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Tsutarja March 25th, 2014 11:58 AM

If there are any devices I have with decent battery time, it'd be my iPod Touch. I've gone without charging it for two full nights as recent as a week ago and it still had ~75% battery left before charging it again

Meganium March 25th, 2014 4:09 PM

My iPhone's battery can last the whole day. I leave it charging for about half an hour to one hour before going to bed and it stays at 100% throughout the night. *hugs iPhone*

Speaking of batteries, when I bought my T-Mobile G1 (my first android smarphone), I got two batteries. I would charge both of them and use them fully charged. Once I run out on one battery, I can simply switch to the other one. B)

Tsutarja March 25th, 2014 4:14 PM

Typically my tablet is the device of mine that drains battery the fastest, but I try my best to keep it charged overnight so that I don't let it run too low. The lowest I've gotten onto my tablet was maybe 26% or something.

Legendary Silke March 26th, 2014 6:58 AM

*just realized that, somehow, the Malaysian government, Lenovo, and Microsoft teamed up to deliver capable Windows 7 Professional ultraportable notebooks to people that otherwise wouldn't have them*

I actually am using one of them to do some maintenance on it right now. Sure, it might have netbook-grade internals, but I don't think Windows 7 Professional or 2 GB of installed system RAM are part of Windows 7-era netbook specs. They're surprisingly snappy despite the Intel Atom CPU.

Shame I'll have to return it tomorrow. Could have made for a nice backup PC.

donavannj March 26th, 2014 7:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8167453)
I actually am using one of them to do some maintenance on it right now. Sure, it might have netbook-grade internals, but I don't think Windows 7 Professional or 2 GB of installed system RAM are part of Windows 7-era netbook specs. They're surprisingly snappy despite the Intel Atom CPU.

There were freaking new-in-box small form factor desktops from HP coming with Windows 7 Pro 32-bit with only 1 GB of RAM internally in 2010. It can run on just about anything with at least 1 GB of RAM solidly.

Legendary Silke March 26th, 2014 8:04 AM

I'm more interested in how some people think Windows stink on netbooks these days... Windows 7 should be perfectly workable with netbook-grade hardware.

Tryndamere March 26th, 2014 8:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8167544)
I'm more interested in how some people think Windows stink on netbooks these days... Windows 7 should be perfectly workable with netbook-grade hardware.

Windows is OP on notebooks. Macs suck imo.

Legendary Silke March 26th, 2014 8:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamon (Post 8167560)
Windows is OP on notebooks. Macs suck imo.

Thing is, these aren't just any notebooks - these are netbooks, with matching hardware capabilities. Think relatively slow Atom CPUs and small HDDs. Some people have the odd conception of Windows 7 being too bloated to be used on netbooks.

Alexander Nicholi March 26th, 2014 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8167572)
Thing is, these aren't just any notebooks - these are netbooks, with matching hardware capabilities. Think relatively slow Atom CPUs and small HDDs. Some people have the odd conception of Windows 7 being too bloated to be used on netbooks.

Atom still tops anything E-Series in AMD, period. Relatively, for sure. :p

I think Windows 8, if done right, is a cinch with most netbooks, since my notebook essentially runs with the processor and HDD of a netbook and is smooth as butter with most browsing and older-generation gaming (think Old School RuneScape, Caesar 3, Age of Empires). I will admit that trying to surf, listen to music, and burn a DVD or some other resource intensive task will make you want to throw this computer out your conveniently-placed second-story window. :3

Legendary Silke March 27th, 2014 5:13 AM

I'm still a wee bit concerned that Intel might end up pushing AMD to its oblivion. AMD isn't being competitive these days - they pretty much can only really compete on the budget segment.

Cordelia March 27th, 2014 5:24 AM

I'm sure AMD will push the envelope this year -- they usually go back and forth. Right now, Intel is dominating but that might not be the case for the rest of the year.

