>sister has a barely working 5-6 year old Dell laptop
>doesn't let me clean it up
>says she needs a cheap computer that she can work in photoshop with
>keeps sending me links to shitty laptops that can barely run windows for ~450 euros that she wants just because they "look good"
>I keep telling her that I can build her a highly superior pc for under 500 euros
>she keeps refusing and tells me that "it must be either an AiO or a laptop, and it should be white"
>bitch please
>mfw
Have you guys ever dealt with this type of person that is so stubborn that he/she won't listen to and ignore any suggestions? How can one convince a person like that to stop being such a cunt and start listening to reason?
Don't waste your time on twats, m8.
Just ignore her.
>>53060008
> qt girl wants a laptop
> "huuurr duuuuuur I can build le epic gaymen pc with that money xDDzdzd"
literally kill you're self.
I gave my sister my old t400 and she had no issues
But she's on her iPhone all the time anyway
Just tell your sister to stop being retarded and listen to someone who knows what they're doing
>>53060021
>>53060034
I don't even know anymore, the links she keeps sending me make me so mad...
>Intel Celeron/Pentium
>4 GB RAM
>Integrated Graphics
If it wasn't for photoshop, I'd be cool with it, but then if she would buy the one she wants, it would stop functioning after a few months and then I would hear complaining day in and day out about how slow the computer is.
>>53060066
I've done that numerous times, I think I'll just give up and start ignoring her.
>>53060078
Tell her you will not help her with any technology in the future
Some of my more distant relatives wanted my help fixing their shitty walmart laptops that I told them not to buy, and telling them that helped a lot
>>53060078
is she cute? have you ever fapped to her?
>>53060008
ignore and tell her to fuck herself with her shitty laptop cuz she done it to it
>>53060110
>>53060119
I think I'll try these two things in that order next time the discussion that pops up.
Get her this
http://www.tinydeal.com/pipo-w9s-141-windows-10-intel-z8300-quad-core-4gb-64gb-laptop-p-158032.html
>>53060194
>photoshop
>atom soc
What the fuck are you doing anon
>>53060208
> implying Photoshop doesn't work
That retarded sister will have no problems putting text and filters onto her pictures.
so she wants to carry it around? What's the problem in that? you can find good laptop with i3 proc and 4 ram for that money
What does she need full PhotoShop for I'm pretty sure she'll be fine with elements.
Why does it need to be white who the fuck makes white laptops.
>white
Put a vinyl over it
>>53060319
Apple. She's the kind of person that became delusional that Apple devices are far better than anything else.
>>53060008
Just get her a XPS 15, slap a white dbrand skin over it, and give it to her with a note saying fuck off.
It's what I would do.
>>53060119
>>53060145
She'll just buy a fucking Macbook if you do this. Your sister might be stupid (no offense), but don't let her become a basic bitch hipster faggot.
>>53060008
>wants a laptop
>"I can build you are 'superior' pc
this is why you're virgin.
>>53060582
I'm sorry to say but she's more than half way into becoming exactly that. I should stop caring. Maybe teach her a lesson by letting her buy a crap laptop and then repeating "told you so" when it won't work. It's not like I'm paying for it.
>>53060065
>aesthetics > function
I bet you're an iFag
>>53060675
>function
What kind of function does a gaymur pc have that suit her needs? She clearly wants something portable, not something that has the most FPS for the least money.
>>53060620
I'd be perfectly fucking fine with a laptop. But there are close to none decent laptops in the 400-450 euro margin.
>>53060639
Been there, she'll just pretend it's good and only complain around her friends (she'll still blame you for it) or worse, tell your parents, who will then blame you for it. Just get her a high end Windows ultrabook and end it.
Otherwise, drop all contact with her. Women aren't rational, you'll still end up being the bad guy, or the guy who has to fix it, because "family".
Do this:
>>53060554
>>53060688
She herself doesn't fucking know what she wants. An AiO isn't really portable, if you ask me.
>wants a laptop
>recommend something that's not a laptop
Ever consider maybe she wanted to carry it with her to Starbucks for social media shitposting?
>>53060709
AiO is all in one I suppose?
People want those simply because they're stylish, so I guess she wants something stylish.
>I keep telling her
Yes, you. Stop being stubborn and thinking this is a computer for you, because it's not, and if you don't want to help find one that meets her requirements then don't offer to help.
>>53060698
nah m8. My parents are a 100% with me on this, even called her an idiot for being so stubborn and willing to fork over more money for a laptop that looks better, but is significantly worse.
Also money is an issue here, so there could be a problem convincing her to get any of the high-end stuff.
>>53060720
And stylish=expensive
>>53060725
She wants cheap, I'm proposing the cheapest option.
>>53060773
>she wants cheap
>she wants a white laptop
>she wants AiO
She wants to have a cake and eat it it seems.
>>53060316
>you can find good laptop with i3 proc and 4 ram for that money
Yup, then add an SSD to it and there you go.
