[TriLUG] laptop shopping

[Ken MacKenzie]

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On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> It comes down more to IOS updates needing to sync and needing to sync
> itunes play lists.  I would get away from an ipad in favor of an android
> tablet if music apps on android where at the level they are on ios.  I
> actually use IOS synths live on stage in a band environment as well as DJ
> between sets from the ipad.  It saves me lugging one of my laptops out
> there.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Jeremy Davis <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> With Linux and Google, nearly all things are possible. Google Play would
>> find your music and upload it. That would be the last time you need to
>> sync
>> anything.
>>
>> Google Docs converts everything to and from MS Office formats and
>> Microsoft
>> does not offer anything to my knowledge that is fast, dead simple, and
>> collaborative as the Google Docs. In the rare case Gdocs won't do the job,
>> LibreOffice will.
>>
>> Not sure what you mean by multimedia. I think the only major advantage
>> Apple has is video editing. Perhaps graphics design too but mostly because
>> colleges generally don't offer courses that teach GIMP and the other OSS
>> graphics tools.
>>
>> All that syncing with Apple and MSFT devices is frustrating. Linux and
>> Google delivered me from that evil years ago.
>> On Feb 5, 2014 8:58 PM, "Ken MacKenzie" <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
>>
>>