the good old IBM thinkpad, the most durable laptop in the world, which can take a lot of abuses and still working...

I needed BD, and I wanted to game once in a while when I can. Hence Alienware. I also have a need for video encoding and conversions. Not much on productivity needs, as I don't work in an office.

Apple could have easily accommodated me with a BTO option for BD, and I can just opt not to game on the go on a laptop, and just game on PSP/NDS/3DS/iPad/iPhone, but nooooooooooo, they called BD "a bag of hurt". More like it's hurting their bottom line coz it'll be competing with their HD downloads via iTunes. Another case of "options are always good for consumer, not so much for the business end of things".

For my professional needs, even an iPad suffices. I need a device to store my airport charts, do performance calculators, view updated aviation-related weather forecasts. Don't think I need a Thinkpad for that.

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Added on May 25, 2011, 2:00 pm

Your disgust here with Apple is misplaced. Your beef is with its fanboys, not the Apple products. At one time I was too, I started exploring other options than iPad when the situation in the iPad forum here escalated into the shithole that it is now, but I still find the iPad useful during my Florida trip. However, I have explored the other options, and absolutely smitten with Android Honeycomb, and now going for Blackberry QNX as well for good measure. What I'm trying to say is, pair the right device to the right needs and situation. Bring my iPad to the States with me during my vacation is the right thing to do because app support and usage while I'm there is ubiquitous and prevalent there, bringing my Motorola Xoom would be less effective. However, the moment I'm back here, Xoom takes precedent on usage more than iPad, because of the activities I mainly do here.

Owh, that I don't mind. I wouldn't have Kyotiam if I bash back.

Actly, i do bash people, and some of my customers (Some have done horrible things), but rather than lament, I just kept it and became more aware of people like that. Its not an easy thing to do, but it can be learned from.

So do continue, I will bash you guys one day still.

I can vouch for the Lenovo Thinkpad. It is as durable as those manufactured by IBM.
Anyway these new Lenovo Thinkpad is manufactured by the same factories that does IBM Thinkpad,
and Lenovo is a much better PC company than IBM used to be.

My current work Lenovo Thinkpad, I abused it to the max, and well it still works like a charm.

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Added on May 25, 2011, 6:03 pm

My disgust with Apple doesn't comes from merely fanboyism. It also comes from the fact that, generally, it just doesn't meet my needs. Give me a Thinkpad + Cheap Android Phone / Blackberry + Nintendo 3DS, all my needs is covered, and I will not be mistaken as "Steve Job cock-sucker", which is also a huge plus.

A lot of flying cocks today.

Yang kat Twitter tuh amender?

GET OVER HERE!

So. What was the topic today? Kinda got lost. lulz.

haiz... the same old "I can't afford to buy original hence I buy pirated" by samsk
this time i'm actually lost interest to bash him

Eh, I like Apple because it fits my needs, not coz Jobs have me by the balls or his cock down my orifice. Liking Apple products jut coz it fits one's needs doesn't mean he's a "Steve Jobs cock sucker". It's like me saying you're a "<insert NGCD inventor> cock sucker" for fitting your needs for entertainment. Just sayin'.

I can replace those namebrands you just posted with other brands me or anyone else's likes and that still doesn't make you, me or anyone else any righter than the others.

That "cocksucker" namecalling is getting old. Move along now.  And oh, I'm comfortable enough liking my needs to a particular brand(s) or device to not at the least give a "flying cocksucking fcuk" about what others are thinking of me.

Since when Kopitiam got topic wun? Free for all! Create your own topic! I talk to myself a lot in here too, like my own twitter feed.