Alexander Nicholi March 27th, 2014 8:39 AM

Intel's just… Intel. And it's not like the American government ever does anything about monopolies (as we've seen with other mega-industries), so who's to say Intel won't slowly raise their prices over the years into the thousands? AMD needs to step up, as much as I hate them. :>

Tryndamere March 27th, 2014 10:02 AM

IMO AMD is very VFM. Especially the 8350. It's a good CPU for the high end gaming segment(not the very high end). This particular CPU is not going to bottleneck the GPU and is open to OCing. Even though it doesn't provide performance at par with a 4770k but still the performance is very good considering its price.

Tsutarja March 27th, 2014 12:30 PM

I guess Intel vs. AMD just depends on the person. I've never gone with an AMD processor, primarily because I'm just more familiar with the Intel line of processors. I'm not saying AMD is bad, but I think it's definitely always better to go with what you know more on.

Tryndamere March 27th, 2014 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8169915)
I guess Intel vs. AMD just depends on the person. I've never gone with an AMD processor, primarily because I'm just more familiar with the Intel line of processors. I'm not saying AMD is bad, but I think it's definitely always better to go with what you know more on.

Me too. All I have is Intel. 5 computers. All Intel. As high as quad cores and as low as single pentium.
If you have the money then going Intel is the obvious choice. If one wants to spend more money on the GPU than on the CPU(mostly gamers), only then is AMD a viable choice.

Brane March 27th, 2014 4:37 PM

I'm not up to speed on this generation, but generally Intel processors are much better, in some instances one step down on the Intel is usually the same performance as a higher end AMD Processor. But I'm fairly certain that this is just because Intel just has more money.

I don't know how it is for this current generation or the next, but AMD are still very good processors and generally much more affordable then Intel. But I've always gone Intel and I probably always will, unless something drastic changes everything. That said I probably wont be upgrading from my i5 2500 until the next generation comes out at least, it works like a beauty.

Legendary Silke March 28th, 2014 1:34 AM

Windows Virtual PC does a surprisingly good job at recovering from itself crashing. When I came home, I was greeted with "Windows Virtual PC has stopped working" after noticing that the netbook was off. It was running XP Mode, with me trying to install as many updates as possible.

Restarting XP Mode somehow put me right at the place where it crashed and resumed execution.

Tsutarja March 28th, 2014 4:33 AM

I haven't used Virtual PC in so long.. has it improved since Microsoft Virtual PC 2007?

Legendary Silke March 28th, 2014 4:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8170997)
I haven't used Virtual PC in so long.. has it improved since Microsoft Virtual PC 2007?

Well... Virtual PC is old hat at this point. If you have Windows 8 Pro or a server version that supports Hyper-V, use that instead.

Tsutarja March 28th, 2014 5:12 AM

Well, the last "pro" OS I have is XP, but we all know where that's going soon.

Legendary Silke March 28th, 2014 5:22 AM

You can still install Windows Virtual PC on any Windows 7 system - not just Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. It's the XP Mode VM that's exclusive.

Tsutarja March 28th, 2014 9:22 AM

Ugh, my laptop's mouse's center clicker button isn't wanting to work. It's doing the thing where sometimes it clicks it works, sometimes it clicks and doesn't work, or sometimes I click it once and it does the task twice. This is me using the center button of the mouse to open links in a new tab, btw

Legendary Silke March 28th, 2014 9:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8171372)
Ugh, my laptop's mouse's center clicker button isn't wanting to work. It's doing the thing where sometimes it clicks it works, sometimes it clicks and doesn't work, or sometimes I click it once and it does the task twice. This is me using the center button of the mouse to open links in a new tab, btw

What mouse are you using right now?

Tsutarja March 28th, 2014 10:39 AM

It's a Logitech LX3 optical mouse, looks like this:

http://i.imgur.com/sPuoB4K.jpg

I opened it up and it seems to be working now. This isn't the first time I've disassembled this particular mouse, either. I disassembled it nearly three years ago because there was a lot of dust built up on the left clicker, and I cleaned that out.

Legendary Silke March 29th, 2014 3:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8171482)
It's a Logitech LX3 optical mouse, looks like this:

http://i.imgur.com/sPuoB4K.jpg

I opened it up and it seems to be working now. This isn't the first time I've disassembled this particular mouse, either. I disassembled it nearly three years ago because there was a lot of dust built up on the left clicker, and I cleaned that out.

