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How much does it cost to have a number through Skype? Last I checked, you have to have Skype credit (or Skype Premium) to have a number through them. |
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Also, did I fail to mention how efficient Cyanogenmod is on my tablet's battery? |
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Good for you! I've heard that most OEM's firmware tend to be less-than-ideal when it comes to battery life. Sometimes I still wonder if getting a Surface 3 is the right move, to be honest. I think I might end up in a situation where an Atom x7 won't cut it; on the other hand, the fans in the Surface Pro 3 is a big no-no for tablet use. And then there's the Acer Aspire Switch 12 and Asus Transformer T300 Chi, but they're much larger than a Surface 3, though you get a lot more computer for every $. If only tech purchases were as easy! On another topic, I've been using my dad's laptop just for kicks. It's surprisingly nice. (No, neither my laptop or my tablet are broken.) |
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"Computers don't bite!" -Team Fail
Thanks for the reminder, dude :P |
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I'm still on Windows 7 and I don't really see the need to upgrade until 10 starts offering things that aren't available on 7 (improved game performance, etc.). Everything I've seen of 10 is ugly as hell and plus I don't like the whole "Windows as a service" model they're transitioning to. I'm sure I'll probably have to upgrade eventually, but I'm delaying it as much as possible.
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It's highly unlikely that Windows will be offered as a subscription, anyway, despite what some ill-informed writers might want you to believe. If you guys were referring to the financial reports, that's just standard practice when you're doing that kind of offer - all that has to go somewhere, to be honest. It's likely that the licences will be similar to an "OEM" licence, just like the kind we do have right now. And Microsoft is actually pretty lenient on what you do with these licences, too - if it's a desktop computer, if you ever change the hardware enough that you need reactivation, just perform activation over the phone, and speak to someone if need be. And, it never hurts to reserve. You aren't forced to get it when it arrives, anyway. But yeah, better to be safe than sorry (though Windows 10 should provide a way to roll back to the previous OS if you didn't clean install/Reset it first.) Quote:
Personally I think I probably won't bother doing much with the recovery partition and I'll be likely to continue using IE11 for a short while, even on Windows 10, if only to wait for Edge bugs to get rid of. It's still a bit messy right now. |
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Speaking of random laptop issues, it seems that my old HP laptop has something wrong with it. I got the Windows 10 preview onto it, but now it seems to freeze at random. It started yesterday when I tried to go defrag the machine. Hmm....
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I'm trying to figure out why my new laptop that I just bought at the end of March isn't getting the option to upgrade to Windows 10.
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So I've been crunching the numbers and I've realized that for the price of a fully decked-out Surface 3 (4 GB RAM, 128 GB storage, pen, cover, and screen protector), I could get a reasonably decent gaming rig - the kind that comes with an i5 and a GTX 960 or better. Decisions are hard. |
I'm all about portability, but honestly, a gaming rig would win over a Surface for me in that case.
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Though an AMD build is probably going to be sub-optimal, efficiency-wise. And I still have this laptop, but the allure of a proper desktop to call my own is great. |
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But wait, I'd end up with two less-than-ideal PCs. Yikes! |
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I'm thinking of building a rig that has the same, or similar components, if I were to get a desktop. (That's me on PC Part Picker, by the way.) |
For me, my current laptop is fairly ideal, although the setup I'm using it in right now is not ideal. Reason why? Who would want a laptop being used as a desktop? I'm only using it in such a manner to feel comfortable to myself.
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It's going to cost me at least $900 to build a desktop with the components I want.
I might consider taking out another credit card. I just wanna play PC games dang it. xD |
Sometimes I wish all institutions provided students with laptops and/or tablets, especially so that we wouldn't have to use our own devices for school purposes.
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