Laptops for Writers

I have one, it is glorious for handwritten notes in onenote, but sometimes it can be clunky when detaching, other than the price I have no other complains

>>57939152
Yeah 2200$ is a ton of booty for a laptop. What would you suggest in the 1000$ range? Typing comfort primarily not to hung up on stylus or TouchPad capapbilities

>>57939067

use the fucking catalog

>>57939067
Why make a thread without posting your needs you stupid fuck.

Literally why not get a chromebook? Why do you need RAM to type out a document.

>>57939222
The entire first paragraph describes my needs you basic bitch. Typing comfort and fluidity primarily with the usual specs (ram, display, battery life, storage, etc) secondary. Being used for college/research/long hours typing)

Get dunked on.

>>57939268
I was going to help you until I read this comment. Kill yourself. No one will help you now.

>>57939268
quit talking like a retard

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>Another 'I'm a student should I get a surface?' thread

Honestly, if you think the typing is most important I'd go to a store and try out the keyboard on every laptop you can find. Make sure to bring hand sanitizer.

>>57939444
why do Surface owners want others to get one so badly

>>57939067

get a thinkpad

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>Political science and Journalism """major""" in undergrad
>Needs adderall

How the fuck do I know that you're a giant retard AND a pussy. I'm a medical student who is barely trying and I'm doing well without having touched the stuff. What the fuck is your justification for adderall? Are you a degenerate who just wants to predispose himself to schizophrenia for the fun of it?

And the fuck do you need anything beyond a pen and paper you cuck. Get a used chinkpad and type that shit out.

>>57939268
This just cements my view of you. Fuck outta here.

>>57939506

because they are the fucking future in a way that you can't understand until you use the hardware

(the software sucks donkey dick though)

Laptops for writers

Unless you're several against Apple like I am, there's literally no better feature risk comfy experience than a simple MacBook. Wouldn't get the MacBook air despite it being the cheapest. The screen is lower quality. I wouldn't want to look at it all day long especially at text.

>>57939572
>(the software sucks donkey dick though)
nice future you got there

>>57939268
You just couldn't hide your faggotry until you got an answer
Go fuck yourself, everyone sage the thread if you must post

>>57939268
I have no recommendations, but pay the NEET crybabies no mind OP. If someone gets triggered because someone talks/types a certain way then they're the ones that need the real help.

>>57939785
You should leave too

>>57939817
"Waaaaaaaaah"

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>>57939785
>types like a degenerate nigger
>mad about being treated like a degenerate nigger

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>>57939875
If that's all you can say, you should probably take your leave. When the majority of folks in a thread are literally shitting on someone for being a faggot, you should probably reconsider where you stand.

>>57939889
>>57939950
Again, not OP. But nah, you guys are still a bunch of pussies for being upset that someone has a different venacular.

>>57940025
You don't seem to be grasping the issue at all.

>>57939268
ouch you already came to /g/ with a thread asking for consumer advice and you are speaking like that

>>57940144
Well then what's the issue brainiac? OP asked a question and defined his criteria in his OP. Someone replied like an idiot, then OP replied using wording that's incredibly offensive to /g/ apparently.

Looks to me like /g/ needs to stop being so sensitive. What am I missing?

>>57939067
>Dual major in Political Science and Journalism.
i'm really sorry

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>>57940262
If I have to explain this issue to you, you're just as retarded as OP.

Would you give a screaming, retarded brat whatever he wanted? We're not sensitive, we're just not spineless like you.

>>57940350
"If I have to explain you wouldn't understand."

No I get it. Someone was too stupid to read the OP, so when they're corrected they're too prideful to say "oh whoops didn't see that", and instead go straight to "screaming retarded brat." Seems incredibly spineless to me to lack the basic communication skills to understand and admit your own fault.

But no. Continue to live in the echo chamber that is /g/ and believe you're somehow on a higher mental level than someone else because they told you to "get dunked on."