Physical dust and other small objects can easily clog up anything with physically moving parts and/or vents, so it's usually a good idea to clean computer equipment every once in a while, if only to keep everything working as smoothly as possible. :)

I'm actually glad that the Razer Orochi I am using right now can have the actuators for buttons easily cleaned up, and the mouse feet (Telfon, even) can be easily replaced if needed. (I have a suspicion that this mouse will outlive several PCs it's connected to and the Ni-Mh rechargeable batteries it's using.)

Tsutarja March 29th, 2014 4:18 AM

Can you imagine having the same thing happen to a touchpad's buttons though? That'd be way more difficult than having to clean out a mouse :p

I will say, I'm still not used to having a laptop's touchpad buttons being part of the actual touchpad, instead of just being in a separate area. And on my laptop, all horizontal scrolling is done over the buttons as well instead of slightly above them.

Legendary Silke March 29th, 2014 4:36 AM

Single-piece clickpads do make using the laptop without a mouse significantly more tolerable. The key is being able to click anywhere and do anything anywhere (just like a mouse) and the touch area being huge (par for the course for clickpads).

Have you tried two-finger and three-finger clicking yet, Zach? They're equal to right- and middle-clicking on Synaptics hardware.

Tsutarja March 30th, 2014 5:40 AM

I prefer keeping things traditional, so I don't use multi-finger clicking at all. In fact, tap-to-click is actually my top dislike on touchpads, since I tend to do it so often by accident, and I don't want any actions I didn't intend to happen to be executed.

Legendary Silke March 30th, 2014 6:24 AM

Touchpad gestures and multi-finger clicking on a large, spacious clickpad is one of these things where once you get the hang of it, you'd hate to lose them. You might want to try not using a mouse for a while and see how far you can get with just the big honkin' clickpad on your laptop. :)

Tsutarja March 30th, 2014 4:36 PM

I have to say, mapping a networked drive is a pretty convenient way to access a remote folder.

Legendary Silke March 30th, 2014 9:55 PM

I never really got the point of networked drives. Then again, I almost never had a chance to properly try them out.

Meganium March 30th, 2014 10:58 PM

breaking the chain of snivys and servines WATCH OUT FLORGES COMING THROUGH

The school network at my old school in San Diego had all the computers mapped to a network drive, where all the materials for our classes were located in. So instead of having to download the installations from the internet, we can get the installation from that drive.

They're actually useful and If I ever own my own server one day I'd love to try this.

Legendary Silke March 30th, 2014 11:19 PM

I think I'm going to set up a home server in the future and make it run some version of Windows Server. I subscribe to "work with what you're familiar with".

Tsutarja March 30th, 2014 11:46 PM

[3/31/2014 3:42:10am] <~Zach> so what the ♥♥♥♥
[3/31/2014 3:42:26am] <~Zach> something turned off Windows firewall on my server

That, in a nutshell. Happened on my server and I got disconnected from IRC because of it.

Legendary Silke March 30th, 2014 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8175643)
[3/31/2014 3:42:10am] <~Zach> so what the ♥♥♥♥
[3/31/2014 3:42:26am] <~Zach> something turned off Windows firewall on my server

That, in a nutshell. Happened on my server and I got disconnected from IRC because of it.

The server was running Server 2003, wasn't it? If you were using it like a desktop computer, well... :3

Tsutarja March 31st, 2014 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8175654)
The server was running Server 2003, wasn't it? If you were using it like a desktop computer, well... :3

I don't run it as a desktop, but I do have the desktop environment loaded on it. I use ZNC to access my IRC on multiple clients, and when those all disconnect but don't reconnect, it traces back to the server :P

Legendary Silke March 31st, 2014 12:46 AM

Usually, it's a good idea to investigate unexpected configuration changes on a server.

Tsutarja April 1st, 2014 2:44 AM

So I've made a commitment to stop using computers after tomorrow, only to be using my cell phone and my tablet, but nothing more.

Legendary Silke April 1st, 2014 3:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8177540)
So I've made a commitment to stop using computers after tomorrow, only to be using my cell phone and my tablet, but nothing more.

