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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:47 am
(July 11, 2016 at 6:37 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: (July 11, 2016 at 6:33 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's Prime Day tomorrow. I'll check and see if they have any deals. I already ordered the keyboard from Google...
So this thread was just to make you feel better about the decision you were going to make anyway.
It's all too human. Next up: The thread to make you feel better about the purchase after it is made. It's a viable alternative to googling good reviews for the product after you've bought it.
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:49 am
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(July 11, 2016 at 6:37 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: (July 11, 2016 at 6:33 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's Prime Day tomorrow. I'll check and see if they have any deals. I already ordered the keyboard from Google...
So this thread was just to make you feel better about the decision you were going to make anyway.
Yhuuup. I honestly was off it for a while, then Alex K came in here and made me list how I'd be able to use it at school.
So it's ze German's faulten.
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:50 am
(July 11, 2016 at 6:47 am)Alex K Wrote: (July 11, 2016 at 6:37 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: So this thread was just to make you feel better about the decision you were going to make anyway.
It's all too human. Next up: The thread to make you feel better about the purchase after it is made. It's a viable alternative to googling good reviews for the product after you've bought it. I did it backwards, then. I've watched all the reviews, good and bad.
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:51 am
I went for a change everyone ... I'm sure you'll all love it! What do you all think? Honestly?
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:52 am
Excellent, Iggy. Makes you look a lot younger!
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:57 am
So for someone who had trouble justifying a tablet 5 minutes ago, to someone who needs it now because someone convinced him 3 minutes ago to buying the most expensive motherfucker out there! Sounds legit...
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 7:01 am
Almost 2 years ago, I got a tablet for the wife.
The rationale was - she uses the desktop computer primarily for email and facebook. And that requires turning on the computer, which was happening less and less. A tablet is always on, so that made it a reasonable alternative. Then the question was: which one? A decent one, decent processor, storage, screen.... and price. Ended up getting the Samsung Tab Pro 10.1" for 300€. Then got a 6€ chinese case for it - the official samsung case was 60€ in the store... hell no!
And it's still running as intended. Email and facebook... and facebook games... 
For me, I can't justify the expenditure. At most it would be for reading... but I do that just fine on my phone.
Actually, the way I see it, a tablet is just a phone with a larger screen and doesn't make calls.
What can the larger screen provide? (keeping in mind that there is already a laptop in use with an even larger screen)
At most, some less bulk when carrying?
Carrying a 10" screen still requires special equipment... I don't have any pockets where a tablet would fit like the phone fits.
As long as it's on your back, the little extra weight from the laptop doesn't hurt much.
Oh, SC... one of the first things I do on my new laptops is turn off that sleep mode when you close the lid. Also, mine doesn't take much to connect to the wifi... it takes a bit to be usable when turning on, though.
Also, for those in the know, there is an X-server for android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...rver&hl=en
SC, after you get that keyboard, get a Bluetooth mouse... why not?!
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 8:25 am
After reading the 'Yay, I'm getting a tablet and you just try and stop me mofos' thread the most positive thing I've seen about them is that they can be used as a fridge magnet  I might also consider one if it had a battery life substantially longer than a phone, but I don't think they do as a rule?, so I still don't really see what benefit they offer over a phone other than the bigger screen.
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 8:26 am
The fridge magnet thing is also what convinced me!
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 8:37 am
(July 11, 2016 at 6:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: So for someone who had trouble justifying a tablet 5 minutes ago, to someone who needs it now because someone convinced him 3 minutes ago to buying the most expensive motherfucker out there! Sounds legit...
It's completely not justifiable. I should be ashamed of myself. But I'm not...
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