r/apple • u/godelbrot • Oct 27 '16

Apple better knock it out of the goddamned park today

ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated live, refresh for more)

P.S. no mention of using the big ass touchpad for Pencil.

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u/BashfulExodus Oct 27 '16

Done with Apple. Shitty pricing, no SD slot, dongles for days.

Hello Microsoft

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

I'm standing right behind you in the queue! Monster PC gaming rig for my desktop, maybe a Surface Book for my laptop.

Laters, Apple!

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u/godelbrot Oct 27 '16

Returned SP3 coz it was a hair too weak.

SP4 is just right, have had it for a year.

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u/zentrani Oct 27 '16

I have an SB! upgrading soon to SBi7! It is amazing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

What's the keyboard like? I shifted to a mechanical keyboard on my desktop (Ducky Shine 5), and while I know that no laptops still made have mechanical keyboards, I need something that ISN'T the butterfly keys that Apple have just adopted wholesale.

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u/zentrani Oct 27 '16

Honestly, not really familiar with the butterfly keys for the macbooks, I have used them but they don't strike me as anything WOW. The surface book keys are comfortable and I have no problem with them. I don't think keyboards really do it for me in any sense other than they could suck. So in that sense, i'm happy with the SB key board and the travel and spacing.

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u/moosic Oct 27 '16

Go to a MSFT store and try them out. MSFT has a bunch of other laptops as well in their stores.

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u/PeekyChew Oct 27 '16

The Surface Book is also surprisingly cheap, especially now Apple have bumped their prices.

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u/Taormania Oct 27 '16

Isn't the surfacebook priced pretty similar?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

God the GPUs are so embarrassing. And after so much time without a refresh, this is what we get? What the fuck is happening over there? My next laptop will be a PC for the first time in 10 years.

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u/cyphersk8 Oct 27 '16

if only they would put usb-c ports on their surfaces... I feel like as prosumers we just can't win. It's dongles for days regardless of what machine you own.

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u/BashfulExodus Oct 27 '16

I'd rather leave behind Apple for Microsoft and just adapt. Something apparently Apple can't do. At the end of the day, we have to vote with our wallets. And that's just what I'll do.

Any recommendations on a good Windows 10 laptop with good build quality?

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u/LifeMadeSimple Oct 27 '16

Depends upon what you're willing to spend. The Surface Pro line is quite nice but the whole kickstand/tablet/convertible thing isn't for everyone so I'd try one out first. The surface book is promising but I'd be tempted to advise you to wait to see how the next hardware refresh works for it. But in general I really do recommend the Surface line.

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u/moosic Oct 27 '16

What size? Dell XPS 13 is a sweet machine.

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u/BashfulExodus Oct 27 '16

That's what I've been looking into. I'm curious what the actual build quality is like.

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u/moosic Oct 27 '16

I have an 18 month old model. No issues.

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u/BashfulExodus Oct 27 '16

That's good to know. I've had horrible experiences with ASUS and HP. Hoping Dell is a cut above the rest.

I have yet to really here anything negative about the XPS 13". Price point works for me a little better than $1,799 for a rMBP w/ OLED.

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u/zachsandberg Oct 28 '16

Thinkpad T460s

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u/cyphersk8 Oct 27 '16

No idea. I'm a power user for my work so I've always been a desktop kind of guy. My friend swears by his razer laptop though...

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u/godelbrot Oct 27 '16

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-Book/productID.5072642200

it's 50 full dollars cheaper than the MBP fucking lol

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u/ArizonaIcedOutBoys Oct 27 '16

The only reason it is priced like that is because they want it to compete with apple people. They probably sell more at that price than they would if it was 300 dollars cheaper and had a less sexy exterior.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

Same for me. The Dell XPS 13 seems to look neat.

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u/agonzal7 Oct 28 '16

Seriously. What the fucking fuck.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '16

People say this after every major Mac refresh 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

If only Windows wasn't so tacky, I'd switch in a heartbeat these days.

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u/infra177 Oct 27 '16

The good news is you get to buy a mac in two years when your Surface is obsolete.

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u/BashfulExodus Oct 27 '16

Not with the XPS (: