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    Why so long a lag between intro of 286 & 386 and first PC's?

    I was looking at info on the early PC computers and processors, and I was struck by how the 286 was introduced in February 1982, but the IBM PC/AT did not come out until August 1984, and the 386 was introduced in October 1985, but the first PC to use it, the Compaq Deskpro 386, was not announced...
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    Gaming laptops that use USB-C PD 3.1 for power?

    Thanks, that's the sort of detailed, knowledgeable answer I was looking for. Have you noticed whether laptops will typically (besides the Dell example you listed) charge via USB-C if it isn't as powerful as the supplied DC charger? I ask because the one example I'm familiar with is the...
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    Gaming laptops that use USB-C PD 3.1 for power?

    I appreciate you taking the time to write a well-thought-out response to my question. I understand your concern with 240W, and that's sort of what my question was getting at -- OK, the standards group has declared it, but is it actually practical enough that manufacturers are relying on it...
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    Gaming laptops that use USB-C PD 3.1 for power?

    I'm asking if there are people in this forum who have been following the gaming laptop market enough to be able to weigh-in on whether there are laptops with the USB-C charging I'm talking about, and if there aren't many options yet, based on their knowledge of the industry, do they think such...
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    Gaming laptops that use USB-C PD 3.1 for power?

    It's long past time to retire my 10+ year old PC, and I'm considering replacing it with a gaming laptop that connects a 4k monitor and HDMI surround sound, but I'd really like to do it all via Thunderbolt 4 and powered thru USB-C PD 3.1 rather than yet another proprietary powerbrick with a DC...
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    What were the last/best low-power moboCPU's for home backup/media servers?

    Get a separate video card for a server that, when I'm actually using the GUI, I'm doing it remotely 99.9% of the time?? Does the Ryzen not come with some sort of integrated graphics the way just about every Intel CPU does?
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    What were the last/best low-power moboCPU's for home backup/media servers?

    Yes.... and there is no such thing as a server at idle... it is always doing something, including the many functions I mentioned above. That's like saying all automobile engines consume no gas at idle, whether they be a 6.2 liter V8 or a 1.0 liter 3-cylinder. The server is analogous to...
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    What were the last/best low-power moboCPU's for home backup/media servers?

    Eight years ago I built a home backup/media/PVR server based around a Norco rackmount chassis and an ASUS E35M1-M Pro integrated motherboard/CPU, plus some SATA controllers. It's worked great (just 18W TDP, less than 100W for the entire 60+ TB server) backing up all the computers in the house...
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    Best pen for an Acer Switch 12 S (SW7-272)?

    I only recently decided I could really use a pen for marking up stuff on my Switch 12 S, so I don't know anything about what the best pen to get is from Acer or 3rd-parties. Is there a consensus best pen for the Switch 12 S? For starters, according to an Acer website, there are two Acer pens...
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    Power Banks with variable voltage DC-out?

    I'm looking for a newer/bigger/better version of something like this: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6488/ravpower-rp-pb14-xtreme-23000mah-portable-battery-charger-review/index.html RAVPower no longer makes their RP-PB14 23000mAh power bank. I have one, and while it does have some...
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    Backlit gaming wired keyboards with "sleep" key?

    Which of their gaming keyboards have a power key? I was looking at them all yesterday and I definitely didn't see a sleep key, and I don't recall seeing a power key, but perhaps it is a Fn rather than a dedicated key? Their regular (non-gaming) keyboards have all sorts of special functions...
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    Backlit gaming wired keyboards with "sleep" key?

    Nothing happens when I do Windows key + X. Once I hit U it brings up the accessibility screen. Hitting H at that point does nothing. (I'm running Windows 7)
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    Backlit gaming wired keyboards with "sleep" key?

    Anyone?
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    Backlit gaming wired keyboards with "sleep" key?

    My gaming keyboard just died, and one thing I really didn't like about it was the lack of a sleep key like on standard keyboards. This wouldn't be a big deal if Microsoft gave us any sort of keyboard shortcut to activate sleep, but they don't -- if there's no sleep key, you have to do it with...
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    Is a jumpy mouse a sign of hardware issues?

    Sorry, yeah, it's a type-o.
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