09-04-2014, 05:15 AM
It does what it does extremely well... just don't expect it to be what it's not.
This is sig material.
And the latter part is the tough part.
People want one thing and yet choose something fundamentally different to criticize for not being what they want. I see this all the time. And yet it's neigh impossible to make them aware of what they're doing.
"Getting a hybrid cut my gas bill by 60%!"
"Yeah, but I bet it won't haul sheetrock like my F-350!!"
"um, yeah, ok."
As far as choosing between a poor trackpad and a "poor" display, I'll take the "poor" display.
For years I had to use a PC laptop with a lousy trackpad. Where I could, I used an external trackball but that wasn't always possible. PC trackpads, to me, are mediocre at best, even when only considering basic performance. You must physically interact with them constantly, and are constantly reminded that they could and should work much better than they do. This is all the more frustrating when going from the trackball back to the trackpad.
I've looked at the MBAs several times and almost whipped out the plastic on more than a couple occasions. I'm waiting to see if Ocotober brings anything new in the 'Book arena. But I see, literally, their screens and being quite acceptable.
Every 'Book I've owned and every laptop I've had to use has had a TN screen. Viewing angle isn't particularly important for me. I'm not sharing the view with two or three people, and titling the display is a set and forget thing for me. Maybe if I was a graphic artist or regularly used a laptop with a really good display, this would bother me. But it doesn't.
I will agree that a $900 computer should have a display as good as or better than a $300 computer, all other things being equal.
This is sig material.
And the latter part is the tough part.
People want one thing and yet choose something fundamentally different to criticize for not being what they want. I see this all the time. And yet it's neigh impossible to make them aware of what they're doing.
"Getting a hybrid cut my gas bill by 60%!"
"Yeah, but I bet it won't haul sheetrock like my F-350!!"
"um, yeah, ok."
As far as choosing between a poor trackpad and a "poor" display, I'll take the "poor" display.
For years I had to use a PC laptop with a lousy trackpad. Where I could, I used an external trackball but that wasn't always possible. PC trackpads, to me, are mediocre at best, even when only considering basic performance. You must physically interact with them constantly, and are constantly reminded that they could and should work much better than they do. This is all the more frustrating when going from the trackball back to the trackpad.
I've looked at the MBAs several times and almost whipped out the plastic on more than a couple occasions. I'm waiting to see if Ocotober brings anything new in the 'Book arena. But I see, literally, their screens and being quite acceptable.
Every 'Book I've owned and every laptop I've had to use has had a TN screen. Viewing angle isn't particularly important for me. I'm not sharing the view with two or three people, and titling the display is a set and forget thing for me. Maybe if I was a graphic artist or regularly used a laptop with a really good display, this would bother me. But it doesn't.
I will agree that a $900 computer should have a display as good as or better than a $300 computer, all other things being equal.