I need a new AXE. Suggestions?

[Drunk Monk]

My Surface Pro is getting way too glitchy. I think it will die soon. I need a new laptop. I liked the Surface Pro - I prefer a track pad, plus the touch screen option was nice when the keyboard froze. It served me well and I might just get another one. 

What kind of laptops are you all using? Andy recommendations?

Careful, careful, careful with that axe, Eugene

[thatguy]

My Surface Pro is getting way too glitchy. I think it will die soon. I need a new laptop. I liked the Surface Pro - I prefer a track pad, plus the touch screen option was nice when the keyboard froze. It served me well and I might just get another one. 

What kind of laptops are you all using? Andy recommendations?

Careful, careful, careful with that axe, Eugene

I got an iPad Air before my MX trip. It was leaps and bounds better than my old gen 1 iPad mini. It's got the Apple M1 chip, so it's even faster than my iPhone. I got the Air because I didn't think I'd ever use the cameras on it. The best camera is the one you have with you and that's an iPhone...

At work, I use the iPad keyboard with the little trackpad. There's also an Apple Pencil option. With the three, I suspect it would make a formidable laptop replacement. 

The limitation is that iOS tries really hard to hide the file system from you. This can be a pain sometimes, but now there's a "Files" app so you can kinda navigate around that issue. 

You should pop into the Apple Park Visitor Center Apple Store. It's just down the street from your mom's house. Compare a few models. Try them in person...Drink the kool-aid. It's really good!
--tg

[Drunk Monk]

I know the store. That’s where I got Stacy’s birthday Mac. Like Vallco, we’ve watched that rise from apricot fields. 

I figured you’d go Mac. I’m more partial to PC. It’s what I grew up with and what I know best.

[thatguy]

People on the Caffe Macs slack channel are abuzz because they've been selling cherries harvested from the cherry trees inside the donut...

Did I mention that the mothership is an actual spaceship? Once they work out the agriculture needs for interstellar travel, we're blowing the popsicle stand.

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

You know what they’ll see when the flip that launch switch?

[thatguy]

You know what they’ll see when the flip that launch switch?

“I said LUNCH not LAUNCH!!!”



—tg

[The Queen]

I’m the PC person at the Lair, and i use a Thinkpad. However, my needs are probably different than yours. You may want to take a look at the LG. All my court reporters are going ape over them.

[Drunk Monk]

My needs - well, I write a lot obvs. Plus I do some graphic design. My main programs are MS Word & Photoshop. Word runs much better on PC than Mac. Mac won't do the transcribe function in Word, which is crap but I rely on it anyways. I'm sure it'll improve. 

i"ll check out LGs. Thanks.

[King Bob]

I use a MacBook pro, 2021 model with the M1 chip. The university provides me with a computer. I'm used to the Mac now - I've been here 15 years now - but it was hard at first. The key shortcuts in Word and Excel are way better on the PC, so you can do a lot more without using the mouse, so I can see why you'd want to avoid a Mac because of that. Plus the lowest price is higher for a Mac. On the other hand, system crashes are rare, and that's been an ongoing problem for you.