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Statutory Ape posted:<me> i want the poo poo out of that 
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Statutory Ape posted:<me> tell the cute barista how its small but really good and effective because im actually using a remote desktop connecftion to my computer i built at home and,
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Jan 18, 2018 08:07
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CommieGIR posted:https://www.amazon.com/NuVision-Tou...ndows+10+tablet You know, I want that tablet, but I just know it's gonna have ADUPS or some other bullshit on it, just like the Nook 7 did last year.
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Jan 18, 2018 08:22
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M_Gargantua posted:I've been looking for a new gadget in the ultrabook/tablet category. Newegg popped up a $400 HP ProBook X360, which despite being heavily marked down still seemed over priced for what is is. Any opinions on that one? Or on the more bargain tablet like Onda Obook11? Amazon and Newegg have a bunch of sub $200 tablets by companies ive never heard of.  Pros: Core-M is really fast for what it is, Photoshop and Lightroom are perfectly usable. Proper 128GB SSD that you can upgrade. Wacom EMR pen support. Intel AC wireless. Micro USB, USB-C, Micro SD slot on the tablet and two USB-A in the keyboard, which isn't the floppy kind. Like $250 bucks on sale. Cons: Could've been smaller, with the keyboard it's pretty bulky and heavy (for the size). Only 4 gigs of RAM which is just barely enough for Lightroom. Pen a bit wonky around the corners; trackpad not very good. lovely thermal design so it throttles more than necessary (can be modded). Screen isn't laminated. Doesn't charge from Micro USB so you can't use public chargers. That's a lot of cons but most are pretty minor gripes and acceptable compromise for the price. I was just on a month long backpacking vacation and was happy to have it with me. The weight it definitely noticeable though when you're walking the whole day. What I think I really want is the Yoga Book, but with the Core-M, digitizer in the screen and a real, if thin/low travel keyboard instead of the gimmick. Maybe it'd work for you though, the form factor is pretty mind blowing: 
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Jan 18, 2018 12:51
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At the moment I have a Dell Inspiron something laptop that's a couple of years old. It's starting to be slow, so I'm thinking about replacing it. I mainly use it to browse the web and watch YouTube and stuff, but I also use it for some minor gaming. Looking through Steam, the last games I've played were Crusader Kings II, Divine Divinity and Diablo III. So not super mega HD graphic games etc. My laptop now does have a separate video card though, so that helps. Any suggestions for a replacement? Nothing too high end, some nice midrange thing should be fine.
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Jan 18, 2018 13:06
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SwissArmyDruid posted:You know, I want that tablet, but I just know it's gonna have ADUPS or some other bullshit on it, just like the Nook 7 did last year. Did a pretty heavy scan, nothing yet. And that specific manufacturer and tablet was featured in the Microsoft store, itd be a hilarious scandal if it had spyware pre-installed.
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Jan 18, 2018 13:22
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CommieGIR posted:Did a pretty heavy scan, nothing yet. Wait, Microsoft store? Goddamnit, I thought it was an Android tablet.
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Jan 18, 2018 13:47
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shut up blegum posted:At the moment I have a Dell Inspiron something laptop that's a couple of years old. It's starting to be slow, so I'm thinking about replacing it. what video card does your current one have// does it have an SSD? if its a decent video card but you dont have an SSD that might make the most sense, also possibly a RAM upgrade. if not, whats your budget and desire for portability?
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Jan 18, 2018 14:48
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Statutory Ape posted:what video card does your current one have// does it have an SSD? RE videocard: don't know, I should check when I get home. It definitely doesn't have an SSD though, that would probably be a cheaper upgrade I guess. I'll look into that, thanks!
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Jan 18, 2018 14:51
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also, lol @ everything right now: https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/18/intel-spectre-reboot-problem-affects-newer-cpu/ quote:Intel has revealed that even its newer CPUs are affected by the frequent reboot problems brought about by the Spectre/Meltdown patches. The chipmaker previously said that the reboot issue affects systems running Broadwell and Haswell. Now that it has managed to reproduce the problem internally in an effort to fix it, the company found that a similar behavior can occur in platforms powered by Skylake and Kaby Lake, which are newer than Haswell and Broadwell. Ivy Bridge- and Sandy Bridge-based systems, both older cores, are also susceptible to the bug. Thankfully, Intel VP Navin Shenoy said that they're close to identifying the problem's root issue. "In parallel," he added, "we will be providing beta microcode to vendors for validation by next week."
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Jan 18, 2018 15:04
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Statutory Ape posted:also, lol @ everything right now: So that's why my work computer randomly restarted a few days ago! I thought I had accidentally moved a connection or something.
