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I have a bizarre idea that I can't get out of my head, now that my ancient desktop is dying and I need a replacement. Basically I'm planning a custom built case for an extremely portable, rugged PC, using a hard protective luggage box as a case, something like this: 1200 Protector Case | Peli Official Store. I move around a lot by motorbike, so having a powerful PC that can still fit into a backpack and not melt from vibrations would be a dream. I don't want a gaming laptop because they're lame and not upgradeable. Obviously issues to solve are vibration resistant mounting for the components, cooling, and just fitting everything in - but if I can lose the GPU, that will make everything much easier. So I guess my question is, are there any CPUs out there with integrated graphics good enough to play modern-ish games, do CAD and light AI workloads? I've read about the new Ryzen 7 8700G, will this be able to do it? I have a 1050ti dGPU currently so I guess a good benchmark would be, will it be able to match or exceed the performance of the 1050ti? Any other things I should worry about? (e.g I heard iGPUs use RAM as VRAM so high speed RAM is much more important, is that true?) Thanks for reading!

Has anybody seen this monster computer? Would it be possible to swap the motherboard in this system? It looks like it's kind of a Laptop with an ATX motherboard inside. Can it be water-cooled? Can you put a 3090 in it? Can it run Crysis? Can you play Doom in a nuclear wasteland? Is it ok to microwave this? Is it the ultimate desktop replacement? Is it more durable than a Nokia 3310? The possibilities are endless. https://core-systems.com/rugged-rpc517-portable-computer/

Hey!! I am looking to buy a budget smartphone that I can take with me for mountain biking. Here are my main requirements: 1. Good Battery Life 2. "Rugged Design" (shouldn't shatter the moment I drop it, but also doesn't need to be those CAT phones rugged level. Also not a huge fan of slapping a case on my phone) 3. Preferably stock android, but that's not a huge priority 4. Budget is about US $500 5. Internationally unlocked, as I have to travel quite a bit I was leaning towards a Pixel 4a, or something similar. What would you guys think??

So my friend wants a case that honestly could take a beating, something that will be hard to knock over or even be moved. The reason for this is because the last Pc he built his brother ran through the room got caught on a cord and destroyed it. If you have ideas for something that would do the job well and still be reasonably priced throw it out there.

Hi, I am looking to get a rugged/tough laptop for a trip I am doing in the summer; mainly to backup the photos and videos I will be taking. Therefore it just needs to run Windows or Linux and be able to transfer files. I am on a very tight budget of £100 ($130USD) so I am looking at used laptops. I am also interested in people's experiences with 'rugged' laptops. If there is a better solution feel free to suggest it. Thank you for the help!