>>53060773
She wants a cheap laptop in white that can run photoshop. Even if all she was wanted was cheap, you are proposing what you consider to be the best value for money, not the cheapest.
>>53060773
The XPS 13 starts at $799, and can be found with a core i5 at that price at times. She can at least afford that.
I don't know if she'll find anything in that price range that looks good, and can run Photoshop well.
She's literally looking for something that doesn't exist, and can't exist because that's how the market works
>>53060821
You forgot a 1.
>>53060807
But is 4 ram enough for photoshop?
>>53060821
This. I think I'll screencap this post and show it to her. Maybe other people saying this other than me will convince her.
Just find her something white and good looking and THEN figure out the best option from there. Go a little bit over budget. That way she will feel she got a better computer than she initially hoped for.
No reason to optimise the technical stuff you autistic moron.
>>53060688
I'm not talking about gaming laptops, I'm just saying that she should spend her money on performance rather than the looks. If she wants to do something that's even just a tiny bit more recourse intensive then she will not be happy just because the laptop looks good.
>>53060838
4 GB ram is fine, if it's too little then it can be upgraded later. Tell her that
>>53060008
You don't help them. You get over other people being stupid and you don't feel smug about knowing better - you enjoy your good machines and let them use their crap machines, if they waste their money and you tried a little bit to help, you did all you could.
They ask for a recommendation, you give it, they ignore it, your job is done.
>>53060835
Oh right, your in Europe. That makes her extra retarded. You guys have like 20% tax on everything, so the co puter you get for $450 euros is gonna be even more shit. Give her a smack across the head.
>>53060851
That's not how women work. If she has an 'ugly' laptop that only shines when opening photoshop she'll hate it more than a Macbook air that looks good but just doesn't do shit.
That's how they think and value things. I got my gf some 13" acer laptop with a celeron processor and she loves it, the fact that it's not even powerful enough to playback fHD videos doesn't bother her at all.
>>53060859
Europe has very shitty electronic prices, especially since the Dollar has gained value against the Euro prices have gone up even more.
I'm always amazed whenever I see the deals on newegg.com in Dollars.
>>53060065
> anon wants girl that looks good but has no practical functions
> girl wants pc that looks good but has no practical functions
It's a vicious cycle m8tey
>>53060885
>>53060835
>>53060859
ayy lmao
>>53060851
>If she wants to do something that's even just a tiny bit more recourse intensive then she will not be happy just because the laptop looks good.
Boy, you know nothing about women now, do you... Even if the computer barely works it is good enough if it looks good. The way a computer looks for a woman is more important than how it functions for a man. Imagine how you would feel with a ugly computer that functioned fantastic. She has a even stronger feeling towards how it looks, that is the number 1 priority you social retard. A woman would hate a ugly computer no matter how cheap she could get it.. You can put a i7 with 1tb SSD and 32 GB ram. A woman would not buy that for $5 if it's ugly.
>>53060904
what kind of fucked up language is that?
>>53060908
This, and it's not about being "right" or that she is retarded, it's just the way women are. Just accept it, move on, and stop being a bitch.
>>53060908
The old Dell she has now, she got it because it looked better. And now it boots literally 30 minutes and she complains out loud "to herself" when I'm in the same room with her.
>>53060916
What do you mean?
>>53060908
>you know nothing about women now
Apparently neither do you, probably because you are an autistic basement dwelling virgin who spends all day masturbating to anime porn. Aren't generalizations fun?
>>53060008
Lick her pussy.
>>53060934
I tried to pinpoint your location since 'date' is translated to 'kiekis' in your language, turns out to be Lithuania.
Electronics are notoriously more expensive in eastern/north-eastern Europe than western-Europe. A dell XPS 13 basic model (4gb - 128gb ssd - 1080p) in Netherlands costs about €1350, that's €100 cheaper than in Lithuania.
That said in the US of A it'd be like $1000
>>53060957
Goddamn the americans have it easy...
>>53060970
Yes, they do. America has the cheapest electronics in the world if I'm not mistaken, in China for example iPhones cost more than in America.
It gets even worse if you look at their median wages.
>>53060316
>>Get the asus, best quality there and seems to be good specs.
>2016
>not building a new pc for yourself
>not handing it over to your sisters bull
>not handing over your previous pc to your sister
>not postan from your android phone
CAN YOU JUST STOP POSTAN
>>53060885
I even picked out a white, good looking case.
>>53060904
In australia we pay 1230 for the XPS and that includes GST (tax)
Fuck Europe.
>>53061001
For the best model we pay 2.1k aud. Works out to be the same but for the best model I cannot be to sure if that image is the best model version.
>>53060999
That's clever of you.
Maybe if you can make her something cute she'd like it. Many girls I know think W10 looks good, so maybe she won't even be that disappointed if you make her something good looking.
>>53061001
I highly doubt this, you people pay $80 AUD for 1mb/s internet and $800.000 for a shack 10 kilometers from Sydney CBD.
