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8 votes
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Microsoft announces Surface Go
17 votes -
Apple engineers its own downfall with the Macbook Pro keyboard
9 votes -
The strife of Brian: Why doomed Intel boss's ex86 may not be the real reason for his hasty exit
2 votes -
Arm-based supercomputer prototype to be deployed at Sandia National Laboratories by US DoE
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Why Skylake CPUs are sometimes 50% slower – How Intel has broken existing code
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On the sad state of Macintosh hardware
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Laptops with 128GB of RAM are here
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General maintenance/diagnostic routines for laptops?
I have a gaming laptop that I mostly used as a desktop (bought used, was a good price) with external screen and devices attached. This past Sunday, I was wiping the dust off it and noticed that...
I have a gaming laptop that I mostly used as a desktop (bought used, was a good price) with external screen and devices attached. This past Sunday, I was wiping the dust off it and noticed that the trackpad felt oddly curved, then I also noticed that entire device body was slightly bloated as... which led to the discovery that the battery is swollen and that it needs to be replaced.
But I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise if I hadn't been cleaning my desk that day. It's placed on the far side of my desk on a laptop stand (although well ventilated) so I rarely pay attention to it, if at all. It might have gone on for much longer and eventually led to a disaster before I even caught on to the problem.
So, my question is: how does one track these potential hardware problems without having to manually inspect different parts of the device every now and then?
(While my device is a laptop with W10 OS, the question isn't limited to just that. Inputs for Mac and other related products are also welcomed.)
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Best tablets for interactive training?
Hi all, In light of our recent conversations re quality, I'm sorry that this is more of a "nothing" post. But I trust you all and I think you could give me some good advice. I've tried Googling,...
Hi all,
In light of our recent conversations re quality, I'm sorry that this is more of a "nothing" post. But I trust you all and I think you could give me some good advice. I've tried Googling, but it's hard to find anything I feel is trustworthy.
I'm searching for a few tablets on which I can have employees view training videos and or SCORM training content. I believe all of this will be sourced from web-based companies with mobile platforms built-in. I know very little about tech stuff, so I don't know if a basic tablet would do, or if I need any certain specs.
I believe our wi-fi is good enough to support this. We'll be purchasing 2-8 of these for intermittent trainings.
Needs:
- Cheap-ish
- Durable (We will be buying industrial Otter-box type cases as well)
- Good volume/accessibility (Avg employee age is 52)
- Standard video playback (don't need super hi-def anything)
I posted in ~talk rather than ~tech or ~comp because I didn't think it would fit there. Thank you!
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Microsoft has sunk a data centre in the sea to investigate whether it can boost energy efficiency
15 votes -
Favorite Laptop?
What kind of laptop does everyone here have? If you had to replace it today, what would you replace it with?
24 votes -
FBI: Kindly reboot your router now, please
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The mother of all demos - 1968 live demo introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing, and more
10 votes