TL;DR IS LOCATED AT THE VERY BOTTOM ________________________________________________ The following review is my take on the Galaxy S7 active. I've divided this review into several categories that I feel highlight the important features in a cell phone, and I've given each section a grade from one to ten, with one being low and ten being the highest. I then go into detail about why I graded it as such. I don't have any pictures since my phone IS my camera, and I don't know a thing about video editing, so I've resorted to simply typing out my thoughts. We live in an age of Youtube so the chances of someone reading this thing in its entirety is slim to none, but this is my way of repaying the community for helping me in the only way I know how. If it helps just one person I'll consider it a success. This is strictly my opinion based on my personal usage of the device. As of this writing I am using Android version 7.0, Nougat. Disclaimer I live in the United States in a fairly big city, so comments on call quality and data speeds should viewed with that information. I'm not an Internet warrior and mainly use my phone for calls, texts and general Internet use (Netflix, Youtube, etc). I don't do Facebook, SnapChat, Instagram, Twitter or really any social media site. I've owned this phone for four months now, and feel like the honeymoon phase is over with and I can now look at the phone with unbiased eyes. We all know new phones perform fine and we tend to be forgiving of them early on, but I'm someone who keeps his phones for years so longevity is very important to me. I'm not one who wants to switch every year to the newest device; just as some people use cars until the wheels fall off, sometimes literally, I tend to use my devices for as long as possible. The following categories are in no particular order. Build Quality | 10/10 Possibly one of the most important categories I personally look for, this phone is built extremely well. It feels solid in the hand and has some weight to it, something I like in a phone. The delicate features of the original S7 was a turn off for me, and I was afraid I'd have to handle it like an egg - or submit and buy a case which defeats the whole purpose of a good looking phone. Alongside its IP68 rating it also carries a Mil-Spec certification as well so it's resistant to shock, temperature, water, dust, high elevation and life in general. In the beginning of its life cycle Samsung goofed and didn't give its early models a proper IP68 rating, so many failed water tests done by third party testers. Luckily my model, built in September of 2016, passed with flying colors as I tested it myself within the first week. Samsung has since said that the models built now are properly certified. It's not indestructible, no phone is, but it is taking several steps in the right direction in being rugged without compromising its aesthetic appeal or performance. Its specs mirror the original S7 and the battery even gets a bump, so some would argue it's the better option overall. The rubber corners, where the phone is most likely to strike the ground, is a nice touch as well as the premium feeling metal sides. The backing is plastic but doesn't feel cheap and it meshes with the frame very nicely. It just feels very solid and even after a few drops of my own it hasn't skipped a beat. The camera is flush with the back, not protruding like on the original S7, so that should aid in preventing damage. The buttons are have a tactile feel and are very responsive. I watched JerryRigEverything on Youtube stress this device, physically at least, and I was impressed with how it stood up to punishment. Samsung won me over with the effort they put into this device and trying to make it more rugged than its cousin. Other models that claim 'ruggedness' either looked absolutely horrid, or compromised on specs and Android version. The active seemed to fit the bill for what I was looking for in a phone, and should go far in ensuring it lasts me for beyond two years. Battery | 8/10 Though technically a new device by Lithium Ion standards, this battery is quite the monster for my day to day activities. I already mentioned I'm not much of an Internet warrior, and am a light user considering the rest of my generation who seems to be glued to their device every minute of every day. I've had zero issues getting through an entire day and have even been charging my device every other day for several weeks now. Technical reports put this battery's charge cycles around two hundred, so I do not fear of approaching that number anytime soon. At the end of a single day I'm anywhere from fifty to sixty percent - at the end of the second day it's around twenty. A solid battery in my opinion. It's only downside is it is not user removable, or at least is not intended to be (we all it know it can but was not intended by Samsung to be). I consider a removable battery a plus in making sure a phone lasts as long as possible, since even the best sealed-battery will eventually die, forcing the user to buy a completely new device. With the much lower cost of a new battery, a phone could continue chugging along as long as the hardware and software keep up. But this was a downside I swallowed, due to the other pros of the device that I felt outweighed this one shortcoming. Reports about today's Lithium Ion show them lasting for as many as four years! So I felt justified in my purchase. In addition, I do utilize the quick charge feature of my phone. Some quick research has shown me that quick charge, while handy in a pinch, degrades the battery quicker over time. It's slight I admit, but since I plan to use this device as long as possible, I feel I need to squeeze every ounce out of this device. Even so, I can go from completely dead to full charge in about two hours. That's plenty fast for me, especially for someone who plugs their phone in overnight. The technology of today also prevents overcharge, so I do not fear degrading my battery through that avenue. All in all it's got plenty of juice for me, but lacks the ability to be easily swapped. However it's difficult to make a rugged phone that isn't sealed, so I understand Samsung's decision. Display | 9/10 Size is important to me as I have fairly small hands for a man. For scale, my wedding ring size is a seven. Consequently it is extremely difficult to find a flagship device that is sub 5.5 inches, which is at the peak of what I consider to be able to be handled with one hand. And even that is a stretch. I know I am in a small minority here that wants a small phone, so I consider it somewhat lucky that this device even exists. It is not an issue to wield this phone one handed and I can do it with ease. But more than size the display itself is also quite interesting. Samsung decided to put a light coating of plastic over the Gorilla Glass to aid in shatter protection. Of course we all know the downside of plastic: scratches. So, a ten dollar screen protector solved that issue and I now own a shatter AND scratch resistant device. Very cost-effective in my book. As an added note, I personally recommend a film protector as opposed to a tempered glass one. I know TG is all the rage but you'll be swapping it out constantly, especially if you drop your phone often, as it's extremely fragile overall. It's great for protecting your screen, but when your phone comes equipped with a plastic coating already, adding another layer seems redundant and unnecessary. My wife has the same phone and has gone through three of them - each small drop introduces a crack which soon develops into a spider-web even without dropping it a second time. My film protector on the other hand handles drops like a champ and is smudge and fingerprint resistant as well. With the plastic coating underneath plus the Gorilla Glass as a final layer before the digitized one, I feel extremely confident in its ability to withstand drops. Best ten dollars I ever spent. The resolution prevents this category from a perfect score - and again I know I'm in a minority. I feel that 1440p in a smartphone is ridiculous and is not necessary. A 1080p display is plenty for a five inch screen and would aid in extending the already great battery life. I agree it looks great but at what cost? Side by side I'm hard pressed to really see a difference unless I plant my face against the screen. Look, AMOLED 1440p is pretty and sharp but not necessary in my opinion, and would feel that a 1080p screen would be just as crisp and beautiful when viewed from normal viewing angles. But again, I'm a minority and honestly this doesn't detract from the overall device. It's more of me nitpicking. Touch reception has been fairly accurate and brightness is acceptable. I leave the bar on automatic and it is a good judge on what is appropriate for lighting. There are zero dead pixels and no bleed that I can see on the edges. Performance | 8/10 Here I was expecting the same stutter-free experience touted by the original S7, but this was not the case at least with my device. True, I am using a skin on top of Samsung's own but with powerhouse specs I can't imagine that straining the system too much. Let's be clear firstly, it's not terrible. Definitely usable and overall not noticeable. But on occasion I can't help but feel it lag when it closes some applications, or in opening them, or switching between several different ones. Text can sometimes take a second or two to register in the messaging app, and more than once a freeze has occurred. Kinda annoying, especially with an eight hundred dollar phone, but it hasn't gotten to the point where I would take it back. Again, I don't game or do very much that's CPU or GPU intensive, so I can't imagine why performance is an issue at all. But it does what I need it to do so overall I can't complain too much, just would like it noted that this device doesn't seem to perform like its classier cousin. Camera | 10/10 I know most Youtubers who review cell phones have a digital hardon for this category but I do not. I take some pictures of my cat and the occasional family photo. They all turn out crisp and clear and are more than satisfactory for me. I don't understand why companies spend so much money and time on the camera of a PHONE, or why tech Youtubers seem to just LOVE talking about this area as if we're all professionals that demand the best. I understand there are those that do use their phone as their camera and therefore want the best, but that honestly can't be the majority can it? Selfies and Instagram pics do not require the amount of time and money that goes into phone cameras nowadays. Again, my opinion, and I realize I'll probably take flak for it but there it is. Having said that, it gets high marks for snapping pics quite quickly and having a wide array of options to customize your pictures and videos. Audio | 9/10 I consider this device a phone first and a multimedia outlet second. Therefore audio quality is perfectly acceptable for my day to day activities. The speaker is loud when contacts are talking, and doesn't seem to get very 'tinny' at high volumes. Youtube videos sound decent and even the tiny speaker can get quite loud. If course it fires downwards and has zero bass, but I don't use this device for its stellar audio qualifications. This category was also the least considered when searching for a phone, as I knew that even if used I'd be more likely to use headphones for anything related to music or movie watching, so the downward firing speaker is rarely used at all except for the occasional phone conversation. Preference is of course front firing, which is why it is just shy of a perfect score, but overall is excellent for what I need it for. Connectivity | 9/10 The second most thought about category for me, this phone receives high marks in my book. I'm one of the few millennials that uses their phone for actual conversations, and there have been zero issues in that area. People come in loud and clear and I'm told I sound quite good on the other end. Even in some rural areas of where I live I still manage 4G LTE and decent coverage. It's a GSM phone so I know I can go basically anywhere with it, and will be easier to switch carriers as long as I don't go to Verizon or Sprint. Wireless protocols are also very good, sporting Bluetooth 4.2 which is the second latest version, Wi-Fi has been stable and speedy and uses the latest AC standard, and switching between cell data and Wi-Fi has been hassle free. Sometimes previous phones just wouldn't know when to ditch a bad Wi-Fi signal but this one switches basically the second the Wi-Fi becomes unusable. Connecting to my car's SYNC feature, as well as a Bluetooth headset, was painless and has operated quite well overall. The only thing I don't like is that it's an AT&T exclusive; if for whatever I did want to switch to Big Red, I wouldn't be able to use this device (unofficially it would probably work but there wouldn't be a guarantee because it's a GSM device and not a CDMA). Its wireless bands are also only used by AT&T so piggy-backing off other bands in areas where AT&T is lacking won't occur, as was the case in my DROID Turbo which could basically use any signal known to man. Again unofficially most of this probably won't matter, but the lack of support elsewhere is off-putting to me. But realistically I'll be a customer of theirs for quite some time, so I really can't fault it too much. It excels in this area where AT&T dominates, which my city does, so overall it's been great. Software | 7/10 I don't like Touchwhiz. I'm sorry but I just don't. I consider it too pretty and introduces too many 'helpful' enhancements to Android that I consider in the way. But, I am able to skin it to something that is more pleasant to my eyes, so all is not lost. I did come from Motorola's DROID Turbo which was about as close to stock as one could get before the Pixel came out. I guess I got spoiled. But I knew this going in and just like with the non-removable battery, considered it justified in favor of the phone's other pros. Along with the software, AT&T bloatware is about terrible as one could get with a phone. THERE IS SO MUCH! I thought Verizon was bad but holy hell this thing is bulging at the waist. So many useless apps that I actually created a folder for them - all TEN of them! Now this may be subjective as some may find these apps a godsend, but they bug the hell out of me. One day I'd like a phone with practically nothing on it so the user installs just what they want, kinda like a zeroed out HDD. It'll never happen but I can dream right? Miscellaneous | N/A Some things I couldn't really place into a category by itself. The buttons for example are physical and not capacitive or resistive, and that is a love it or hate it relationship. I personally don't mind it at all but did wish Samsung would have bothered to light them up so they can be better managed in the dark. The active key is nice as it can be programmed to open almost whatever you want. The fingerprint reader, something I never thought I'd use, is fast and accurate. There have been some Youtubers complaining at how slow it is but I don't know what they're talking about it. It's been extremely quick for me. The sensor for adjusting light can easily be blocked, forcing the phone to dim even in well lit areas. I would have preferred USB-C as opposed to Micro-USB but it wasn't a deal breaker. ________________________________________________ TL;DR Samsung has paired decent specs and an aesthetically pleasing (subjective of course) device into the rugged category. It's small enough for small hands, can withstand the occasional drop and/or dip into water. It gets a bigger battery than its sexier S7 cousin and has a plastic coating on the screen to aid in shatter resistance. It'll do everything the original S7 can do and more. It's minor cons are mostly subjective - a less than ideal OS experience with Touchwhiz, enough bloatware to choke a donkey, and somewhat lackluster performance considering what is under the hood. But its additional Mil-Spec rating ensures a device that can take quite a beating. Overall I'd recommend this device. It's meant to tackle life and come away still smiling. You won't have to handle it like an egg and is made for those on the go, or who happen to work outside the office environment. It can still break of course but you'll have to work it at. It's small but mighty and seems to fit the bill if you're like me and want a phone to last more than a year.