Aussies on /g/ are the hardest whiners when it comes to importing electronics, according to them there is nothing in stock and everything costs shitloads of dosh.
>>53060991
Fuck you faggot. I only have one pc and I just keep upgrading it, and either way she wouldn't accept my old one because of reasons mentioned here. >>53061010
>>53061001
>>53060908
Goddamn... Maybe importing parts from overseas would actually be cheaper in the long run? But the shipping cost is probably sky high.
>>53060973
Some of it is taxes (20%+ VAT), some of it recycling fees, private copy levy, long warranties... And then the whole bulk sale thing working in favor of the US too.
>>53061017
It might sounds like that since some aussie retards come on here to cry. As for me I go for the best deals and look for months on end.
I have seen the XPS be sold for 1300 with 2 yr warranty, without is 1230. Shipping was $25.
As for any other laptop, cunts simply do not look around. They go for new everything and never keep an eye on pre-sales or second hand shit. Importing works out cheap from the UK but some US sellers are retards and add $90 shipping on items while adding 300aud on the items.
>>53061044
This is from the Australian Apple site.
Basic Macbook Air model AU: 13-inch from A$1,549 RRP
And the Dutch Apple site:
13-inch vanaf € 1.099
http://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/
http://www.apple.com/nl/macbook-air/
>>53061001
Just for comparison, the cheapest Dell XPS 13 (1080p, 128GB SSD, 4GB) is 1 149€ in Prague (Czech Republic) where I currently live.
Amazon.de back at home has it for 1 137€.
>>53060008
you are the problem. not everyone needs an i7 gtx980m 8gb ram and so on, photoshop runs fine on whatever can also run windows 10.
if her old machine was 6 years old, pretty much anything would be a major upgrade for her, stop trying to crap a gaming laptop down her throat.
>>53061044
>>53061072
However
Eur:AUD = 1,5609
So €1.099x1.56 = 1714,44 AUD
I'll be fucking damned. Straya is cheaper than yurop.
>>53060720
Got a coworker that has one at her office and although I would never use one I gotta say that the AiO really maximizes the space in her small office/desk.
>>53061113
A roommate of mine had an iMac and I found it very practical indeed. Same productivity as an desktop but none of the mess.
>>53061103
a celeron/pentium/i3 isn't an upgrade from a 6yo laptop.
And you're going to want a decent display if you want to use photoshop, not 1366 meme resolution
>>53060008
how does her purchase affect you?
>>53061103
see
>>53060851
>>53061138
I think her Dell has like core 2 duo and 2 ram. And I agree that to work with photoshop 1366 isn't the resolution to go with.
>>53060111
trips of truth.
post a pic of your sister
>>53061157
It affects me in the way that I will have to deal with her bullshit after she makes a poor purchase decision.
>>53060008
Never clean family computers. I did it for my sister once and I'm traumatized from the pictures I saw of her on it still
>>53061222
How? Can you not just tell her, I told you so, don't bother me about it?
>>53061224
Did you save them for us?
>>53061260
That's what I'm planning on doing, I'll tell her my proposition one more time. If she ignores me again I'll just tell her to fuck off and do how she wants, then say "told you so" when her good looking laptop stops working.
>>53061276
or just fuck her? I dunno why you haven't had sex with her yet?
>>53060008
>sister wants a laptop
>ignore and say buy whatever.
>buy an overpriced Acer netbook on a shit local tech store that fried it's HDD in 2 months.
>it's my fault.
She could've bought a X220 or a latitude with that money holy fuck, I should've said something.
By the way I was working fixing laptops for a while and noticed a lot of Acers with HDD problems. What's up with that?
>>53061267
Absolutely not sicko. It sickens me to think aboUT what I saw my seemingly innocent sister do behind closed doors.
>>53061300
this tbqh
>>53061388
Can you describe them in detail please? It's for some research I'm doing
Here OP, cheapest non-shit decent looking WHITE POWER PC I could manage.
I didn't know ssds had gotten that cheap btw.
>>53061434
here's the pic.
>>53060008
Get her the cheapest possible AiO
Stick an ssd in it and pocket the rest
>>53061445
Thanks for the build, but I don't think I'll get through to her.
>>53061455
That's also a good idea
>>53061445
> A8
> Chink ass SSD that will die in 4 months
wew lad
>>53061467
just show her the pics of the monitor, the kb/mouse and the case
>>53061484
trying to stay as close to the budget as possible, and an A8 is still not terrible afaik, definitely better than anything in a laptop.
Thanks a lot for your help guys, I'll talk to her about this later today. Gotta go now.
>>53060008
OP. Do this. For every emil she sends you say "I told you what to do. You failed to do it. We will not discuss this matter again."
Repeat.
In person, the same thing. Repeat it over and over like an autist.
What if she needs a portable PC? Get her a thinkpad or some other business laptop
>>53061575
She wants an all in one or a laptop so she doesn't care, and a thinkpad isn't white and pretty enough
