• CIPWTTKT&GC v0x13 (v19): Ivy Bridge Edition
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[QUOTE=nikomo;36589047]I need a new laptop. Small (screen-size like 13" or smaller, fuck carrying a 15.6" around), 4GB of RAM, battery life up the ass. Any suggestions? Thinkpad L420 looks nice, but it's damn expensive since it's their business-line.[/QUOTE] The Dell Latitude E4300 that I got last week fits most of those. Battery life on the power-saving mode says 5 hours 45 minutes (6 cell battery), depending on what I'm doing. There's [URL="http://forum.notebookreview.com/8152070-post474.html"]a guide[/URL] on notebookreview on increasing the battery life by undervolting, disabling the ambient light sensor, ect. You also have the option of buying a battery slice, which clips onto the docking connector on the bottom of the laptop and increases the battery life to over 8 hours if I remember right. To get 4 GB, you probably need to upgrade it, though it uses DDR3 so it should only cost ~$20. Since it's from 2008, you're probably going to be looking at refurbished models. The refurb I got from newegg has some scuffing on the lid and the palmrests are a bit shiny from the matte finish being worn down. Besides that, it's a very nice laptop. Newegg also carries refurbished Thinkpads, though I'm not sure if any of them are 13".
[QUOTE=benjgvps;36590250]To get 4 GB, you probably need to upgrade it, though it uses DDR3 so it should only cost ~$20.[/QUOTE] That's if it comes with one 4GB stick and not the more common 2x2GB stick, otherwise it'll cost about $40 to upgrade. Still not an overly large number.
i have an itch for arena shooters right now. anyone know some good ones? [editline]2nd July 2012[/editline] ofc i know the old standbys, UT, Quake, Xonotic, but i want something new.
[QUOTE=wlzshroom;36590848]i have an itch for arena shooters right now. anyone know some good ones? [editline]2nd July 2012[/editline] ofc i know the old standbys, UT, Quake, Xonotic, but i want something new.[/QUOTE] Tribes Ascend is sort of like those but with a larger map, it's pretty fun
[QUOTE=latin_geek;36591013]Tribes Ascend is sort of like those but with a larger map, it's pretty fun[/QUOTE] i've played tribes ascend before and it's not what i want right now :v: i'm downloading cube so we'll see how that goes once my internet gets above 100 kb/s :\
[QUOTE=benjgvps;36590250]Newegg also carries refurbished Thinkpads, though I'm not sure if any of them are 13".[/QUOTE] I wish Finland had Newegg... Looking at a Thinkpad Edge E325 right now, the processor is shit (Fusion E450), but it's actually in the price range I can probably get out of my parents (425€) and I don't need to be running 10 VMs at once, I need battery life (estimated 6.2 hours on that, but I seriously doubt it). I just need to find out if that particular model can use one of those extra bottom case things that are basically a massive battery, that would be bloody amazing.
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7333627/ShareX/2012-07/2012-07-02_11-59-00.png[/img]
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;36591109][img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7333627/ShareX/2012-07/2012-07-02_11-59-00.png[/img][/QUOTE] to answer your question, all of them [editline]2nd July 2012[/editline] [B][I][U]EVER[/U][/I][/B]
[QUOTE=Makol;36577278](they came with no stickers on them)[/QUOTE] The sticker on mine fell off due to heat in the first hour I got it.
my friend has just started asking me how to use torrents and sent me a link to "skyrim" and said he was going to download that, I instantly noticed that it was just an update to skyrim but I'm going to leave him to it and hope he gets caught by his ISP
[QUOTE=zerotwelve;36591298]my friend has just started asking me how to use torrents and sent me a link to "skyrim" and said he was going to download that, I instantly noticed that it was just an update to skyrim but I'm going to leave him to it and hope he gets caught by his ISP[/QUOTE] Let him torrent it then find out it's just the update, don't hope it gets caught by his ISP, I never wish that on anyone.
