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I am thinking of thinkpad yoga 12.5" 1366x768 or samsung 13.3 1920x1080 for business use. I am looking at long to super battery life. Been thinkpad guy for over 10 years and kind of hesitate to move other brand but can't really afford carbon x1 with almost 80k baht.

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Why don't you buy Macbook Pro retina for 40.5k (education store) ?

There is no better alternative at this price, it offers much faster SSD, much better screen and scaling options (text is very readable) and virus-free operating system or you can always choose crappy windows 8.1 or classic windows 7 along with mac os x.

1366x768 is crap unless you have Astigmat problem (as do I) in your eyes.

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Why don't you buy Macbook Pro retina for 40.5k (education store) ?

There is no better alternative at this price, it offers much faster SSD, much better screen and scaling options (text is very readable) and virus-free operating system or you can always choose crappy windows 8.1 or classic windows 7 along with mac os x.

1366x768 is crap unless you have Astigmat problem (as do I) in your eyes.

Maybe because he has been happy in the Wintel world for 10 years, is familiar with it, has invested in programs written for use in such an environment, and like me, hasn't got any viruses on a Wintel machine like for 10 years, ever since Windows built in a virus/spyware protection program into Windows itself.

If I have a choice, I would always go for the HD (1080) screen.

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Why don't you buy Macbook Pro retina for 40.5k (education store) ?

There is no better alternative at this price, it offers much faster SSD, much better screen and scaling options (text is very readable) and virus-free operating system or you can always choose crappy windows 8.1 or classic windows 7 along with mac os x.

1366x768 is crap unless you have Astigmat problem (as do I) in your eyes.

I'd went for the macbook option too, their batteries are very good... Then wipe of the MAC OS crap and install windows on it!

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There is no single better ultrabook at the price of Macbook Pro retina 13.

For example Samsung Ativ Plus 9 comes with Intel I5-4200u cpu, HD4400 gpu and 3200x1600 res screen but there is no perfect scaling for High DPI in Windows except for some metro apps (Who uses metro apps anyway?)

Macbook comes with HD5100 IRIS gpu and much faster core i5 cpu.

If others offered similar specs for 1099 usd or lower, I could recommend them, but they are not. They offer better res screen, far worse resolution support, far worse cpu and gpu ad the same price level. Besides, Mac is sold for same or lower price than USA counterpart (due to weak baht) but others are usually more expensive here.

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There is no single better ultrabook at the price of Macbook Pro retina 13.

For example Samsung Ativ Plus 9 comes with Intel I5-4200u cpu, HD4400 gpu and 3200x1600 res screen but there is no perfect scaling for High DPI in Windows except for some metro apps (Who uses metro apps anyway?)

Macbook comes with HD5100 IRIS gpu and much faster core i5 cpu.

If others offered similar specs for 1099 usd or lower, I could recommend them, but they are not. They offer better res screen, far worse resolution support, far worse cpu and gpu ad the same price level. Besides, Mac is sold for same or lower price than USA counterpart (due to weak baht) but others are usually more expensive here.

Thanks for your recommendation i am also aware of Samsung Ativ 9 plus being best of ultrabook to date but the only factor is reliability and durability when compared to my long companion Thinkpad loyalist like me. Samsung does carry 2 year warantee but then I spotted Samsung after sale at Fortune mall - same place as samsung hero phone line up!!

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I have the Samsung New Series 9 ultrabook i7, 256 SSD and 4GB ram (1600 x 900) and loved it but recently couldn't resist the upgrade to to the Lenovo Yoga Pro 2 touch with i7, 512 SSD, 8 GB ram and (3200 x 1800) display. This thing rocks.. tent mode, tablet mode and laptop mode and all for just a tad under 1600 USD. I purchased online from Lenovo, paid using Amazon, shipped to my freight forwarder and paid 80 USD for 4 day shipping with DHL about 70 USD in tax from Thailand.

I can't recommend ether of these laptops highly enough but I really like the tent and tablet modes for the Yoga.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/yoga/?iPromoID=Yoga2campaign&

Regards,

Kurt

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I have the Samsung New Series 9 ultrabook i7, 256 SSD and 4GB ram (1600 x 900) and loved it but recently couldn't resist the upgrade to to the Lenovo Yoga Pro 2 touch with i7, 512 SSD, 8 GB ram and (3200 x 1800) display. This thing rocks.. tent mode, tablet mode and laptop mode and all for just a tad under 1600 USD. I purchased online from Lenovo, paid using Amazon, shipped to my freight forwarder and paid 80 USD for 4 day shipping with DHL about 70 USD in tax from Thailand.

I can't recommend ether of these laptops highly enough but I really like the tent and tablet modes for the Yoga.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/yoga/?iPromoID=Yoga2campaign&

Regards,

Kurt

Hi kbelyeu,

Lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon is the one I want but price in LOS is just way too ridiculous 79K!! Try ordering that just like you recommended shop at Lenovo using Amazon payment but the payment never went through so I called Lenovo and they said their corporate policy would not export especially ship to freight forwarder address (myus.com). Let me know what i have done wrong or any other alternative freight forwarder...you can pm me.

thanks

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The macbook is best. their batteries are very good. and wipe of the MAC OS crap and install windows on it!

Mac os is not crap, Windows 8 (and 8.1) is the crappiest OS I have ever used. I still keep stick to Windows 7 for that reason.

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Why don't you buy Macbook Pro retina for 40.5k (education store) ?

There is no better alternative at this price, it offers much faster SSD, much better screen and scaling options (text is very readable) and virus-free operating system or you can always choose crappy windows 8.1 or classic windows 7 along with mac os x.

1366x768 is crap unless you have Astigmat problem (as do I) in your eyes.

Rather buy a Razor Blade 14.

But that's just me, i hate anything apple passifier.gif.pagespeed.ce.4LsapYv4zC.gi

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