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Quote: Originally Posted by cali I don't think Apple should let droids use Beats apps. With the growing rate of ?Music alone on Apple devices, I'm thinking it should also be Apple exclusive, don't make droids happy and it helps Apple in the l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmgregory1 No, MS was purposely comparing unlike models and the speed or power they refer to was all based upon the dGPU. So when you build out the specs of the SB, and you can get a more powerful, faster, 15" rMBP…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmgregory1 Yet we are not talking about an XPS system. MS made the comparison based solely on size, knowing full well the rMBP in 13" has an integrated gpu, so they could show the speed difference. But when you look…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmgregory1 Because there are several potential weak points created by the angled screen to base form. Apparently, durability is not a problem.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmgregory1 What?? The point is that for less money, you can buy a 15" rMBP that embarrasses the Surface Book at $200 more. They are two very different devices. Despite the size comparison with the 13" rMBP, the Sur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Nope. Imagine the snickering if Apple released a laptop like this. Everyone in the tech press would be calling it fugly. I'd be real nervous about throwing this thing in a backpack with other stuff. Why…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CanukStorm Good point. Speaking of the 15" rMBP, here's a comparison of the $2,500 15" rMBP vs a $2,700 version of the SB. Not hard to guess which one wins https://fstoppers.com/gear/surface-book-vs-macbook-pro-1…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MAJANI Steam Link runs off the back of In-Home Streaming so if the latter doesn't work on Macs, the former won't either. Yes, but that page is from an earlier time (hence "not for Steam Link"). I already pointed …
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Plus from what I read, that client can be a Mac even for a PC only game such as GTA V. The downside is 1080p... WTF? I play GTA V on my Mac Pro running Windows 8.1 at full resolution on my 27" Apple …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jensonb The Steam Page for In-Home Streaming disagrees: "Log into Steam on your Windows* PC" That asterisk leads to: "*SteamOS, Linux, and Mac OS X stream hosting coming soon." That's not for Steam Link (wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jensonb Are you sure? Ars Technica appears to be under the impression only PCs are supported right now From the Steam page: "A host computer running SteamOS, or Steam Big Picture Mode on Windows Vista or newer, Ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NolaMacGuy had you ever heard of use-c before the MB had it? and now it's mandatory? That's nonsense. USB type-C was a known standard coming to the entire industry, it was also used in other devices before the 2015 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lord Amhran I never saw the keynote so I can't comment on that part but I will say this: If you can remove the screen from the keyboard, it's not a laptop. It's a tablet with a keyboard. The tablet portion can …
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Quote: Originally Posted by radster360 I just looked at Microsoft Surface Book more carefully. Is that gap for real when the device is closed? How durable is that accordion hinge? I am sure people are going to try to push down on make it clos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by 9secondko THE LAUGHABLE THING IS ANY IDEA THAT IT COMPETES WITH THE MBP. You may get away with comparing the base 13 inches now, but not when the MBP also updates to Skylake. Why would it not compete with a Skylak…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan What's the point of the Surface Pro and Surface Book? They both run the same OS. They both have touch screen with pen support. Surface Pro is hardly ever shown off without the keyboard or in portrait orientati…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Who's going to buy this now that Microsoft has the Surface Book coming out? Microsoft fanboys surely will buy Surface Pro or Surface Book and everyone else will buy based on price. And based on the laptops I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Intel reports tomorrow. IDC/Gartner guesses predict a pretty bad quarter for PC sales. It will be interesting to see what Intel reports. It's funny how when Satya Nadella took over at Microsoft he got rid of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tmay Is the Tegra even a mobile processor anymore? No, Nvidia isn't in that business anymore: http://www.in.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/Nvidia-decides-to-call-it-quits-from-the-mobile-chipb…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bobborries I can't believe it, the laptop commercial shows the nVidia graphics chip in the keyboard half, then it detaches the screen, separating the graphics chip from the screen! You can only get full graphic capabi…