We need a replacement Snivy, then. :P

Cordelia April 1st, 2014 5:38 AM

If it smells like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, looks like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, well ♥♥♥♥ it it's probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

Skystrike April 1st, 2014 6:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8177763)
If it smells like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, looks like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, well ♥♥♥♥ it it's probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

If it smells like hearts, looks like hearts, well hearts it's probably hearts?

In other news: this doesn't seem very believable.

Tsutarja April 1st, 2014 1:05 PM

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ my quote above was. Why the hell would I ever give up on computers?

Happy April Fools' Day y'all!

Hiatus April 1st, 2014 2:04 PM

Living without computers? Psh, yeah, right. Good luck with that, haha. Also, happy April Fools Day!

Tsutarja April 1st, 2014 4:23 PM

Honestly, with all of the promotion of social media and whatnot on television, it'd be difficult to escape the digital world these days.

Tsutarja April 2nd, 2014 8:26 AM

It's sad that #hashtags are appearing in printed advertisements everywhere these days. I haven't done so in a while, but I used to cringe whenever I saw a hashtag on a billboard sign, or even an event flyer at school.

Aeroblast April 2nd, 2014 9:24 AM

I still cringe when I see hashtags everywhere.

Sheep April 2nd, 2014 10:25 AM

pffff I never use hashtags, even on twitter. It's something I'll just never get into.

And living without a computer?! No way! Impossible. :D; I'm too into my "online life" to think of taking a break even for a week. :(

Legendary Silke April 2nd, 2014 8:43 PM

I... I'm still... in awe over //build/.

Tsutarja April 3rd, 2014 9:35 AM

So for some odd reason, I apparently had some Windows updates installed overnight on my desktop (because my screen was at the login when I woke up this morning), but they don't show up in my Updates log at all, other than some Security Essentials things. Weird. Did Microsoft send out a major update or something?

Legendary Silke April 3rd, 2014 11:13 AM

I'm getting fed up with all the Wi-Fi disconnections and timeouts this week. Something's failing within the laptop, and it's gonna be expensive just to repair everything that's wrong with this laptop.

Shopping time? ;-;

Cordelia April 3rd, 2014 11:18 AM

Perhaps, Twiggy -- go for it. ;) I finally upgraded again to 8.1 and I was STILL plagued by "limited connectivity"! I wanted 8.1 so bad that I finally figured out a way to fix it :P It was Microsoft's damned driver.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-8.1-wireless-networking-ipconfig,25555.html

♥ Thanks Tom's Hardware for once again being awesome. I downloaded the driver from Intel and now it works flawlessly.

Tsutarja April 3rd, 2014 4:12 PM

I have yet to experience the wifi connectivity issue on my laptop, which runs Windows 8.1.. I guess the manufacturer of my wifi device just managed to fix the problem before I got the laptop.

Hiatus April 3rd, 2014 4:32 PM

Say, whenever you turn your phone on, do you guys ever get the message that your SD card is damaged? I did earlier today, but it fixed itself once I restarted my device. Not really sure what caused it in the first place, though. d:

Tsutarja April 3rd, 2014 4:46 PM

What kind of phone do you have Ashley? I've never seen the message myself, but that's because I don't have an SD card for my phone yet.

Griffinbane April 3rd, 2014 5:44 PM

So I tried to make a basic retail website for my little project and uh, it failed. Massively. Apparently I don't know how to list things attractively so that it doesn't look like:
A) a forum post
B) clutter
C) a mismatch

Alas, I'm a dummy.

I'm more than a bit irritated right now because my cousin decided to lecture me about not using technology to my own advantage and that I should use a free website program to create my website. WELL! Unfortunately I'm at the (website looks like forum post) stage and if my cuz was standing nearby, I'd give him a mighty kick.

Legendary Silke April 3rd, 2014 9:25 PM

I think I'm going to take this laptop out to be repaired... I'm hoping to be able to do it today, and collect it sometime next week.

My phone is spending a long time migrating data to a newer version of Windows Phone. Still not 8.1 yet. :3

Hiatus April 3rd, 2014 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8181617)
What kind of phone do you have Ashley? I've never seen the message myself, but that's because I don't have an SD card for my phone yet.

It's an Android, haha. The phone's been extremely slow lately, so maybe it's got something to do with its speed?

