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In my experience the best Windows laptops have always been the upper echelon of noteboooks from the HP ZBook, Dell Precision and, to a lesser extent, the Lenovo Thinkpad P line. All are mobile workstations that with decent specs will cost from $3k to over $10K.

Well, Apple just today agreed to a $500 million penalty payout in court over deliberately slowing older phones without informing consumers, in violation of law. Apple has been described as an anti-consumer company: they sell locked down hardware with few options to upgrade, not counting the...

HP ZBook 15 G6 or ZBook 17 G6. 5 drive bays in the 17 inch model for all of your storage. The computers have Dreamcolor options which are arguably some of the best screens in laptops. Mil spec build quality and come standard with 3 years business on-site technical support warranty.

In my little imagination I wish they could return to the wreck of the Enterprise-D, salvage it, refit it, and give Jean-Luc his ship to command again. The way the Enterprise D was totaled is a disgrace imo. That, and NEVER, EVER leave Riker in command of a starship.

I've been sitting on the fence since forever. My only VR experience is with Samsung's Gear VR on an old Note 4 phone. I have a computer that's VR-ready but something keeps holding me back from making a purchase. Can anyone guess when we'll reach "Ready Player One" level of immersion / reality...

Yeah, even on integrated graphics my usually silent laptop's fans would keep whirring up annoyingly.

According to the Manjaro install troubleshooter guide, if you switch to discrete graphics mode in BIOS the distro will install fine. Of course, I only read that after my install froze about 4 times in a row. If you want switchable graphics there are instructions to enable install but it looked...

Hey, 'System76' is the laptop retailer who bundles the OS with its laptops. They test the Ubuntu-flavored Pop OS with NVIDIAs latest Linux drivers and bundle it with the OS if the release tests stable. One can run either Intel or NVIDIA graphics from the 'power' GUI menu. Switching graphics...

Hey folks, if anyone is interested, Pop!_OS works right out of the box with Optimus-enabled laptops: I have it running on an HP ZBook. Just download the NVIDIA iso version for the Dell mentioned above.

I really liked Cap 1 upon repeat viewing. It gave me that 'underrated classic' vibe.

Well my concern would be the keyboard and the screen flex-cable issues. The keyboard seems to be the most unreliable part: it is not whether if it will break, but when. The entire laptop top deck has to be replaced if that happens. I went with an HP ZBook instead. No regrets. Good luck with...

I saw the movie. It was alright. Samuel Jackson was good, as usual. I loved 'Goose' the cat. Ben Mendelsohn was good. Brie Larson was not particularly good, although there were a few moments with her banter with Jackson that were nice. Captain Marvel is all powerful and doesn't grow at all in...

So agree. For what I was looking for in 2019 only the HP ZBook 17 G5 reminded me of my older laptops (Precisions from Dell), so I bought one. Love it.

I bought the Topre Type Heaven and, while it is okay, it cannot compare to the Realforce Topre in feel, imo. I now use the Topre Realforce 87U which is the best keyboard I've tried. I did own a Unicomp keyboard. It arrived with something rattling inside and the workmanship seemed a little...

Um, this has a 50 degree field of view. :watching: