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SO DEMANDING posted:man thats seriously shameful that's the one thing apple always got right still works on my 2014 but maybe in jony's obsessive quest for thinness the bottom no longer outweights the friction of the hinge lmao
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I have a dell usb-c dock for my xps15 and it works fine. they weren't selling the thunderbolt dock when I got it cause it was so buggy.
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I have a dell usb 3 dock to use with my mbp and it worked great until sierra came out and now it's a total shitpile welp that's my story
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Jul 6, 2017 06:40
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The dock shaggar is referring to is TB15, which was known to be unstable, but the TB16 just works (at least in linux! 2x 4k owns) but is no hdcp really a dealbreaker? You have an hdmi port out on the laptop itself for christ sake, who are using a thunderbolt dock in a setting where you need hdcp???
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Shaggar posted:I have a dell usb-c dock for my xps15 and it works fine. they weren't selling the thunderbolt dock when I got it cause it was so buggy. lol the TB15 is a dumpster fire at any rate thunderbolt is demonstrably inferior to the real dock connector that precisions used to ship with, dell should have just stuck with that
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the only bad thing with the 9560 in linux is that to get optimus working, you have to tell the bios that you're running windows (by adding the kernel params 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2009"'). that's a bit lame, and it was not necessary on the 9550. hope they fix that in a bios update some time.
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Jul 6, 2017 09:19
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COACHS SPORT BAR posted:lol the TB15 is a dumpster fire i don't know, usb-c is kinda nice... and now you can use anyones usb-c docking, not just dell's. at least in theory!
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Tankakern posted:The dock shaggar is referring to is TB15, which was known to be unstable, but the TB16 just works (at least in linux! 2x 4k owns) I wouldn't call it a deal breaker, but telling the average user that they can't use the dock for certain content types is pretty dumb. I'm guessing they were trying to dodge a licensing cost, or the docks aren't certified for it for some other obtuse rationale. To give a lovely anecdote, my work was looking to throw these docks all over the place until I mentioned the potential video limitations. Probably half of the conference room dock locations would be using video of some type, and while most video will go through just fine it all falls apart when a single C-level can't do something for whatever reason.
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Tankakern posted:i don't know, usb-c is kinda nice... and now you can use anyones usb-c docking, not just dell's. at least in theory! I can plug my winphone into the dell usb-c dock and the stuff it has drivers for works, like the mouse, kb, usb storage, and Ethernet port. the usbc display adapter doesn't work cause the phone doesn't have the drivers. its pretty funny to plug in the phone and then get a mouse cursor on it.
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Jul 6, 2017 16:29
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COACHS SPORT BAR posted:there have been darker thicc
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Sapozhnik posted:thicc i'll never get over the location of those HDD/charge LEDs i want to meet the person who made that call
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oh what the gently caress lmao
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COACHS SPORT BAR posted:i'll never get over the location of those HDD/charge LEDs doesn't matter, the checkbox got marked
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just make your friend sitting across from you tell you if the battery light starts blinking orange
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Wrath of the Bitch King posted:I wouldn't call it a deal breaker, but telling the average user that they can't use the dock for certain content types is pretty dumb. I'm guessing they were trying to dodge a licensing cost, or the docks aren't certified for it for some other obtuse rationale. but it would have to be like blu-ray or something for hdcp to matter ..? are you working at a movie studio
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i got a bunch of thunderbolt peripherals in the theatre and they blow up sometimes. i got a thunderbolt to dmx thing that gets funky a lot. idk. whatever. i dont know how to use the computer good
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Smythe posted:i got a bunch of thunderbolt peripherals in the theatre and they blow up sometimes. i got a thunderbolt to dmx thing that gets funky a lot. idk. whatever. i dont know how to use the computer good maybe let x give it to ya already
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Jul 6, 2017 21:08
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Smythe posted:dmx ... gets funky checks out
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Smythe posted:i got a bunch of thunderbolt peripherals in the theatre and they blow up sometimes. i got a thunderbolt to dmx thing that gets funky a lot. idk. whatever. i dont know how to use the computer good because thunderbolt is 4 PCIE lanes piped through a tiny lovely connector prone to wiggling around and making intermittent contact and even falling out poo poo needs thumbscrews like DVI and we'd be set
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the new surface laptop looks like it might be a contender for the XPS, though! does anyone know if that promised surface plug to usb-c dongle has arrived yet?
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Apple will bring the end of the laptop all hail the age of the 'tablet' and the wonders of a single point to get all your software from
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of course, you wouldn't get a surface laptop if you're not planning to install linux on it. that laptop might be the first surface where linux should just work
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I had a 9560 for about a month and it was terrible. The 1080p screen has the most nastiest ghosting I've ever seen and if I wanted to keep it I would have had to replace the wifi card.
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Tankakern posted:of course, you wouldn't get a surface laptop if you're not planning to install linux on it. that laptop might be the first surface where linux should just work it runs gnu/windows
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Tankakern posted:the new surface laptop looks like it might be a contender for the XPS, though! does anyone know if that promised surface plug to usb-c dongle has arrived yet? the keyboard carpet, no usb-c, and no dgpu are really dumb for how much it costs. its like a mac book w/ even less ports.
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Tankakern posted:but it would have to be like blu-ray or something for hdcp to matter ..? They use a lot of minicams/recording devices around here that have the requirement for streaming playback once plugged in.
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Fayez Butts posted:I had a 9560 for about a month and it was terrible. The 1080p screen has the most nastiest ghosting I've ever seen and if I wanted to keep it I would have had to replace the wifi card. 1080p screen and broadcom wireless heh sounds like you got the scrub-tier edition pal the 4k screen is glorious
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i like the 1080p screen just fine. all in all a solid laptop, but i must admit that the only reasons i have i didn't pick up another x1c (i.e. the best laptop) is that i was cheap and i sort of wanted to play games for children
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i have an hp elitebook for work. it's better than I expected for a win7 machine
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i'm probably gonna buy a razer blade this weekend so i can play games while traveling like an epic retard, op
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Silver Alicorn posted:i have an hp elitebook for work. it's better than I expected for a win7 machine same but without the customer satisfaction. big dumb sandwich machine
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wonder if I can get work to buy me hat 3 screen razer
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COACHS SPORT BAR posted:broadcom wireless worse, it was some sort of killer nic related garbage
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Plugging the Ether Killer into my XPS15
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Joke is on you pal there's no ethernet
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COACHS SPORT BAR posted:Joke is on you pal there's no ethernet  they called some giant honking fat don't-tread-on-me shirt redneck goon slow poo poo drawl to come out who knew absolutely nothing except to plug something into a wall and was stereotypical clueless guy "well when i plug this here thing into this here device shows green light is good" in the flesh
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I concur that it is bad Curse this age of dongles
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also the touchpad kinda sucks I think something is shorting with the sound bc every so often it'll start going super distorted and often bunt not always coinciding when going from ac to battery or visaversa.i have to shut it down and restart to fix it also wifi sometimes doesn't come back on after being in sleep and I need to disable and restart the driver or easier just to restart the whole laptop. but sporadic and weird idk probably bc my boss is an old cheapskate and always buys refurbished poo poo to save $50 otherwise xps is good
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