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Help Convince Me Not To
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#111
RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 9:45 am
I'm now in toy-wanting mode but whether I'll actually buy one is another question entirely  Big Grin Still, it's good to dream  Wink
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 9:50 am
If you want a toy to play with... why not a Raspberry pi 3?
Can be a media center...
Can be a linux box...
Can be an android... sorta... not really... yet...
Or many others
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 10:05 am
(July 11, 2016 at 12:46 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I bought a laptop refurb once. It made me paranoid. Any issues and I was like---hold on!!! Also it had surface dings. Wasn't worth the price savings, IMO. Toys needs to be shinys and newses.

I'm at work so I can't go through the rest of the responses, but while I'm sure it won't matter to your opinion -

I buy refurbed camera equipment all the time. I can't afford anything else. I haven't had a single issue. If you buy from a reputable distributor, the quality is basically just like a shiny new toy. Everything is wiped, cleaned, reset, etc.

I did buy my laptop brand new, because I had the money and I wanted something specific that had come out that year for photography and gaming specs. But I'm down to buy a refurbed kindle/tablet/camera stuff.

Might I suggest a different tablet if you don't want to spend that kind of money? Did you say why you had to get that specific one?
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#114
RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 10:17 am
(July 11, 2016 at 10:05 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Might I suggest a different tablet if you don't want to spend that kind of money? Did you say why you had to get that specific one?

I'm a shill for Google. [emoji14]

If I'm going to get an Android product, it's gotta be from Google. My phone has been the best major electronic purchase I've ever made, and I think a large reason for that is the fact that the hardware is purpose built for the specific software. Like Apple with the iPad. It's just more streamlined and updates come to Google devices first instead of waiting for Samsung or LG to provide them OTA.
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#115
RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 10:46 am
When I think of a toy to play with I just think A69.
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#116
RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:05 pm
(July 10, 2016 at 10:28 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: So I have a little expendable income and I want to buy a toy.

up my butt

2) Really, that's a big one. I don't need it. But I waaaaannnts it.

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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:21 pm
Con of not getting it:
1. Vacations suck. You'll go somewhere and think "I wish I was back home on a shiny new tablet." Then when you get back you'll be the same amount of exhausted as a work week does ya. Then you'll go back to work.

Pro of getting it:
You can still take the work week off and play on your tablet.
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 6:24 pm
I would suggest as an alternative that you send the money to me, where I will invest it wisely. Satisfaction guaranteed, or no money back!
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 7:20 pm
do you have somewhere you've always wanted to go, Steel?
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RE: Help Convince Me Not To
July 11, 2016 at 8:10 pm
I love my tablet. Samsung galexy pro. They make them in 10 inch, which are lovely but bulky, and the very light weight and portable mini which are amazing.

You can have mine when you pry it put of my cold dead fingers.

Oh, my hubby has the newest surface pro and now he uses it for pretty much everything except hardcore gaming. He swears it is just awesome sauce.
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