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    I don't know what it is about the el cheapo Log…

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    I think my best typing keyboard period is the E4310. If there's one thing Dell does oddly well it's keyboards (generally). One of my favorite keyboards period is the membrane QuietKey I got NOS quite a few years back. I'm not very fast on it but I just love typing on it (and generally don't because I don't want to fuck it up or make it yellow out).
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    I don't know what it is about the el cheapo Log…

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    My Keychron keyboard is consistent (duh, I'd hope it would be for the cost of the keyboard and aftermarket switches) but there's just something about how the Logitech/Dell keyboards are that just makes me better on them. It makes no sense.
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    This shouldn't be the case anymore. From what I remember, Microsoft changed how things are done quite a few updates ago and now (in theory) all of the Xbox Ones can just get a new un-initialized drive thrown in with the offline update on a flash drive and be good to go. At the very least the One S, One S Dumb Edition (Digital), and One X should. It was absolutely the case when I threw a 2TB MX500 into my One X that was manufactured around 2017. Literally just cleaned it in diskpart, installed the drive into the console, and went through the procedure of performing an offline update with the file on a flash drive and it has been flawless for a little over a year.
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    flibberdipper

    I don't know what it is about the el cheapo Logitech keyboards (and most of the older Dell keyboards) but I always seem to type at my fastest on them. This is the first real time I've tried typing on my new MK295 combo (I wanted one of the "silent touch" keyboards so I don't bother my girlfriend with my K8 Pro) and yet it's already one of my fastest times.

     

    I do however wish that I could buy JUST the keyboard and in a wired version at that, not wireless and DEFO not a wireless combo. But I guess it is what it is.

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    2. da na

      da na

      6 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

      Like I tried typing on an old zenbook, and it might be the WORST keyboard I've ever touched. Zero travel, no stabilization, and the keys had no spacing.

      Yep, that's Asus for ya

      Dell's competitor to the MacBook Air, the Adamo, has one of the worst keyboards I have ever tried. Short travel, very clacky, and no spacing at all between the keys - but worst of all, the deck flex. Despite the chassis being made of solid aluminum, they didn't bother to put any material under the keyboard to support it. Therefore, the keyboard actually feels BETTER on units with a swollen battery, because the inflated flat Li-Ion cells provide more support for the keyboard.

      You know you've made a real stinker when the battery going spicy makes the user experience better. No wonder the line was killed almost immediately.

    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      23 minutes ago, da na said:

      I type my best on the Latitude E6400, followed by the D531. 

      Any keyboard with thick chunky switches - whether mechanical or just a bigass membrane keyboard - I'm slow on.

      I think my best typing keyboard period is the E4310. If there's one thing Dell does oddly well it's keyboards (generally). One of my favorite keyboards period is the membrane QuietKey I got NOS quite a few years back. I'm not very fast on it but I just love typing on it (and generally don't because I don't want to fuck it up or make it yellow out).

    4. da na

      da na

      11 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

      I think my best typing keyboard period is the E4310. If there's one thing Dell does oddly well it's keyboards (generally). One of my favorite keyboards period is the membrane QuietKey I got NOS quite a few years back. I'm not very fast on it but I just love typing on it (and generally don't because I don't want to fuck it up or make it yellow out).

      Oooh, E4310 I'd imagine is very similar to the E4300, which is pretty similar to the e6400, a bit stiffer though. Really good keyboards on those Dell machines.

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    Well, it looks like I now own a 30GB 5th Gen iPod for the low low price of freeeeeeeeee. To accompany it I bought some wired EarPods at work and used a bunch of my rewards points on it so it only ended up costing me like a dollar and some change (even though I wanted to use that on toner for my printer).
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    Download ThrottleStop and disable PROCHOT throttling in that. Not ideal but it is a potential solution.
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    When I upgraded my One X to a 2TB MX500 I cleaned it in diskpart, ran the offline updater, and have been rock solid for something like a year.
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    flibberdipper

    The other day I upgraded my OptiPlex 7040 Micro from an i5 6500 with a single 8GB stick of RAM to an i7 6700 with 32GB of dual-channel RAM, and boy what a difference the CPU made. I did it in two stages: the RAM first, followed by the CPU once that got delivered. I expected there to be a somewhat noticeable difference going to dual-channel because of just how unusually slow it was, but no. Barely any difference. The 6700 on the other hand transformed it from being actually fairly sluggish to adequately competent, even though it has to stick to the same obnoxious ass ~35w power limit.

    1. Dabombinable

      Dabombinable

      6 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

      The other day I upgraded my OptiPlex 7040 Micro from an i5 6500 with a single 8GB stick of RAM to an i7 6700 with 32GB of dual-channel RAM, and boy what a difference the CPU made. I did it in two stages: the RAM first, followed by the CPU once that got delivered. I expected there to be a somewhat noticeable difference going to dual-channel because of just how unusually slow it was, but no. Barely any difference. The 6700 on the other hand transformed it from being actually fairly sluggish to adequately competent, even though it has to stick to the same obnoxious ass ~35w power limit.

