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    markr54632 got a reaction from Ginka in Any comment regarding the HP 17-ak051nr ?   
    A good used business model. Hp elite book, Lenovo thinkpad, or dell precision should be easy to come by in that budget with 8gb of memory and a 4th gen i5 or i7.
     
    At 500 you can get a vivobook with an i5 8250 which would be a viable option.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from moriel5 in Is 4 hours of battery life good enough for a laptop?   
    I haven't found anything on the market yet that has a dgpu and can handle a relatively intense workload for more than 3-4 hours. So yes it's fine for me.
     
    A laptop that has longer battery life would be fantastic, but I would rather have the performance considering I rarely use a desktop ever.
     
    Honestly I would love a huge laptop with a big bulky extended battery and decent cooling solution. The kind of laptop you could get several years ago.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from genexis_x in Is 4 hours of battery life good enough for a laptop?   
    I haven't found anything on the market yet that has a dgpu and can handle a relatively intense workload for more than 3-4 hours. So yes it's fine for me.
     
    A laptop that has longer battery life would be fantastic, but I would rather have the performance considering I rarely use a desktop ever.
     
    Honestly I would love a huge laptop with a big bulky extended battery and decent cooling solution. The kind of laptop you could get several years ago.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Tarun10 in Should I get a laptop or tablet for college even though I already have a rig at home?   
    As said before it really depends on your course of study, but I have never seen a student bring a tablet more than once.
     
    Usually you are frantically trying to take notes and a tablet usually doesnt work out well for that even if they try to market them that way
     
    I can honestly say my desktop hasn't been used at all for school. Honestly it just doesnt get used for much anymore. 
     
    As for device reccomendations please check with your instructors and/or counselors and see if the school has a reccomendation for you. See if your program has a preference for windows or mac and if there are any special requirements (instructors are more helpful here). This is also a good resource to see if you qualify for any special education discounts.
     
    Beyond that keyboard and monitor are paramount. Something you can type quickly and accurately on and a monitor that doesnt make your eyes hurt after 15 minutes.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Zhiaaaaaaaaa in Laptop or Cheap Micro ATX build for uni?   
    I started with a Lenovo flex although I have used a yoga 910 extensively as well. Lenovo's keyboard layout on those lineups borders on unusable. This coupled with the fact that I use a numpad alot I just started carrying a full size keyboard.
     
    I carry an acer nitro v now and it has filled my needs pretty great without having to carry much else. I still carry an ipad with me on long days to use as a second monitor.
     
     
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    markr54632 reacted to Imglidinhere in Top 2 gaming laptops.....   
    Build a desktop. Seriously. I've heard of some ludicrous laptop setups, but why buy a laptop that costs double the equivalently priced desktop and then just... use an external keyboard? They come with high-quality keyboards built in. There's nothing cheap about that model in the slightest. Why bother with a machine like that unless you require a smaller, less immobile setup?
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Zhiaaaaaaaaa in Laptop or Cheap Micro ATX build for uni?   
    I kind of disagree on the thin and light statement. I started off with a thin and light. Found it incredibly frustrating and impractical. Shrunken keyboard layouts just dont work for me. I typically use a laptop 5-12 hours on most days. Most text books are online now. My biggest two considerations in a laptop at this point are a keyboard that is comfortable enough and a screen that doesnt overly fatigue my eyes. Closely followed by must be able to reliably run all of the programs I use for school.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Jouxy in Top 2 gaming laptops.....   
    Haha so it is. I just had that one marked in my browser.
     
    As for msi, I have no desire to debate the topic, but I've been through several msi laptops across two line ups. On the plus side I've never had the same issue twice.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Zhiaaaaaaaaa in Laptop or Cheap Micro ATX build for uni?   
    I couldn't imagine trying to make it through school without a laptop. Honestly I find myself staying at the library or a restaurant pretty often to study with fewer distractions. 
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Firewrath9 in Laptop or Cheap Micro ATX build for uni?   
    I couldn't imagine trying to make it through school without a laptop. Honestly I find myself staying at the library or a restaurant pretty often to study with fewer distractions. 
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    markr54632 got a reaction from genexis_x in Budget laptop your thoughts   
    This model has soldered ram, so you cannot upgrade it later btw. You could add an ssd, but it won't help much.
     
     
    Seems like you are pretty dead set on that laptop model and dont really want advice lol. Good luck with school and I genuinely hope it works out for you.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from genexis_x in Budget laptop your thoughts   
    Omg please dont. You might maybe be able to surf the web on it. It will run open office okay, but lag on Microsoft office. I tried to make a Pentium 4405u work with 8gb of ram and a ssd. Completely not usable.
     
    If your on a tight budget buy a used business laptop.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Alex Atkin UK in Static IP setup   
    Dd-wrt will allow you to put the router in wireless bridging mode and get rid of that mess. Really fun to play with. 
     
