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Tsutarja August 5th, 2016 6:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9352650)
Normally not this quiet... Congrats though!

So today I decided to get a PS Vita for exploiting and homebrew and whatnot, but I didn't realize the exploit needed a memory card... There's also no standard memory cards that it uses, not even a micro sd adapter ;__;

I know a guy who got a Vita off of eBay and it was stuck in kiosk mode, haha.

Anyways, I've been working with VMs a lot lately, and here's my latest one I'm installing (Vista)..
http://i.imgur.com/ypXQOoL.png

Already have an XP VM as well. :P

Starry Windy August 5th, 2016 9:53 PM

This reminds me back then when I was obsessed with collecting several old OS inside of VMs years before I joined here, I still remember my experience when I'm installing Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, and even Windows XP, they feel nostalgic for me these days.

And I think the latest VMs that I installed was one of the Windows, and Ubuntu as well.

Legendary Silke August 5th, 2016 10:02 PM

Happy three years of moderation, Snivy sni! <3

I still feel kind of bad for indirectly causing someone else's computer to get stuck booting Windows...

moon August 6th, 2016 12:10 AM

Y'all go installing VMs, I just put them on my friend's profile.

:B

Yes, I'm not very techy.

Dter ic August 6th, 2016 1:44 AM

Years ago I attempted to install OSX snow leopard on virtualbox as an experiment. It installed but ran slowly. Got all the important devices working like internet on it.

Has anyone tried the Linux Subsystem on Windows? (bash)? Got it running on my laptop. Currently just using it for learning python.

Tsutarja August 6th, 2016 5:58 AM

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Originally Posted by adventure (Post 9354421)
Y'all go installing VMs, I just put them on my friend's profile.

:B

Yes, I'm not very techy.

So I've been installing virtual machines the wrong way this whole time?

ô.o

moon August 6th, 2016 6:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9354725)
So I've been installing virtual machines the wrong way this whole time?

ô.o

oh so THATS what it meant

Virtual Messages though. Or Visitor Machines?

Hikamaru August 6th, 2016 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9351801)
Oh, and I've now been moderator here for three years as of today. o.o

Congrats on making it this far dude... kinda unfortunate your modversary had to be overshadowed by a certain veteran's return to the staff team.

Tsutarja August 8th, 2016 10:19 PM

Well Google Chrome decided to axe GDI support from their browser, and now I'm pretty much forced to use Firefox until they issue an update that allows for GDI support.

For some reason, DirectWrite does not work properly on my computer, and now fonts look pretty much like this when they're not supposed to.

I'll be using Firefox in the meantime.

Tsutarja August 11th, 2016 6:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9359266)
Well Google Chrome decided to axe GDI support from their browser, and now I'm pretty much forced to use Firefox until they issue an update that allows for GDI support.

For some reason, DirectWrite does not work properly on my computer, and now fonts look pretty much like this when they're not supposed to.

I'll be using Firefox in the meantime.

Guess I forgot to follow up, but I managed to get the DirectWrite problems resolved. Turns out it was an issue with the Helvetica font on my computer, and uninstalling, deleting, and reinstalling the font worked.

Although I will say I still prefer GDI to DirectWrite when it comes to webfont rendering and browsing.

Legendary Silke August 12th, 2016 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9363926)
Guess I forgot to follow up, but I managed to get the DirectWrite problems resolved. Turns out it was an issue with the Helvetica font on my computer, and uninstalling, deleting, and reinstalling the font worked.

Although I will say I still prefer GDI to DirectWrite when it comes to webfont rendering and browsing.

Speaking of DirectWrite, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update brings back sub-pixel text anti-aliasing to Microsoft Edge, after a long absence since Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8.0 - Windows 7 versions of IE10 and 11 were not affected.

About time, I suppose. Text seems to be a lot nicer on Edge on a normal, non-high-DPI display.

Though lately I've noticed my monitor is now displaying a column as flickering dots of black lately... Seems like reds are most affected, but it's starting to look pretty distracting in videos. Lately I've been watching a lot of LinusTechTips, and... well, I think I might need to budget for a new monitor.

If only I could demo monitors...

Tsutarja August 19th, 2016 6:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9372104)
So I got a Google Cardboard-based headset for my phone and I must say - VR using my phone is super amazing when I can see everything in 3D now. I tried some desktop streaming programs so I could use some emulators in 3D and I'm absolutely blown away.

Ooh, I've seen these VR helmets around and apparently they aren't that expensive to get either.

blue August 20th, 2016 9:56 AM

I've really wanted to try one of those out for quite some time now. They were advertising one quite recently for the Samsung Galaxy S6, if the price is right then I might just get one.

Legendary Silke August 20th, 2016 10:00 AM

Finished setting up a HP 22es and an MSI Interceptor DS200. They're a thin-design with thin bezels, IPS 21.5" monitor with HDMI and VGA inputs, matte display cover, and no bevel, that boasts Technicolor certification and no flickering backlight, and a gaming mouse with a maximum DPI of slightly over 8000 (not that it matters), a 1000 Hz polling rate (as it should), and RGB lighting (does everything has to come with it?), respectively.