      It was the same for my brother, going from an i5 3570K to i7 3770S. All due to hyper threading as the 300MHz lower base and 100MHz higher turbo really aren't significant.

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    Clock speed isn't that important, what matters more in this case is how much work it can do per cycle. A 12100F can do more work per cycle than a 6600K, even with that clock speed deficit. That's why a 3.4GHz Pentium D can get absolutely curbstomped by a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo.
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    I've got the package that has the VPN, Mail, Drive, and Pass, and I think it may be a good option. I have the VPN Plus package (since I only really care about the VPN), and that gives me 10 VPN lines, 500MB of Mail storage, and 2GB of Drive storage, all at the cost of $4.99/mo. Only downsides is that for mail you only get 3 folders, 3 labels, and 1 filter... and for some reason you're limited to sending 150 messages per day. You could also do the Proton Unlimited plan, which is $7.99/mo, and that gets you the same VPN plan, but 500GB of storage shared between Mail and Drive, plus other goodies like custom email domains, unlimited messages per day, unlimited folders/labels/filters, and you can use a desktop app for Mail. All of that advert sounding shit out of the way, if I had to switch email providers from Gmail I honestly think that Proton's suite would be what I settle on, even though I'd have to pay a monthly fee to use it. The web UI is really solid and responsive, there aren't ads goddamn everywhere, and security isn't a concern for a good reason.
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    Not a bad find, especially for free.99.
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    That's called overscan. First see if you can adjust it through your TVs settings (on a some sets, setting the input type to PC or game can remedy the issue), but if that doesn't work or exist then you'll need to adjust it through the AMD driver.
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    RIP to your brave soldier. I pray that I never see the iconic space invaders on my RTX 2080. Unfortunately though it's increasing in likelyhood, they 2000 series is getting up there in age and my current OC is pretty aggressive (and who knows what the previous owner did to it).
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    Jeez, the starter toner in my printer is a joke…

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    I would sooner shoot myself in the cock and balls with birdshot than own an HP printer.
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    flibberdipper

    Jeez, the starter toner in my printer is a joke. 190 pages and it's at like 40% remaining (for context, proper TN730, 760, and 770 carts are rated for up to 1200, 3000, and 4500 pages respectively).

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    2. djksm

      djksm

      2 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

      Jeez, the starter toner in my printer is a joke. 190 pages and it's at like 40% remaining (for context, proper TN730, 760, and 770 carts are rated for up to 1200, 3000, and 4500 pages respectively).

      at least your not stuck with an hp

    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      On 4/11/2024 at 9:22 PM, djksm said:

      at least your not stuck with an hp

      I would sooner shoot myself in the cock and balls with birdshot than own an HP printer.

    4. da na

      da na

      5 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

      I would sooner shoot myself in the cock and balls with birdshot than own an HP printer.

      One of those things can be repaired, and it's not the HP

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    flibberdipper

    So I just got an MP600 PRO LPX and I'm very surprised that I haven't had any stability issues. My Z690I Aorus Ultra DDR4 is one of the boards which has a hardware-level issue with Gen4 devices (which this SSD is), and for shits n gigs I left it in Gen4 mode to see if anything would happen... Nothing yet.

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    I wonder if all those caps are actually for dumping data to the drive in the event of a power loss... That would be very server-esque.
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    When my friend and I (mainly me lol) built his new PC, we could not get it to post to save our lives so we were both panicking a little bit, him because he thought his 4080, 7800x, or whatever Gigashite board was broke, and myself because I didn't want him to think I broke it. Turns out it just will not post with one specific flash drive plugged in.
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    I have one of these myself with the 1315U, 8GB of RAM, 256GB MP9B1, but the top-spec 1080p touch display and they're amusingly competent. I threw ThrottleStop on mine to let the 1315U go nuts and if you load up the GPU and CPU you can see 35-40W sustained which is hilarious... And somehow adequately cooled. And the display is honestly dope, colors seem pretty good, brightness is decent enough, and the fact that Lenovo is the only company with the balls to do a matte touchscreen makes it an automatic W in my book.
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    One moment you are thinking what to eat, next m…

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    With how close my sub is to my ass it may as well be one.
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    Can't really go wrong with a Team MP33 or MP34.
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    I actually use Snipe-IT personally because I'm really good at shuffling parts between PCs and then not knowing where the fuck it is when I actually need it. At least this way there's a nice easy QR code on everything I can scan to hold myself accountable, not to mention being able to see what location things are at (like my desk, in different storage drawers, etc), and if you REALLY feel extra you can input the cost of things so you can see just how much of your money you've wasted. You can also use it for software licenses which is handy yet again for me due to the same reason lol
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    When the printer doesn't even know what's going on

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    Yeah another member on here actually sent it to me YEARS ago.
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    When the printer doesn't even know what's going on

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    As long as I have my engineering sample GTX 480 I'm happy with life. I will never sell that card even if my life depended on it.
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    Yeah it really just depends how dusty your environment is. Even though my PC doesn't have filters, it moves a fairly considerable amount of air, is on at least 12 hours a day on average, and we have a cat, I barely even need to dust it out once every two years.
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