Zombie thread, RAAAGH

[dustmite]

Not sure what I s on or off topic now.

There were only 4 people outside GameStop at 10 to pay for the pre-order. I will head back in 20 minutes to pick it up. Of course they had no accessories. The only cases for XL they had were pink or Barbie. Yuk.

I hope this 4 people are the Gateway team. To test the update at 12:02 and release it at 12:03.

 

[nor3x]

I'd take a Razer Blade over anything xD thing is so sexy

Yea, also depends on use case, you're not using either laptop to seriously game, but if you had to, the sp3 would obviously be better for that.

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Are you sure it was a sp3 and not the older ones you tried? ... Anyway I'll leave this topic alone. Most people rarely actually own both items they are comparing before coming to a consensus. (Not aimed directly at you) but it is good to have actually owned both before making a conclusion.

Eh, fair. Most people who argue over OS X vs Win usually get absolutely nowhere. I'm only biased towards OS X because I've used it and it's unix-like which is a huge plus for me for terminal stuff.

 

[nor3x]

Eh, fair. Most people who argue over OS X vs Win usually get absolutely nowhere. I'm only biased towards OS X because I've used it and it's unix-like which is a huge plus for me for terminal stuff.

Yup osx wins hands down if you're thing is terminal dev'ing, something win10 is trying to fix with a power shell.

 

[VeryCrushed]

Yea, also depends on use case, you're not using either laptop to seriously game, but if you had to, the sp3 would obviously be better for that.

Lol as a programmer, even without gaming I'd take a Razer Blade Pro. Hope the new model comes with a touch screen, it can actually be helpful in many scenarios. Having a nice GPU to go with a device is always a nice thing, especially if your messing with anything that has to do with 3D.

 

[thorasgar]

Eh, depends on how you look at it. Some people buy it for OS X, others because it's a gorgeous laptop. Expensive, but nice. I'd take a Mac Book Pro over a Surface 3 any day because the trackpad is much better and I hate Win8+touchscreens. And the keyboard is pretty bad IMO when I tried one once.

With every click windows gets slower and slower. Never been a Mac person but I just got tired of the constant reimaging hard drives and bought my wife a MacBook pro. And yes that surface keyboard is rather crummy.

I hope this 4 people are the Gateway team. To test the update at 12:02 and release it at 12:03.

It would be a whoot if they were from Missouri. Lol.

Any confirmed reports on firmware from GameStop?

 

[nor3x]

With every click windows gets slower and slower. Never been a Mac person but I just got tired of the constant reimaging hard drives and bought my wife a MacBook pro. And yes that surface keyboard is rather crummy.

I've heard a lot of ppl bring up these same points, upon further questioning these have almost always been people who 1. never actually used anything above win8.1 and 2. Don't know that Microsoft has released 5 different keyboards for the surface... Touch 1 Type 1, Touch 2 Type 2, and one of the best keyboards on an ultrabook to date the surface pro type cover 3.

 

[VeryCrushed]

Lol so how many of us use Linux?

 

[nor3x]

Lol so how many of us use Linux?

I'm a Linux head! Not as a main driver though... Smh I derailed this thread lol

 

[VeryCrushed]

I'm a Linux head! Not as a main driver though... Smh I derailed this thread lol

Haha used to only use Windows, then I delved into the world of web hosting. Now I can't get enough xD

 

[nor3x]

BT dubs the type cover 3 (aka the surface pro 3's keyboard got a nearly impossible 4.5 with 400 review on amazon... Just sayin' that would be a lot of wrong ppl lol. http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Surface-Type-Cover-Black/dp/B00N3K3KOC

 

[Kracken]

Oddly, that is more expensive than the site you linked earlier, 7ish GBP for 1000 card and 31.55 GBP for 5000 instead of 35.4 ish GBP which it says on playasia
That takes me back to my actual question, is it possible to directly use my debit card on JPN eShop (because that's how I add in usually for my EUR console), of course I could've tested it myself but I don't want to update N3DS console firmware yet.

Yeah, playasia is routinely more expensive than other japanese importers. People have said you can use a US CC on the JPN eshop so do that unless you really need to use paypal.

 

[Xzi]

With every click windows gets slower and slower. Never been a Mac person but I just got tired of the constant reimaging hard drives and bought my wife a MacBook pro. And yes that surface keyboard is rather crummy.

Everybody these days thinks they need the latest and greatest. I've been using the same netbook for college courses for a good while and I've never been let down by it. ASUS 2.0GHz Dual-Core with Windows 7. Cost me $250, barely more than an N3DS lol. Of course my home PC is a monster, but that's a different story. When you're outside of your home, you really just need something reliable, not super fast/expensive.

 

[VeryCrushed]

Everybody these days thinks they need the latest and greatest. I've been using the same netbook for college courses for a good while and I've never been let down by it. ASUS 2.0GHz Dual-Core with Windows 7. Cost me $250, barely more than an N3DS lol. Of course my home PC is a monster, but that's a different story. When you're outside of your home, you really just need something reliable, not super fast/expensive.

This is a very true statement, as long as you have something that can get what you need done you should be fine. For me who is out and about all the time I have my G750 for both my gaming and work needs.

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Lol so how many of us use Linux?

Arch Linux is best Linux.

 

[nor3x]

Everybody these days thinks they need the latest and greatest. I've been using the same netbook for college courses for a good while and I've never been let down by it. ASUS 2.0GHz Dual-Core with Windows 7. Cost me $250, barely more than an N3DS lol. Of course my home PC is a monster, but that's a different story. When you're outside of your home, you really just need something reliable, not super fast/expensive.

Agree, if it's not your main, then does it really matter. The reason I brought up the sp3 vs air was because of value per dollar and how Americans are spoon fed products. The sp3 happens to be EXTRA useful to me as I only carry one thing to my college classes... And that one thing has all my handwritten notes as well as required textbooks (which I have saved a killing on because digital). So yea, to each is own.

 

[Xzi]

Agree, if it's not your main, then does it really matter. The reason I brought up the sp3 vs air was because of value per dollar and how Americans are spoon fed products. The sp3 happens to be EXTRA useful to me as I only carry one thing to my college classes... And that one thing has all my handwritten notes as well as required textbooks (which I have saved a killing on because digital). So yea, to each is own.

I mean don't get me wrong, Apple is definitely the epitome of unnecessary overspending on technology of any kind, but I can see why people would shy away from Windows 8, too. Hopefully Win10 accomplishes what Win8 kinda failed on, and that's to be a solid OS across all Windows devices, portable or not, immediately after release.

Of course, I might change my tune quick if my student aid comes through for this next semester and it's more than I expect it to be. A multi-function PC with a touchscreen could prove quite useful in that case.

 

[VeryCrushed]

Arch Linux is best Linux.

Lol more of a CentOS guy, sometimes Mint.

 

[lolboy]

Lol so how many of us use Linux?

Linux? What is that?

Lol, just kidding. Why would someone use linux when windows exists? Windows 4 ever

 

[Xzi]

Linux? What is that?

Lol, just kidding. Why would someone use linux when windows exists? Windows 4 ever

Nothing wrong with Linux, but definitely more for the DIY type of person, lol. I have Ubuntu on an older machine that was given to me for free, and that thing runs almost as fast as a Windows machine with twice as much power. So it's definitely less of a resource hog, and Linux has better data encryption/security, but being a PC gamer on Linux is just more of a martyrdom than I'm willing to take on, rofl.