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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Sithhy in Experiences with non-techies   
    Because more clicks = more faster as the PC realises you're in a hurry... I have noticed this too though :lol:.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Chrysolite in Experiences with non-techies   
    From some of these posts I think my experiences weren't too bad :D.
     
    I thing this one is common, but too many people I know end up installing everything any websites or program suggests, to a certain degree it's understandable, I mean programs like McAffee's trial or Babylon search can easily be downloaded and installed with other products that you need (such as Flash or Reader, if I remember correctly) if you're not paying attention, but sometimes you find people with some 5 toolbars on their browser, tons of spyware, random programs which they don't even recognise or remember installing. Then they have their desktop full of shortcuts which they don't need, installers which they have already run years before, attachments which have been downloaded some 5 times over.
     
    I find it really stupid and surprising how many people just keep ignoring all the alerts for updates... I mean if it's annoying just accept and it will stop bothering you, and many times they're a year or more out of date, I know people who are still running iOS 4 on their iPhone 4 and Firefox 13 :D.
     
    Here's a recent story: a friend was complaining how her laptop was full and she needed to upgrade her laptop (notice how I said laptop, not hard drive)... I checked My Computer and sure enough she had about 200GB free in a completely empty partition and her system partition (some 20GB) was completely full (which was, admittedly, not helped by my attempt to quietly update to SP1 which she had been ignoring).
     
    In the past few years I was present pretty much every time anyone in my or my girlfriend's family was going to buy some sort of electronic device, usually it ends up with me talking to the salesperson while they stare not comprehending a single word we were saying, but I guess it's better that way, although I do try to involve them and explain what the difference really was but it would be very obvious they had no idea and do not really care which to choose, even though they'd be spending up to 1400 EUR on it :lol:.
     
     
    You'd be surprised how many people I've heard saying this
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from 007Mix in Gaming screenshots   
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from LaffyPlayz in Experiences with non-techies   
    What are they the Simpsons?
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Sithhy in Experiences with non-techies   
    Many people I know compare computer performance by how much RAM they have...
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from ed4546 in Experiences with non-techies   
    Because more clicks = more faster as the PC realises you're in a hurry... I have noticed this too though :lol:.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Silvercall in Gaming screenshots   
    Finally finished Watch Dogs, it was fun but not that impressive and definitely not deserving of the hype. The screenshots below were taken with TheWorseMod (Final version) + MalDo textures + SweetFX Realistic Preset by Piterrrxd. The UI elements and subtitles kinda ruin some of the shots unfortunately but performance issues aside the game does look pretty amazing after installing those mods especially when it's raining.
    More Screenshots here: http://imgur.com/a/k54YB#0
     

     

     

     

     


    Brothers- A Tale of Two Sons

    More Screenshots here: http://imgur.com/a/E3RgM
     









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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Frogsiedoodle in Post Your Cable Management?   
    Wow, I actually feel good about my bad cable management (mostly due to having a cheap and crappy case with no cable management options other than throwing everything behind the drive cage) these are even worse :) .
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from DANK_AS_gay in Gaming screenshots   
    I collected a ton of pics through several months of heavy Skyrim modding, these have anywhere between 100-250 mods in them :D.
     
    I love the water textures (WATER) and lighting (Project ENB) in these:

     

     
    More Project ENB:

     
    I put some of my favourites in an Album: http://imgur.com/a/t5eHL
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Allahu Snackbar in Experiences with non-techies   
    If you have any half decent laptop with an SSD you can legit destroy any Alienware, no matter how expensive, as long as they have an HDD...
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from da na in Experiences with non-techies   
    What are they the Simpsons?
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from kennethfage in Experiences with non-techies   
    Because more clicks = more faster as the PC realises you're in a hurry... I have noticed this too though :lol:.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Allahu Snackbar in Experiences with non-techies   
    Because more clicks = more faster as the PC realises you're in a hurry... I have noticed this too though :lol:.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Akolyte in What is the most overpriced used tech deal you have ever seen?   
    Not exactly a tech deal but here you go: 
     
    https://plus.google.com/+MarquesBrownlee/posts/ihkznXdEXRH
     

     
    I believe it ended at around 200,000£
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from TechGod in Post Linus Memes Here! << -Original thread has returned   
    I'm sure that exactly what he said to Yvonne before marrying her and having a child :P.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Nick Paviour in What is the most overpriced used tech deal you have ever seen?   
    Not exactly a tech deal but here you go: 
     
    https://plus.google.com/+MarquesBrownlee/posts/ihkznXdEXRH
     

     
    I believe it ended at around 200,000£
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from 007Mix in Gaming screenshots   
    I swear it wasn't me!
     

