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Gödel replied to the thread Something Random.That sounds like something from a wacky TV show like The Big Bang Theory. 😜 -
sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.I'm not buying her anything consumer-ish, to be honest. I want it to last her and she's not terribly good about babying electronics, so... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.Rather than improve overall Windows Explorer performance, it looks like Microsoft is going to set up File Explorer to preload on low-end... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.This is the first year my partner is coming to Thanksgiving. We did not talk about her doing this and I just found out maybe 10 minutes...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.Here's a set of directions to switch back to OG notepad, if you don't want the increasingly stupid one Windows 11 is using now. Also...
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Gödel replied to the thread Laptop time?.That link don't hunt. ;) Long link. Black Friday Deal $449.99 with 44 percent savings; "List Price": $799.99
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Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.One of my customers brought me this thing, asking why it was weirdly slow. They didn't realize it's a Qualcomm SoC system. Once I...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.Yes. A new Windows account. Firefox puts crap in a bunch of different places under %appdata% and it's hard telling what's left behind...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.How do I create a fresh user account? Just create a new user? I uninstalled as much as I could; it keeps insisting a reinstall will fix... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.Consumer notebooks are hard. My Ideapad 1s came from visiting a Walmart and a Best Buy to see what's acceptable at less than $350...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.I'm thinking that the fresh (Windows?) user account is a good idea just to avoid the possibility that there's some accumulation of cruft...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.This started happening recently. I'll try a complete uninstall of FF and full re-install. For DNS over HTTPS, I even set it to Off...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.I have the additional aggravation that my health care is non-traditional, so my meds are at least partially selected for what can be...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.This does not align with my experiences with Firefox. Even on something deeply pathetic like a 4th gen i3 with 4GB RAM, Firefox and...
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mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.32 secs to load ARS Technica. It spends most of the time "Looking up ARS Technica.... Chrome loads ARS in under 1 sec. Same PC.
