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That's not how it works....

500w psu can very very easily handle that

i like your essay. that is a 100%

I really like this gen's thinkpads. They finally gave it back the usual bloody buttons compared to the old school T420 ones. The T450 or T440 series I really disliked because it was missing the usual thinkpad buttons. Trackpoint is amazing but still need a trackpad.
 
In terms of Window's trackpad nothing beats a Macbook (i have a 2012 first gen retina that I still use cause bless the trackpad), but things that come close are XPS15, any new Thinkpads, Zbooks, (not dell precisions rip in piece), Clevo P series. 
 
I currently own a T560 for work, a MBP 2012 Retina for work, and had an XPS15 and a Clevo P650RG in recent times, both of which are sold because I'm looking to get into Pascal. If you're looking for "the Windows Experience" and comfortable with a trackpoint, T460s is where it's at. I prefer trackpoint for mobile use and the T460s is gorgeous. The 1440p glossy screen is where I would personally say the sweet spot is. I prefer 2.5k or 3k display (fuck 4k, hate scaling), so I use 0 scaling on my 1800p MBP, and 0 scaling on my 1620p T560 glossy. 1080 is not enough for productivity these days. The MBP 1800p display is a bit straining on the eyes, and I can tell the T560's 1620p is alot easier for me to use for longer sessions. I haven't had a Zbook for myself but from my 1 day usage of those they're pretty comparable to Thinkpads. Dell Precision's bloody trackpads are still not glass nor smooth so fuck that. Their E7470 line is one of the better line ups.
 
tl;dr
XPS15
E7470
T460s
T560 (bigger screen)
Clevo P series 
Macbooks
^ Laptops I would use myself

Thats for buisness inquires

This is also in the wrong section. Please check where you post next time

I think the smart thing would be to wait till Black Friday sale and buy at that time, then I can get a nice ass laptop for cheap. 

ducky shine 5 is fantastic. 

Aren't those cards meant to give USB 3 support to motherboards that don't support it by default? 

Aren't those cards meant to give USB 3 support to motherboards that don't support it by default? 

It comes down to what suit your needs. Not everyone likes RGB and not everyone likes the same switch.

Everyone has its kind of keyboard he likes more.

Oh and also, in general, apps are made better for IOS for some reason.

here is a pretty decent article about what they did with the storage controller. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9662/iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-preliminary-results

Thank you all. Seeing that the Thinkpad is better built and seems to have an ok screen I think I'll tell her to go for this despite not having great gaming performance...  If I find one with decent integrated graphics it looks like it might work though.

This... This is why I can't stand Windows.  I don't do much gaming, and IMO, the workflow is just so much easier to get into on a Mac.  Windows 10 brings some virtual desktops to laptops, something I'v found really useful on Mac, but I'v found it really unintuitive to invoke it.  Another one of my reasons for using Mac is that Apple products work seamlessly together and are all share some of the same services (Apple Music, iCloud...).  Not to mention Mac exclusives (MainStage 3, Logic Pro...).

I disagree
 
go and find any other laptop with a full metal chassis, retina/high res display, 13 hours of battery life, a PCI-E based SSD, fast CPU, dedicated GPU, in a slim light chassis for that price

you will be paying the same for any other high end ultrabook, dell, acer, asus,  etc and most of them do not come close to the quality of the macbook
 
Plus the money you save with OSX etc

Cool. You obviously have a certain perspective that works for you. Unfortunately, your broad assumption that the opinions here stem from ignorance and lack of experience is fairly offensive, so I'm not sure I really want to waste much time engaging with you. Just because you've found something that works for you does not give you the right to dismiss the experience of others out of hand.
 
All I will say is that for most of the people asking for advice in this sub, they do not have the kind of budget to justify $100+ on a standalone DAC. It's a matter of perspective as to what constitutes "expensive". You may think that a better DAC is "essential", but that is your subjective opinion. In reality, there is no absolute minimum level of gear required to enjoy music.
 
Ultimately, no one here is stopping anyone from buying a better DAC. Anyone that wants to try one or decides that they "need" one is free to do so.

Looks fantastic man!

Looks fantastic man!

