Ashleyyyy

get something used. $400 isn't much for new parts...

*puts on tinfoil hat*
 
i still can't believe that, even with my tinfoil hat on... 

used is going to be your friend here. otherwise you'll end up buying something cheap and slow that only happens to be newer but thats the only positive.

not having ads on an operating system you paid for

it uses internet recovery. you can reinstall macOS to an empty SSD or HDD. i've used it before with no issues. 

open Wine, that'll land you at a terminal window. type in: winefile. that'll open a file explorer type program. navigate to the c drive, and then to where the program is installed and just double click on the exe of the program.

i really want to see this kind of content more. just documenting setting up something crazy and documenting the troubleshooting. i've learned a few things from this already. i had no idea what plx even was. 

i really want to see this kind of content more. just documenting setting up something crazy and documenting the troubleshooting. i've learned a few things from this already. i had no idea what plx even was. 

i don't suport them anymore either. they've been so lazy the last few years. a 6th gen laptop like mine still feels very fast. even though it's now almost 2 years old. they've just not been innovating. only playing catch-up with AMD. 

i don't suport them anymore either. they've been so lazy the last few years. a 6th gen laptop like mine still feels very fast. even though it's now almost 2 years old. they've just not been innovating. only playing catch-up with AMD. 

i don't suport them anymore either. they've been so lazy the last few years. a 6th gen laptop like mine still feels very fast. even though it's now almost 2 years old. they've just not been innovating. only playing catch-up with AMD. 

i don't suport them anymore either. they've been so lazy the last few years. a 6th gen laptop like mine still feels very fast. even though it's now almost 2 years old. they've just not been innovating. only playing catch-up with AMD. 

am i wrong in saying that's an arm cpu? so they'd have to emulate x86 on it too for most apps. hogging even more resources in the process. 
 
what a joke. 

i'm looking for a laptop stand that's compatible with my 17" MSI GS72 6QC. 
 
any suggestions?

I just realized another issue with this device. It runs the cancer marketed as Windows 10 S.
 
That means that to everyone who has brought up using Firefox, Chrome, or some other browser, forget it. Windows 10 S is locked to Edge. You can not use any other browser. It is also locked to using Bing as the default search engine.
Oh, and you can't install programs outside of the Microsoft store. So all those x86 programs Microsoft says you can run thanks to the ARM-to-x86 compatibility layer? You better pray that the program you need is in the Microsoft Store or else you can't install it on the computer.
 
 
So to summarize.
This device runs a crippled OS which locks you into using Microsoft's products such as their browser and search engine. The CPU is very low end and can be compared to Intel Atom processors. Running x86 programs on this device, which is heavily being pushed as a great feature, will most likely dramatically reduce performance (and battery life), and it will only work on the program is already in the store (which not many programs are). But it's not like you'd want to run many x86 programs because the performance will be so low to begin with. The device is best used with native ARM programs, but the Store is not exactly brimming with that. Not even all programs in the Store are native ARM. It costs as much as high end, premium laptops.  
 
Also, we're only like 1-2 months away from Qualcomm announcing the next generation of Snapdragon SoCs, and about 3 months away from it showing up in devices.
The rumors is that the next SD will have:
7nm transistor size, compared to 10nm.
Possibly 5G support.
NPU (hardware acceleration for neural net and machine learning)
Better GPU (probably around 30% if previous generational increments are anything to go by).
Better CPU (A76 performs about 30% better than A75 which is in the Snapdragon 845/850, and about 40% better efficiency).
 
 
So the Snapdragon 850 is just way too late to the show. It should have been released in the beginning of the year with the Snapdragon 845.
It feels like Microsoft are playing catch-up right now. Their system is too inflexible, so they are constantly one step behind. As soon as they catch up to the current generation of stuff, the next one is knocking on the door. It was the same way with Windows Mobile too, which was constantly 1 generation behind in ARM SoC tech.
 
 
I don't think any manufacturer ever said that, but I do remember telling people on this forum that I did not believe they would be cheaper.
Did a bit of digging and found this post from me last year, when Snapdragon 835 powered Windows devices came out:

Funny how it seems like nothing has changed in a year. Windows on ARM are still lagging behind in SoC tech, and they cost twice as much as they should.

Low hanging fruit but still: "I am so fucking glad I finally have a keyboard to check the fucking weather!"
 

 

not for high refresh rate right?

That's because it's a rollout rather than an old-school launch. They update a small number of systems, then update a larger number of systems, then an even larger number... while checking each step of the way if issues are appearing. That way they minimize the impact if there does happen to be a problem with the update.

i'm not saying 4GB is terrible, i have an ASUS transformer book with 4gb, and it's fine for 5 tabs and spotify. but if you want more it will slow down a bit. 
 
a $1000 device should have more. 
 
4gb on a $200 device fine, but $1000... no. 
 

a $1000 device should be able to run chrome. you can't argue otherwise. i don't care about arm optimized versions. if i buy a device for $1000 i need to be able to run chrome. 

a $1000 device should be able to run chrome. you can't argue otherwise. i don't care about arm optimized versions. if i buy a device for $1000 i need to be able to run chrome. 

have you EVER tried running more than 10 tabs in chrome and spotify at the same time on Windows 10 on 4GB of ram?

am i wrong in saying that's an arm cpu? so they'd have to emulate x86 on it too for most apps. hogging even more resources in the process. 
 
what a joke. 

Fuck. I'm using libssh.
 
Time to uninstall that shit.

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