Hey, guys this is a pc I built a few months back for my old company. I know it’s not what you typically see on the forums but I thought I’d share it. We needed a rugged field test computer for data collection on our lawnmowers, and didn’t want to over-pay something like a toughpad. I am a mechanical engineering student finishing up my Jr year so I offered to combine my passion and trade. My goals were to make a durable element resistant pc of under $1000. Like I said the computer would be on a lawnmower in an incredibly dirty and dusty environment with moderate vibrations. I mounted the motherboard on vibration isolators and attached the pelican case to the mower using another vibration isolation system. I used waterproof cable pass throughs to run the cables to the outside of the case. Since the pc needed to run on a mower it needed to be powered off 12 volts. I thought about getting a 12v pico power supply but found that Opus one I purchased had some delayed shutdown features I wanted to data collection, and it could boot the pc when the mower was turned on. After assembling the pc and mounting it on the chassis I ran a lot of tests on it. I heated the ambient room to 45°C (113°F). After running prime95 max heat test the CPU hit a max temp of 69°C and the max temp inside the case staying at about 52°C. This was a little too warm for my comfort but this test was worst case scenario. I do wish I had the chance to test water-cooling but unfortunately I decided to leave the company before I had the opportunity. I also wasn't sure how AIO liquid cools do with sub 0°C temps. Case: Pelican 1400 - $69 CPU: Intel i5-6500 - $190 Cooler: Noctua HL-12 - $86 Cooler Fan: Noctua NF-F12 -$25 Motherboard: Gigabyte -GA-H110N - $75 Ram: Kingston HyperX Furry 2x4GB - $60 Storage: Kingston 240 GB M.2 - $100 Power Supply: Opus DCX6.360 (360 Watt) - $170

