What's Your Post Windows/WP 8 Wishlist?

Posted by Jisher on April 25, 2012 06:46 pm 7

Honestly Verge readers, I can't wait for Windows 8.

From having an awesome custom-built gaming desktop, to picking up an iPhone, to getting a netbook, then an iPad, and having sold all of them (but the iPhone) in favor of a laptop that can do almost everything I want, I've come up with my wishlist list after Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 comes.

(Sold everything cause nothing worked together in a cohesive manner)

Desktop PC

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Used at Home for

Playing Games on Max Settings,
Coding
Photoshop
Office Apps

Specs: Definitively Custom-Built

AMD CPU and Graphics (Great on power and price for my needs)
Possibly Touch Screen Monitor
Possibly, probably unlikely, Thermaltake Level 10 (Original, but does cost a lot of $$)
1080p + Screen

Laptop

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Used at any random desk environment, library, or coffee shop, or work for

Light Gaming (Possibly)
Light Coding
Light Photoshop
Light Office Apps
Social stuff like video chatting

(Pretty much what a laptop really is, a portable desktop that's not supposed to be more powerful than a desktop)

Specs: Vizio - HP Envy - Asus Zenbook

22nm CPU - Ivy-Bridge
15 inch display with 1080p+ Matte Screen
Ultrabook size and weight
Stylish
Possibly discrete GPU 28nm (Possibly, depending on how much added weight is put on the laptop because of it)
Possibly touch screen

Tablet

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Used on Bed, Couch, Commute, and anywhere that I don't have a desk for

Reading books
Surfing the internet
Watching movies
Playing fun games

Specs: Any good tablet - Probably Nokia is they come out with that is good.

High DPI Screen
7-9 inch screen
Possibly, if available, a screen that changes from e-ink to LCD (Probably never going to happen)
Quad-Core arm chip
Stylish

Phone - Nokia

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This is just a self-explanatory one, but Nokia's Windows Phone 8, whatever it maybe, it will probably be awesome, and I'm gonna trade in my iPhone for one.

TV - Xbox '720'

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Had a 360, broke, never cared to get a new one

I play a lot of PC games and don't watch TV too much, so I will probably just wait for the next gen Xbox, no rush to getting it.

Now the cost:

$1000 for Desktop, minus the case, $1500 with case
$700 for Laptop without discrete graphics, probably $900 with it
$500 max for tablet, after having an iPad and seeing it, I now know that they are not worth $500, especially for a 7 inch one
Phone - Free, after selling my iPhone 4S and my contract being up, I should be good.
$300 Next-Gen Console (Future Cost)

Total Cost of Going Full Microsoft = Computer ($1300) + Laptop ($800) + Tablet ($400) + Next-Gen Xbox ($300) + Phone (Free) = $2800 (Plus 25gb of Skydrive space)

PC with 2 GPUs in Crossfire + Laptop with discrete graphics + XBox with Apps and Game support + 25GB of Skydrive (Free)

(Just for comparison's sake)

Total Cost of Going Comparable Mac = iMac ($2000) + 13 inch MBA ($1300) + Apple TV($100) + iPad ($500) + iPhone(Free) + iCloud Storage 25GB ($40/year) = $3900 + $40 * Year

PC 1 Mobile GPU + Laptop with integrated GPU + Apple TV with limited to no App Support + 25GB of iCloud (Paid)

So more realistically

Dream PC by the end of the summer. -- Fully upgraded every 4 Years (2 years for CPU then 2 Year for GPU, pretty much new architecture jumps)

Laptop by end of holidays - Sell current laptop HP Envy 14 (First-Gen w/ Radiance Display) for 1080p Zenbook 11 inch or 15 inch ultralight laptop with Hi DPI screen. -- Upgrade when it feels slow, or my needs aren't being met

(The choice will be made by which ever comes out first)

Tablet - If I get Zenbook, then no tablet, otherwise I'll get one with a 15 inch laptop purchase. -- Upgraded when I can't handle simple web-browsing, watching videos, and running non-intense apps (Kinda like First-Gen iPad now, well this happened after the release of iPad 2, but yea)

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