drives_a_ford

Just as others have said, I think this is likely to increase the number of spam they get. Clearly it's worth it. With that said, I think if they made it a yearly scavenger hunt in a similar manner in different location around the world, I think it could be kind of fun. But without giving a head start to anyone it might actually become a race to get to it. And that may be problematic where money is involved.

Don't know if this has been suggested (or even covered) before, but here goes: Why does the under screen fingerprint sensor on my phone not work with dry skin? I didn't have any issues with my old pixel 3a which had a fingerprint sensor on its back. But I just got the new pixel 7a and sometimes the fingerprint sensor just doesn't work. I've scanned my thumb in as three different fingers in case I'm missing "the spot". And after googling it, turns out it may have trouble with dry skin. And sure enough, after licking my finger the sensor works every time. Though this is obviously not a good solution to the problem. I wouldn't say my hands are particularly dry, really. But apparently dry enough to affect the sensor. Not sure if anyone else has had a similar experience. So it may just be me.

Just came across a cool little video on the subject: A pretty decent explanation as to why Linus is the way that he is. He just can't help it. EDIT: Sorry if this is in the wrong section or whatever.

I looked around some more today and saw that the Asus VivoBook S15 M533IA might be another decent option. It's available for a pretty good price locally. Any further input/opinion would be welcome!

I guess it might also be notable that I'm in Europe, so many US/Canada based websites/offerings will not really be available for me. With that said, if I could narrow down the model, I could see if it's available here in Estonia or in the UK (I travel there quite often).

I actually already mentioned that: But you're right, wiping it myself is not an issue. It's just that if possible, I'd get a laptop without a Windows installed on it.

Hello! I've been watching Linus drop things for a couple of years now. And finally I've (selfishly) created an account on them here forums in order to ask for the help of the community. I'm looking for a laptop that has these characteristics: Decently priced (I'd say up to $1300) 15" screen (give or take) 1080p panel (don't need more) Minimum 16GB of RAM Reasonable (not necessarily high end) CPU No dedicated GPU (I don't plan to use it) No Windows install (I don't use Windows) Decent build quality The main reason I'm looking for a new laptop is because my old one (Dell Latitude E6540 from 2014) is heavy, heats up horribly (causing it to be loud) and has terrible battery life. I've already blown through the fan with compressed air and it did help a little. And I know I could probably get some battery life back by buying a new after market battery, but I feel like it would still not amount to much given the 45W TDP of the i7-4800MQ in it. Price isn't set in stone, but I wouldn't like to spend too much on it. I usually use my laptop without an extra monitor, which is why I'd like to to be 15" rather than 13". I don't feel like there's any benefit to laptop screens above 1080p resolutions which is why that's what I'd prefer. And I don't really care for touch screens, personally. I tend to leave a lot of tabs open, plus I do some minor coding. My current laptop has 16GB of RAM and it sometimes dips into swap as well, so it feels like it would be hard for me to get used to less RAM. CPU wise I'd like to get something "mid" tier. I.e something that gives decent performance but also allows the battery to feed it for a few hours. I don't play games nowadays, so I don't want a dedicated GPU that would a) cost more b) make the laptop heavier and c) drain the battery quicker. I'm used to getting my things done on Ubuntu so I don't need a Windows install. Granted, it's often difficult to find a laptop that doesn't come with Windows pre-installed, but I just thought I'd put it out there. I've used my fair share of cheap fully-plastic laptops. They break fast and don't give a good user experience overall. So I'd like to avoid the cheapest of the cheap in this regard. As for the use cases, I tend to watch YouTube, browse the web and do some Java development. Perhaps every now and then I fire up an old game through wine, but that's become less and less frequent. One of the problems I've been having while looking for a laptop is that the 15" ones seem to often come with a dedicated graphics card. Which, like I said above, I would like to avoid if possible. It looks like the HP Envy x360 15" should be able to be configured in the way that I'd like, but I've not yet found anywhere that sells it at 16GB RAM without a dedicated GPU. The Dell XPS 15 also seems cool, although it is quite a bit more expensive. From this video on LTT, it would seem that Ryzen 5 might be a good thing to wait for when it comes to laptop CPUs. I don't see many laptops with them yet, but I'm also not sure if waiting makes sense. Any recommendations you guys can give me? I'm not in any rush right now, so is there something out there that's worth waiting for? If there's anything I forgot to mention, don't hesitate to ask! Thanks for reading, Ford