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shopping-servicese · 12 days

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reviewroof · 2 years

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#Windows 10 #Windows 10 upgrade #Windows 7

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horreurscopes · 6 months

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besties what is your experience with windows 11. i have been rejecting the update for years at this point; is it better/worse/equally bad as windows 10?

#should i upgrade. windows 10 is buggy as hell anyway.

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jusiri · 7 months

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Fun fact for those of you who might not know, if you have windows 10 and you hate that Search shows search results from the Internet instead of just whats on your computer, you can turn that setting off

Its through the registry keys, so if you can't or don't wanna touch that, this wont work for you lol

i also cannot guarantee this is *safe* exactly

im a chronic messer arounder, and ill dick around with shit on my computer frequently, but i have 0 actual computer knowledge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

all i can say is that it works and so far ive noticed nothing bad

Which i fucking despised that search would constantly bring up bing results instead of how it used to be so

#windows 10 #i miss the dog :(#yall remember the search dog?#loved him‚ its sick that they took him away from us #also ive probably fucked something up on my computer somewhere but it still runs and my stuff is there so like #currently doing battle with Microsoft edge trying to perma delete it #i successfully deleted it once and then it got reinstalled when my computer auto updated #so i shut off auto updates in several places and i redeleted all the files n shit for edge and now we just have to wait and see #if someone with computer knowledge has a better way to do all this i would gladly hear it #or even if someone has recommendations for things to turn off/on in general #i hate windows 10 its awful #only surpassed by windows 11 which thank god i never upgraded to when they offered it

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munchboxart · 22 days

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I should mention here too but all of my Ko-fi commissions (except one, I'm still waiting for a response) have been completed, thank you all for your patience! 🙇‍♂️

#i hate the windows 10 emoji keyboard. it doesnt have all; the new emotes #im not upgrading to windows 11 #i dont hjave my beloved booboo crying happy face and the nonbinary people dont exist on the keyboard #rb

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wildwildwasteland · 1 year

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feel a strong urge to stream fallout 4 or fallout 76 but the insane rig i'd have to do in order to get audio (need a desk mic since my pc ports demand i plug a separate mic and headphones in)

#ive got an old pc custom built by a beloved friend who ends up with the most... quirky setups over and over again #so most of my ports dont work and before my windows 10 upgrade my OS was some kind of windows 8 frankenstein

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ask-artsy-oncie · 1 year

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Ugh. Looks like pretty much every program I run now is telling me to upgrade from Windows 8.1 or go suck a nut.

There goes my last iteration of Windows with no forced voice assistant or fucken. Microsoft Edge integration.

#I haven't upgraded yet and I'm still hesitant to #My laptop runs windows 10 but I've grown too accustomed to Windows 8 and also hate the fucken bullshit 10 keeps trying to push on me #Stupid shit #Vent #If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it but I'm mostly just venting and not expecting anything

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polyplumbob · 8 months

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It took me only like 2.5-3 hours to install sims 2 and all its expansion packs and 2 stuff packs on my new refurbished Windows 7. There wasn't a single issue. Either my Windows 11 weirdly can't handle Sims 2 being installed or the discs do not work on external CD drives. Anyways, I'm tired its 3:30am I'm quitting for now I'll finish the stuff packs later. Then figuring out how to fully move my game to this computer.

Edit

Okay there was some frustration between complete installation, loading, and changing back ups but that was probably partially my fault.

Anyways

Everything is installed and downloaded and all my sims are on the new computer!!!

I may try to install H&M stuff because it worked but I uninstalled it wondering if it was messing with my back ups since I didn't have H&M on my other computer

#sims #sims 2 #or windows 10 i forget i think there was an auto upgrade to 11

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basilisk2000 · 5 months

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my family has me as the Guy Who Does Everything because im a traumatized tranny who doesnt know learning or listening but has mastered Already Knowing

#like yes brother ill upgrade ur windows 7 to a 10 for you for 20 bucks but trust i only know how to do that because of the irrepairable #damage done to me by my special intrests #“i wonder why he knows how to do this” as if i dont have the Good With Computers illness

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nebulousmistress · 1 year

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Holy BALLS

So EA retired Origin and replaced it with some bullshit modern app thingee. Not to sound ridiculously old but I’ve been wrist deep in computer cases for 25 years now and I despise enforced obsolescence like this. But it’s making me update in order to play the games I actually paid money for.