     
    Out for a stroll in the park and testing some camera/time controls

     

    The second two screenshots were made using theWorse mod 0.8 with MalDo Texture FIX + Trees Fix + Ubisoft Patch fix and SweetFX with Realistic preset by Piterrrxd, I'd like to take a few good screenshots in the night/rain as they look so much better than the original.
    Edit: A few more screenshots of the city in the night.


    Best parking job ever:

    Stop time FTW!

    Does anyone know of a way to enable/disable the HUD while in-game, maybe using CE tables, I could turn off HUD in the .ini files but I'd rather not play the whole game without it just so I can occasionally get a few awesome screenshots.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Albatross in Gaming screenshots   
    I swear it wasn't me!
     

     
    Out for a stroll in the park and testing some camera/time controls

     

    The second two screenshots were made using theWorse mod 0.8 with MalDo Texture FIX + Trees Fix + Ubisoft Patch fix and SweetFX with Realistic preset by Piterrrxd, I'd like to take a few good screenshots in the night/rain as they look so much better than the original.
    Edit: A few more screenshots of the city in the night.


    Best parking job ever:

    Stop time FTW!

    Does anyone know of a way to enable/disable the HUD while in-game, maybe using CE tables, I could turn off HUD in the .ini files but I'd rather not play the whole game without it just so I can occasionally get a few awesome screenshots.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Sithhy in Experiences with non-techies   
    What are they the Simpsons?
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from emachado99 in What is the most overpriced used tech deal you have ever seen?   
    Not exactly a tech deal but here you go: 
     
    https://plus.google.com/+MarquesBrownlee/posts/ihkznXdEXRH
     

     
    I believe it ended at around 200,000£
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from STRMfrmXMN in Experiences with non-techies   
    Because more clicks = more faster as the PC realises you're in a hurry... I have noticed this too though :lol:.
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Sithhy in Experiences with non-techies   
    From some of these posts I think my experiences weren't too bad :D.
     
    I thing this one is common, but too many people I know end up installing everything any websites or program suggests, to a certain degree it's understandable, I mean programs like McAffee's trial or Babylon search can easily be downloaded and installed with other products that you need (such as Flash or Reader, if I remember correctly) if you're not paying attention, but sometimes you find people with some 5 toolbars on their browser, tons of spyware, random programs which they don't even recognise or remember installing. Then they have their desktop full of shortcuts which they don't need, installers which they have already run years before, attachments which have been downloaded some 5 times over.
     
    I find it really stupid and surprising how many people just keep ignoring all the alerts for updates... I mean if it's annoying just accept and it will stop bothering you, and many times they're a year or more out of date, I know people who are still running iOS 4 on their iPhone 4 and Firefox 13 :D.
     
    Here's a recent story: a friend was complaining how her laptop was full and she needed to upgrade her laptop (notice how I said laptop, not hard drive)... I checked My Computer and sure enough she had about 200GB free in a completely empty partition and her system partition (some 20GB) was completely full (which was, admittedly, not helped by my attempt to quietly update to SP1 which she had been ignoring).
     
    In the past few years I was present pretty much every time anyone in my or my girlfriend's family was going to buy some sort of electronic device, usually it ends up with me talking to the salesperson while they stare not comprehending a single word we were saying, but I guess it's better that way, although I do try to involve them and explain what the difference really was but it would be very obvious they had no idea and do not really care which to choose, even though they'd be spending up to 1400 EUR on it :lol:.
     
     
    You'd be surprised how many people I've heard saying this
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Wildlord12 in What is the most overpriced used tech deal you have ever seen?   
    Not exactly a tech deal but here you go: 
     
    https://plus.google.com/+MarquesBrownlee/posts/ihkznXdEXRH
     

     
    I believe it ended at around 200,000£
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from Pingypoker in Gaming screenshots   
    No it's not, you must be doing something wrong .
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    Nicktrance got a reaction from 007Mix in Gaming screenshots   
    I usually use FRAPS but some games like skyrim have an inbuilt screenshot feature if you press printscreen. I believe you can also use Precision X, Afterburner and several other tuning programs.
     
    I guess you could also use printscreen and save it in an image editing program but that's less convenient, and the windows 8 start+prtscr combo for auto saving screenshots doesn't work in games.
     
    You could also use Steam but the quality on that is pretty terrible so I never really use that unless I mean to post them on steam for some reason especially if I want to show off the game's graphics.
     
    Aside from that try to avoid having UI showing, kinda ruins screenshots IMO but that's not always possible.
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