>(512 GB, 16 GB RAM, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce graphics)
>writing
you're a fucking imbecile

>>57940415
Did I strike a nerve :^)?

>>57940480
Not really. Good job trying the whole "I was just pretending!" switcharoo though.

>>57940415
fuck off, OP

>>57940510
Woah, calm down bud. What's up with you?

>>57939067
I'm currently having to write a paper talking about the origins of the House of Lords UK and US Senate, how they function, and reforms done to each over time and I want to kill myself OP.

I hate this major.

>>57940556

Just wait until you have to find a job with that major...

>>57940530
Just drunk, telling the spineless to grow a pair.

>>57940524
Not OP, just an outsider that hasn't bought into the inferiority complex that is /g/.

>>57939567
lol this guy thinks he's smart...

>>57940636
You are drunk, poison clouds your mind and makes you think you're in the right when in reality you're as big of a faggot as OP.

OP is a degenerate fuck who can't do a simple humanities double major without the use of drugs and you're defending him after a childish outburst? Sure, the poster was in the wrong, but that doesn't mean that OP should have been a faggot. Why do you set double standards. Do you help people who don't deserve it on a regular basis?

>>57940655
Smarter than you friendo.

>>57940688
I'm going to have the same thought when I'm sober. If alcohol changes who you are then you're just weak in your foundation.

Also, never said OP was right for the aderall thing (don't care actually), just that you're a judgemental pussy for making venacular your deal breaker. Or at least pretending it is.

>>57939067
It's sad, really. The only options for a lightweight laptop with a hi-res non-widescreen resolution is a really expensive Surface Book, a really expensive Chromebook Pixel, a really expensive MacBook or a rare Thinkpad X62 mod.

I love programming and writing on my Pixel, but damn if I wouldn't have loved something cheaper as long as it had a screen like that.

>>57940759
When the fuck did I mention vernacular? OP just acted like a faggot so we treated him like one.

>>57940777
>non-widescreen
Sorry, I meant something other than 16:9 resolution only good for Youtube/movies

>>57940786
You're the faggot actaully. But what do I know. I only know how to communicate with other human beings without throwing a child like temper-tantrum because someone used words I dont like.

>>57940833
>I only know how to communicate with other human beings without throwing a child like temper-tantrum because someone used words I dont like.

This isn't exactly evident by how you're currently acting.

Nice dubs though, double standards aside (see what I did there?).

>>57940688
sure you are ;)

>>57940777
>Thinkpad X62

Get this or a used Google Pixel Chromebook. You don't need the graphics card burning a hole in your lap and draining your battery you need for spending hours in a writer's block getting nothing written.

LMAO @ OP. Shine on, you crazy faggot.

>>57940864
See, I threw a fit because your ability to arrange thoughts and emotions is flawed. Not because your ability to arrange words is.

Why is anyone trying to help this spastic faggot? Get a macbook with your mom's money because you know that's what you want, and maybe tryt a real major jackoff.

>>57940921
What the FUCK are you talking about? Hold your liquor better you cunt.

>>57940954
"He doesn't think along the same lines as I do! Waaaaaah!"

And on that note, its time for me to go to bed. Goodnight fucko.

>>57941046
Jesus Christ. There's goes one deluded, drunk fuck.

Get a Dell latitude or a chinkpad. Latitude E6410 or E6420 if you go for the dell. X220 if you go for the chinkpad. They're easily upgraded, have great keyboards compared to you average laptop's, can be docked if you want a desktop-ish experience and can be outfitted with fairly long lasting batteries. They're also built like tanks, so you won't have to worry about damaging them most of the time.

>>57939067
ThinkPad X62 mod from nkwsky on Reddit (serving as middleman for the Chinese). Your fingers will thank because of the superior classic ThinkPad scissor-switch keyboard. $700 for a Broadwell (5th gen) i7 should be fine for your needs.

OP here

I don't need Adderall by any means but it's nice in a pinch when you're in the middle of a dissertation when your body begins slowing down compared to your brain. You'd be surprised the revelations I've managed to sort through at 7AM with a belly full of it. Take your DARE shit somewhere else.

