probably the best keyboard on a laptop.
Small and light - battery life is good.
I use my 27 inch iMac as a screen for it at home.
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I bought an ultrabook recently. Bloody hell its light as feather with 6 GB RAM and an SSD in it.
I think tablets are great but I prefer a keyboard than the touch screen for anything other than browsing the web.
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