I'll stick with my Spectre X360, ta.

 

how much?

ticks many boxes

 

$2500

 

Very, very tempted by one of these. Price aside, I see very few downsides for the Windows user

 

Laptop?

 

Yeah kind of, it's a tablet with a keyboard that contains more battery and a GPU.

 

Getting one then Jack ??

 

If I had to buy something other than a Macbook then yes.

 

Looks nice.....would be interested in seeing the residual values of it.

 

looks like an macbook air to me

 

its like the 2 year old lenovo helix but bigger...

 

Pricey, £1600 quid in our money, probably more, as tech is cheaper in the US.

You could have the same spec i7 base or better in a nice lappy imo.

 

That is gorgeous if you want a performance laptop and tablet in one.

 

Spectre x360 2in1: i7, 512gig ssd, qhd screen etc. can be had for £1100 next day delivered. Plus £140 cash back.

Lose a touch on screen resolution (1440 vs 2000) but on a 13" screen I reckon higher than 1440 isn't really anymore beneficial, although I'll reserve judgement til I see it in the flesh.

Biggest drawback is weight: 1.5kg is quite hefty for a tablet, but that's the trade off for i7 performance: the need for bigger batteries.

 

It's HP so will fall apart a day after the warranty expires.

 

Funny that happened with my phone......same will probably happen with the new one....

 

Not a fan of windows tablets, I like to be able to control my environment and I find it very difficult with these.

I've tried a number of windows and Android and always come back to the ipad.

 

To be honest I only use the tablet mode when doing in car diagnostics (where space is tight) or reading documents in portrait.

Problem I have is most of the automotive software I use doesn't scale very well on high resolution displays. For example; Mercedes's online service history portal which is a Java based app is displayed in minuscule proportions; can barely read icons and text. Unless some bright chappy comes up with a workable scaling solution for legacy applications its really hindering the hardware's potential.

 

What's Java?

 

Its something Mercedes insist I use to update the service records on customer's cars

https://aftersales.i.daimler.com/

 

I sometimes need it for network config. Its not as tricky to get rid of on Mac nowadays.