To everyone hating on my choice of majors have fun slaving away for 40 years with a "job" you hate, a whale for a wife, and two kids who hate you and ask why their friends say you are a Good German.

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>>57941330
>completely ignores the people who actually gave reccomendations

>>57941361
Actually I took them all into consideration and have been researching thinkpad x62 while the thread went to shit.

>>57941330
Enjoy working twice as hard for half the pay... if you can ever land a job.

rofl guys. mainly or "primaaaaly" the op. such supreme faggotory/ truly beyond measure... yaaa im a writer ya ya ya. and to all g/ dont stoop to this. if someones retarded/ gay/ writer.. leave it. sheet goddamn

>>57941455
>being so disillusioned that you equate making money as a more worthwhile pursuit than following your passions.

>literally being a Good German

>>57939152
I could never get used to writing on it. I also prefer the resistance of pencil to pen though, so maybe I'm biased

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>>57941270
>ThinkPad X62 mod from nkwsky on Reddit
>51nb Order Form - *Currently unavailable*
>Unfortunately we are shipping old orders and can't receive any new ones. But we will back very soon with X62, X300 and T70 mods!

>>57939067
Thinkpad 13, fantastic keyboard, 13" so good portable size, matte display so can be used perfectly fine outdoors / under a bright light without turning into a mirror like a surface book, no meme detachable keyboard technology, actually up to date specs unlike old thinkpads.

Not shilling, Ive just had one for 3 months and its perfect imo.

>>57939067
Grab it at best buy. 200 bucks off right now and an additional 100 for being a student. Its where I got mine.

I have the surface pro 4

Smaller than the book but I've been using it for college for the past 1.5 semesters and it does alright.

If you want to blow 2k on a surface book, go ahead. I would just get a surface pro 4 and save money for other stupid shit. If you do get a pro 4, better be 8 gb of ram or off yourself.

surface is the best product for what you described, think of ways your writing can make you money so you justify the outrageous price for it.

No point skimping out on something you will use often. This is an important lesson to learn early in life, if you depend on a product, make sure it's fucking dependable.

t. just had to upgrade/replace 600k worth legacy hardware, company would've saved over 300k if something decent was bought 3 years ago instead of cheap junk

>>57939268
Save your money so when you get out of college with your meme degrees and no job, you can afford to pay for instant noodles

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if you're concerned with enjoying your feeling possibly consider a setup like this.

>>57939067
For the best possible keyboard, get a Thinkpad, T520/T420 or older.

Alternately, get whatever laptop you want and then add a nice mechanical USB keyboard.

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>>57942540

>surface is the best product

u wut? It's got a keyboard worse than even a shitty Chromebook. Fuck off, Pajeet.

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>>57940025
ve"R"·nac·u·lar

about to blow a few thousand bucks on a laptop when you really need a dictionary? shit man, any decent fucking browser will TELL you if your wrong.

getting the spelling right is fucking BABBY mode and you call yourself a writer? its like saying you race cars, but whats a fucking stick shift

>>57939067

is that laptop vaporware? it was announced like 2 years ago and i still havent seen one out in the wild.

>>57941879
get the older surface with wacom digitizers and you can use wacom's felt nibs which mimic paper

Chromebook

>>57940688
>>57940688
It's best not to argue with these computer nerd faggots who will never see a vulva in their lives.

OP, get a fucking Mac since your mommy and daddy are paying for it anyway. Or the new Razer Blade Pro

>>57941330
Enjoy washing my fucking rims, bitch.

>>57941792
>following your passions
My passion is to fuck Asian girls. Should I follow that?

>>57942445
>>57942460
>>57942540
Samefag as fuck

>>57943285
does it make you truly happy?

>>57943293
Never done it. Just like OP has never worked in that field of PoliSci or journalism.