Hi guys, I bought an LXE THOR VM1 vehicle terminal last year as a fun project to play around with. It didn't come with a charger so I started out by making one out of an old laptop charger and buying a din plug off eBay to replace the original. Then cobbled together a 3 cell battery out of some cheap 18650 cells and with the original charging circuit from the included dead battery. Then I began getting into the issues with the OS, it has a 1GB CF card with Windows Embedded STD 6 installed. It looks to me as if it's setup to run in RAM and reset after each boot as nothing I save to the card remains and I don't seem to be able to install any programs. I've tried numerous other operating systems on a larger 16GB CF card including (these are all 32bit versions): Windows 10 to Go, Windows 7 to Go, Ubuntu, Linix Mint, Lubuntu, Linux Lite, Debean with the intent on running a live version of one of these operating systems as I have nothing internal to install to. Long story short, Windows to Go won't boot as this tablet will only boot from FAT32 and each version of Linux would crash from either USB errors, the back light driver or just kernel panics. I'm going to make a USB cable this weekend as the dock on the back has a USB port with a serial connector, fortunately the internal cables are coloured correctly for USB. Hopefully I could then run an XP or later installed from USB and try to install to the CF card although I doubt it'll show up as it won't be considered 'internal' storage. Additionally there are two internal mSATA slots but I haven't been able to get either of these to read an mSATA SSD using Windows boot disks (again, tried W10, W7, WXP). I've got a few more ideas in mind and would love some input from other technical people: - Somehow get a version of Windows to Go installed on a FAT32 partition (as far as I'm aware this isn't possible). - Fix the driver issues when booting with Linux (haven't been successful as of yet finding any drivers on the internet from LXE/Honeywell. - Clone the original CF card onto a larger one and upgrade Windows Embedded 6 to 7 which would hopefully allow more functionality than 6 currently does. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated even if they're just 'throw it away and buy something else to play with'. Cheers, Jimmy Photos.rar