Fine

Install fails. Of course it does. Check system requirements because Windows 7 will be pried from my cold dead hands. No, it should work on Windows 7. Install fails again. Wtf guys. And like all new crap it refuses to tell me what’s wrong

Fine

I know Origin has a specific error on my machine because I built an AMD machine and several windows 7 updates were meant for Intel Only during one of the various Intel Backdoor Hacking scandals. I repair 7 instances of C++ Redistributable and two restarts later it still fails

Fine

Force uninstall of various programs and reinstalls. It still fails

You fuckers

Comb through the Windows archives for exactly what I need, a single 1mb update from 12 years ago. It was bundled into an Intel package but I’m able to find the single file from the package that I actually need. Acquire. Install.

It works. It works? IT WORKS!

And then none of my games load

MOTHERFUCKER

Manually move game files across HDs into the EA App folder because the app couldn’t figure out how after I’d forcibly uninstalled Origin against its will. Save files are squirrelled away onto an external HD in case of mandatory uninstall/reinstall

thank FUCK it runs

This train wreck with the 3 point landing brought to you by having to be my own tech support for 27 years with an inability to know when to quit. Also EA is run by bastards.

#the rakshasa is stubborn #the first person to suggest an upgrade to windows 10 will be fed their own intestines #I had to RX the shit out of it

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ms-demeanor · 9 months

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So You Need To Buy A Computer But You Don't Know What Specs Are Good These Days

Hi.

This is literally my job.

Lots of people are buying computers for school right now or are replacing computers as their five-year-old college laptop craps out so here's the standard specs you should be looking for in a (windows) computer purchase in August 2023.

PROCESSOR

Intel i5 (no older than 10th Gen)

Ryzen 7

You can get away with a Ryzen 5 but an intel i3 should be an absolute last resort. You want at least an intel i5 or a Ryzen 7 processor. The current generation of intel processors is 13, but anything 10 or newer is perfectly fine. DO NOT get a higher performance line with an older generation; a 13th gen i5 is better than an 8th gen i7. (Unfortunately I don't know enough about ryzens to tell you which generation is the earliest you should get, but staying within 3 generations is a good rule of thumb)

RAM

8GB absolute minimum

If you don't have at least 8GB RAM on a modern computer it's going to be very, very slow. Ideally you want a computer with at least 16GB, and it's a good idea to get a computer that will let you add or swap RAM down the line (nearly all desktops will let you do this, for laptops you need to check the specs for Memory and see how many slots there are and how many slots are available; laptops with soldered RAM cannot have the memory upgraded - this is common in very slim laptops)

STORAGE

256GB SSD

Computers mostly come with SSDs these days; SSDs are faster than HDDs but typically have lower storage for the same price. That being said: SSDs are coming down in price and if you're installing your own drive you can easily upgrade the size for a low cost. Unfortunately that doesn't do anything for you for the initial purchase.

A lot of cheaper laptops will have a 128GB SSD and, because a lot of stuff is stored in the cloud these days, that can be functional. I still recommend getting a bit more storage than that because it's nice if you can store your music and documents and photos on your device instead of on the cloud. You want to be able to access your files even if you don't have internet access.

But don't get a computer with a big HDD instead of getting a computer with a small SSD. The difference in speed is noticeable.

SCREEN (laptop specific)

Personally I find that touchscreens have a negative impact on battery life and are easier to fuck up than standard screens. They are also harder to replace if they get broken. I do not recommend getting a touch screen unless you absolutely have to.

A lot of college students especially tend to look for the biggest laptop screen possible; don't do that. It's a pain in the ass to carry a 17" laptop around campus and with the way that everything is so thin these days it's easier to damage a 17" screen than a 14" screen.

On the other end of that: laptops with 13" screens tend to be very slim devices that are glued shut and impossible to work on or upgrade.

Your best bet (for both functionality and price) is either a 14" or a 15.6" screen. If you absolutely positively need to have a 10-key keyboard on your laptop, get the 15.6". If you need something portable more than you need 10-key, get a 14"

FORM FACTOR (desktop specific)

If you purchase an all-in-one desktop computer I will begin manifesting in your house physically. All-in-ones take away every advantage desktops have in terms of upgradeability and maintenance; they are expensive and difficult to repair and usually not worth the cost of disassembling to upgrade.

There are about four standard sizes of desktop PC: All-in-One (the size of a monitor with no other footprint), Tower (Big! probably at least two feet long in two directions), Small Form Factor Tower (Very moderate - about the size of a large shoebox), and Mini/Micro/Tiny (Small! about the size of a small hardcover book).

