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Aphrodite posted:I think the Ativ 9 from Samsung is the only other one at that resolution that isn't a Mac. Don't give Samsung money those fuckers can go gently caress themselves. HEY GUYS LETS PUT IN AN ECO FEATURE THAT YOU CANNOT TURN OFF (well you can if your smart enough to find and delete lcdmodechecker or was it ledmodechecker.... whatever). Also I'm enjoying the touchpad update that took away features. Good hardware, I want to stab someone software.
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I like my Ativ Book 9 plus foot long edition but Samsung tries it's damnedest with lovely software to make it suck. I'd get it from the microsoft store if you do get it since they don't allow most crapware. Oh and find and delete lcdmodechecker.exe it'll muck with your colors when on battery.
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Here's the thing about the Samsung Ativa Plus Waffle Cut Edition. It comes with a nasty little program that will make your colors look terrible and desaturated on battery. Oh but Duck and Cover that's just an easy energy saving fix the options right here see? WRONG while there are options that you may think will turn it off they do not. You'll need to find LCDmodechecker and delete it I think it's in the settings program folder. Stupid piece of poo poo company can't just give honest battery life numbers so they add lovely software that makes your display look terrible just to inflate the numbers. Also trying to get rid of the settings program messes up your sound controls. To long didn't read? Fine. Samsung Ativa Plus is good hardware poo poo software. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Jul 30, 2014 |
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We're complaining about crappy software? Samsung wins. My laptop came with a lovely as gently caress energy saving program that made my colors look terrible when on battery. (LCDModeChecker.exe) Oh and if you try updating through Samsung Update it will change your power settings back to their plan, and probably reinstall that lovely display software that you deleted.
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Totally getting me that Surface Book. The question is dedicated graphics card or not. I'm leaning towards not because any game that would want/need it I'd probably just play on a desktop.
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No laptop with an off center trackpad is worth owning. I have spoken, so shall it be.
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Surface Book 2 report here; OMG I HAVE A KEYBOARD how I missed you friend. I'm not sure I need the whole being a tablet thing, what with still having a Surface but hey whatever.
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Animal posted:Anyone has any experience/thoughts on the new Microsoft Surface Book 2? I'm considering selling my 2017 Razer Blade and my 2013 rMBP 15" to fund one, but would like some opinions. I got the basic one. I'd believe those reviews about the power brick the one that came with mine is 44w. I believe they make a bigger one. The machine feels well built and is a real answer to the Mac Pro. Oh well it's better than the new macs since those have a lovely keyboard because apparently being slightly thinner is what matters. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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ilkhan posted:Upon further review and the SB2-15" arriving, I'm gonna swap down to the 13". The 1050 will handle the games I play fine, and I don't mind turning down settings to ensure that. The 15" is just *big* when I've used the 13" for so long. That makes sense but seriously give me a bigger brick! That's pretty drat dumb that they wouldn't give you a brick big enough to power even a maxed out laptop. I think 13"-14" is the right size with laptops bigger really feels too big to me. Most importantly though it doesn't have garbage unique drivers. It does however have annoying intel screen (hold on got to look this up...) intel display saving technology which I I dislike very much. It dims the computer when the display is displaying something dark. It does however beat Samsungs battery saving technique which was to make colors murky and look like trash on battery. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Oh dear what has this world come to, I'm considering getting that updated Razer Blade Stealth.