Haha, two kids, my friends brother and his brothers friend, wanted to play TF2 against me and my friend. They lost, 3:1 in CTF_Turbine. [editline]2nd July 2012[/editline] Also running around empty servers isn't awesome, sometimes others join etc. Ugh, hate my router (Ports can only be forwarded by the ISP) and my PC is also a piece of shit, CPU can't handle the server and game at the same time.
[QUOTE=wlzshroom;36591085]i've played tribes ascend before and it's not what i want right now :v: i'm downloading cube so we'll see how that goes once my internet gets above 100 kb/s :\[/QUOTE] Red Eclipse is amazing, shame it's not popular Warsow is pretty good too
My friend just got a BSOD because of AMD drivers. He has a 7750 Good job AMD.
Hardware Etiquette, super simple stuff. No really how do you know it was the drivers
[QUOTE=latin_geek;36592372]Hardware Etiquette, super simple stuff. No really how do you know it was the drivers[/QUOTE] BSOD said so for him.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;36592372]Hardware Etiquette, super simple stuff. No really how do you know it was the drivers[/QUOTE] trust me AMD fucked up the drivers for the 7xxx series pretty bad. Until the last update there was a bug that with any dual monitor setup it would BSOD every 12-24h.
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[QUOTE=Turing;36593342]trust me AMD fucked up the drivers for the 7xxx series pretty bad. Until the last update there was a bug that with any dual monitor setup it would BSOD every 12-24h.[/QUOTE] So that was what has been bugging me the last 2 years?
Just turned my laptop on for the first time in about 2 months and holy shit it works, I'm still pretty scared to do anything with it like look on the hard drive but for now it seems content letting me use it to connect to the internet.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;36593694]So that was what has been bugging me the last 2 years?[/QUOTE] its apparently not only the 7xxx series too
[QUOTE=brandonsh;36583524]Why is Windows Explorer so dumb sometimes? I'm trying to copy over some files, but of course, it takes forever. I get tired of this and try to cancel it, which-surprise!-also takes forever. Now I'm typing this with a start menu in front of everything that won't go away, and even ending the explorer process (process refuses to end) isn't fixing it. Seriously, look at this: [t]https://images.devs-on.net/Image/WW3PT3FSCzOh06aR-CIPWTTKTGCv0x13.png[/t][/QUOTE] (A bit late I know) I had this happen to me too trying to copy an ISO over, though my explorer is already kind of broken (desktop) It crashes a lot and creates a dead explorer.exe processes every time Sometimes it creates extra processes if something totally unrelated crashes :l I think the start button changer is messing with it
[QUOTE=Turing;36593892]its apparently not only the 7xxx series too[/QUOTE] That may have been what caused a BSOD that I had a few weeks back. I wasn't doing anything and suddenly I got it. I have the error message, but I don't feel like posting it unless somebody wants it. It was on my 6870 on Driver version 12.4. I did a system restore and it sent me back to 12.3 without any issues.
Im running my 7950 on 12.6 without any issues
Well fuck, my laptop charger is now broken Fuck you HP and fuck your chargers.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36597162']Well fuck, my laptop charger is now broken Fuck you HP and fuck your chargers.[/QUOTE] I have an HP laptop and my charger still works :v:
My dad's ISP modem/router is garbage. You can't change the DNS servers and when I tried changing the network to be 192.168.1.x instead of 192.168.0.x, I had to go into the DISABLED guest network settings and change the IP range. Hopefully it's reliable...
[QUOTE=Strikebango;36597262]I have an HP laptop and my charger still works :v:[/QUOTE] I ordered a thinkpad t61 with dead backlight earlier today, maybe i should move to that and sell the 6730s. There's alot of work to do on the HP though *cough* melted lid *cough* hole in the side *cough* half snapped screen bezel *cough* shitty battery *cough* fucked charger *cough*
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36597340']I ordered a thinkpad t61 with dead backlight earlier today, maybe i should move to that and sell the 6730s. There's alot of work to do on the HP though *cough* melted lid *cough* hole in the side *cough* half snapped screen bezel *cough* shitty battery *cough* fucked charger *cough*[/QUOTE] [img]http://mojosavings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/halls.jpg[/img]
Every time I open Google+ on any browser it goes into an infinite redirect loop Any idea what can cause that?
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