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Jan 18, 2018 15:08
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Absurd Alhazred posted:So that's why my work computer randomly restarted a few days ago! I thought I had accidentally moved a connection or something. i honestly wouldn't run around blaming every random restart in isolated incidents on this bc frankly thats lol
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Jan 18, 2018 15:14
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Wait, Microsoft store? Goddamnit, I thought it was an Android tablet. Nope, it's a Windows 10 tablet. Full x86-64
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Jan 18, 2018 15:57
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Statutory Ape posted:what video card does your current one have// does it have an SSD? I found my original order, I apparently bought my laptop in 2013. It has a Radeon HD 8730M graphics card. There are also 2 RAM slots, but there's only 4 gig in each one. So I could double my RAM. And I've been looking around, it looks really easy to swap my disc drive for a caddy with an SSD in it. So I might go that route...
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Jan 18, 2018 16:01
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shut up blegum posted:I found my original order, I apparently bought my laptop in 2013. I wouldn't buy ram for that computer but I would buy an SSD. The SSD you buy can be popped into any other computer you have for the foreseeable future but I would imagine that computer is using DDR3 RAM, which makes it pretty much useless other than upgrading an old computer. And looking @ that video card its not worth dumping much into that computer as far as I read the situation. But to reiterate, at least anything you spend on an SSD can directly be moved into whatever other computer you end up with eventually. Also for the games you're playing i really doubt 8 vs 16 ram would matter Worf fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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Jan 18, 2018 16:24
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:Same, and the only thing I can imagine myself doing on it is running a GBC emulator and playing Pokemon Blue. Have I got one for you then: https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-GPD...eywords=GPD+Win  GPD Win Quad Core Intel Atom (2.6 Ghz Turbo) 4GB LV DDR3 64GB SSD 5.5 Inch Touchscreen @ 1280 x 720 Analogue Sticks and D Pad as well as a full thumb keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPD_Win People have modded Skyrim and Fallout 4 to run pretty smooth on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNiWwza_I_I CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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Jan 18, 2018 16:24
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Statutory Ape posted:also, lol @ everything right now: Damnit, now I'm gonna be paranoid about getting an intel lemon instead of waiting for a 13" ryzen mobile.
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Jan 18, 2018 16:44
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CommieGIR posted:Have I got one for you then:
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Jan 18, 2018 18:05
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mobby_6kl posted:There's also a newer one coming out soon with a m-7y30 that is way more powerful, overkill for GBA but just perfect for Dolphin or even Doom 2016 if you must. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/15/16892268/gpd-win-2-announcement-specs-price-release-date Y'know, its funny, I loved UMPCs as a teenager, I still do, but I remember when they basically said UMPC was dead, because nobody wanted one. Well, its back apparently.
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Jan 18, 2018 18:12
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lol t480 is only launching with 1080p why do they keep doing thsi
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Jan 18, 2018 21:48
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Lenovo makes computers for fleet deployments, not so much actual users. Displays are expensive and brad from accounting doesn't really give a poo poo that he's buying new laptops with display panels from a 2007 warehouse clearance sale. They just have to have low TCO and work with their old docks. End-users really shouldn't be buying brand new thinkpads. Part of what makes them great is that you can get them for nothing in three years when the warranty runs out and every corporation scraps their whole inventory for new models.
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Jan 18, 2018 21:56
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1080p on a 14” panel is just fine, especially given that most corporate customers are running at least some apps which don’t scale well. The previous 1366x768 displays on the other hand were inexcusable - even setting resolution aside they were simply bad quality panels.
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Jan 18, 2018 22:20
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I know that the X1C is more their end-user model, the MBP equivalent, but it seems weird that they position the "base model" as some low end fleet computer when the insane battery capacity has no equivalent for the individual consumer. Like the product has a very highly desirable trait and they don't really market it. Their higher-res displays aren't even battery hogs so much anymore! edit: also apple has been putting like 5000x6000 displays on everything from watches on up for a decade now!!!!
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Jan 18, 2018 22:24
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This isn’t aimed at the same market as Apple - no one is expecting to run their accounting package for 1997 on a MacBook Pro but it’ll end up on plenty of Thinkpads.
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Jan 18, 2018 22:31
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dissss posted:1080p on a 14” panel is just fine, especially given that most corporate customers are running at least some apps which don’t scale well. This. 1080 is perfectly reasonable on a small screen. Its way more than enough. All the 780p and worse screens need to die.
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Jan 18, 2018 22:38
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dissss posted:1080p on a 14” panel is just fine, especially given that most corporate customers are running at least some apps which don’t scale well. They had 1600x900 for a while, which is a great PPI on a 14" screen. However, the screen they had on the T series was a pile of poo poo. The X1 Carbon had a very nice 1600x900 panel and I don't know why they wouldn't just use that one. I have a Dell 14" laptop and the screen is nice but 1080p makes things a bit small. If I didn't have to use a handful of legacy apps that don't scale I wouldn't care at all, but I can live with it. And I use an external monitor at work anyway.
