What Are You Doing Right Now
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo Still haven't decided. Dual boot on a Mac would be nice but I can get a higher spec'd machine for less from what I've seen. The MacBook Pro we have is nice and fast. I like the keyboard feel as well. Excellent battery life too.
It is crazy that so many manufacturers are making their laptops not able to be upgraded. Soldered RAM/CPU is pretty common. RAM is the first upgrades people do.
Yeah sometimes have to get the higher end laptops to get easy to upgrade features. They sure make you pay for it though. I need a new laptop for myself eventually too but debating between something like a Precision and something more gaming like from Gigabyte. Precision is like double the price. Just not sure it is worth it.
Don't be afraid to shop around. I paid $1600 for my laptop. Intel Core I5, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA 1050Ti (4GB Video Ram), 1TB NVME + 1TB SSD. It's an MSI GL73 from a vendor on Amazon. It's coming up on 3 years old and runs like the day I bought it. It runs pretty much anything I throw at it with no difficulty.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo Still haven't decided. Dual boot on a Mac would be nice but I can get a higher spec'd machine for less from what I've seen. The MacBook Pro we have is nice and fast. I like the keyboard feel as well. Excellent battery life too.
It is crazy that so many manufacturers are making their laptops not able to be upgraded. Soldered RAM/CPU is pretty common. RAM is the first upgrades people do.
Yeah sometimes have to get the higher end laptops to get easy to upgrade features. They sure make you pay for it though. I need a new laptop for myself eventually too but debating between something like a Precision and something more gaming like from Gigabyte. Precision is like double the price. Just not sure it is worth it.
Don't be afraid to shop around. I paid $1600 for my laptop. Intel Core I5, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA 1050Ti (4GB Video Ram), 1TB NVME + 1TB SSD. It's an MSI GL73 from a vendor on Amazon. It's coming up on 3 years old and runs like the day I bought it. It runs pretty much anything I throw at it with no difficulty.
Yeah that's a good point. I was looking at a precision because I don't care about gaming on my laptop. However I was looking at models that had a nice graphics card for $1200 with 1tb nvme and 32 gb ram. I don't know if I should just go that route or not. Not sure why a non gaming laptop with similar specs would be so much more expensive.
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@dafyre I hate how they throw the "gaming" label on so many PCs. You aren't kidding though. Pretty good specs on the MSI models.
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo Still haven't decided. Dual boot on a Mac would be nice but I can get a higher spec'd machine for less from what I've seen. The MacBook Pro we have is nice and fast. I like the keyboard feel as well. Excellent battery life too.
It is crazy that so many manufacturers are making their laptops not able to be upgraded. Soldered RAM/CPU is pretty common. RAM is the first upgrades people do.
Yeah sometimes have to get the higher end laptops to get easy to upgrade features. They sure make you pay for it though. I need a new laptop for myself eventually too but debating between something like a Precision and something more gaming like from Gigabyte. Precision is like double the price. Just not sure it is worth it.
Don't be afraid to shop around. I paid $1600 for my laptop. Intel Core I5, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA 1050Ti (4GB Video Ram), 1TB NVME + 1TB SSD. It's an MSI GL73 from a vendor on Amazon. It's coming up on 3 years old and runs like the day I bought it. It runs pretty much anything I throw at it with no difficulty.
Yeah that's a good point. I was looking at a precision because I don't care about gaming on my laptop. However I was looking at models that had a nice graphics card for $1200 with 1tb nvme and 32 gb ram. I don't know if I should just go that route or not. Not sure why a non gaming laptop with similar specs would be so much more expensive.
A gaming laptop would simply have a beefier graphics card and such. *shrugs* . You could get a decent laptop for $1200, don't know if you can get to 32GB of ram at that price or not. Quick amazon search shows the ones around that all having 16GB ram at the moment.
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@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre I hate how they throw the "gaming" label on so many PCs. You aren't kidding though. Pretty good specs on the MSI models.
Yeah. I check and see if it has an Nvidia or Radeon card with decent specs other wise, it's just a laptop, in my eyes, lol.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
If Windows, something different, how about a Mac and throw windows on that. I've been using one that way for a few years and it's the fastest Windows experience I've ever had.
That'll change soon. Upcoming Mac hardware won't run Windows soon.
