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Bakerloo line. Oxford Circus. Everyone transforms into a steaming pile of ****.
No one lets people off the bloody train and every prick tries pushing in from the sides. Twats. Same deal on escalators.
Whenever I travel abroad, I sing the British people's praises for their respect of a queue. Never again.
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Originally posted by Zaki View PostBakerloo line. Oxford Circus. Everyone transforms into a steaming pile of ****.
No one lets people off the bloody train and every prick tries pushing in from the sides. Twats. Same deal on escalators.
Whenever I travel abroad, I sing the British people's praises for their respect of a queue. Never again.
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Originally posted by speedlolita View PostThey're lifestyle accessories, simple as that. People will pay whatever they ask.
Apple's laptops back in the 2000s were overly expensive, but that came with one redeeming feature; they were solid as a rock. [MENTION=16665]Blobcat[/MENTION] has an iBook from that era; one of the last plastic ones. It's been through years of use and more years of storage, but if you hold it today, it honestly feels like a brick. It doesn't rattle, it doesn't flex... You wouldn't convince anyone that it was new but you can be certain it'll still run.
They actually used to be a mark of quality, and their aftermarket support was included in the price. These days neither of those things remain to be the case.
I still love their phones, despite a few gripes... But then I got my iPhone 5s for £120. I can't imagine paying more for a phone.
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I had an ibook g4 and powerbook ti, and the build quality and reliabilty of both was total crap. I could strip the ibook down like a rifle, full metal jacket style, it had that many repairs to it. Best apple comp I had was a G4 gigabit ethernet with dual 500 mhz cpus, the G5 I got after never came close to it. Not had Apple comps since, way overpriced since they moved to intel.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostDon't know what their laptops are like now, but my Macbook Pro is nearly 9 years old now and is still perfect. Best computer I've ever had, I dread having to change it. In that same time though I've went through three very expensive Lenovo laptops for work.
I suspect one of the very high-end models like those by Razer might be good, but that's of comparable price to Apple's stuff anyway.
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I think PC laptops are a minefield.
I got an X1 Carbon last year and it has such silly niggles considering the price. If I type too quickly the keyboard gets stuck, and the trackpad is utter wank. It maxed out my budget at just over £1000. My colleague bought an HP Envy which looks nice, has a decent keyboard, lovely trackpad, built-in privacy screen(goes white after a narrow angle) but it doesn’t do things like DisplayPort over thunderbolt so he has to use USB-C converters.
I wouldn’t buy a Mac for work but they’re so much less hassle to spec if you have the money. PC laptops are becoming increasingly difficult to upgrade, too.
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