There are a lot of pleasant surprises! I might write up a few reviews soon once I spend more time with it. Both have newer drivers than the provided DVDs have, so I ended up updating their drivers too. Might be a good opportunity to try out NVIDIA Fast Sync now that drivers that enable it on 900-series cards are now available, too, and give the display and mouse a workout.

Also got a new mouse pad and a Logitech C310 webcam. Not much to comment on them, aside from them working well.

Altairis August 23rd, 2016 10:36 PM

I'm probably going to get a PC soon. I'm a Mac user, but it's really annoying to have a lot of stuff inaccessible because of the computer itself :c I've installed VirtualBox to run Windows, but it's a hassle and crashes a lot because it's so huge, I think.

I was thinking about getting a Surface Book because it seemed similar to a Mac and I don't need anything too intense for like gaming or whatever. I mean... that's all I know about computers.


also @ title: I remember when Zach was promoted! Dang you're old. Wait does this mean I'm old too since I remember it?

edit: I've been here 4 years?!?!

Legendary Silke August 24th, 2016 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Altairis (Post 9379871)
I'm probably going to get a PC soon. I'm a Mac user, but it's really annoying to have a lot of stuff inaccessible because of the computer itself :c I've installed VirtualBox to run Windows, but it's a hassle and crashes a lot because it's so huge, I think.

I was thinking about getting a Surface Book because it seemed similar to a Mac and I don't need anything too intense for like gaming or whatever. I mean... that's all I know about computers.


also @ title: I remember when Zach was promoted! Dang you're old. Wait does this mean I'm old too since I remember it?

edit: I've been here 4 years?!?!

Happy 4 years of PC!

I think you might be a lot happier with a normal $1500 gaming laptop instead of a Surface Book if you don't need a tablet. Preferably something with a GTX 1060!

Even if you don't game, probably a good idea to spend at least 1000 for a laptop that is actually good. Make sure it can fit your needs, especially if it's going to be your primary computer.

Or do you prefer a desktop after all that?

Also, bought a Corsair H60 - that appeared to be the best choice on my own research without having to buy online, doing some severe violence to the height limit, or to the price-performance ratio. Hmm... The TX3 EVO I was using wasn't comfortable when I stress things really hard.

Tsutarja August 24th, 2016 12:19 PM

My laptop was $750 when I got it 2½ years ago, and it's still running pretty good to this day.

I'm the one who needs a tower, really. It's such a pain to be using my laptop all the time and having to get under my desk to dock and undock it whenever I'm home and/or leaving somewhere and taking my laptop. :P

Legendary Silke August 27th, 2016 8:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9380481)
My laptop was $750 when I got it 2½ years ago, and it's still running pretty good to this day.

I'm the one who needs a tower, really. It's such a pain to be using my laptop all the time and having to get under my desk to dock and undock it whenever I'm home and/or leaving somewhere and taking my laptop. :P

Hopefully you have enough money to have a desktop that's great enough to use all the time ;)

I kind of want to sell my laptop now that I've been almost exclusively using my desktop for everything, but it's also my only laptop. Selling it would be bad if I were to need a computer while outside.

Tsutarja August 29th, 2016 5:29 AM

Hmm, so I apparently need to take my website down whenever I do yum updates to it. At least it's as simple as stopping a service and then re-initializing it. :P

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9384156)
Hopefully you have enough money to have a desktop that's great enough to use all the time ;)

I think the lesson learned from my previous desktop was to just never leave it turned on 24/7, or to also stop constantly disconnecting hardware from it (like PCI cards).

Legendary Silke August 29th, 2016 6:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9386371)
Hmm, so I apparently need to take my website down whenever I do yum updates to it. At least it's as simple as stopping a service and then re-initializing it. :P

I think the lesson learned from my previous desktop was to just never leave it turned on 24/7, or to also stop constantly disconnecting hardware from it (like PCI cards).

Something got worn down badly?

Tsutarja August 29th, 2016 7:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9386431)
Something got worn down badly?

You don't remember my tower that has the bulging capacitor, do you?

Legendary Silke August 30th, 2016 7:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9386499)
You don't remember my tower that has the bulging capacitor, do you?

Aww.

Good thing today's PC parts shouldn't have capacitor trouble as long as you're avoiding the rock-bottom parts. :)

Cersei Lannister September 1st, 2016 6:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9386371)
Hmm, so I apparently need to take my website down whenever I do yum updates to it. At least it's as simple as stopping a service and then re-initializing it. :P

I think the lesson learned from my previous desktop was to just never leave it turned on 24/7, or to also stop constantly disconnecting hardware from it (like PCI cards).

You have issues with leaving it on 24/7? What kind of issues?

Tsutarja September 1st, 2016 6:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cersei Lannister (Post 9390320)
You have issues with leaving it on 24/7? What kind of issues?

I don't even use the tower anymore. Where did I say I had issues with leaving it on 24/7? I just meant that leaving it on like that probably wore it out severely.