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bull3964 posted:So am I. I'm just waiting to see what the Surface event shakes out and waiting to seem some actual reviews of the dGPU model to see what the thermals and performance are. Yeah I'm hoping they update the Surface Book I like mine well enough but I want to upgrade as it sometimes decides there's no keyboard/mouse connected. That chin on the Razer Blade Stealth is fairly ugly and the battery is smaller. I wish more companies did 14 inch laptops I think that might be my favorite size. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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DrDork posted:They all have something wrong with them, yeah. It's more a question of what sort of wrong-ness you're willing to accept at a given price point. The Helios, for example, has always had bad QC issues, but it's so cheap for what you get that it's still worth a recommendation. If you want less QC issues but more kinda confusing design issues, Dell and Lenovo have you covered. If you want sky-high prices and slick hardware with basically no customer support and almost a guarantee of suspiciously early mortality, Razor has a line of laptops with your name on it. My Surface Book sometimes doesn't think the keyboard/mouse is connected. (I'll forgive it though it's fallen from my foot rest to the rugged floor multiple times). It cheats with power consumption thanks to Intel dimming the display on battery. FeatureTestControl if you want to know what to properly google it's different then adaptive brightness/contrast which clutters up the google results. Updates sometimes bring it back. Magsafe power cords suck, I switched to using an Apple usb c power adapter. There was my Samsung Ativ Book pro who cheated the power numbers by turning the display into complete garbage. (as I recall murky colors). You could fix it but if I'm remembering correctly updates sometimes brought the issue back. I bought a Thinkpad and people were like oh it totally doesn't have a poo poo display. Well the one I had used two different display manufacturers (one of which was worse, although I'm not convince they weren't both bad). I destroyed numerous magsafe power cords when I had a Macbook Pro. Oh and the display developed bright spots where the spacers were. (Oh what's that? It's my fault having it in a backpack? Rad) The Dell Inspiron was plasticky garbage that my college "required". I don't think the Dell failed me though just felt cheap. Maybe it did fail me I don't remember. Edit 1: Oh yeah I had a Sony Vaio at some point I assume it was bad too. Bad touchpad maybe? Edit 2: Did I have an Asus I think I might have.... ahh yeah a zenbook. Edit 3: So many laptops I'd just like to point out the only one of these brands I've considered seriously buying another has been the Microsoft Surface Book. So yeah laptops are terrible. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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ilkhan posted:GPU comparisons on the 22nd are going to be insane. Ice Lake vs Navi APU. That will be an interesting day. I'm going to go either with Surface Laptop or the Razer Stealth to replace my SB1. I get the feeling the Stealth is going to have pretty bad battery life, and I'm concerned by how hot it may get.
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DrDork posted:I also use my 1080Ti and 100Hz 3440p screen to play a 6 year old MMO and Stardew Valley, so Even most modern games aren't all that taxing. Do you need a high refresh rate with high fps for X game? No you do not. I mean even for a FPS which their is a benefit you don't really need it to be effective. I also think going for a smaller ssd on a laptop is a great way to save money when it's an option. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Oct 4, 2019 |
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Okay everyone talk me out of getting the 4k Razer Blade Stealth. Yes yes I know 4k is overkill for 13 inches but I want the glossy display.
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Hadlock posted:Are you the guy who literally only played engineer on payload maps in TF2 for six years straight I'm probably who you are thinking of but I did play other classes. I also played plenty of Torbjorn in Overwatch. 
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:That's a big improvement, but there are still big problems here: You're such a limited segment of the market they don't care. People do not take apart their laptops to repair them. I'd bet those changes were mainly done to make it easier for Microsoft to repair the computers and maybe slightly to lessen the whole "OMG Micro$oft didn't make it ezy for me to repair this is an OUTRAGE!" (which does damage, even to those who aren't going to repair it themselves).
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I miss swappable batteries but I'm not sure when the last time I would have had use out of a swappable battery.
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Apparently you can get a 15" Surface Laptop 3 with Intel chips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0WDu0_tn0
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etalian posted:The surface book 3 concept just sinks Stop this. Stop shopping by metrics it makes the quality for things worse since it can't be easily measured. 1. Okay sure, but I imagine most people don't need more battery. Easy to measure that though. I like when companies just lie/ruin the experience to get run time numbers. 2. It isn't worse, Microsoft has stores most people aren't going to take apart their laptops. 3. Can it? Okay. I assume it's their for a reason but I don't care enough to look it up. 4. Yeah it isn't trying to be a gaming machine/heavy video editing machine. 5. Sure. Except that XPS is a Dell and I find Dells to be garbage relying on being so cheap people forgive the bad build quality. I've had a Lenovo Thinkpad, and a Dell they weren't as nice as my Surface Book so, so yeah there's a reason you might want the Microsoft laptop. Just because a computer isn't designed for you doesn't mean it "just stinks". Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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Demostrs posted:it’s also not even the surface book 3 it’s from an entirely different line of products I just kind of assumed he was talking abut the Surface laptop 3. I've totally made that mistake before, and think companies should learn to name there poo poo reasonably. Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus! Yeah okay. Statutory Ape posted:The notoriously poorly built xps series by dell I'm assuming this is sarcasm. That's another thing you get people comparing the cheapest garbage to something that's ok and fawning over how great the build quality is. No it isn't great it's just not complete poo poo. Okay maybe it's amazing but my experience with Dell has been a lovely laptop ages ago for college, and my brother complaining about noise (I think it might have been an xps). Oh and I think I briefly fiddled with an XPS in a Costco. Things may have changed, but I'm certainly not rushing out to buy an xps no matter what the specs may or may not say. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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DrDork posted:So you're basically admitting you have no idea what you're talking about in terms of the XPS, but are happy to spit opinions based on a completely different product line from years ago. Here's the thing I'm use to the Macs (I haven't bought one in awhile and they sure have their issues). I'm use to the Surface. The Surface (at least the book and the tablet) is comparable to the Macs, the XPS from my brief experience with it in Costco isn't. Could my opinion change if I gave it more time maybe but doubtfully. That's all there is too it. Like my original post was pretty much saying the surface is a premium machine like the Macs and feels as such while the XPS not so much. The XPS is indeed cheaper, but there's a reason for that. Oh and have you been to the Dell/Lenovo sites? Having sales all the time is tacky as gently caress and lowers my trust in a brand. Here's Linus not being impressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0XCn3HhNo&t=722s. Basically gently caress off I'm sorry (I'm not really) I didn't do oodles of research because what I saw matched my expectations and saw no reason to dig deeper. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Oct 28, 2019 |
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SourKraut posted:Thanks! Was the 15” using a 4K screen too? I’ve read the complaints about how in general it reduces battery life and people’s frustration with UI scaling, but I haven’t had to do 4K scaling on Windows 10 so I’m not sure whether it’d impact me or not. I think people vastly overestimate how much battery life they really need. Plug it in. Get a power bank. UI scaling issues are kind of rare these days, at least in my experience. I think poorly programmed games are the biggest offender.
