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(buying in Canada/Québec)
GF is looking for a laptop; basic, usable laptop for mostly Office work; she already have a iPad for "entertainment".
All the tablets we looked at were running windows 8(.1) and some of them have tactile displays (useful ?)
I have to admit, I was completely lost at the stores today looking at the different lower-end CPUs!!
What is the lowest CPU I need to look at ? i3 or i5 ? what are the equivalent AMD cpus (Quad-Core A4-5000?) ?
I assume I need 8gig ram for Win8.1; HD size/speed is not really an issue.
Portability and battery life is not an issue.
The ACER Aspire series seems to be getting nice reviews in the $500-$600 price range.
The Lenovo Flexpad is also getting nice reviews.
Thanks.
Max.
I'd rather be phishing!
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If portability is not required, you will get more bang for your buck with a desktop...
As with everything, set your budget then get the most ram, biggest HDD and fastest processor you can with your money!!
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I would set the budget then go for the best you can get for that amount. I'd hate to try and spec a machine at the low end, the variations are mind boggling. I would assume that EVERY laptop you could buy will do the minimum you are asking for.
We bought one a few years ago, a net book I think they were called, it did everything we were after and was light and easily portable. It was only ever used for travel as we use a tricked up desktop at home. We then got a laptop that I could use for development, just. Total waste of money, it only ever gets used for email and browsing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My wife likes her Lenovo Yoga thingy (Windows 8.1)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I'd go for the i5 and the bigger size ram. Then I would try to get one of those SSD drives (if budget still allows) and just buy a robust USB drive for my data.
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Send in Oscar!
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well, we all know us aussies like to get legless, so he'll fit right in. With the trial coming to an end, he may even be afforded the status that should make him a quasi local - legless criminal.. (I'll get my hat)
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THAT IS COOL!!!!
Paint it white and you have a stormtrooper!!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Awesome find Kent!
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That is SO awesome! Can't wait for the day it becomes as available to the public as paintball! Somebody is going to get their ass kicked (most likely me, but what the heck )
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Stamp collecting is a hobby too, you know people.
Do people still collect them since they became self-adhesive?
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Like this one?[^]
I come across this often enough, the huge fonts, little content, infinite vertical cheezy text and graphics that sort of fits in "chunks" on my monitor...
Personally, I think they suck. There's usually nothing meaningful on them, etc.
Marc
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Perhaps one of these: Single-page application [^]
For when you don't have anything to say...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Ah yes, Bootstrap abuse.
Don't get me wrong, I like and use Bootstrap. Even in it's un-skinned form. Things like the grid layout and the nav menu components make it too easy to not use.
But when someone starts using the same actual layout as the Bootstrap site? That sort of thing needs to be addressed with large quantities of fire.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Personally, I think they suck.
I agree. They are good, however, when you have no content, because a person who glances at your content will _think_ that you have content.
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newton.saber wrote: a person who glances at your content will _think_ that you have content
Ah, yes, the old sock-in-the-pants trick.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Like a PowerPoint, scroll down to see the next slide. One can see the attention-span of their target-audience
Marc Clifton wrote: There's usually nothing meaningful on them It's not MSDN, that's true.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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tl;dr - crap...
IMHO content is a different story - the design does not suck because the lack of content, but because of bad design...These are the main issues:
1. Scroll across different 'pages' but not stop between them, so even there was meaningful content you probably were loosing attention
2. Too much type-faces - kind and size and flavor. You never know on what to focus, so your eyes jump all over the 'page' without reading it really
3. Awful color schemes in 'pages' and between 'pages', that again makes the content unreachable...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
modified 8-Jul-14 9:06am.
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They're really great when you're trying to squeeze your signal to noise ratio as close to zero as possible.
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I don't very much dislike the layout (it's pretty modern and stuff, like you say, huge fonts and little content).
It's not functional, but it looks pretty.
What is particulary wrong with this website is that it doesn't tell you what it is they do.
Handling Exceptions? So whenever my software fails to create an invoice Airbrake knows what to do (without me actually having to do anything)? Seems really very unlikely.
In .NET it's quite easy to just log every Exception anyway. Once they're in the database you can filter all you like and most of the time they're pretty easy to fix anyway (Object not set to instance of an object at [Stacktrace]).
I can't find anything about their product in .NET except that it is actually possible...
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Fisher Price websites, inspired by Fisher Price operating systems...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Wow, tough crowd.
I don't really mind the UI design itself (I've seen better implementation).
But since I have no clue what it is all about....
"Iron.io has created a great new Airbrake agent for the New Relic platform. The agent grabs data from your Airbrake account and ..."
WTF does that mean?
I'd rather be phishing!
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I will say - Trendy!
When done right they can quickly convey the gist of the website.
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I find them informative and helpful, in that they inform me that there's nothing here, and help me to move along to someplace more useful.
Will Rogers never met me.
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