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Team Fail said:
3. This laptop is absurd to open. I have to pry open so much stuff to get to the guts of the laptop.
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I hate that manufacturers are doing this. I guess they just don't want people to upgrade their PC parts and instead try to have consumers upgrade by getting new computers. -_-
 
Zach said:
I hate that manufacturers are doing this. I guess they just don't want people to upgrade their PC parts and instead try to have consumers upgrade by getting new computers. -_-
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Be glad that things aren't soldered in. It's the ultrathins and eMMC storage-based cheap laptops that you'd have to be careful of.
 
Team Fail said:
That and warranty seals. I do make use of warranties when I have to, but when you want to do an upgrade, it hurts you the most because you have to choose between voiding the warranty for that upgrade you want or keeping the warranty in case something fails.
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Usually I only start bothering with warranty-voiding things when it's almost out or out...
 
Twiggy said:
Usually I only start bothering with warranty-voiding things when it's almost out or out...
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Team Fail said:
I'm the kind of person that voids warranties.
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Usually I wait for the warranty to expire altogether, or at least hope it's something that can easily be reversed should I need to take advantage of a warranty.

Case in point, remember when I had a defect on the first Nexus 7 2013 model I had before I exchanged it for a new one? I put CM on it (which voids warranty), but still got it exchanged thank gosh by putting the stock ROM back on it.
 
Team Fail said:
My phone has been doing the same. I can't wait to replace it. I'll probably go back to Samsung. Alcatel's phones are nice, but the hardware is shoddy. If the parts work, you're lucky, otherwise they won't last long.
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Sometimes I wonder if it's just the software. Other times, I wonder if it's the hardware.

It seems like Android devices always find one way to fuck up after awhile, and that's one thing that bothers me with Android, too.
 
Tsutarja said:
Sometimes I wonder if it's just the software. Other times, I wonder if it's the hardware.

It seems like Android devices always find one way to **** up after awhile, and that's one thing that bothers me with Android, too.
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One does wonder if not going Android is worth it in the first place, though. I guess you have to compromise somewhere.
 
Team Fail said:
I'm starting to think that the hardware failure is starting to affect apps, but I can't be sure.
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I know for a fact I can't take photo spheres with my Nexus 7 tablet because of that; my N7's gyrocope and accelerometer sensors stop working after a while after a reboot.

Twiggy said:
One does wonder if not going Android is worth it in the first place, though. I guess you have to compromise somewhere.
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Then again, no matter where you look, each OS/device has its flaws among users. :P
 
As for me, I just got my SSD sent in for replacement. Whew.

Good thing I yanked it out of my system when I noticed something wrong with it. By the time they're processing it for warranty, it's bricked.
 
killer150 said:
Oh I put my wish list for buying a mid tier gaming laptop. Asus does offers good price with good specs of laptops. my range would be 3000 to 3700 ringgit
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Asus sure makes a lot of things that are pretty good value for money across the entire spectrum.

I've checked what Asus offers, and the K501LX (RM 2899) and GL552JX (RM 3599) appear to be best fit for your needs. Both come with a GTX 950M which should be more than powerful enough, though it's a DDR3 variant, so keep your resolution in check (try to game at 1366x768 or 1280x720). The laptops come with Full HD displays that should be good enough for most purposes, and there's 4 GB of RAM and 1 TB of HDD storage. (You might also want to buy a DDR3-1600 SODIMM while you're at it, since the system's RAM is really skimpy.)

Just ask yourself whether you need a quad-core Intel CPU and/or Bluetooth. :) The more expensive G-series laptop has both of them, while the less expensive K-series equivalent has a dual-core and doesn't seem to have Bluetooth.

Me, I'm pondering whether to get a T100HA... the 64GB/2GB RAM model sells for RM 1299 here. Much less expensive than a Surface 3, though you get a slightly weaker SoC and worse screen in terms of resolution.
 
Zet said:
Make sure the VPS host provider allows for IRC servers. Some don't allow IRC servers because of DDoS attacks.
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Do you happen to have any recommendations then?

killer150 said:
By the way today i just plug in my Iphone into my dad's 40 years old Hi- Fi Stereo System.

You never leave the seat with the awesome beats and melody given by the two large speakers.
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Older stereos were made with higher-quality assembly in mind compared to today's stereos, so of course it'd sound awesome. :)
 
Team Fail said:
I want to get a desktop to upgrade and have more power, but I need a clean place first. We have a lot of rugs and they hold a lot of dust. I'd have to clean the desktop every couple of months because these rugs have a lot of crap in them - vacuuming doesn't help a bit.
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I'm pretty sure the computer attracts the dust, and not the rug. :P

Joke aside, that sucks. I know my carpet is a mess around where my computers are and it's not really nice to look at.
 
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