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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the let-the-flame-war-begin dept.

I have been looking to replace my 5 year old 13.3" Zenbook. But unfortunately it seemed like the manufacturers had really just stopped trying, what I discovered was that the best replacement for my Zenbook was my Zenbook. Basically the only difference between my Zenbook and the latest offering was a gen 5 i7 vs my current gen 3 i7, which really isn't much of an upgrade.

Then Microsoft goes and releases (in my opinion) the coolest peice of computer hardware in the last 5 years. The Surface book looks f'n awesome.

I have two issues:
1) it is mega expensive; for the 16GB/256GB/i7model it is $3300NZD; while I can afford it; it seems extravagant even with the potential of future upgrades to the keyboard module. Although an equivalent MacBook Pro 16GB/256GB/i7 is around $3500.

2) I'm a Linux guy and have been for years; I know eventually Linux will install on the Surface book but it wont happen tomorrow. So half of my tools that I commonly use will be annoying to get running or maybe not available.

I use Win7 at work and have just made my first foray into powershell scripting to get some automated tasks done...not bad. But the privacy implications of returning to windows really turn me off. My partner has a Surface pro 3 which all in all I think is a great device.

So what do the hordes of SN think of the Surface book?


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by jon3k on Thursday November 05 2015, @06:47PM

    by jon3k (3718) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 05 2015, @06:47PM (#259003)

    If I'm going to spend that much money I'm getting a Mac. Known quantity, great trackpad, much rather be stuck with OS X than Windows.

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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:16PM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:16PM (#259125)

    If I'm going to spend that much money I'm getting a Mac. Known quantity, great trackpad, much rather be stuck with OS X than Windows.

    And it's probably a lot easier to install your choice of a Linux or BSD on it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @12:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @12:28PM (#259399)

    there is no such thing as a great trackpad.

    its like great ebola or great syphilis