>>57943303
then I'd shoot for something a little more practical if I were you
maybe try fucking some ironing boards first, work your way up

>>57943326
Oh you're funny. I bet you work at Geek Squad and get all the bad bitches that drive Civics

>>57943339
nah, Civics are Japanese
more into the ones with Kias

>>57943350
>Kia
Holy fuck that's even worse. At least Honda's hold their value.

>>57943359
that's the idea, you can go nuts, nothing to tie you down

>>57939067

a chromebook
or
a refurbished thinkpad, elitebook or latitude from ebay

if you buy anything over 500 dollars for college, you're a retard

>>57943369
I got a fucking Inspiron that I got on Cyber Monday for under $300.

Has a AMD A8 in it. Not the greatest but it's good enough.

>>57943369

i was going to get this but decided to get an elitebook. i wish i had gotten this instead

https://www.amazon.com/Refurbished-Dell-Latitude-E6420-Windows/dp/B00AJWZAWC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481443230&sr=8-2&keywords=refurbished+latitude

Get a Toughbook and beat people with it if they talk shit.

>>57939567
Heil you my medical studies colleague.
Fourth year reporting in.
Have you just felt that needing of killing yourself or it's too soon?
You will, trust me

>>57943572
Not the same anon, but I've always talked down to people. Always had an interest in medicine and making nurses feel incompetent and inferior. Would medicine be up my alley?

>>57943582
Hi Anon, the truth is you and only you know.
Just do whatever makes you interested and makes you like putting time into.
I did a big mistake in the past.
Should have done something else. This world just leaves me indifferent. I chose it because of money and finding a job is acrually easy.
At the end of the second year i understood the big mistake i made but was too late.
So Anon, if you don't mind studying for hours literally EVERY FUCKING DAY GOD CREATED, losing your freedom and free time, losing a big branch of your hobbies, yes. This shit is for you.
If you are like me, and you like more programming something/handle hardware and experiments instead of learning mnemonical shit, no. Drop it.

>>57943657
I could care less about programming some fucking computer. I've tinkered with computers since I was a child and it hasn't gotten me anywhere.

All I have is free time, and the only hobbies I have are playing Xbox and listening to music.

I can study my ass off if I chose to do so. My problem lies in the mathematics department. Was never my strong suit.

I did like biology and chemistry but not so much physics. Mind you, I had crippling anxiety at the time and wasn't taking any anxiolytics to control it so that may have been a factor.

I honestly cannot see myself being a nurse as a White male. After seeing my sister be treated as some slave when she did home-health care, it's disgusting. I don't know why we really have nurses to be honest with you. Most of them are fiscally irresponsible and loud-mouthed cunts who don't know their asses from a hole in the ground.

And I truly believe that if you want to be a nurse, you should at least hold a Master's degree.

>>57943712
>complains about sister being badly treated in profession
>badmouths said profession in the next line

>>57941330

Good luck being unemployed, doing what you love. Lazy left cuck.

>>57943572
I was in med school for about two years before I wanted and got out. Hardware and software, for all their bullshit, is just more agreeable than the human body or the personalities that come attached.

>>57943822
As opposed to all the unemployed working class schmucks who don't have anything else once their factory closed up.

The only thing that matters is if you're good at what you do, if you like doing it, and if you can get by on or in spite of it without going crazy.

>>57940796
I find 16:10 more pleasant for movies as I can see my subtitles on a black background

>>57943866
Same, but we live in a world where most people can't read/bother with subtitles unfortunately.

>>57943817
My sister wasn't a doctor. CNA, dumbass.

>>57943837
>I stare at a monitor for 8-12 hours a day
>This is my life

How fucking stale and boring. Goddamn.

>>57944014
Not like it's any different for my dad, who's a doctor himself and spends several hours at his laptop writing up charts and patient prescriptions. Medicine was a lot more stale in my experience, because your entire job is to figure out some return to a stale and boring normalcy for someone's misaligned body. You do the same thing at a tech help desk frankly, and without the added joy of figuring out new tricks and creating new programming.

