scottg17 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) What about this Asus? They make very High Quality kit http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=LT-193-ASSpecs are the same more or less as the Air. Air:~ £999- 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5- 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM- 128GB Flash Storage Asus:~£849- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 2467M Processor (same as the air)- Memory: 4096MB DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, OnBoard Memory - Storage: SATA3 128GB SSD Asus Seems a no brainer IMO, Its Light, Thin, Good Looking, Cheaper than the air and I think it looks better Chances are you might find it cheaper than £849 as OC are a tad overpriced these days http://www.olcsonpc.hu/custom/mastermind/image/data/116942-asus-zenbook-ux31e-dh53-2.jpg Edited December 8, 2011 by scottg17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 What about this Asus? They make very High Quality kit http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=LT-193-ASSpecs are the same more or less as the Air. Air:~ £999- 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5- 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM- 128GB Flash Storage Asus:~£849- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 2467M Processor (same as the air)- Memory: 4096MB DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, OnBoard Memory - Storage: SATA3 128GB SSD Asus Seems a no brainer IMO, Its Light, Thin, Good Looking, Cheaper than the air and I think it looks better Chances are you might find it cheaper than £849 as OC are a tad overpriced these daysI've just bought a system with the same CPU/RAM/GPU spec as both of those, very quick booting, I'm into Windows8 in about 5 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Have you noticed these days though that all the innovations seem to be coming via apple.Apple release the iphone, now it's rare to see any other phone design that doesnt imitate it. Tablets have been around for years and never took off, Apple release the ipad and low and behold every company releases a lookalike & business booms in the tablet market. Then theres the mac book air & above up there we have a pc laptop spookily resembling, no wait, exactly same styling as the mac. I also come accross many pc's in our offices just like the imacs with the pc all in one with the monitor (no seperate tower), guess who thought of that first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 What about this Asus? They make very High Quality kit http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....rodid=LT-193-ASSpecs are the same more or less as the Air. Air:~ £999- 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5- 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM- 128GB Flash Storage Asus:~£849- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 2467M Processor (same as the air)- Memory: 4096MB DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM, OnBoard Memory - Storage: SATA3 128GB SSD Asus Seems a no brainer IMO, Its Light, Thin, Good Looking, Cheaper than the air and I think it looks better Chances are you might find it cheaper than £849 as OC are a tad overpriced these daysI've just bought a system with the same CPU/RAM/GPU spec as both of those, very quick booting, I'm into Windows8 in about 5 seconds. Want pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Have you noticed these days though that all the innovations seem to be coming via apple.Apple release the iphone, now it's rare to see any other phone design that doesnt imitate it. Tablets have been around for years and never took off, Apple release the ipad and low and behold every company releases a lookalike & business booms in the tablet market. Then theres the mac book air & above up there we have a pc laptop spookily resembling, no wait, exactly same styling as the mac. I also come accross many pc's in our offices just like the imacs with the pc all in one with the monitor (no seperate tower), guess who thought of that first? Ferdinand Verbiest invented the car.... if no one copied it then there would be nothing to compete with so we'd still be rolling around in steam powered cars with wooden wheels, If companies didn't copy there'd be no competition meaning no progression. The reason I don't buy apple myself is because I cannot justify the cost and the fact of all the software limitations and the way that most apple devices only really work well with other apple devices , When another manufacturer comes out with something that's as good and cheaper then of course you are going to choose it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Have you noticed these days though that all the innovations seem to be coming via apple.Apple release the iphone, now it's rare to see any other phone design that doesnt imitate it. Tablets have been around for years and never took off, Apple release the ipad and low and behold every company releases a lookalike & business booms in the tablet market. Then theres the mac book air & above up there we have a pc laptop spookily resembling, no wait, exactly same styling as the mac. I also come accross many pc's in our offices just like the imacs with the pc all in one with the monitor (no seperate tower), guess who thought of that first?You should know yourself that alot of Apple stuff is copied from their competitors, where do you think the GUI came from ? Xerox. Apple don't innovate as such,the big advantage they have is a good marketing department. (excluding the PC vs Mac ads). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Fair enough yes i'm not denying theres copying both ways but we are often seeing devices looking like identical clones of Apple items.As for Scott comparing the invention of the car? Im not talkimg about inventions but innovations and styling, Im not talking about the invention of the phone but cloning identical copys with no new design or style to differ it from whats been already done.We used to see many new phone designs from flip,swivel,reverse, slide screens but now all follow Apples design including the icon layouts.Surely people can see what Im getting at here?I agree with the cost issue but then again the phones I have seen that come close to replicating an iphone cost roughly the same. Im lucky to be able to justify the amount of use of the functions an iphone offers rather than just having one for the sake of it. Annoying parts? No Flash and yes the fact that apple products work best along other apple products. Edited December 8, 2011 by PeeWee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Maybe comparing it to the invention of the car was a tiny little bit extreme you pretty much have hit the nail on the head above though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Ended up getting a MacBook Pro instead, if anyone was interested. The Asus Zenbook was too cheap feeling (when I tried it) and the MacBook Air was over-priced and under spec'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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