Cersei Lannister September 1st, 2016 3:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9390368)
I don't even use the tower anymore. Where did I say I had issues with leaving it on 24/7? I just meant that leaving it on like that probably wore it out severely.

Oh. I'm just wondering because I've had a desktop on for probably 7 of the past ten years and it is fine. I had to replace the power supply once due to a storm though.

Tsutarja September 1st, 2016 3:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cersei Lannister (Post 9390973)
Oh. I'm just wondering because I've had a desktop on for probably 7 of the past ten years and it is fine. I had to replace the power supply once due to a storm though.

You probably have a better tower than a shitty HP system. :P

Legendary Silke September 2nd, 2016 6:15 AM

I'm tempted to buy more RAM to make my desktop keep going, since, well the Battlefield 1 open beta is on, and... well, running things at half resolution, with everything turned down, just to maintain close to 60 FPS doesn't seem too... pretty on my laptop. At least for non-gaming, the laptop does act like my desktop, after connecting all my desktop's stuff to it instead.

It costs money, though. And the RAM will go unused once it gets its RAM back...

Tsutarja September 2nd, 2016 7:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9391683)
I'm tempted to buy more RAM to make my desktop keep going, since, well the Battlefield 1 open beta is on, and... well, running things at half resolution, with everything turned down, just to maintain close to 60 FPS doesn't seem too... pretty on my laptop. At least for non-gaming, the laptop does act like my desktop, after connecting all my desktop's stuff to it instead.

It costs money, though. And the RAM will go unused once it gets its RAM back...

You could just always download more RAM so that it won't cost you a penny. :P

Legendary Silke September 2nd, 2016 3:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9391747)
You could just always download more RAM so that it won't cost you a penny. :P

It probably won't help if the computer has 0 GB of RAM. :P

Cersei Lannister September 2nd, 2016 3:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9391002)
You probably have a better tower than a shitty HP system. :P

I hope so haha :D I love that thing but I need to replace it eventually. I'm just too cheap cuz it still works.

Tsutarja September 2nd, 2016 6:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cersei Lannister (Post 9392291)
I hope so haha :D I love that thing but I need to replace it eventually. I'm just too cheap cuz it still works.

What kind of tower do you have?

Legendary Silke September 3rd, 2016 4:15 AM

I just wonder if my HP monitor will ever break. Hehe...

Nobody has heard of HP monitors breaking, but who knows?

Cersei Lannister September 4th, 2016 3:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9392433)
What kind of tower do you have?

An old custom built computer. Asus motherboard, Intel cpu, corsair ram and psu. Hard drives are WD mainly one Seagate (got it on sale). Xfx Nvidia video card. Old but solid.

2gb of ram 1.86ghz core2duo it's so old haha

Legendary Silke September 4th, 2016 6:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Cersei Lannister (Post 9394197)
An old custom built computer. Asus motherboard, Intel cpu, corsair ram and psu. Hard drives are WD mainly one Seagate (got it on sale). Xfx Nvidia video card. Old but solid.

2gb of ram 1.86ghz core2duo it's so old haha

Can you overclock that Core 2 Duo? It might give it new life. :)

In the meantime, I bought stuff :)



My phone could get some pampering... and might as well buy one of the best non-electrically conductive thermal compound on the cheap - something that I can't buy separately without buying a cooler without going online.

Tsutarja September 6th, 2016 1:27 PM

I applied a fix similar to this one on my Nexus 7 today! It's pretty much the same fix, but instead of foam, I cut a piece off a folder and glued it down.

So far the auto rotate has held up after about three hours (where usually it would fail after an hour or so). Here's to hoping it does stay up! :D

Cersei Lannister September 6th, 2016 3:04 PM

I used to have it overclocked but I have no need. My bottleneck is ram anyway.

Legendary Silke September 7th, 2016 3:48 AM



Well, at least I will be able to get things done on my desktop now. Lots of pending stuff to do with all that downtime... it felt so wrong.

Wicked3DS September 7th, 2016 9:12 AM

Anyone else think Apple's proposal to remove the headphone jack from iPhones is impractical, greedy, arrogant, and downright stupid?

Altairis September 7th, 2016 10:57 AM

Bought a Surface Book and I really love it <3

There are only a few things I'll miss about my older Mac, which I gave to my mom. I'll have to take time to get used to their not being a button the keyboard that plays/pauses iTunes (i can't figure out the current one lol), the fact that I can't seem to transfer my iTunes library, and the resolution is a bit different and makes sprites look a liiiiiitle bit blurrier on the Surface. No idea why some graphics look blurrier but I'm trying to figure out a solution 'cause I work with graphics all the time and it sucks for them not to be as crisp as they were. Oh well.

I love the touch screen tho. Also this has nothing to do with the current conversation I just wanted to post how happy I was somewhere haha.

Tsutarja September 13th, 2016 7:43 PM

Using Adobe products are gonna be fun this semester :)

Hikamaru September 13th, 2016 7:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Wicked3DS (Post 9398972)
Anyone else think Apple's proposal to remove the headphone jack from iPhones is impractical, greedy, arrogant, and downright stupid?