Legendary Silke April 3rd, 2014 10:23 PM

If all else fails, factory reset. If there's no hardware issue, the phone should behave as if it was new.

Alexander Nicholi April 4th, 2014 11:48 PM

Don't you hate it when you have a processor that can't handle opening Photoshop, running VLC with audio, and running Firefox with < 10 tabs open without freezing for 15 minute intervals, and it's socket family are all soldered to the mobo?

Yesterday after getting uber frustrated I decided to put together a $260 budget build to get me out of this pickle that doesn't include the processor, considering my aunt has supposedly bought an Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.5GHz and is mailing it to me. My mother always wants to postpone it indefinitely (and it looks like it won't be happening for a while), but I find this to be of importance, considering our eMachines doesn't have a WNIC and the Netgear USB stick is shot from being yanked out (which was her doing), making my laptop is the only functional computer with internet.

Oh, and did I mention she owes me $260? It's not like it's her money I'm spending, but she had a speeding ticket and needs smokes and just needed my $260 in cash out of the lockbox for that. D:<

Legendary Silke April 5th, 2014 12:08 AM

Meanwhile, I have no x86 PC to use.

Alexander Nicholi April 5th, 2014 12:12 AM

I don't know why you'd want such a thing, unless you're cool with the 4GB limit on RAM. The only benefit I ever saw with the 32-bit operating system line was the 16-bit backwards compatibility.

By the way, if x64 is 64-bit, x86 is 32-bit, what is 16-bit? :<

Legendary Silke April 5th, 2014 12:31 AM

In this case, x86 is very non-specific.

I don't have my laptop right now.

Tsutarja April 5th, 2014 4:25 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOYCWfuuyw

I really hope that my leg isn't being pulled with this one..

countryemo April 5th, 2014 4:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8183557)
In this case, x86 is very non-specific.

I don't have my laptop right now.

Noo. D: Why not?

Gah I'm having issues with my audio. Every time, ok mostly every time I plug my headphones in or out it stops my audio, sometimes video. The only fix is too restart my computer, this is my 4th time in 5 hours. Highly annoying.

Tsutarja April 6th, 2014 4:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by countryemo (Post 8184628)
Gah I'm having issues with my audio. Every time, ok mostly every time I plug my headphones in or out it stops my audio, sometimes video. The only fix is too restart my computer, this is my 4th time in 5 hours. Highly annoying.

Perhaps you might want to try uninstalling your audio drivers, and then reinstall them and then make sure they're up to date.

Alexander Nicholi April 6th, 2014 5:05 PM

I remember getting audio to work on XP SP3 Integrated was such a hassle, and I don't even remember what I did but somehow I got it to work. Ironically I finally got it working but I had the audio disabled and kept trying to troubleshoot a problem that didn't need fixing. :p

countryemo April 6th, 2014 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8185251)
Perhaps you might want to try uninstalling your audio drivers, and then reinstall them and then make sure they're up to date.

How shall I do that? I read something about Safe mode, I'm not good with stuff. I also downloaded something called Driver Detective that I found while trying to search your suggestion up. Apparently it said I had 17 out-of-date drivers, but none seemed to be audio related.

Tsutarja April 6th, 2014 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by countryemo (Post 8186397)
How shall I do that? I read something about Safe mode, I'm not good with stuff. I also downloaded something called Driver Detective that I found while trying to search your suggestion up. Apparently it said I had 17 out-of-date drivers, but none seemed to be audio related.

This is probably something that you could do either in safe mode or not, but just open devmgmt.msc (Device Manager), and uninstall your audio driver. Then right click and select "Scan for hardware changes"

Legendary Silke April 7th, 2014 12:24 AM

I actually like how Start search works starting from Vista. Open the Start menu or screen, and just type. Even incomplete searches will find you something. Usually, if there's a highlighted option, hit Enter, and you'll open what's highlighted or perform it if it's not an app.

(Device Manager is much easier to remember than some file name.)

Tsutarja April 7th, 2014 1:02 PM

When I was a primary Windows Vista user, I always used the classical start menu, so I had to run a lot of my tasks through Run.

