![]() |
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
|
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) |
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.
|
*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. |
Quote:
|
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.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
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 |
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.
|
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.
|
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. :>
|
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.
|
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.
|
Quote:
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. |
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. |
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. |
I haven't used Virtual PC in so long.. has it improved since Microsoft Virtual PC 2007?
|
Quote:
|
Well, the last "pro" OS I have is XP, but we all know where that's going soon.
|
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.
|
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
|
Quote:
|
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. |
Quote:
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.) |
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. |
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. |
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.
|
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. :)
|
I have to say, mapping a networked drive is a pretty convenient way to access a remote folder.
|
I never really got the point of networked drives. Then again, I almost never had a chance to properly try them out.
|
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. |
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".
|
[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. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Usually, it's a good idea to investigate unexpected configuration changes on a server.
|
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.
|
Quote:
|
If it smells like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, looks like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, well ♥♥♥♥ it it's probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!
|
Quote:
In other news: this doesn't seem very believable. |
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ my quote above was. Why the hell would I ever give up on computers?
Happy April Fools' Day y'all! |
Living without computers? Psh, yeah, right. Good luck with that, haha. Also, happy April Fools Day!
|
Honestly, with all of the promotion of social media and whatnot on television, it'd be difficult to escape the digital world these days.
|
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.
|
I still cringe when I see hashtags everywhere.
|
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. :( |
I... I'm still... in awe over //build/.
|
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?
|
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? ;-; |
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. |
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.
|
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:
|
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.
|
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. |
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 |
Quote:
|
If all else fails, factory reset. If there's no hardware issue, the phone should behave as if it was new.
|
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:< |
Meanwhile, I have no x86 PC to use.
|
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? :< |
In this case, x86 is very non-specific.
I don't have my laptop right now. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOYCWfuuyw
I really hope that my leg isn't being pulled with this one.. |
Quote:
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. |
Quote:
|
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
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
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.) |
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.
|
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. |
wait what's the start menu?
/hasn't used anything below windows 8 in forEVER. |
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.
|
Well, it's Patch Tuesday today, so I'm ready to download the new updates whenever they come.
|
Apparently Windows 8 isn't the only thing that needs updating.
|
I'm currently downloading this month's updates. Wish me luck!
|
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.
|
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. |
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Also, hey, you can't have one of me! :P |
Quote:
I have two of you, silly |
Quote:
|
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.) |
Quote:
Quote:
|
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.
|
Quote:
|
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
|
Quote:
|
I believe the Shut Down button is also now exposed on the Start screen itself.
|
Quote:
Hmm wondering if I should try out Windows 8 for a little while on my laptop, whether through a VM or hardware partition. |
Which operating system are you running, and is your audio driver compatible with it?
|
Quote:
|
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. |
Quote:
|
I like how I can throw everything on it and not have to cry now.
I like the keyboard even more. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
Quote:
*is running through product activation support for The Sims 3 today after dealing with Office 2013 yesterday* |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
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?
|
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.
|
| All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:38 PM. |
![]()
© 2002 - 2018 The PokéCommunity™, pokecommunity.com.
Pokémon characters and images belong to The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo. This website is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company or The Pokémon Company International. We just love Pokémon.
All forum styles, their images (unless noted otherwise) and site designs are © 2002 - 2016 The PokéCommunity / PokéCommunity.com.
PokéCommunity™ is a trademark of The PokéCommunity. All rights reserved. Sponsor advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service. User generated content remains the property of its creator.
Acknowledgements
Use of PokéCommunity Assets
vB Optimise by DragonByte Technologies Ltd © 2023.