I think that will definitely come to bite Apple back (get it?), because people like listening to their music and this is Apple's trick to encourage people to splurge on those expensive wireless headphones. But, it appears the iPhone7 isn't the first phone to have had no headphone jack.

Tsutarja September 13th, 2016 8:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 9408419)
I think that will definitely come to bite Apple back (get it?), because people like listening to their music and this is Apple's trick to encourage people to splurge on those expensive wireless headphones. But, it appears the iPhone7 isn't the first phone to have had no headphone jack.

I'd be inclined to disagree at this point, especially considering that multiple carriers in the US are reporting record pre-sales with the iPhone 7.

wakachamo September 13th, 2016 9:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9408498)
But it's just because it's new. Once people realize within the weeks that it's released how cumbersome the adapter is it'll start to drop. Besides, phones always seem to attract record-setting pre-orders because the camera has 2 more megapixels and the processor is 5% better so it's not really surprising.

95% of the time the adapter won't be needed since the shipping headphones are Lightning. For the other 5%, the adapter really isn't that cumbersome.

killer-curry September 14th, 2016 4:50 AM

Had been using this Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 phone for few weeks from now, being a budget $200 USD phone it is a great surprise that the processor is quite high-end and the UI of the phone , MIUI is very fluent and simple. Also, with a 4000 mah battery this phone can go full usage of a day and charged pretty fast with 2 hours.

Definite a good phone to go!

Legendary Silke September 14th, 2016 7:28 AM

Isn't it fun when you have a laptop that has problems, most crucially thermal shutdowns, in addition to generally high CPU usage?

Let's see... I had to disassemble an entire HP laptop just to get the dust out of its heat sink, reapply thermal compound on three different spots, assemble it back again (and breaking the internal microphone cable, so the laptop's mic's useless), and then boot it up again to unset the full-disk compression that was somehow enabled on that laptop.

This is going to take a very long time...

Tsutarja September 14th, 2016 8:03 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/5630992242.png

dat upload speed tho

Tsutarja September 15th, 2016 4:20 PM

It's too bad with my school's network. Their authentication is through username/password authentication via WPA2-AES instead of having an authentication page in the browser. With that method, I can't use my 3DS on the network. :/

Melody September 15th, 2016 7:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja
...

You can use an app on your computer such as Connectify to securely "share" your school's wireless to wireless devices that are simply incapable of WPA2 Enterprise encryption methods. Make sure the password on your Connectify hotspot is nice, long, secure and random. SometimesEvenPasswordsLikeThisDoWondersAndAreEasyToRememberAndType, as an example.

Tsutarja September 16th, 2016 4:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Melody (Post 9411228)
You can use an app on your computer such as Connectify to securely "share" your school's wireless to wireless devices that are simply incapable of WPA2 Enterprise encryption methods. Make sure the password on your Connectify hotspot is nice, long, secure and random. SometimesEvenPasswordsLikeThisDoWondersAndAreEasyToRememberAndType, as an example.

I'm not gonna pay for software just to do that.

Melody September 16th, 2016 8:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9412586)
I'm not gonna pay for software just to do that.

Errrhm,...Last I looked; Connectify was free to use. (you only have to pay to change things like the SSID)

Tsutarja September 17th, 2016 6:09 AM

Looks like Google's next update to Chrome now includes enabling of the Material UI.

Wicked3DS September 17th, 2016 7:41 AM

So iTunes had an update, would not let me accept the terms of service, and now Apple Music will not work properly on my computer. Great stuff Apple.

Tsutarja September 17th, 2016 6:01 PM

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Originally Posted by colours (Post 9413305)
rant:

I really don't like my ISP. I don't like them at all.

But alas, they have a monopoly on just about all of Central Florida and all of the other choices (lol Comcast, LOL AT&T) are worse.

lol, I hear ya on that one!

Back then, Tampa had Verizon as an option. They were always preferred over Bright House. Nowadays, it's Bright House or Frontier and it's pretty much pick your poison at this point.

Also, any day now Charter Spectrum is going to be introduced to central Florida.

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Originally Posted by Wicked3DS (Post 9413442)
So iTunes had an update, would not let me accept the terms of service, and now Apple Music will not work properly on my computer. Great stuff Apple.

Is it still doing this now?

killer-curry September 18th, 2016 3:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9409126)

did someone hack the speed and try to upload "videos"?

Tsutarja September 19th, 2016 8:28 AM

Man, working with InDesign can be a bitch. Makes me wonder how professionals can even design with it. :P

EC October 1st, 2016 1:05 PM

Losing out not making this the splash image for this section.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ZNoW8Quj--/eucbjvunrfqvxhxzavyg.gif

Legendary Silke October 2nd, 2016 8:44 AM

I'm seriously considering getting a UPS now that there seems to be quite a lot of power outages lately... aw.

On another topic, anything interesting with regard to computing lately?

Tsutarja October 2nd, 2016 9:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9433492)
I'm seriously considering getting a UPS now that there seems to be quite a lot of power outages lately... aw.

On another topic, anything interesting with regard to computing lately?