If you are concerned about space you are much better off getting a MicroPC and a bracket to put it on your monitor than you are getting an all-in-one. This will be about a million percent easier to work on than an all-in-one and this way if your monitor dies your computer is still functional.

Small form factor towers and towers are the easiest to work on and upgrade; if you need a burly graphics card you need to get a full size tower, but for everything else a small form factor tower will be fine. Most of our business sales are SFF towers and MicroPCs, the only time we get something larger is if we have to put a $700 graphics card in it. SFF towers will accept small graphics cards and can handle upgrades to the power supply; MicroPCs can only have the RAM and SSD upgraded and don't have room for any other components or their own internal power supply.

WARRANTY

Most desktops come with either a 1 or 3 year warranty; either of these is fine and if you want to upgrade a 1 year to a 3 year that is also fine. I've generally found that if something is going to do a warranty failure on desktop it's going to do it the first year, so you don't get a hell of a lot of added mileage out of an extended warranty but it doesn't hurt and sometimes pays off to do a 3-year.

Laptops are a different story. Laptops mostly come with a 1-year warranty and what I recommend everyone does for every laptop that will allow it is to upgrade that to the longest warranty you can get with added drop/damage protection. The most common question our customers have about laptops is if we can replace a screen and the answer is usually "yes, but it's going to be expensive." If you're purchasing a low-end laptop, the parts and labor for replacing a screen can easily cost more than half the price of a new laptop. HOWEVER, the way that most screens get broken is by getting dropped. So if you have a warranty with drop protection, you just send that sucker back to the factory and they fix it for you.

So, if it is at all possible, check if the manufacturer of a laptop you're looking at has a warranty option with drop protection. Then, within 30 days (though ideally on the first day you get it) of owning your laptop, go to the manufacturer site, register your serial number, and upgrade the warranty. If you can't afford a 3-year upgrade at once set a reminder for yourself to annually renew. But get that drop protection, especially if you are a college student or if you've got kids.

And never, ever put pens or pencils on your laptop keyboard. I've seen people ruin thousand dollar, brand-new laptops that they can't afford to fix because they closed the screen on a ten cent pencil. Keep liquids away from them too.

LIFESPAN

There's a reasonable chance that any computer you buy today will still be able to turn on and run a program or two in ten years. That does not mean that it is "functional."

At my office we estimate that the functional lifespan of desktops is 5-7 years and the functional lifespan of laptops is 3-5 years. Laptops get more wear and tear than desktops and desktops are easier to upgrade to keep them running. At 5 years for desktops and 3 years for laptops you should look at upgrading the RAM in the device and possibly consider replacing the SSD with a new (possibly larger) model, because SSDs and HDDs don't last forever.

COST

This means that you should think of your computers as an annual investment rather than as a one-time purchase. It is more worthwhile to pay $700 for a laptop that will work well for five years than it is to pay $300 for a laptop that will be outdated and slow in one year (which is what will happen if you get an 8th gen i3 with 8GB RAM). If you are going to get a $300 laptop try to get specs as close as possible to the minimums I've laid out here.

If you have to compromise on these specs, the one that is least fixable is the processor. If you get a laptop with an i3 processor you aren't going to be able to upgrade it even if you can add more RAM or a bigger SSD. If you have to get lower specs in order to afford the device put your money into the processor and make sure that the computer has available slots for upgrade and that neither the RAM nor the SSD is soldered to the motherboard. (one easy way to check this is to search "[computer model] RAM upgrade" on youtube and see if anyone has made a video showing what the inside of the laptop looks like and how much effort it takes to replace parts)

Computers are expensive right now. This is frustrating, because historically consumer computer prices have been on a downward trend but since 2020 that trend has been all over the place. Desktop computers are quite expensive at the moment (August 2023) and decent laptops are extremely variably priced.

If you are looking for a decent, upgradeable laptop that will last you a few years, here are a couple of options that you can purchase in August 2023 that have good prices for their specs:

14" Lenovo - $670 - 11th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD

15.6" HP - $540 - 11th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD

14" Dell - $710 - 12th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD

If you are looking for a decent, affordable desktop that will last you a few years, here are a couple of options that you can purchase in August 2023 that have good prices for their specs:

SFF HP - $620 - 10th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

SFF Lenovo - $560 - Ryzen 7 5000 series, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

Dell Tower - $800 - 10th-gen i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

If I were going to buy any of these I'd probably get the HP laptop or the Dell Tower. The HP Laptop is actually a really good price for what it is.

Anyway happy computering.

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