My first ever computer was a macbook pro. I was 13, and was trying to by my own computer, and dad said if i got a mac he would pay half of it. I didn't know at the time, but it was because he knew that gaming was shitty on a mac, and was against getting really into games. In hindsight, if got to hand it to him that it was a pretty slick move. Anyways, that was fine and I loved my macbook for a few years. However as I got more into computers and electronics, I realllyyy wanted to build my own desktop. So I sold my macbook and built a pretty decent system (a 3570k and a gtx 660ti). I loved my desktop for a few years, but then I kind of got uninterested in gaming, and focused a lot more on school. I decided I needed a laptop again, so I sold my desktop and bought a lenovo thinkpad (was not being tricked into a macbook this time  hahaha). Thats when I realized how frustrating windows is to use on a laptop. I REFUSE to cart around a mouse (or accessories of any kind) around with me when I'm using my laptop, and the lack of trackpad gestures (reallll ones. not basic shit like 'pinch to zoom' and 2 finger scroll) makes navigating around the OS feel like I'm wrestling with it, rather than the natural, smooth, gesture based navigation you can get on OS X with the trackpads apple makes. So after a while with the lenovo I decided I would try to find a laptop with a better trackpad (though ngl, the lenovo had the best laptop keyboard i have ever used). After a short period of searching I realized that there is no windows trackpad that even comes close to the macbook one. So, despite my (at the time) windows fanboy nature, I decided to buy another god damn macbook -.- literally JUST for the trackpad. So I bought a late 2013 macbook pro with a 512 gb PCIe ssd, an i7, 16gb of ram, and a 750m. Was normally priced at around 2400, but I bought it from the certified refurbished section on the apple website so i got it for 1800. Say what you will, but at the time, that was an extremely reasonable price for a laptop with a 512gb PCIe ssd (btw, 10/10 would recommend. literally no reason to ever buy a brand new apple product. their refurbished stuff has the exact same warranty). Anyway, I initially felt the buyer's remorse for paying so much money JUST for a trackpad. After time though, I began to fall in love with my macbook. Yes its true that it was barely able to play most games, but at the time if i ever did play a game it was counter strike, which can run on a toaster, so i really didn't feel the effects of having such a shitty gpu. What i DID feel however, was the speed an efficiency in just about every other task. The trackpad gestures are so good, that it is almost akin to having multiple displays. Its as close as you're ever gonna get on a laptop anyway hahaha. Then, I go to school for engineering 2 years later (currently at the end of my first year). I still use my macbook for most things, but some stuff that i need to do you just can't really do on a macbook (mostly drafting shit like solid works and NX). You can try to install windows, but then you just have a windows laptop. ew. besides, apple has the shittyest windows drivers ever, so its not even a decent windows laptop. So earlier in the school year i decided to build a budget system with some old parts i had in my house at home and some new parts. So now I've got a desktop with a i5 6400, msi b150, gtx 960, 8 gigs of ddr4, a 256g ssd (new parts) and a sketchy old case, a ballin old psu and a few TB worth of old hard drives. Oh, and a 34inch ultra wide. So anyways, long story short, I've got my desktop for CAD software, and gaming. Then my laptop for coding, math shit, reports and everything else. Im of the strong opinion that, that is the way to go, if at all possible. IMO windows is useless and a mobile OS, and on a computer with anything less than a 21 inch screen and a proper mouse. and OS X doesn't make any sense on a desktop where you're gonna have a big screen, a mouse, and unlimited battery life anyway. Theres my story from mac to windows to mac to a healthy mix of both.

its a full size keyboard, but I switched the position of the number pad over to the left side of the keyboard instead of the right side. Also, thanks! will do

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Source: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/09/09/apple-blew-it-the-apple-pencil-stylus-is-here/
Main thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/446911-apple-2015-september-event-ipad-pro-apple-tv-and-iphone-6s/
(Didn't see this posted there, so why not make a new topic.)
 
Many things were announced today during Apple's September event, and you can read all about that in the main thread, but there were a couple products that weren't covered that I just find hilarious. Introducing the Pencil: Apple's $100 stylus. I really I was making this up. 
 
The Pencil comes with a Lightning Connector, so you can charge it via your fancy new iPad or iPhone or whatever. Now, there is one neat thing about the Pencil: the system scans twice as fast when using it. This means that the Pencil can capture more points in a stroke. It's also pressure sensitive (although I think this is because of the Force Touch display, who knows!). Lastly, shapes are converted into graphic objects. 
 
Okay, sure, it has some cool features, I will give it that, but a $100 price tag? Come on Apple. That's just overdoing it.
 

 
And now onto the keyboard. It features the new Apple Dome switch which was derived from the Macbook. It has a "woven fabric" covering the keys. The keyboard is to be used with the new iPad, which magnetically connects to it. This keyboard costs $170. Seriously, come on. My freaking Ducky Shine II (at the time when I bought it) was $150 and it's a mechanical keyboard!
 
Anyways, if you're going to buy their Stylus and their keyboard, both will be available in November.
 
And now for an image and a comment that I ripped from Facebook, because I laughed too hard when I saw these.

Somebody should make a AAA great big adventure RPG in the Harry Potter universe. So much potential...

If you gave me 20 bucks and shipped it to me id take it to the dump for you..