Good Afternoon and Happy Monday Pt. 2! Been supplying the warehouse personnel with wireless mice for a year. They keep crapping out on me, so I'm looking for suggestions for wireless mice that stand up to abuse and dirt and various schmoo. Thanks for the advice in advance!

Hi, im new here, and I wanted to ask which lenovo model and configuration would you guys think is better from the older business/ productivity ones. From any series, but mainly im looking for an older thinkpad, with the nice keyboard, and i want it to be one thats good against drops, and 250-400 range, as im sure most i find will be refurbs or used. Or anything new at that range thats close to the value that the old thinkpads have. Ive seen some with i5, 8gb ram, ssds, and would like something like that. I need about 8gb of ram and either a 500gb hdd or a 256gb ssd. 14-15.6 inch.

Hello I have a new MacBookPro with touchbar (3.1Ghz-i7-15inch, 2017) + a new La Cie Rugged 4TB(usb-c) drive formatted for MAC. trying to sync large amount of data from dropbox but its taking much too long. internet speed @ 250/mbps. as for the speed of the drive itself, my research tells me I should be getting at least ~130/mbps speed or more but I am getting painfully slow result of 10-35mbps. looks like the drive is the problem, not dropbox or my internet connection any idea how to reset or improve speed? image attached for speed tests

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Hey all I wanted to see if any one could tell me or help me to find a new tablet/mobile computer. I am looking for something to use in high school/college that can take notes and do other mobile things. The digitizer/stylus needs to have a good calibration ability (little to no drifting near the edge of the screen my old ThinkPad X230T was really bad in this way) Be semi rugged (something that can withstand being thrown around a bit but not also be 3 inches thick) And have decent to really good battery life. I was looking at the Microsoft Surface but its not the most rugged thing. Your help is appreciatedu.

