The great macdebate (now with roids)

[pubjoe]

All my apple products are out of date. How much can I get for a kidney these days?

[cRacKh0rN]

Shame the iMac isn't retina. Sure looks pretty but the 3ghz 27inch will probably cost more than a small space ship

[Rossyra]

No Retina for iPad mini either, weird.

[cRacKh0rN]

Yeah. That one is a bit odd huh?
I'm still trying to justify a purchase though

[pubjoe]

Phil Schiller: "Isn't it amazing how something new instantly makes the previous thing look old".

[instant_classic]

No Retina for iPad mini either, weird.

I agree, I was kinda hoping for the mini to have retina.

[Pete]

Hardly surprising

[pubjoe]

I'm finding it really hard to chose between a Ultrabook or tablet now

I wasn't sure so I got an ultrabook "for" Lucy and a tablet + desktop for me. ...They all have apple logos on them .

I quite like a tablet for the sofa. They're perfect for web browsing. It rarely leaves home though.

[cools]

For browsing/streaming/general bobbins I pick up my tablet. For actual work (music/research/code/admin) I settle down with my laptop.

I could potentially combine the two with a full Windows tablet, but it'd have to be a 13" minimum so too big and bulky as a tablet, and any smaller would make a physical keyboard impractical for my use.

In other news, I couldn't be bothered shutting down my laptop last night and left it backing up to Crashplan overnight on battery - with the screen off. Checked it this morning and it still had 9.5 hours of juice left

[SuperPang]

[pubjoe]

Jony Ive/Johnny Five

[crunchywasp]

The keyboard layout on that new MBP looks crazy

[Pete]

I think been a Acer fan I'll be looking at one of these next:

http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/series/aspires7"

[Pete]

Still a Surface might be more what I really need:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20067958"

[pubjoe]

Base model 3rd gen iPads are still fetching £350 upwards on ebay today. 4th gen is 387 on the education site. Hmmm... Cheap upgrade. Somewhat pointless maybe, but still, hmmm.

[SuperPang]

Cheap upgrade.

Not after the fees it's not.

[pubjoe]

No, that's the ****. £40-£50 fees.

Anyone want to buy a second hand previous model iPad for marginally under rrp?

[geotrig]

totaly missed that they are releasing a 4th gen

[markedkiller78]

No, that's the ****. £40-£50 fees.

Anyone want to buy a second hand previous model iPad for marginally under rrp?

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Ipad 3         16GB    32GB 
Forum          £295    £315 
Apple Refurb   £315    £369

Ebay buyers are clueless at times. I sold my 8 month old, used ipod for more than it cost me new & more than the retail for the newer model on ebay. Mind you the fees were a fraction of what they are now

I wanted a mini, but with that resolution I'll wait till spring with the "New" mini comes out

[markedkiller78]

incidentally, a 64GB ipad 3 is £429 from the refurb store. I'm still rocking an ipad 1.