    As for static addressing are you talking about for a host or for your public ip? For a host you need to disable dhcp on the second router. Go on to the first router and set aside a pool of addresses for static addressing. Go into settings on the host and assign one of the addresses from your pool.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from TheFlyingSquirrel in Budget laptop your thoughts   
    Omg please dont. You might maybe be able to surf the web on it. It will run open office okay, but lag on Microsoft office. I tried to make a Pentium 4405u work with 8gb of ram and a ssd. Completely not usable.
     
    If your on a tight budget buy a used business laptop.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Zando_ in Budget laptop your thoughts   
    Omg please dont. You might maybe be able to surf the web on it. It will run open office okay, but lag on Microsoft office. I tried to make a Pentium 4405u work with 8gb of ram and a ssd. Completely not usable.
     
    If your on a tight budget buy a used business laptop.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from samathor in Best Laptop for a soldier going overseas   
    If you have a $2000 dollar budget and just want a media device literally just go to a local store find one that appeals to you from a reputable brand and go. It's a very healthy budget and anything in that budget should be capable of what you are asking.
     
    Personally I'm pretty fond of the Lenovo 920 for a thin and light or almost anything from their thinkpad line.
     
    For wifi get a good quality usb adapter that can take an external antenna and buy a decent directional antenna.
     
    For battery if you get a laptop that charges via usb c you can get an external power pack to aid in that.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Vivecus_ in Best Retro Computer For A Beginner   
    I would personally just check your local thrift and pawn shops until you find something. If you look for a few months you should find something fun.
     
    There are pretty good emulators out if you just want to mess around.
     
    That being said my first experience was on an apple IIe and a series of laminated books for beginners. Played with one a year or two back and wasn't near as magical as I remembered.
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    markr54632 reacted to theunnamedgamer in Laptop not booting up.   
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    It was booting in the wrong mode. Literally fixed it in the car on the way home from picking it up. 
    That's essentially why I bought it. 
    I knew if I couldn't fix it, I could sell individual parts easy enough. 
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    markr54632 got a reaction from QuantumBit in Cheapest laptop for web browsing without eMMc   
    T440 should be relatively easy to find in this price. Really 4th gen i5 is the sweet spot. If its mostly for media consumption you can even buy an extra battery or two. If you want to stay towards the lower end of that budget. I prefer lenovo, but dell and hp both have valid older business models.
     
    If you go to the top of that budget or a hair over you could get a decent acer A315, ideapad 330, or asus vivobook.
     
    Really look locally via craigslist, letgo, pawn shops, and used electronics shops and see what is available locally. You are much more likely to get something that meets your requirements. If you check the back of bestbuy and microcenter alot of times you can get decent open box specials.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from PlayStation 2 in Surface Go Soldering More RAM   
    Honestly if you can somehow magically get through the adhesive without breaking the screen or rupturing the battery the ram is not something that can be hand soldered even if you can get a chip that might be compatible. After all of that it still most likely won't work.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Slottr in most reliable 2.5" hdd?   
    Seagate non hybrid drives. However if you are needing a drive for reliable long term backup a 2.5" mechanical drive is not really the best choice.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from genexis_x in XPS or other laptops?   
    I honestly haven't touched the helios. Specs are slightly better, I've heard it runs on the hot side.
     
    To be fair the nitro 5 is supposed to run hot too, but that has not been my experience.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Alex Atkin UK in Dumb Home lab question   
    I got it working. I was way overthinking this. Also the new firmware for my bridge was unstable
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Zhivomir in Photo editing laptop (+ some gaming) under 1000 $   
    I get a pretty solid 4-5 hours of typing on my nitro 5 in class, but I have to bring that heavy power adapter every day. My typical use case involves having 2-4 tabs in firefox open, 2-5 instances of notepad, and 1or 2 instances of teraterm open at once. I always use it with at least 1 additional monitor. I actually quite like the laptop.
     
    The minute the dgpu kicks in I have maybe 1.5 hours of total use time. So yeah.
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    markr54632 got a reaction from Rasmuff in Cutting Cable?   
    I did this about two years ago and havent looked back. For devices I am using roku 3s in the main living areas and roku sticks in guest areas. They seem to have the best feature set and reliability for the money.
     
    A good antenna is necessary if you want local and news.
     
    As for services hulu has gone to scrap with their new billing methods and poor attempt at live streaming and dvr.
     
    Netflix is well the same old Netflix.
     
    Amazon prime is useful for newer releases and some exclusives.
     
    Crunchyroll and funimation are useful for anime.
     
    Roku has a decent media player app that leaves some to be desired. Really my main complaint.
     
    If you want open source and customizable android is useable, but go with nvidia shields, or a high quality brand name box. Most of the Chinese boxes for 100 or under leave alot to be desired.
     
    The last option is to go with media center pcs for each tv. Look on craigslist for older dell, hp, or lenovo sff pcs and add a cheap low profile graphics card and your set for most cases at 1080p or lower. This would not be for gaming.
     
    Unless Chrome cast has changed I didnt care for streaming through a phone or tablet and having two devices tied up.
     
    The Amazon firestick and fire tv units I have were significantly slower than the roku units, but very similar in functionality.
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