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isndl posted:While you're right in that most people don't actually need the full 12 hours or whatever battery life is advertised on a laptop, it does give you leeway two or three years down the line when the battery life has degraded so you can continue using the laptop as normal. I dislike power banks personally but mostly because it's another device to keep track of and keep charged, if you're already in the habit of using one then go for it. I get that but I also remember using cigarette to ac to power my laptop on car trips. Car trips that weren't 5 hours. My point wasn't that you'd need a power bank often, so much that you'd rarely even need a power bank if ever. The rare times you would need it you'd probably know ahead of time so it's really just an inconvenience those times you need it. They make them with pass through charging so keeping it charged shouldn't be too difficult. They also make ones that are chargers like [url]https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Portable-Charger-Foldable/dp/B01K702S66/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=powercore+fusion&qid=1573967846&s=electronics&sr=1-1/url]. It reminds me of people wanting really high range on their electric cars for trips they may possibly take rarely in the future. Sure you want some buffer for battery degradation, and cold weather but in the end people simply think they need more then they really do. Oh yeah I also assume any stated battery life from a company is bullshit except for Apple. Apple seems pretty on the money while everyone else seems to cheat/lie. Edit: oopsies wrong link fixed it. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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isndl posted:Even knowing ahead of time that I'd need a power bank, I'm just annoyed that I'll have to make sure it's plugged in after use or there's a chance that I'll forget to have it charged for the next time; I've already run into that problem a couple times with my bluetooth headset where if I don't remember to plug it in early I might run out of charge during a trip. A combination charging brick/power bank would probably neatly sort things but the tech isn't quite there yet with most laptops falling back to lowest common denominator charging profiles, perhaps in a couple more generations it'll be good. Right now all those devices seem targeted towards phones. https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerC...ps%2C155&sr=8-3 or if your dumb with money that same thing for much more https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMQD2ZM/A/anker-powercore-fusion-power-delivery-battery-and-charger Was what I was thinking it's only 5000mah though. I thought it was more. There's multiple 100w ubc pass through power banks. By multiple I mean like 4-5 not exactly super common but they do exist. You still need a power charger for them and they're typically around $150-200. Yep exactly like EV cars. People get so wrapped up in creating unlikely hypotheticals. Well it's less insane than EV hypotheticals. You can have a dead car with gas too. Seriously though the requirements people put on EV cars is nuts. Oh yeah 200 miles isn't enough because once a year I might take a trip that's 300 miles uphill in the snow and I don't want to stop to recharge. Sure maybe for you a high capacity laptop is good but for most people? Well it doesn't hurt but it's certainly not all that important. I myself am probably going to buy a Razer Blade Stealth 4k and get one of the pass through powerbanks just in case but I know I'll probably never even need it. Maybe I won't bother. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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bull3964 posted:That Amazon anker link isn't going to do jack for a notebook. It's USBA only. That's why the one on the apple store is more expensive. I didn't pay attention however it wasn't really a good solution anyway at 5000mah or even at 10000 mah like this one https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1484764-REG/anker_a1623011_powercore_fusion_10000mm2_in_1_hybrid.html isn't all that much. Really the solution is one of the 100w (or maybe one of the 60w depending) power banks with pass through but I knew the response to that is "I don't want usb c cords and a charger for the power bank and power bank that's too much" had I suggested just that. Again though this doesn't really matter most of the people being so concerned over battery life can just plug it into an outlet. Statutory Ape posted:People who are talking about acceptably large laptop batteries seem to have minimal understanding of how average people treat equipment imo. A 12h battery is an insane buffer but I suppose this could be right. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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Here's my like 10ish minute review of the Razer Blade Stealth. No Candy Crush. It can tell when it isn't receiving enough power and will complain. The baby shift key is annoying and I keep hitting the up arrow. It has stickers on it, seriously companies please stop doing that.
