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I very rarely use my DSLRs anymore. I have mostly been using my Powershot S90 and more recently the refurb S100 I picked up. The pocketable form factor is much more convenient when traveling/sight seeing. That's the big reason why I bought the refurb Sony RX100 MkII. Even better image...

I think you would notice the performance increase of a top tier SSD like a Samsung 850 Pro or Sandisk Extreme Pro vs. your Intel.

I've had good luck with Samsung and Hitachi. Seagate hasn't fared quite as well. I haven't had a WD since the IDE days (mostly because I'm using drives in RAID and the WDs didn't play nice).

I doubt anyone else here is even going to receive a single copy of the lens, let alone multiples. I am supposed to get a refurb RX100 MkII before Christmas though.

Seagate drives are reliable?

Did Dirty Jenny tell you that? :bglaugh:

FWIW, I was getting 500 internal server errors this morning just after 7am eastern time. Refreshing generally worked, but it was still quite slow. All seems fine now.

It's hard to say how they would compare. I haven't heard either. Everyone has different tastes. I'm in on the campaign myself. Mostly based on the feedback of the custom version of the Supra, the EP-2. link. He's supposed to have a review of the Supra up in a few days.

What part is strange? These aren't Extreme Pro cards.

So I bought a few SD cards during the various Black Friday deals. I got 32gB and 64gB Sandisk Extreme Plus and 32gB and 64gB Samsung Pro cards. I ran CrystalDiskMark benchmarks on the cards in a PCIe and a USB3 reader. Using the internal PCIe reader in my HP Elitebook: 32gB Samsung Pro...

I don't know how that can possibly dissipate 100W of heat.

How many watts are you going to running down the cable? Unless it's hundreds of watts (nearer the 1kW range) 12ga wire is fine. On the volume control I'm not sure. You're probably better off finding a way to remotely control the volume of the amp with IR extenders or similar rather than...

The various free AV solutions continue to get more and more aggressive and annoying. MS Essentials looks better and better.

Which UE's do you have?

A promising kickstarter project for those with an appreciation for high quality audio who like IEMs (In Ear Monitors).

I ended up ordering a new Lenovo 6-cell battery on eBay for $40 shipped. The backstory on the batteries seems believable. The seller says they're from July 2014, but the date code in the picture is the end of 2013. I can't quite tell if it's 10, 11, or 12. It will be interesting to see what...

A SSD may benefit him more than 8GB of RAM. I can't be completely sure though. I still use several computers that only have 4gB of RAM regularly and they're not really any slower than the ones with 16gB for any normal use.

I guess I'm a minimalist. I usually only have a handful open.

If you want some lulz, you could send them an invoice and see if they pay it. If that fails sick a collections agency on them. You won't get much of the money, but it could be good for some laughs. Or, as loath as I am to suggest it, you could take to social media in an attempt to embarrass...

Works for me. I have most of their scripts blocked though.

They still only rated it for 150TB regardless of drive size. How does a 1TB model have the same endurance as a 128gB model? Are they putting better chips in the 128gB allowing it to handle more P/E cycles? :scratch: Granted, 150TB is more than any other consumer grade drive that I'm aware of...

The TLC equipped Samsung died in their test a long time ago. The one that's still running does not use TLC flash.

So I watched the Lego movie last night. I was really into Lego when I was young. Having said that, I didn't find the movie to be very good. Yes, some parts of it were clever, but it was nothing like the well done Pixar movies. Maybe I had heard too much hype about it before seeing it which...

What's your take on the people selling new Lenovo batteries on ebay? They're between $40 and $45. They say they're Genuine, but they all use the same picture with a date code from 3 years ago. If they send a knock off that should be a quick ebay/paypal claim. I was thinking to ask a few of...

They used the same battery for the T420 and a pile of other machines too, so that might not be a big concern.

What have you guy done about replacement batteries for laptops? Specifically for a Thinkpad. The system in question is a T410. It's complaining about the battery and the life is only about half of what it used to be. I plan to go with a 6 cell battery. Obviously I want a new battery. Are...

You can even buy a second one!

Sure don't think so.

Way to miss my point. Perhaps we should focus our efforts on solving more important problems than pet aging.

Because it's something they can market as a unique differentiating feature.

Because we already have world peace, solved hunger, and ended poverty. :-?

VHP?

Except for the screen resolution...

That sucks man. :(

Someone must have spent a lot of time to find all the clips where Brian Williams says all those words. Very funny and well done though.

$580 processor $259 mobo $495 RAM $74 HSF Seems reasonable. ;)

Sometimes you just can't fix stupid.

Didn't Intel throw in the towel on XP support several chipsets ago?

I hope you got what you paid for from APR. This thread isn't very reassuring.

Buy a new laptop cause that one is dead.

What happens if you plug an external monitor into it? The display itself could have failed, the backlight for the display could be dead, or there could be some software setting that causes it to simply not to output and image to the screen. You should still see the BIOS screen in the latter...

I hope they're in your pants, and still not on the table.

So my buddy recently bought himself a 2nd pair of AKG 540 headphones from a Japanese seller on Amazon's marketplace. They also have same issue of not sounding like the older pairs we all have. I guess AKG tweaked the design or some of the components which results in a change in sound that's...

Wait, are you talking about your face or other regions? :erm:

If no one knows, how is it supposed to accomplish that goal? :scratch:

And what's the purpose of NSN?

You doubt my insider information? Or my ability to read Handy's posts on other forums where I realized he was holding out on us?

I've always used 3rd party batteries. I have several units that need new batteries. Generally I just open up the unit and see what's in it and then by matching replacements.

A brand new 2015 S4 isn't worthy of a mention in the S4 thread? Nonsense!!! Too bad about your 6MT. Hopefully the dealer didn't take you to the cleaners too badly.

I think Handy has something to share with the rest of us... (very relevant to this thread) :scratch: