Rough Cuts Ltd Blog

If you're not on a budget, buy a Mac and don't worry about the specs.  Mac computers are the user friendly alternatives to PC's. They're quicker to learn, more intuitive, and less prone to failure. People may disagree, but I've been using them for over 10 years and they're my go-to solution for everything.  If you are on a budget, let's keep this simple, if you've found a website that sells laptops, it's likely got some filters on it, here's what I'd set my filters to, if I was looking for the best value for money I could find. For each category, the filter I'd set is in bold. In order of importance.  Select the Laptop/Windows option.  Windows PC's do everything a Chromebook can, and more. Chromebooks used to be significantly cheaper, now that seems less like that's the case. Be on the lookout for Windows S though, it only allows apps to be installed from Microsoft marketplace.  Number one priority Buy a machine with an SSD (sol...

Ok, so I admit, the features the Samsung S21 Ultra has are great. Let's look at them The handset has a beautiful AMOLED screen . For those of you who haven't upgraded to the latest iPhone you may not know that OLED screens look amazing. Individual pixels can be turned off completely, this means it's much better for battery life than an LED screen. Blacks looks blacker and you also get the 'always on' feature that allows you to see your clock and notifications even when your phone is off. Very cool.  Edge to edge display . This too is a great feature, a lovey design I like it a lot. A wide angle lens, a telephoto lens and a normal lens on the camera. Superb for snapping creatively.  Support for the S-Pen . having a pen on a smartphone can make workflow much much easier. Taking portions of screenshots, and annotating them is also really useful.  A big battery , anything north of 4500mah in an android phone is going to give you genuine all day functionality.  A fing...