Hello! I'm a truck driver and soon will begin trucking long distance, which means I will mostly be home on the weekends, so I need a gaming/content creation rig to ride with me in the truck. This means it will have to safely withstand constant vibration and jolts as well as be power efficient, compact and easy to move. I plan to build my own laydown case (case suggestions are still welcome) with additional supports to secure both ends of the GPU. The hardware I'm planning on is: ASUS H81M-E motherboard, Intel Core i5-4690k, cooler master geminll s524 V2 CPU cooler, kingston hyper X DDR3 8gb kit 1600MHz red, EVGA supernova 650w g1 Power supply, (If anyone knows of a suitable PSU that accepts 12V input please let me know, I'd also like suggestions on a good power inverter.) TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Wi-fi card, ASUS Strix GTX960 4GB OC graphics card, Western Digital Black 3TB hard disk drive. (I've already been told a SSD is more vibration friendly than a HDD but am still open to suggestions) I'm looking for comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism on this idea. Thank you.

So I will start a little story time here since I never have posted on LTT before. This PC building thing started shortly after watching an episode of south park about world of Warcraft, I had placed a play station 4 on order since ps3 era was coming to an end. I borrowed my moms mac book and toyed around with world of Warcraft for a little bit then got my girl friend into it and we both made it to level 80 on mac computers. when the play station 4 launched I stopped playing WoW to go back on console but i soon realized that the PS4 was a pile of garbage, i could not change the back ground and all my downloaded games from digital would NOT work on the new platform, however i knew it was not back wards compatible but for some reason i thought that was discs, controllers etc. and in my mind i thought the digital stuff would work. Then i saw some cool game called black light retribution and another game called warframe for ps4 and my buddy (pc gamer) laughed and said that those games had already been out on pc for quite some time, that was the final straw on that pile a crap PS4 all this happened in a span of 4 days. I traded my playstation for some car parts and went to learn how to build a PC. i introduce my first computer ive ever owned. Lets go over how i got to this point right here because there is a lot going on. this is day number 5 of our story here, i had to stop here because my bank would not allow any more than $2000 per day of debit transactions and i had purchased gas early in the day so guess the graphics card can wait till tomorrow. I have a ton of pictures of me building the PC but I'm sure many of you has seen that already and that's not interesting so lets jump to the custom mods and things that make this build unique because this rig is portable. here is a 19" TV that is 12 volts i removed the backing hardware speakers and power on\volume controls. i started to see that there was quite a bit of room in the pc case so i got the cut off wheel out and set to work cutting some of the brackets out of the chassis to mount the tv inside the case. now it would not be mobile gaming system with out some form of sound, since i could not figure out how to use the TV speakers i decided to pick up an amp, this amp is also 12 volts and it is the same size an a dvd drive so i mounted it up in one of the dvd drive slots. the front clip still snaps into place hiding the amp behind it, so when the pc is just sitting around it looks like a normal computer. now for speakers i mounted them on some scrap Plexiglas i had sitting around and then used 2 kenwood classics 4" full range speakers. i placed them on both sides of the CPU heat sink just above the monitor. now here we are all packed up ready to move the pc to where ever i wanna go. the side panel still slides on to protect my screen from damage and keep my speakers from getting poked. Now these items in the pc case are powered off the power supply 120v inlet then i have it branched off of that internally to 2 power bricks that drop down to 12v for the monitor and internal amp. why did i do this? because when i go to a buddys house or my girls house i only need 1 power outlet not 2 or 3 just one cord plug in and start it up, keeps it clean no cable mess just one cord for power. so how to start all this up is find a place to put the pc, remove side window using the thumb screws, plug in your 1 power cord, short hdmi and controller and bam your off and going. but remember you don't need to use the built in monitor, this is the portable aspect of this rig. now that i have had some fun on pc i am never looking back that that garbage console pleb shit again. pc gamig is where its at, but since i have only known consoles my entire life i was having a hard time doing the KBM style of game play, so i introduce to you my training wheels. this is a number pad that i took apart and mounted a hacked off play station controller to the bottom of it so i can play it like a controller and hot key the game to the number pad. since the number pad was for business the cord was hella short, so i cut that and modded it to be way way long for the lazy sofa gaming. i have been playing many games on this game pad and the plastic is getting very brittle from all the use, the 5 key is cracking so i used some glue to fix that up, then the other key broke off. i use this pad for heros of the storm, diablo3 and starwars battle front. lots of use on it. (still editing ran out of picture space brb)

Amazon: http://geni.us/2qSd NCIX: http://bit.ly/1LBfvpw It looks like Dell got a bit sick of me always sticking their laptops out in the rain... So they sent the rugged beast of the Latitude 12 our way!

