Macbook Pro died, need a new laptop

On June 30 2012 14:59 Womwomwom wrote:
1) LCD screens are very hard to kill so I'm surprised your screen "died".
2) nVidia GPUs from that generation were fucking terrible. If you remember that period, every manufacuter that used nVidia 8000 series mobile GPUs suffered from some sort of GPU failure. This is not Apple at fault, this is nVidia's fault and this is reflected by the class action against them.

That being said, get a tablet if that's all you do. They aren't heavy, they've got good screens, and they've great battery life no X86-based laptop will achieve. The only real (not stupid) options are the recently released Google Nexus 7, iPad 2, or iPad 3. The Google Nexus 7 is only $200 and you can buy the iPad 2/3 through Apple's Refurb store. They're second hand returns but Apple does a good job making them basically identical to new models (I believe even have same warranty as new models).

The biggest things tablets offer are:
- Tight pixel pitch so you don't see the screen door effect. This improves text and image quality dramatically.
- Good viewing angles.
- Decent contrast.
- Better colour space coverage. Most non Apple/1080P/high end Sony/IPS laptop screens on laptops can't even properly display all of the colours on a jpeg.
- Very good battery life.
- less weight, less bulk
- Efficient hardware no mechanical parts needed so no noise. Also means much less heat output.

Everything about tablets is just...better for content consumption. Also, I don't see a point in waiting for Windows 8. Look at it this way:

If you want to type basic documents, you have iWork on the iOS App Store which is an adequate Word replacement (in some ways better if you are more concerned with presentation). If you don't care about doing lots of work on a mobile device, then you have refurbished iPads and the Google Nexus 7 ($200 brand new for a Nexus device) that will web browse and watch videos just as good.

If you want X86 support, you're going to pay more than $500 because of the Intel processor alone. If Microsoft was to subsidies the tablet and it actually puts pressure on the iPad, Apple can just decrease the price of the iPad because Apple has a better supply chain, better profit margins, as well as nearly double the amount of Microsoft's cash-on-hand. Basically whatever Windows 8 does, Apple and Google can offer better and cheaper tablet devices.