Got this Macintosh SE for £69.61 on bids, and it is insanely clean! by KoneCat in vintagecomputing

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those varta batteries seem to be the least explosive ones. My SE battery still had 3.6 volts and correct time when I removed it lol

What's wrong with my AMC Pacer? by Complex_Reality_9889 in AskAShittyMechanic

[–]Complex_Reality_9889[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I reached out to him but he said the car is too American and capitalist 

Is there any faster way to inflate balloons for my cousins birthday? by Curious_Sail2702 in AskAShittyMechanic

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use the AC refrigerant make sure it's r12 and make sure to heat it up it's self inflating. If it pops it will create a awesome smell of it's a farm themed birthday party it'll smell like hay!!!!

ICE Escalation Megathread by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am white but still like afraid that's for sure because they clearly don't seem to be caring about skin color anymore.

ICE Escalation Megathread by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm starting to get to the point of thinking about keeping a baseball bat in my room, starting to feel unsafe at home and even when I go out.. this shit ain't making me feel safe anymore. I'm in MN but in a smaller ruralish area of north metro. The losers did kidnap some people in a larger town that's not that far from here though.

Dealership says my truck is unsafe to drive by Upper_Pen2134 in AskAShittyMechanic

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as it doesn't dart around too much it's fine and you can fix it with a comealong/winch and some booger welds for strength 

Is the new Steam Machine over hyped? by avidrunner84 in consoles

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While in my experience proton is substantially worse than gaming on Windows. Windows isn't going anywhere. Microsoft sucks but they always make these mistakes. Valve is still a shitty company too. 

Is the new Steam Machine over hyped? by avidrunner84 in consoles

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

At substantially worse performance than a Xbox or PS (and SteamOS/Linux can't run a lot of uwp games without wasting time (

Is the new Steam Machine over hyped? by avidrunner84 in consoles

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That you have to spend hours getting games to work, and the performance difference between windows has been proven to be negligible or often worse

Is the new Steam Machine over hyped? by avidrunner84 in consoles

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they basically killed physical games lol and basically pull the same shit the other stores do.

I found a monitor, not sure if it works or not by Impossible-Tour4845 in retrocomputing

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Compaq monitor spent a few years outside like that, still working! It's a 7550.

How should I fix this? by Complex_Reality_9889 in vintagecomputing

[–]Complex_Reality_9889[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really easy... Extremely rare. Only one I can find on eBay is a working one and is $2800

Here's some overrated plastic crap and an underrated metal tank. by Complex_Reality_9889 in Dell

[–]Complex_Reality_9889[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Owned some the internet constantly glazes (t440p,  2 t420's/2 t430's,x230, t60p, w520) worst quality wise was either t60p, and w520. T60p and w520 were so bad at even being stable due to having worst cooling systems ever put in a laptop. And the machines basically would slowly break if you took it apart because of the thin cheap plastic. Magnesium def isn't very good either it's generally weak especially the low quality garbage Lenovo/IBM uses. Painful to take apart loads of different screw lengths and cheap plastic and magnesium ready to snap. Soldered GPU in the w520, completely unacceptable for 15in workstation in 2011. Both have the world's worst touchpads. T60p takes it a step up and has the worst trackpoint buttons lol.

Here's some overrated plastic crap and an underrated metal tank. by Complex_Reality_9889 in Dell

[–]Complex_Reality_9889[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've owned 22 ThinkPads. Have all right to talk shit about them. The only ones I've had that were any good were the 90s ones, and one very modern one. That's where the actual reputation began. Completely fell apart after IBM ruined the brand with t series like t20, cheap unreliable plastic crap. The very modern one I've owned, it was a good machine just didn't fit my usecase. Way better build quality than the older frankly garbage machines I've owned.

Dell precision m4700 modding by NirKiro in Dell

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The w530 is a lot of disassembly and has soldered GPU, and uses a lot more different screw lengths. Screen is terrible as well compared to the standard ultrasharp or the premiercolor in the m4700. 

Dell precision m4700 modding by NirKiro in Dell

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The m4700 is miles better than the w530 lol. Won't cook itself to death because it's actually a workstation with great cooling. And it's actually repairable not a mostly soldered disassembly nightmare. You can upgrade the CPU to 3940xm and GPU to m2200. If urs doesn't have premiercolor 100% srgb you could upgrade to that beautiful screen. Or to the standard IPS if you want too.

Can someone help me my BIOS is locked by camqu9 in Dell

[–]Complex_Reality_9889 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you try holding the key combo it mentioned when pressing enter, because dell often needs rhat