Not only does a UPS allow for continued computer use during a power outage/lack of disruption, but they're also great for taking the effects of a power surge instead of the computer itself.

Hmm, anything new? Other than me learning Visual Basic, not much for me to report. :P

Legendary Silke October 3rd, 2016 5:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9433515)
Not only does a UPS allow for continued computer use during a power outage/lack of disruption, but they're also great for taking the effects of a power surge instead of the computer itself.

I'm just wondering what I should look for - ideally the UPS should be able to keep my desktop powered on even when at the middle of a game.

Tsutarja October 3rd, 2016 5:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9434504)
I'm just wondering what I should look for - ideally the UPS should be able to keep my desktop powered on even when at the middle of a game.

Hmm, well if APC units are available where you are, give them a look. they're a pretty cool brand.

donavannj October 20th, 2016 7:58 AM

APC is probably the leader in UPS devices.

Also I got myself a 500 GB 850 Evo SSD, a 1 TB WD Blue platter drive, and a new wireless router from MicroCenter last night. I'm hoping to have my new PC up and running by the end of tonight.

... I should probably get a UPS at some point in the near future, too, but that can wait.

Tsutarja October 22nd, 2016 5:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9457844)
So with the Switch announced, NVIDIA has finally come forward stating their involvement with Nintendo on the console. Kinda nice to see Nintendo switch over from AMD's GPUs for once.

Maybe there was some sort of agreement that Nintendo and AMD had with each other for a long time that expired? Hmm...

Legendary Silke October 22nd, 2016 6:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9460149)
Maybe there was some sort of agreement that Nintendo and AMD had with each other for a long time that expired? Hmm...

Or perhaps power efficiency on AMD's camp is simply a no-go on portable devices. ;)

Tsutarja October 22nd, 2016 6:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9460199)
Or perhaps power efficiency on AMD's camp is simply a no-go on portable devices. ;)

Well I get that too, but it seems kinda weird when a company changes vendors/manufacturers after a long time like that.

Legendary Silke October 22nd, 2016 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9460205)
Well I get that too, but it seems kinda weird when a company changes vendors/manufacturers after a long time like that.

Rumours have it that NVIDIA's Tegra division desperately needed a design win that isn't in a car and that one of the things they've been doing is offering the entire shebang on the cheap. Like, extremely cheap. Think of it as a make-it-or-break-it for not just Nintendo, but also NVIDIA's Tegra division, too. If the Switch fails, it'll hurt way more than just Nintendo.

Tsutarja November 5th, 2016 8:26 AM

So right now, I'm trying to get a system image onto my new SSD but it keeps failing.. So now I'm trying to shrink my HDD volume but it won't shrink fully enough to fit onto the SSD >:(

Legendary Silke November 5th, 2016 6:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9476538)
So right now, I'm trying to get a system image onto my new SSD but it keeps failing.. So now I'm trying to shrink my HDD volume but it won't shrink fully enough to fit onto the SSD >:(

Try to get your extraneous data files out before trying to image your system drive.

Failing that, nuke and reinstall.

Tsutarja November 5th, 2016 7:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9477037)
Try to get your extraneous data files out before trying to image your system drive.

Failing that, nuke and reinstall.

Guess what: I got it installed and everything's transferred over!

Nihilego November 6th, 2016 5:53 AM

Not exactly "science", but-

I was wondering if someone a bit more up-to-date than me on the state of Windows laptops can offer a bit of advice. In the next several months I'm looking to replace a 2012 MacBook Pro that I've got. Until recently I was a pretty big fan of Apple computers, but since building my own PC I've found Windows to be much more usable and Apple's new lapotop offerings are, bluntly, shit.

So I'm looking for some recommendations for a new laptop to take a look at (or, to keep an eye on for updated models coming soon). It must have an SSD and be reasonably portable (~2kg or less) with at least a 13" display, preferably high resolution. My desktop has a 1070 to do any graphics heavy lifting with, so I don't mind what GPU it has as long as it's powerful enough to push its own display. Long battery life is very important. Would like a reasonably powerful processor, but it's not a critical point - no requirement for quad i7s here, haha. Pretty indifferent towards having a touch screen, but if the laptop does have one, it also needs to have a proper keyboard; none of this Surface keyboard-mat-thing nonsense. An HDMI port and SD card slot would be very beneficial. USB-C is fine, but there must also be USB-3 port(s). Don't worry about any sort of budget for now, but don't let value for money go completely out of the window - after all, that's a big reason why I want to bail on the Apple computers, haha.

Any suggestions? :D

Legendary Silke November 6th, 2016 7:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 9477523)
Not exactly "science", but-

I was wondering if someone a bit more up-to-date than me on the state of Windows laptops can offer a bit of advice. In the next several months I'm looking to replace a 2012 MacBook Pro that I've got. Until recently I was a pretty big fan of Apple computers, but since building my own PC I've found Windows to be much more usable and Apple's new lapotop offerings are, bluntly, ****.