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You know how I commented on companies cheating to get their battery life numbers? /.... that's weird the Razer has the opposite symbol on top for a keycap with an alternative shift. So the ? is underneath /. The 1 is on top of !. Anyway as I was saying before I got distracted. Intels display power saving stuff can gently caress right off, it makes the display darker when you have dark stuff on the display.
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Duck and Cover posted:Here's my like 10ish minute review of the Razer Blade Stealth. No Candy Crush. It can tell when it isn't receiving enough power and will complain. The baby shift key is annoying and I keep hitting the up arrow. It has stickers on it, seriously companies please stop doing that. Day 1ish. Shift key still sucks. Synapse doesn't make permanent changes and so has to be running for the changes to take effect. This is noticeable when you sleep the computer and it decides to when you wake your computer make your keyboard glow/revert fn keys to being fn keys until synapse takes effect. I noticed this yesterday and isn't really a big problem but where I use my laptop most has a 2 prong outlet, it comes with a 3 prong power cord. It has a white led that pulses when sleeping. I could have sworn there was a 100w with pass through power bank but apparently I was mistaken and at best you can get like 60w pass through.
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CFox posted:Just grab one of these for the plugin: https://www.amazon.com/GE-Polarized-Grounding-Adapter-14404/dp/B00B7PK1TC/ Oh I know, there's probably many of those floating around the house I'm just not sure where. The Apple charger I'm using now is sufficient to barely charge it if I'm just surfing the internet/watching videos. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Nov 22, 2019 |
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Capri Sun Tzu posted:Whats the gestalt here on the Razer Blade laptops? They're obviously expensive, but hows performance/build quality? I have a Blade Stealth and put it on the same level as Microsoft and Apple hardware by feel but I do not hear good things about the customer service. Who knows how well it'll age though. I don't like how you need to have synapse running for keyboard color/brightness and media fn key settings to take effect. I imagine I could dig deeper and find a way to set those things permanently but I'm lazy. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Dec 5, 2019 |
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Mu Zeta posted:I think he looks better now than 12 years ago I don't know why he thought looking blurry was a good look.
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Ashrik posted:This is the segment of the market I'm interested in. I figure if Razer can stick this in a 13.3" screen, other can do it in a 14" one. I think 14" is my favorite size unfortunately it's uncommon.
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I liked my Surface, and Surface Book. They're nice computers with the added bonus of no weird software. Yes Razer you should totally require me to have your lovely software to keep the keyboard lights off and change the fn to media controls, brilliant idea.
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oliveoil posted:Wow, so many helpful responses! Thank you all so much! Surface Book is due for a refresh and I hate the idea of buying something in that state. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3538392/will-microsoft-launch-surface-book-3-surface-go-2-and-surface-dock-2-soon-heres-what-we-know.html Sounds like maybe May.
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Eldred posted:What are everyone's thoughts on the Razer Blade 15 Advanced? I'm debating it against the ASUS ROG Zephyrus 15, the cost difference is a bit ridiculous for similar components but the build quality looks to be better on the Razer. There seem to be stock issues with the Zephyrus 15 too if I'm not mistaken, though maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. Razer wouldn't sell me a speaker grill sticker (13 in stealth)for my laptop. Yeah gently caress them. I am so sick of companies competing to have the shittiest customer service. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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Hmmmmm HMMMMMMMM hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Do I go with the Frameworks laptop or do I decide that yes I do "need' a dedicated graphics card and go with the G14. The G14 has a matte screen though which is bad. HMMMMMMMMMmmmm.
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Got my Asus Zephyrus G14 today. Matte screens are bad. They are hazy. Please stop making laptops (which at least makes some sense unlike monitors) with it. Thank you.
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Sorry matte screen fans but I like the chance of having something look good as opposed to just always looking bad. While I'm sure I could get use to it I imagine the second I switch to something without a grainy matte coating I'll be like "oh poo poo this is much nicer". I'm also kind of convinced that my laptop looks warmer the further right on the screen I look. It's subtle but I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining it.
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