The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[GregF]

Im not a big laptop user, when it comes to getting some actual work done (read: code) I vastly prefer the 2 27" monitors and real keyboard in my office to hunching over a dinky screen and laptop keyboard/medieval torture device, but its a necessity to have one while travelling and a nice to have around the house on the coffee table.
My old single core gateway 11" laptop has been a soldier but with some travelling in the coming months it was high time to upgrade. I ran across a deal on a Lenovo Yoga for over 60% off so I jumped on it and couldnt be happier, especially for the price.

looks just like this



Its a thin&light ultraportable 'ultrabook' and i wont bore you with the details. its thin, light, very portable, has a touchscreen and great battery life. Its super fast and boots in an unreal amount of time. instant on from sleep and sub 10 seconds from hibernate. great screen, solid keyboard, multitouch touchpad blah blah blah.
and yeah, it has double hinges so it folds around into 'tent' and 'tablet' mode, but I bought this as a laptop, so i have no real expectations to use it as a 'convertible'. any use of it in alternate modes is a bonus.

honestly, the biggest game changer is the touchscreen. its one of those at first you think "i dont need that in a laptop" until you have it and use it, its so seamless and speeds up everything you do. especially with an OS like windows 8 that is built with touch interface in mind.

make no mistake, win 8 does take some (lot) getting used to, but I think MS is doing a good job bridging the current/past desktop environment with next gen touch centric and mobile interfaces.
(but Im still keeping 7 on my desktop)

They opened a Microsoft store in the mall by me so I stopped by on my last trip over there. Ive always had macs, but these windows at convertible computers are pretty cool. Id never buy one and expect to be productive but as a second "casual" computer they're cool.

Decided to post here rather then start a thread.

I just got an iPhone 5. I am not an Apple person but I needed an Apple exclusive App for my work so thats how shit goes sometimes. So far I like it, already dropped the damn thing once and my case (ordered from amazon) isn't here yet! Anyway, my question is about warranty. Anyone here have warranty on an iPhone? The Sprint warranty sounds like a huge ripoff anyway but worse on the iPhone. Is the Apple Care + or whatever a good thing?

I get applecare on everything I buy from them. I just bought a 5 also and just switched all the phones on our plan from Verizon's insurance to apple care. Over the course of the contracts for all 4 iphones, you save a looooot of money. Plus the insurance is just superior. The plan stays with the phone its self for the life of the phone, even after the contract is ended or renewed. You can make up to 2 claims on the phone, no questions asked and they'll give you a brand new/refurbished phone. The refurbished phones look, act and are of the same quality of brand new iphones. Its a pretty good deal, in my opinion.