So I'm looking for some recommendations for a new laptop to take a look at (or, to keep an eye on for updated models coming soon). It must have an SSD and be reasonably portable (~2kg or less) with at least a 13" display, preferably high resolution. My desktop has a 1070 to do any graphics heavy lifting with, so I don't mind what GPU it has as long as it's powerful enough to push its own display. Long battery life is very important. Would like a reasonably powerful processor, but it's not a critical point - no requirement for quad i7s here, haha. Pretty indifferent towards having a touch screen, but if the laptop does have one, it also needs to have a proper keyboard; none of this Surface keyboard-mat-thing nonsense. An HDMI port and SD card slot would be very beneficial. USB-C is fine, but there must also be USB-3 port(s). Don't worry about any sort of budget for now, but don't let value for money go completely out of the window - after all, that's a big reason why I want to bail on the Apple computers, haha.

Any suggestions? :D

Careful with that "high resolution" bit! At some point it's less a good thing and more a bad thing. Overly-high resolution displays need more power (both in terms of GPU and battery) to drive, and Windows scaling isn't as good as it should be if it's not exactly a 4K display. Better to focus on laptops with a good 1920x1080 panel than anything else. That's about the limit where 100% scaling is comfortable and battery life impact caused by the display is still relatively low.

Usually, for laptops, it's probably a lot easier if you just went to your favourite online PC retailer and searched for laptops that do match your criteria.

Try looking for a laptop from 12"-14", with a 1920x1080 or better display that doesn't have a TN panel (the description should tell you what type of display it has if it's not a TN panel), good colour coverage (again, check description, if it doesn't make a mention assume it probably doesn't hit sRGB), a dual-core i5 or better (just make sure you don't get an i3 or Core M, or anything worse), 8 GB of RAM, and enough SSD to carry your everything (you have a desktop, so 240-256 GB is a good target).

Nihilego November 6th, 2016 8:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9477634)
Careful with that "high resolution" bit! At some point it's less a good thing and more a bad thing. Overly-high resolution displays need more power (both in terms of GPU and battery) to drive, and Windows scaling isn't as good as it should be if it's not exactly a 4K display. Better to focus on laptops with a good 1920x1080 panel than anything else. That's about the limit where 100% scaling is comfortable and battery life impact caused by the display is still relatively low.

Usually, for laptops, it's probably a lot easier if you just went to your favourite online PC retailer and searched for laptops that do match your criteria.

Try looking for a laptop from 12"-14", with a 1920x1080 or better display that doesn't have a TN panel (the description should tell you what type of display it has if it's not a TN panel), good colour coverage (again, check description, if it doesn't make a mention assume it probably doesn't hit sRGB), a dual-core i5 or better (just make sure you don't get an i3 or Core M, or anything worse), 8 GB of RAM, and enough SSD to carry your everything (you have a desktop, so 240-256 GB is a good target).

Thanks for your advice - do you have specific models that you'd recommend? I'm aware of the spec range that'd work for me (although 256GB storage isn't nearly enough, which is a huge pain; the laptop is gonna be used for a lot of science which often features the collection gigantic datasets, and obviously my desktop isn't gonna be in whichever lab I'm working at. Plus I've got a lot of media which already pushes that limit), but I'm simply quite out-of-touch with what's actually out there and who the respected manufacturers are these days. Good point about the displays too... I feel like I'd find it hard to go back to 1920x1080 but if the next best thing is all the way up at 4K then it's probably kinda out of the question.

Legendary Silke November 6th, 2016 4:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 9477645)
Thanks for your advice - do you have specific models that you'd recommend? I'm aware of the spec range that'd work for me (although 256GB storage isn't nearly enough, which is a huge pain; the laptop is gonna be used for a lot of science which often features the collection gigantic datasets, and obviously my desktop isn't gonna be in whichever lab I'm working at. Plus I've got a lot of media which already pushes that limit), but I'm simply quite out-of-touch with what's actually out there and who the respected manufacturers are these days. Good point about the displays too... I feel like I'd find it hard to go back to 1920x1080 but if the next best thing is all the way up at 4K then it's probably kinda out of the question.

As long as you avoid the lowest-end, "cheap" stuff expect it to last quite a while.

Seems like you're probably looking for an Ultrabook, though I suspect you would be fine with most laptops that aren't too thick and heavy. Just to make sure: you planning of playing video games on it?

Nihilego November 7th, 2016 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9478129)
As long as you avoid the lowest-end, "cheap" stuff expect it to last quite a while.

Seems like you're probably looking for an Ultrabook, though I suspect you would be fine with most laptops that aren't too thick and heavy. Just to make sure: you planning of playing video games on it?

Sounds like it. I had a Dell XPS 15 recommended to me and I liked it, but it seems expensive (although, admittedly, good) and the lack of customisation options available in the UK is likely to be a deal-breaker.

Video games are gonna be reserved for the desktop, so that's not a consideration. However it will be doing some Photoshop work, some light video editing, and likely on occasion some more power-hungry tasks like molecular rendering and modelling. I don't expect any laptop to be fully equipped for those last two tasks, though.

Legendary Silke November 7th, 2016 2:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 9478516)
Sounds like it. I had a Dell XPS 15 recommended to me and I liked it, but it seems expensive (although, admittedly, good) and the lack of customisation options available in the UK is likely to be a deal-breaker.