>>57944086
Did he specialize?

>>57944149
Fellowship, and now works with geriatrics. Gets driven around by a nurse from house to house. Still, he ends up spending hours at home filling out records and notes.

>>57943837
I admire you. I could not find the force to make such decision.
You are completely right about that.
>>57944086
This. I fully quote you.
>>57944149
It changes shit.
I'm not him but even if you specialize what you got is only a scheduled path to follow because of
>if i die my fucking family, even my fucking cat are going to sue you
And so even if you could do something sometimes you don't because of fuck you not gonna be sued because of your fucking filthy ignorance.
It's like i say you:
"ok pedro, you have to disconnect first the sata cable and then the power cable and reconnect in the same order when you mount a new HDD. If you don't and somhow the pc breaks (not today but even in months) you get your ass sued

>>57944187
Got a prescription question for you if you don't mind.

I take Divalproex ER every day. 3000mg (6 500mg tablets).

Ever since I got my new office chair, my legs have felt heavier and just tonight, I noticed some signs of edema.

What could it be from? I don't take anything besides that and Clonazepam. Don't drink either.

>>57944217
I am the guy at the fourth year.
Divalproex could interact with some antidepressant/myorelaxant.
Call your doctor and talk about it. You could be in need to stop the treatment and to find some other molecule.

>>57944276
How the fuck are you a fellow and not even know that Depakote is used as an antidepressant?

>>57944299
Mate... Piss off please. It is used in a wide variety of cases. It could be associated with OTHER antidepressant if it's used as seizure treatment

>>57944332
>>57944332
Whatever, bong. Any AMERICAN doctors here?

>>57944342
Best scenario is just your fucking chair that doesen't let the tissue drain water.
The heavy legs could be because of some compression at the spinal level.

>>57939067
>Adderall

>>57939067
It doesn't matter. You will get used to typing on just about anything including a toaster and washing machine. This is a typical procrastination problem. Far too much energy spent on trying to find the so-called perfect thing that doesn't even exist. Just get something that has suitable specs.

Your Surface Book idea doesn't make it sound like
>writing/typing as top priority
But if you like it and can spend the money, hey.

Also, stop using rdugs.

>>57939506
>>57939572

I've had three surfaces. Two of them broke within a year of ownership. On that regard, you're out of luck - whole shit is glued tight. If my thinkpad broke, I'd whip the ssd out and back it up, if there would be something I hadn't automatically backed up yet, but with surfaces, there's simply nothing to do. You just call the support, pack the surface away, give it to a your ups man and they'll send you a new one.

Their support is top notch. I always got a brand new looking device back.

As long as the device works, it can be a quite good experience. But when you're having issues, there's nothing you can do. And first three iterations of the surface keyboards were shit. Fourth one is actually alright.

When I got my third surface I sold it as brand new and got a thinkpad yoga. There are some tradeoffs I had to do, but all in all I'm quite satisfied with my transition.

>>57939067
get a X220 and install gentoo

>>57942661
> autism the post

and I actually owned the sp2 years ago

>>57939067
I have a surface book, 256 GB, 8GB ram, i5, GeForce graphics. Works really well. I got it for sale on black Friday. Runs games and does note taking really well. I definitely recommend you get it. It's a solid construction, I take it to all my lectures, it is really convenient.

>>57939621
>everyone sage the thread
learn engliah pajeet

>>57939067
>Dual major in Political Science and Journalism.
I hope you're a trust fund babby, your family owns a business you will take over, or are going to law school. If it's the last thing you would not be using anything from your political science degree. Your journalism degree might give you an edge in writing, or it will smash your shit because journalistic writing=/=legal writing

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>>57942460
Anything else you want to say, retard? I don't see you giving an opinion here.

>>57943288
>>57947332 this was meant for you

>>57941792
The fact of the matter is that you need money to live, and like the hundreds of millions of bright-eyed humanities majors that came before you, you're going to regret picking your major out of some transient, cosmetic interest in a subject you had as a teenager.