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Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.That is a configuration I'd like to see. Are the enforced GPOs/Intune Policies absolutely absurd somehow? Shit tons of compliance... -
sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.Yeah, they've dropped the "new" branding from their beta baby and rebranded plain Outlook as "(classic)". I have quite a few users who... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.8GB is absolutely acceptable for a low-spec client device, even with a half dozen browser tabs and Excel. Don't ask me about Outlook or...
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sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.Even after all that tomfoolery I still never got sound out of my headset jack and discord won't pick up my built-in mic. Thankfully...
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sedrosken replied to the thread Need help with getting a phone.If your trial service and permanent service are on the same carrier they should transition that for you. If they're not the permanent...
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sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.I wouldn't buy anything meant for someone to actually use with less than 16GB of RAM in $currentYear. Really I don't even like 16 for...
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Jjtr1962 replied to the thread Need help with getting a phone.Now I have another question. My 30 day free trial is over in a few days. Right now the trial is on IMEI 1 (the phone has an eSIM). Is...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.Sometimes the order that OSS projects does in fact seem pretty goofy. Guessing Chromebooks have funky sound to skip out of paying...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.As a counterpoint, the fact that millions of mainstream notebooks (not Chromeboos) with deeply crappy Celerons still get sold for more...
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ddrueding replied to the thread Laptop time?.I think the OEMs saw the Intel performance numbers before we did and realized this generation was a hard pass. On the desktop Intel... -
sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.And the Intel ones use funky sound hardware that needs special firmware and such, like this does. Would you believe that it took this...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.Yes, we used to segregate /var, although one of the biggest reasons to do so was that mail spools live there if your system was running...
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sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.That's true. Not everyone religiously backs their dotfiles up to their NAS like I do, making restoration relatively quick and painless...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.Segregating /home from your other data is a pretty good idea regardless. It's a lot easier to switch your OS when you know your user...
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Gödel replied to the thread Something Random.That reminds me, back to the stone age, of my 18+-year-old PC (GB mobo, Pentium E5200 O/C'ed from 2.5 to 3.2 GHz, +28%). (I hardly ever...