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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Windows 11.
    I don't get that, either. A driver's license, or non-driver's ID, issued by the state with your picture should be sufficient to serve as...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Consumer Laptop SSD Drive Replacement.
    Seems like only a $20 to $30 difference between 500GB and 1 TB. I'd just go with 1TB. It's possible he may do stuff which needs more...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    I'm guess that's low-end commodity stuff which people on a budget buy. I definitely did see SSDs going for $35/TB last year. I also...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    I saw prices of commodity SSDs drop to as low as $35/TB last year. Now it seems $45 to $50 is about the best deal you can get. Longer...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Windows 11.
    This is a textbook case of why you should back up your data in multiple places, like thumb drives, external hard drives, the cloud, etc...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Ryzen.
    For me personally, it seems like there's 5 years between noticeable differences, but at least a decade between differences which are...
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    jtr1962 reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Ryzen with Like Like.
    The 7000-series desktops didn't seem that much better than the high end of the 5000s, and I still feel like I made a good choice to hold...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Video Cards.
    Do Macs still need special hard drives, or can they at least finally take regular commodity HDDs? I remember that being another quirk...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Video Cards.
    That pretty much would negate any need for heating my house in the winter. And 20 petaflops? Holy cow! I was impressed with just the...
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    jtr1962 reacted to LunarMist's post in the thread Video Cards with Like Like.
    I would be broke if a µcenter were only a half mile away. :LOL: It's a road trip for me now. I miss the old Frys in CA.
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Video Cards.
    There's one about half a mile from me. You're basically getting the graphics card thrown in for free once you add up the regular prices...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Windows 11.
    I actually did find a setting in MyAsus called battery care mode. I enabled it. It limits battery charge to 80%. I guess that's the same...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Windows 11.
    Yes, exactly. Intel's integrated GPUs sucked back then. I knew AMD's CPUs didn't quite match Intel, but for my uses they were "good...
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    jtr1962 reacted to LunarMist's post in the thread Need a Decent Phone with Like Like.
    At this point it is all a bit ridiculous, but people can spend money how they like. I'd rather spend money on a CPU/computer than a...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Windows 11.
    It's Windows 11 Home, and the OS was installed on February 21, 2024. BestBuy does a fresh install on all their open box items. It's...
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