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Jan 18, 2018 22:41
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Bob Morales posted:They had 1600x900 for a while, which is a great PPI on a 14" screen. However, the screen they had on the T series was a pile of poo poo. Yeah I had that one on my T430s - it was garbage even in 2012 and because everything else has improved so much it looks even worse now.
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Jan 18, 2018 22:51
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dissss posted:This isn’t aimed at the same market as Apple - no one is expecting to run their accounting package for 1997 on a MacBook Pro but it’ll end up on plenty of Thinkpads. People say this a lot but in this era of overnight startups devouring entire industries, is there actually a legacy enterprise market left?
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I just dropped my surface pro 3 that I've had since 2014. I used it as an electronic clipboard to write on pdf's while doing house inspections. The rest of the time it's just a business laptop. Do I just go replace it with a new surface pro or should I look at something else? Edit: Hah to below idea.  What about dell xps 2 in 1? Valid competitor to surface pro line? I don't think I'd go to the surface laptop or book as I already have a working keyboard and pen for the pro line.
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Jan 19, 2018 00:14
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That $70 tablet PC linked on the previous page doesn't have pen support does it? If it did I'd say just buy ten of those instead.
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Jan 19, 2018 00:32
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CopperHound posted:That $70 tablet PC linked on the previous page doesn't have pen support does it? It does not have pen support, unfortunately.
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Jan 19, 2018 00:58
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mobby_6kl posted:What I think I really want is the Yoga Book, but with the Core-M, digitizer in the screen and a real, if thin/low travel keyboard instead of the gimmick. Maybe it'd work for you though, the form factor is pretty mind blowing: I have this, AMA. shut up blegum posted:At the moment I have a Dell Inspiron something laptop that's a couple of years old. It's starting to be slow, so I'm thinking about replacing it. This is a pretty good choice for price/performance. Statutory Ape posted:also, lol @ everything right now: Fortunately, I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary on my 3770 and 4790 desktops.
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Jan 19, 2018 02:26
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CommieGIR posted:It does not have pen support, unfortunately. Could you expand on that a little? My current laptop doesn't have any sort of "pen support" as far as I know but the little touch stylus's write fine on it. I didn't realize there was something magical about fingers that made them perfect for multitouch response. Edit; I'll report back in the next few days on how well you can write on the $70 one.
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Jan 19, 2018 04:03
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M_Gargantua posted:Could you expand on that a little? My current laptop doesn't have any sort of "pen support" as far as I know but the little touch stylus's write fine on it. I didn't realize there was something magical about fingers that made them perfect for multitouch response. Using one of those styluses that is supposed to mimic your finger is to proper pen support like playing a FPS game with a guitar hero controller instead of a good mouse/keyboard. And this isn't one of those theoretically better things...it's just not even in the same league.
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Jan 19, 2018 04:40
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Does anyone know if the new Dell XPS 13 developer edition comes in the new white + rose gold color? I can't see the option on the website.
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Jan 19, 2018 04:46
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The upcoming XPS 13 is a clear step backwards though...
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Jan 19, 2018 04:57
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Seamonster posted:The upcoming XPS 13 is a clear step backwards though... Not if u like white and rose gold
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Thermopyle posted:Using one of those styluses that is supposed to mimic your finger is to proper pen support like playing a FPS game with a guitar hero controller instead of a good mouse/keyboard. I can't tell because I don't know how technology has changed. When I got a Nexus 7 years ago it came with a stylus that was like a big loving sponge on a stick, it had less precision than my actual fingers. The chromebook plus has a pen that more closely resembles the pen from a Nintendo DS, that's pretty pleasant to use, but I don't know if there's something better still on screens (I've used a wacom pen on a [the other kind of] tablet, which has an additional pressure sense, but I don't know if screens support that kind of thing.)
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Hey you surface book users. Microsoft store will replace my broken surface pro 3 i5 256gb 8gb ram, with a comparable surface pro 4 for $599. 90 day warranty. I can not buy the extended warranty for it. So I started looking on the Microsoft site and I can get a MS refurbished surface book i7 512gb 16gb ram for $1499. I can also buy an extended warranty for it. EDIT: Just noticed it's the original surface book so the 6th gen i7. I guess that explains the price. Should I just use this cracked screen as an excuse to upgrade? Is the surface book that much of an upgrade? I guess it's a tax write off either way. I was hoping to build a desktop computer this year, but that is getting put on hold. Hdip fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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CommieGIR posted:Have I got one for you then: mobby_6kl posted:There's also a newer one coming out soon with a m-7y30 that is way more powerful, overkill for GBA but just perfect for Dolphin or even Doom 2016 if you must. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/15/16892268/gpd-win-2-announcement-specs-price-release-date  Well now there is money I don't have to spend but that I really, *really* want to spend. The Diablo 3 performance on the Win 2 is kind of blowing me away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM25qy44kek&t=201s Fantasizing about playing KOTOR or Shadowrun on the train, I'm so hot right now. Shrimp or Shrimps fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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