I am looking for a cheaper ($0-300ish) laptop. This laptop will ONLY be used for banking, emails, minor file storage and the occasional video. I do want this to be a rugged one to last for her as her last one just died on her. I was looking as this chromebook but it looked a little small. Any suggestions?

Hello guys. So I have been running Ubuntu along with some other bootable programs (kavspersky, Memtest etc) off my 16gb micro sd Sandisk ultra. It runs fine, but it gets way too hot and it is pretty slow. Thus I had been itching for a new flash drive for quite some time. Thing is, I use this flash drive as a recovery drive with useful utilities along with Ubuntu. This is not meant for everyday use , but as an emergency drive in case something on my main rig starts failing , or I need to troubleshoot another computer. I need this flash drive to be on my keychain 24/7. Therefore I need a sturdy drive witha keychain hole that can run an OS at decent speeds. Plastic usb drives tend to be wrecked when kept with my keys , so a metal flash drive is preferable. Any suggestions? Also, is read speed or write speed more important when looking for bootable drives? Note: I already own a Cruzer Extreme which I use as my secondary OS drive, permanently mounted on my pc. Its a great little drive, but I believe I need somethinf far more rugged if I expect it to last drops and scratches by my keys.

Hello all, I am a complete newbie here and not much of a techie. I've replaced some RAM and a CPU or two back in the 90s but that is about it. I am here looking for any recommendations for rugged and or durable technology. I work as teacher internationally and I love to travel, over ten countries and counting. I found many of the linus tech tips videos highly informative and I'm hoping maybe the community here will have some recommendations for more durable technology. I had a major scare with my toshiba laptop (it would prob be dead if I hadn't swapped out the HD for an SSD before I got here) here in Mongolia, and I'd like to find some more durable stuff. Thank you for your time guys.

Hello all, I am a complete newbie here and not much of a techie. I've replaced some RAM and a CPU or two back in the 90s but that is about it. I am here looking for any recommendations for rugged and or durable technology. I work as teacher internationally and I love to travel, over ten countries and counting. I found many of the linus tech tips videos highly informative and I'm hoping maybe the community here will have some recommendations for more durable technology. I had a major scare with my toshiba laptop (it would prob be dead if I hadn't swapped out the HD for an SSD before I got here) here in Mongolia, and I'd like to find some more durable stuff. Thank you for your time guys.

As the title suggests I need some input/suggestions on a budget slime HTPC. The system is mainly going to be used for constant web browsing i.e. Spread betting, CFDs, and Stockbroking, and some media consumption like YouTube and Netflix. It needs to be both fast and reliable. The budget is not much of an issue but lets see where we go with it. I have provided a Pc part picker link which should provide a basis of what my current thoughts are for this build. Any input is welcome and greatly appreciated. Also this is very early on in the planning stage and nothing is set in stone, and the ram listed is a place holder for now thinking of changing but might need 8GB capacity as this build will not be for me but my uncle who refuses to not install Norton internet security even though it's really bad on managing resources in my opinion. AMD build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/y4LwjX Intel build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ygJbdC

As the title suggests I need some input/suggestions on a budget slime HTPC. The system is mainly going to be used for constant web browsing i.e. Spread betting, CFDs, and Stockbroking, and some media consumption like YouTube and Netflix. It needs to be both fast and reliable. The budget is not much of an issue but lets see where we go with it. I have provided a Pc part picker link which should provide a basis of what my current thoughts are for this build. Any input is welcome and greatly appreciated. Also this is very early on in the planning stage and nothing is set in stone, and the ram listed is a place holder for now thinking of changing but might need 8GB capacity as this build will not be for me but my uncle who refuses to not install Norton internet security even though it's really bad on managing resources in my opinion. AMD build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/y4LwjX Intel build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ygJbdC Or AMD build 2: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tXcRHx

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