Video games are gonna be reserved for the desktop, so that's not a consideration. However it will be doing some Photoshop work, some light video editing, and likely on occasion some more power-hungry tasks like molecular rendering and modelling. I don't expect any laptop to be fully equipped for those last two tasks, though.

Actually, these laptops do exist: laptops that come with an i7-6700HQ or better CPU.

Problem, though, is probably that you're basically looking at gaming laptops even though you probably didn't want one. Call it a happy coincidence. ;)

Tsutarja November 10th, 2016 7:15 AM

Still loving my SSD! Windows Updates came in less than a minute :)

Legendary Silke November 11th, 2016 6:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9482337)
Still loving my SSD! Windows Updates came in less than a minute :)

Enjoying having fast everything? :)

Someday, I want to have a 2 TB SSD that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. ...make it two of them, since two computers.

Tsutarja November 12th, 2016 6:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9483987)
Enjoying having fast everything? :)

Sometimes I wish I could be even faster :P

But yes! It felt like a brand new OS install when it's just really a restored image from my laptop's original HDD.

Legendary Silke November 20th, 2016 7:50 AM

So, lately I have been thinking of getting a new Android smartphone by the end of December. There's two phones I have been thinking about right now... One is the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), and the other is the A9 Pro (2016).

These phones cost RM 1399 and 1999 respectively, and let's see what I would get...

With the A5, 5.2" 1080p SAMOLED, 16 GB internal, 2 GB RAM, Snapdragon 615 or the Exynos equivalent, 13 MP rear with flash and 5 MP front cameras, and a 2900 mAh battery. Comes with 32 GB Samsung EVO microSDHC card, flip cover.

A9 Pro has a 6" display of the same resolution and tech, 32 GB internal, Snapdragon 652 or equivalent, 16 MP and 8 MP resolutions instead, and... get this... 5000 mAh battery. If assuming same battery voltage, that's positively insane. Also comes with a 64 GB microSDXC Samsung EVO+ memory card and if the offer isn't wrong, a Bluetooth headset (also Samsung). No cover though. 802.11ac Wi-Fi onboard, too.

Both phones have a fingerprint scanner, most sensors that are important outside of gyroscope and health-related stuff, the same design of glass and metal sandwich, and a 2-year warranty. NFC and Samsung Pay are standard, as are Wi-Fi direct, USB OTG, and fast charging... 5 GHz Wi-Fi is on both.

Should or should not?

Legendary Silke November 20th, 2016 6:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Incineroar (Post 9493624)
Honest, with how you laid it out, the A9 Pro, hands down, is your better option. Don't go with anything that has a Exynos processor, they aren't Android Nougat compatible, and will mean that you won't get any OTA updates past 6.0.1 unless Samsung can pull a rabbit out of their hat and somehow get Nougat to work with the Exynos line.

Hmm, apparently the A9 Pro doesn't even have the possibility of getting an Exynos SoC - it's exclusively Snapdragon 652 as far as I could see.

Might need some time to get used though, moving from a 5" to a 6"... this is larger than even an S7 edge.

Tsutarja November 25th, 2016 6:52 AM

This morning I powered up my iPod Touch 5th Gen for the first time since October 17th.. and it was purely dead because the time it showed was the last time it was successfully powered on. Obviously it corrected itself once it decided to find an internet connection. :P

Then after that, 38 total app updates. Yikes.

Legendary Silke November 25th, 2016 7:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9498010)
This morning I powered up my iPod Touch 5th Gen for the first time since October 17th.. and it was purely dead because the time it showed was the last time it was successfully powered on. Obviously it corrected itself once it decided to find an internet connection. :P

Then after that, 38 total app updates. Yikes.

You're doing better than me at least.

My Lumia 930 decided to croak this night and no amount of button-holding or charging could wake it up. Seems like its time is up now.

At least now I have an excuse to buy a new phone now.

Tsutarja November 25th, 2016 8:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9498035)
You're doing better than me at least.

My Lumia 930 decided to croak this night and no amount of button-holding or charging could wake it up. Seems like its time is up now.

At least now I have an excuse to buy a new phone now.

Fortunately your Lumia 930 held up for that long. :)

My 520 hit the gutter months ago when the SIM card slot pins got bent after I removed the SIM card from it.

Legendary Silke November 26th, 2016 6:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9498074)
Fortunately your Lumia 930 held up for that long. :)

My 520 hit the gutter months ago when the SIM card slot pins got bent after I removed the SIM card from it.

Aww, sad to hear. They seem to just not make them like they used to.

If there's any consolation, after discussing with my father about my phone that decided to die, I ended up getting a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge in Blue Coral. It's coming with a free Gear VR, too. This is way too good to pass up on.

I think I'm in for a wild ride :D

Tsutarja November 30th, 2016 6:03 AM

So I've discovered that Spotify Free can do the job just as well as Spotify Premium. :)

Legendary Silke December 1st, 2016 5:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9502943)
So I've discovered that Spotify Free can do the job just as well as Spotify Premium. :)

I have yet to try out Spotify. I probably should if I get the chance to do so, though I think it's probably going to eat quite the big amount of data in the long term.

