Tech: Open thread

2010-09-01 09:29:11

#4676

FloppY_: +1,010|6533|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Winston_Churchill wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
Netbooks are way too awkward, need something that's at least 13", 15" is probably best..

Don't feel like cramping up when typing something more than a couple of paragraphs.
Hmm, 11inch "netbooks" aren't that bad...

But in that case you will need a 13" laptop... and you wont get much better than 4 hours of battery...
wtf are you on? My cousin just bought a 15" Dell Studio laptop and she gets 6-7 hours of battery WATCHING MOVIES. She easily gets 10 hours normally.

LOL!

Either that is one slow Celeron (Sell-and-run hurr) or she has >9cell battery,,,

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-01 09:33:35

#4677

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6737|Gogledd Cymru

I'd take whatever advice Floppy gives with a truck full of salt.

2010-09-01 09:39:07

#4678

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6986|Toronto | Canada

Or its a fairly high end new model. With a 9 cell. Pretty sure you just have no idea what your talking about.

My laptop from 2 years ago can last like 4 hours with a 6 cell... so its quite reasonable for hers to last that long with a 9 cell.

2010-09-01 09:47:52

#4679

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6035|Catherine Black

Winston_Churchill wrote:
Pretty sure you just have no idea what your talking about.

2010-09-01 09:52:31

#4680

FloppY_: +1,010|6533|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Fuck y'all :'(

Sure, nonGPU laptops last longer, but to get a proper days work out of a 15" you really need a big ass battery (at least 9cell)

Also: nonGPU laptops are not worth it imo, then I'd rather have a netbook, or if I am shitting money I'd have a top notch Lenovo Thinkpad

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-09-01 09:54:55)

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-01 09:55:00

#4681

Bevo: Nah; +718|6768|Austin, Texas

My dell studio XPS 16 only lasts about ~3hrs watching movies with a 9cell :\

2010-09-01 09:55:31

#4682

FloppY_: +1,010|6533|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Bevo wrote:
My dell studio XPS 16 only lasts about ~3hrs watching movies with a 9cell :\

Yup...

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-01 09:57:39

#4683

TravisC555: Member; +118|6466|Cox Convention Center, OK

Apple Special Event about to start in a couple of minutes.

http://live.gizmodo.com/

ios 4.1 next week
ios 4.2 November - Wireless printing
new ipod touch - Retina display, front camera/facetime (between iphone and touches), rear camera/hd video recording, 8GB $229 - 32GB $299 - 64GB $399 (available next week/preorder today)
itunes 10 - New itunes logo, Ping (social network for music, think facebook and twitter), available today
apple tv - Rent HD shows for $.99 - commercial free, Rent HD movies $4.99, stream content from Netflix streaming library, $99 - available within 4 weeks/preorder today

Last edited by TravisC555 (2010-09-01 11:15:19)

2010-09-01 10:35:40

#4684

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6986|Toronto | Canada

Bevo wrote:
My dell studio XPS 16 only lasts about ~3hrs watching movies with a 9cell :\

Thats a 16, not a 15. Do you have a GPU as well?

2010-09-01 13:20:42

#4685

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6979|St. Andrews / Oslo

Ok, for the sake of setting a budget, put it at $1200.

But it's flexible, both ways. Ie - I won't be gaming on this thing, but I will be doing office-programs, movies and some photo-editing. So no need to get a leet graphics card which I won't use. On the flip side, if $100 extra will give me something worth getting, shout. Where do I start?

a MBP is an option.. I will have a windows PC, and it might be nice to have 'the best of both worlds'.. Still unsure, need to think about that.

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2010-09-01 13:31:14

#4686

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6661|Finland

I would start googling up some latest $1200 Lenovos.

I have a 6-cell afaik in my T400 and it lasts WLAN and light work about 4 and half hours, with 9-cell 6 hours sounds doable.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2010-09-01 13:35:07)

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2010-09-01 13:34:06

#4687

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6700|The Twilight Zone

http://www.apple.com/ipod/

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2010-09-01 14:07:00

#4688

FloppY_: +1,010|6533|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

.Sup wrote:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/

I wonder if apple will ever let those hideous menu icons change

New iPod nano looks neat... abit meh though, don't need multitouch on mah mp3 player...
heck, I don't even need an mp3 player

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-01 14:15:51

#4689

Benzin: Member; +576|6246

The new iPod Nano is pretty slick, I like it a lot. It would be nice if they came up with something new for the iPod Classic, though. I much preferred my 5th gen iPod over the Classic - the wheel was much more responsive.

2010-09-01 14:19:20

#4690

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6700|The Twilight Zone

Honestly I sometimes hate the wheel. I mean its cool cos it lets you scroll through so many songs so fast but its just not accurate when you're trying so select a song. Like its too sensitive

2010-09-01 14:23:38

#4691

Benzin: Member; +576|6246

Wheel would be a helluva lot better than the POS touchscreen on this Nokia C6. Such a horrible phone. I hate Nokias with a passion in terms of usability. Lots of cool little things they do but it never adds up to a product I'd want to live with.

