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Started by Tsutarja August 10th, 2013 5:25 AM
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Tsutarja

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Oh it's definitely fast enough for me.. I just haven't taken full advantage of it yet :P

Legendary Silke

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Oh it's definitely fast enough for me.. I just haven't taken full advantage of it yet :P
What do you think of the software that came with it, in addition to Norton stuff?

Tsutarja

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What do you think of the software that came with it, in addition to Norton stuff?
I haven't used the Toshiba programs at all. The only thing I used was iHeartRadio, which I listen to on a near-daily basis, but that was just a pre-installed Metro app. I uninstalled all of the Norton stuff.

Alexander Nicholi

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Metro is lame, IMO. Basically a big stupid movement by Microsoft for those who are unenlightened as to the true nature and capabilities of computers to allow the nastiness of capitalistic corporatocracy and unbending greed to ruin a beautiful thing.

Do you plan on installing Start Menu 8?

Metro is lame, IMO. Basically a big stupid movement by Microsoft for those who are unenlightened as to the true nature and capabilities of computers to allow the nastiness of capitalistic corporatocracy and unbending greed to ruin a beautiful thing.

Do you plan on installing Start Menu 8?
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Yeah; I'm not such a huge fan of Metro myself. Don't really like its tablet-like interface (they shouldn't have brought it into desktop at all, in my opinion), and lack of start orb doesn't really help, either. I know you could fix that up with Start Menu 8, but it should've been there as a default feature. :P

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I stopped minding about Metro on a desktop or a laptop after 8.1, to be honest. Everything is mostly at the right place.

The thing about Metro is that you can basically pretend it doesn't exist once you take advantage of a bunch of things introduced in Windows 7 - namely, pinning apps to the taskbar.

The important thing about Windows is that not every user is the same. Tweak it to your preferences if needed. You'll thank a lot of other people for the fact that you can change stuff in the first place.

Tsutarja

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Believe me, I use the desktop environment more than anything. The only problem I have with Windows 8 is that you can no longer create icons to the desktop from the start menu.

Alexander Nicholi

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Believe me, I use the desktop environment more than anything. The only problem I have with Windows 8 is that you can no longer create icons to the desktop from the start menu.
Considering Windows 8 doesn't have a start menu, it's likely the brand of SM8 that you're using. I don't see why something like that is vital, anyway.

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I was able to find the Start Menu folder to create icons from thank gosh, but I honestly don't have a problem at all with Windows 8. The new start menu doesn't really bother me, but particularly because I don't really use it.

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I think I'll hold off on upgrading the version of Windows installed on my laptop until a new Internet Explorer version stops being compatible with Windows 7.
Internet Explorer?
Boy you crazy!

Tsutarja

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Internet Explorer?
Boy you crazy!
Have you ever even tried IE 11 yet? Internet Explorer is NOT the same browser it was when it was still version 8. IE has improved significantly since version 9.

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I've noticed that Internet Explorer performs pretty well when it comes to these situations:
  • Unbalanced CPU/GPU combination with a skew towards the GPU - think Ultrabook-grade CPUs and Intel HD Graphics, for example.
  • High PPI displays, used in conjunction with DPI scaling in Windows.
  • Anything involving touchscreens on Windows

Funny as heck, I expect stability when it comes to almost everything. Rapid release cycles don't make me feel right, to be honest. 6-8 weeks per major version upgrade that doesn't mean too much is a bit too much for me.

I actually like how they're taking things in a more structured manner, to be honest. I want to have a good amount of advance notice with regard to pretty much everything, even though I'm not a business IT tech right now.

Tsutarja

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Note to self: don't play games at 1920x1080 on this laptop or else Windows will create a "running too low on memory" message after I exit the game :P

Alexander Nicholi

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Note to self: don't play games at 1920x1080 on this laptop or else Windows will create a "running too low on memory" message after I exit the game :P
Why you're running 1080p graphics on a CPU that's only 200 MHz faster than my processor is beyond me. Is it a game invented after the loom?

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Note to self: don't play games at 1920x1080 on this laptop or else Windows will create a "running too low on memory" message after I exit the game :P
Heh? Some games have virtual memory management issues in Windows 8.x.

If anything, try running graphics-intensive games at 1280x720 or 1366x768, if the former is not an option (perhaps due to a minimum requirement of 768 vertical pixels). Your laptop's Intel HD Graphics 4xxx will thank you for that. (That chip is mostly designed for low/medium setting gaming at HD resolutions, not full HD.)

Why you're running 1080p graphics on a CPU that's only 200 MHz faster than my processor is beyond me. Is it a game invented after the loom?
Clock speed is not everything. It's how much you can do with a given processor in a given period of time that's important. The Intel Core I-series processors are scary efficient and just gets better with each new generation. (Gaming Ultrabooks, anyone?)

Also, most games tend to want more GPU power these days.

Tsutarja

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Yeah, the game was set automatically to 1280x720.. it was Portal 2 I was playing if you guys were curious :P

Tsutarja

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I'm gonna put TF2 onto my laptop tonight probably.. I downloaded Portal 2 in literally half an hour yesterday. I love my internet <3

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I still wonder whether my laptop can run Saints Row 4 well. Seeing as my laptop does pretty OK at medium settings at 720p (30-60 FPS) for Saints Row 3, and NotebookCheck.net says that even a "puny" HD Graphics 4000 should be OK for 30 FPS. Hmm...

There aren't any guarantees, but it's a good indicator. The GeForce GT 630 M probably will have more consistent frame times compared to the Intel chip, in addition to some extra frames per second...

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Hmm, does anyone have a suggestion on what percentage I should plug in my laptop battery at to charge, and which percentage to discharge it at? I really want to have my laptop on battery power as much as possible, especially after what happened with my previous laptop, which I made the mistake of keeping it plugged in a lot early in its life.
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Hmm, does anyone have a suggestion on what percentage I should plug in my laptop battery at to charge, and which percentage to discharge it at? I really want to have my laptop on battery power as much as possible, especially after what happened with my previous laptop, which I made the mistake of keeping it plugged in a lot early in its life.
Let it get down to under 5%, charge it to full, rinse, repeat.

Legendary Silke

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Recharging at 50% all the way to full is a great way to maximize your battery's longevity.

However, don't be afraid to use the battery like a real battery - it's perfectly OK to run it down or recharge when you have barely used the battery.