Tsutarja December 1st, 2016 6:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9503955)
I have yet to try out Spotify. I probably should if I get the chance to do so, though I think it's probably going to eat quite the big amount of data in the long term.

How is your data cap, if you have one?

Legendary Silke December 1st, 2016 6:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9504003)
How is your data cap, if you have one?

5 GB + anything leftover from the last month, up to 1 GB

Tsutarja December 1st, 2016 6:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9504010)
5 GB + anything leftover from the last month, up to 1 GB

I'll assume this is your mobile connection and not primary, right? If not, then that's awfully low.

Legendary Silke December 1st, 2016 7:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9504020)
I'll assume this is your mobile connection and not primary, right? If not, then that's awfully low.

Haha, my home ADSL connection is as unlimited as it gets. Everythinf seems small compared to, well, infinity.

Legendary Silke December 1st, 2016 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Incineroar (Post 9504633)
You should come to Canada. There's nothing here over 8GB as far as I've seen. My home is limited to 250GB/month at 100 down (Although we get 110 actually)/10 up.

What's with these unusually low home Internet data caps in Canada, by the way?

Legendary Silke December 4th, 2016 2:54 AM

Speaking of data caps, I finally got through the services outages and got a look at data as measured by my mobile operator. For a while their servicing web site wasn't available.

They silently upgraded my plan into an 8 GB one :O

Tsutarja December 4th, 2016 3:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9507317)
They silently upgraded my plan into an 8 GB one :O

Nice! Is this just a courtesy or is it permanent?

Legendary Silke December 4th, 2016 5:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Incineroar (Post 9507644)
Perhaps those service outages were planned infrastructure upgrades? I was originally on 40 Mbps internet and one day had an upgrade to 110 at home.

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9507983)
Nice! Is this just a courtesy or is it permanent?

Went ahead and checked exactly what's going on there.

Seems like the baseline is now 6 GB instead of 3 GB while the state-specific 2 GB bonus stayed in giving me a net gain of 3 GB extra data per month at a minimum. Leftover data allowances were also raised to 2 GB maximum.

Also noticed that I'm part of their music streaming plans. Spotify is part of it. 15 GB just for music streaming... counted separately until it's exhausted... heh, looks like I might need to download Spotify and see what it's about since I have the data to spare.

Legendary Silke December 18th, 2016 4:46 PM

Am I weird for wanting a new computer case because it looks great or it is roomier? Sometimes it feels like my computer would benefit a lot from not going with a valur option next time.

Tsutarja December 20th, 2016 12:18 PM

Sometimes I just want to stick another stock motherboard into my dead HP tower to get it running again...

Either that, or learn how to solder and just replace the damn capacitor that's blown on it. :P

Legendary Silke December 20th, 2016 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Incineroar (Post 9524201)
I'd probably go with it if it's a roomier case. It'd allow for better airflow if you're not using any forms of liquid cooling which will reduce your overall temperature, and you can get larger components and not have to worry about space restrictions (That is, until the motherboard comes into play at least...).

I probably could - more space, more air, better airflow and venting, not wasting fan mounts while liquid cooling at the back, and more video card clearance for potential multi-GPU setups.

It's nowhere near necessary with my current setup, though.

Definitelt could use a flashier, brighter case, though. The Corsair Carbide 100R feels a bit too understated for its own good in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9524202)
Sometimes I just want to stick another stock motherboard into my dead HP tower to get it running again...

Either that, or learn how to solder and just replace the damn capacitor that's blown on it. :P

Probably a good opportunity to learn how to solder stuff, too. Just be very careful doing that - don't want burns, do we?

Tsutarja December 21st, 2016 7:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 9524602)
Probably a good opportunity to learn how to solder stuff, too. Just be very careful doing that - don't want burns, do we?

I've been around a solder iron in the past and the smell is what bothered me the most, and not necessarily the heat.

Legendary Silke December 21st, 2016 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Christmas (Post 9525392)
I've been around a solder iron in the past and the smell is what bothered me the most, and not necessarily the heat.

Hah, now you're reminding me of my secondary school days and a cheap soldering iron. I could never make a fully functional electronic circuit... I'm too sloppy.

donavannj December 22nd, 2016 8:28 PM

I see I'm not alone in being a sloppy solderer. Had a hard time getting the perfect amount.

Also, can I brag about my home internet? I got myself a new router to replace the ancient Linksys WRT 54G that I put in just to get me internet. Everything is significantly faster now.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/5904318756.png

Legendary Silke December 23rd, 2016 5:33 AM

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Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 9526333)
I see I'm not alone in being a sloppy solderer. Had a hard time getting the perfect amount.

Also, can I brag about my home internet? I got myself a new router to replace the ancient Linksys WRT 54G that I put in just to get me internet. Everything is significantly faster now.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/5904318756.png

Hehe.

What was holding you from just buying a new router years back? 802.11g is positively old at this point.


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