Have you tried non-Mac hardware at a similar price point? The specs on Apple Macs are super low for their price point. They are only fast because they are so expensive and most people won't buy non-Macs in the same price range. But typically if you do, I think the performance will crush the Apple hardware?
maybe yes, maybe no - Apple has done all kinds of weird things - like, if the battery doesn't actually function, the laptop will run like a turd.
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@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
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@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo Still haven't decided. Dual boot on a Mac would be nice but I can get a higher spec'd machine for less from what I've seen. The MacBook Pro we have is nice and fast. I like the keyboard feel as well. Excellent battery life too.
It is crazy that so many manufacturers are making their laptops not able to be upgraded. Soldered RAM/CPU is pretty common. RAM is the first upgrades people do.
Yeah sometimes have to get the higher end laptops to get easy to upgrade features. They sure make you pay for it though. I need a new laptop for myself eventually too but debating between something like a Precision and something more gaming like from Gigabyte. Precision is like double the price. Just not sure it is worth it.
Don't be afraid to shop around. I paid $1600 for my laptop. Intel Core I5, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA 1050Ti (4GB Video Ram), 1TB NVME + 1TB SSD. It's an MSI GL73 from a vendor on Amazon. It's coming up on 3 years old and runs like the day I bought it. It runs pretty much anything I throw at it with no difficulty.
Yeah that's a good point. I was looking at a precision because I don't care about gaming on my laptop. However I was looking at models that had a nice graphics card for $1200 with 1tb nvme and 32 gb ram. I don't know if I should just go that route or not. Not sure why a non gaming laptop with similar specs would be so much more expensive.
Better cooling.
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Just found out that someone shot our dog when she was younger! She is at the vet and they found three rounds of shot in her! The poor baby. She's just a tiny thing. Itty bitty boston terrier.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
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@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not?
I never do. Warranties make the vendor money, which means that they lose you money. Over time, it's always cheaper to take the risk and service yourself. You have more flexibility than they do, so it's generally dramatically in your favour not to use a warranty.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not?
I never do. Warranties make the vendor money, which means that they lose you money. Over time, it's always cheaper to take the risk and service yourself. You have more flexibility than they do, so it's generally dramatically in your favour not to use a warranty.
I get that. I always think to myself, it a product makes it 90 days, it will work for years so why bother. That is why I went to just basic which for 3 years @ $150, it wasn't a bad deal.
With that being said, I sit here on my Dell E6530 (off Ebay) 6.5 years later never having an issue other than needing a new battery.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not?
I never do. Warranties make the vendor money, which means that they lose you money. Over time, it's always cheaper to take the risk and service yourself. You have more flexibility than they do, so it's generally dramatically in your favour not to use a warranty.
I don't buy warranties on electronics and I've saved a ton of money doing so, compared to the few repairs I have paid for.
That said - something like apple care on an iphone for the wife - yeah.. she loves to break them... -
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.
Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.
I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?
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@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.
Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.
I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?
uh - what? no, I disliked the older XPS because of that camera placement... they have changed it.. put it back at the top where it belongs....
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
For work, I considered it, I bought 25 laptops and hot damn... it was a fortune to add warranties to them all - instead I just bought an extra two laptops to act as a replacement, still saved a bundle over warranty cost.
Good call. Makes total sense. Unfortunately, I have never been in that situation. I get to play with buying RAM and SSD's off Ebay to keep the 7 year olds running.
I believe it was you that mentioned you liked the XPS because of the "nose camera." Do you use a different camera instead (if you have web meetings)? Or just use your phone?
uh - what? no, I disliked the older XPS because of that camera placement... they have changed it.. put it back at the top where it belongs....
I misunderstood. All cleared up now.
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@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@brandon220 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender The XPS are nice, but I doubt I would ever use the "tablet" function.
Then buy the laptop version.
XPS 15 is pretty sweet.
Just wondering if others purchase warranties or not? While many of us could fix normal issues, I always tell normal users to purchase it but I normally limit myself to basic just because I don't want to have to deal with finding parts if they are needed.
Yeah I have always used a physics analogy for this. There is the concept of entropy in the universe. It is mostly constant. If something gains then something else loses. It is the same for warranties lol.
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I make sure to get Dell 4 hours on site support for servers. Because it is cheaper than being available when an issue occurs.
It is cheaper because I have no on-site presence. If I was on-site like @Dashrender then I would likely get spare parts instead.
For all other hardware, I never buy any extra warranty/support.