Legendary Silke April 7th, 2014 9:56 PM

The Start search also works as the Run search - anything that worked with Run will work with Start search, too. :)

I'm still waiting for the repair quote for my laptop.

Meganium April 7th, 2014 10:28 PM

wait what's the start menu?

/hasn't used anything below windows 8 in forEVER.

Legendary Silke April 8th, 2014 12:19 AM

The context menu for Wi-Fi networks comes back in 8.1 after the update, too. Makes me wonder what happened with the original release of 8.1.

Tsutarja April 8th, 2014 2:21 AM

Well, it's Patch Tuesday today, so I'm ready to download the new updates whenever they come.

SS01 April 8th, 2014 8:39 AM

Apparently Windows 8 isn't the only thing that needs updating.

Legendary Silke April 8th, 2014 9:15 AM

I'm currently downloading this month's updates. Wish me luck!

Meganium April 8th, 2014 9:18 AM

Ooo reminds me, I should be doing the same. If this Windows 8.1 update doesn't go too well, then I guess a physical copy it is.

Legendary Silke April 9th, 2014 3:00 AM

I've been thinking of getting this gaming laptop after weighing other similar options from other brands and built-to-order vendors.

Quad-core fourth-generation Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 M with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, backlit keyboard, DVD drive, 1 TB storage (that I'm going to replace ASAP with leftover SSHD), 1920x1080 15.6" IPS anti-glare display, 4+ hour battery life unplugged, and, best of all, I actually also need a new backpack and a headset (freebies never hurt). (The wired mouse will make for a nice backup.) Two-year standard international warranty is in the cards, and so is a free subwoofer.

It feels like I'm getting so many things that I'm willing to accept that it doesn't come with a 860 M.

Tsutarja April 9th, 2014 3:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SS01 (Post 8188731)

You're absolutely right, and I really hope all websites around the web know about this. I updated my IRC server yesterday which includes the newest build of OpenSSL.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8188785)
I'm currently downloading this month's updates. Wish me luck!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minerva (Post 8188790)
Ooo reminds me, I should be doing the same. If this Windows 8.1 update doesn't go too well, then I guess a physical copy it is.

That reminds me, but yesterday for me, downloading the update stalled for a time. I eventually managed to get it done though, and I seem to like the idea of Metro apps in the taskbar now. Too bad you can't run them in windowed yet though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8190002)
I've been thinking of getting this gaming laptop after weighing other similar options from other brands and built-to-order vendors.

Quad-core fourth-generation Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 M with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, backlit keyboard, DVD drive, 1 TB storage (that I'm going to replace ASAP with leftover SSHD), 1920x1080 15.6" IPS anti-glare display, 4+ hour battery life unplugged, and, best of all, I actually also need a new backpack and a headset (freebies never hurt). (The wired mouse will make for a nice backup.) Two-year standard international warranty is in the cards, and so is a free subwoofer.

It feels like I'm getting so many things that I'm willing to accept that it doesn't come with a 860 M.

That looks like a pretty good laptop. And with the situation of your previous laptop, it's definitely time to get one.

Also, hey, you can't have one of me! :P

Legendary Silke April 9th, 2014 4:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8190042)
That looks like a pretty good laptop. And with the situation of your previous laptop, it's definitely time to get one.

Also, hey, you can't have one of me! :P

It sure does seem like it's my dream laptop. :D

I have two of you, silly

Tsutarja April 9th, 2014 8:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8190297)
Apparently, though, an older beta of this update had the ability to use Windows Aero Glass from Vista/7. I wonder if one can still re-enable it.

If that is true I will worship anyone who makes that discovery on how to enable it

Legendary Silke April 9th, 2014 9:28 AM

Sometimes, retail stores do the strangest things to sell laptops.

A free 500 GB external HDD and a 1-year subscription of a competent Internet security suite, or a further 10% off? Man, I'm in a hard place.

(I am extremely likely to get the laptop first thing after I gut my current laptop.)

SS01 April 9th, 2014 1:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8190297)
I have three :P

Apparently, though, an older beta of this update had the ability to use Windows Aero Glass from Vista/7. I wonder if one can still re-enable it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8190490)
If that is true I will worship anyone who makes that discovery on how to enable it

You can hack it in with a third-party app.