2010-09-01 15:18:21

#4692

Bevo: Nah; +718|6768|Austin, Texas

Winston_Churchill wrote:
Bevo wrote:
My dell studio XPS 16 only lasts about ~3hrs watching movies with a 9cell :\
Thats a 16, not a 15. Do you have a GPU as well?

HD3670. But even if I ratchet it back to "balanced" power plan, the thing bumps and stutters with movies.

2010-09-01 16:21:45

#4693

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6661|Finland

Very interesting, very interesting indeed... 120GB PCI-E SSD with insane read/write speed at 300€ from Germany

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-revod … b-review/1

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2010-09-01 16:21:58)

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2010-09-01 16:41:42

#4694

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6559

I remember reading about PCI-e SSDs a year or two ago (cost was ~$3000 I think). Nice to see they've come down to an affordable level.

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2010-09-01 17:28:11

#4695

=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6613|California

TravisC555 wrote:
Apple Special Event about to start in a couple of minutes.

http://live.gizmodo.com/

ios 4.1 next week
ios 4.2 November - Wireless printing
new ipod touch - Retina display, front camera/facetime (between iphone and touches), rear camera/hd video recording, 8GB $229 - 32GB $299 - 64GB $399 (available next week/preorder today)
itunes 10 - New itunes logo, Ping (social network for music, think facebook and twitter), available today
apple tv - Rent HD shows for $.99 - commercial free, Rent HD movies $4.99, stream content from Netflix streaming library, $99 - available within 4 weeks/preorder today

fuck... should have waited for the macbook + ipod with the new ipod or if they were going to even put it in the deal
i have a 32gb ipod touch lol

Last edited by =NHB=Shadow (2010-09-01 17:28:56)

2010-09-01 18:16:58

#4696

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6986|Toronto | Canada

Okay so my FF uses a proxy at all time through an SSH tunnel to my server. But, the irritating thing is that youtube videos wont work embedded when using that since it requires me to enter in a captcha due to the "high volume of users" in my area (aka the datacentre).

If I set youtube.com as an exclusion to my proxy settings in FF, would it compromise security at all? Also, some of the youtube videos I watch are ones that are embedded in the sites that I'd prefer not to have my actual IP associated with.

2010-09-01 18:19:36

#4697

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6954|67.222.138.85

hokay so I just got an ATi card to replace my dying 8800GT

1) What are the good third party drivers I am supposed to be using with ATi? The ones freezer creams over if I am not mistaken?

2) Would anyone perchance know of a way to turn off the bright, bright blue video card LED that is totally cramping my case's style?

2010-09-01 18:22:31

#4698

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6906|BC, Canada

Can you cover it with something? paint or liquid tape?

2010-09-01 18:33:50

#4699

alexb: <3; +590|6187|Kentucky, USA

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
TravisC555 wrote:
Apple Special Event about to start in a couple of minutes.

http://live.gizmodo.com/

ios 4.1 next week
ios 4.2 November - Wireless printing
new ipod touch - Retina display, front camera/facetime (between iphone and touches), rear camera/hd video recording, 8GB $229 - 32GB $299 - 64GB $399 (available next week/preorder today)
itunes 10 - New itunes logo, Ping (social network for music, think facebook and twitter), available today
apple tv - Rent HD shows for $.99 - commercial free, Rent HD movies $4.99, stream content from Netflix streaming library, $99 - available within 4 weeks/preorder today
fuck... should have waited for the macbook + ipod with the new ipod or if they were going to even put it in the deal
i have a 32gb ipod touch lol

They were giving the iPods away with MacBooks so that they could get rid of their stock in preparation for the new iPod Touches. I'm glad I bought my 32GB, the newer ones have pointless upgrades that I would rarely use for a larger price difference.

Netflix app is out for free in the App Store... can stream their movies on my iPod Touch now at Uni.

2010-09-01 18:34:52

#4700

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6661|Finland

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
hokay so I just got an ATi card to replace my dying 8800GT

1) What are the good third party drivers I am supposed to be using with ATi? The ones freezer creams over if I am not mistaken?

2) Would anyone perchance know of a way to turn off the bright, bright blue video card LED that is totally cramping my case's style?

There aren't any good third party drivers for ATi, those old omega drivers didn't really improve performance at all, they fucked image quality.

Just get latest Catalyst from AMD.

My 8800GT arrived by mail today

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2010-09-01 18:39:35)

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Winston_Churchill wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Bevo wrote:

Bevo wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Bevo wrote:

TravisC555 wrote:

=NHB=Shadow wrote:

TravisC555 wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

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