Tsutarja April 9th, 2014 4:11 PM

Honestly, I would never install any tweaks for Windows, because of the fact of how it could potentially corrupt the system. That's just me, though.

Aeroblast April 9th, 2014 4:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8190991)
Honestly, I would never install any tweaks for Windows, because of the fact of how it could potentially corrupt the system. That's just me, though.

Unless you know exactly what you're doing by tweaking your OS in a certain way, it's ill advised to do so.

Tsutarja April 10th, 2014 2:20 AM

I will say I absolutely love the boot time in Windows 8. It makes the lack of patience for loading up into the desktop unnecessary. :p

Tsutarja April 10th, 2014 6:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8191942)
It's nice for sure, although having to have an alternate workaround for accessing the Windows Boot menu is a pain in the butt ngl.

Trust me, I know the feeling lmao.. I also wish there was a way to access the BIOS menu on my laptop as well, but I can't seem to find that, if it has a BIOS menu at all.

Legendary Silke April 10th, 2014 7:08 AM

I believe the Shut Down button is also now exposed on the Start screen itself.

countryemo April 11th, 2014 7:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8186458)
This is probably something that you could do either in safe mode or not, but just open devmgmt.msc (Device Manager), and uninstall your audio driver. Then right click and select "Scan for hardware changes"

Thought it worked for a while, but my sound quit again. I need to get it taked in I guess.

Hmm wondering if I should try out Windows 8 for a little while on my laptop, whether through a VM or hardware partition.

Tsutarja April 11th, 2014 7:33 PM

Which operating system are you running, and is your audio driver compatible with it?

countryemo April 11th, 2014 9:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8194324)
Which operating system are you running, and is your audio driver compatible with it?

Windows 7 Home Premium. I don't see why it wouldn't be? I mean its what came with it.

Legendary Silke April 11th, 2014 11:40 PM

I find it quite funny how my newly-acquired Asus gaming laptop comes out of the box with Windows 8.1 and zero driver issues.

The laptop ran surprisingly quiet and cool even while playing games... at high or maxed out settings.

Tsutarja April 12th, 2014 3:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8194505)
I find it quite funny how my newly-acquired Asus gaming laptop comes out of the box with Windows 8.1 and zero driver issues.

Guess you and I are on the same boat then, because my laptop had no driver issues either with Windows 8.1.

Legendary Silke April 12th, 2014 4:09 AM

I like how I can throw everything on it and not have to cry now.

I like the keyboard even more.

Tsutarja April 12th, 2014 7:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8194726)
I like the keyboard even more.

Does the keyboard light up at all? I think those are pretty nifty if you ask me.

Legendary Silke April 13th, 2014 2:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8195826)
Does the keyboard light up at all? I think those are pretty nifty if you ask me.

It lights up... in three shades of... red. ;)

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8195904)
I need to get a gaming PC. I have GTA IV (I just reinstalled it), but I want to take my laptop and blow the dust out of it before I start using it. I expect that my computer is going to run rather warm, although this summer, I plan to upgrade it a bit.

How much laptop do you want? I find gaming laptops that aren't too large to be great for people who can have only one PC.

*is running through product activation support for The Sims 3 today after dealing with Office 2013 yesterday*

Legendary Silke April 13th, 2014 6:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8196392)
I just need something that has a decent amount of graphics RAM and a better processor. I'm using integrated graphics right now, so I want to see if I can get a second graphics card installed, and get a new processor, preferably an i5 or i7, more than dual core would be nice as well.

Out of curiosity, what motherboard do you have?

Legendary Silke April 13th, 2014 7:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8196427)
I'm currently sporting a stock Intel i3 dualcore.

Not enough information. I need to know either the generation of the CPU (hint: the model number is all it takes) or the motherboard.

Legendary Silke April 13th, 2014 7:35 AM

If you're on a desktop, even a "decent" dual-core non-low-voltage i5 will suffice. Just remember to also put a graphics card. May I suggest the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750?

Legendary Silke April 13th, 2014 8:42 AM

You can't upgrade the GPU of most laptops. It might be a very good idea to save up and try to get a desktop, or at least a laptop with a decent GPU in the future.


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