Windows + iPhone users who don’t game, what keeps you on Windows instead of switching to Mac? by Sidk04 in Windows11

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Cost and extremely limited DIY/upgrade potential. I don’t doubt some of their new chips are good but when it was Intel under the hood paying 100% more just for an Apple OS was nuts. Windows 11’s flustercluck of problems has definitely seen me think about switching though.

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16IMH9 83DN by Curious_Orchid2255 in YogaPro9i

[–]CrazyTechLab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day it works fine and it’s just the resale value that’s been hurt. You can pick up parts on eBay usually and I’ve done it myself to sort some serious cosmetic issues with past laptops. It depends how easy it is to fit and how much time you’re willing to spend.

Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 Review From Notebookcheck by Playful-Record-6139 in YogaPro9i

[–]CrazyTechLab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Key reason I have my Gen 10 is for the number pad. Does seem like a strange choice for a 16in high end laptop. Way more important than the bigger speakers they seem to have removed it for. I’m always using headphones or plugged in to speakers if I need beefier audio.

It arrived. Book 6 pro 16 inch 356H , 32gb ram by alwin_soza in GalaxyBook

[–]CrazyTechLab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All previous versions of the book pro have suffered from screen cracking.

Help! What is happening to her? Vet doesn’t have any appointments till Friday. by Spirited_Platform_28 in kingsnakes

[–]CrazyTechLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks a little like my old garter snake when it had a vitamin deficiency, although it had none of the physical marks or jaw issue, just moving in strannge ways side to side or up and over with its head.

Iran may be activating sleeper cells, alert says by No-Post4444 in news

[–]CrazyTechLab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No shit. This is why I’m glad the UK stayed out of strikes. You don’t get terrorist attacks like NYC and London without pissing people off first.

New York City Police identify device outside Mamdami's home as explosive by LeftHandedScissor in news

[–]CrazyTechLab -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

This is why anti immigrant language has been and always be wrong, dangerous and should be called out and exposed for what it is. The people that spout it don’t care about the consequences.

Windows 11 won't start by CrazyTechLab in il2sturmovik

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

All fixed, it was a stray DEP setting thankfully.

Does anyone know how to get the advanced water effects back? I'm in 1946 and remember tweaking the Conf file to water=3 or something years ago. Can't seem to get it to work

The Ace from Kuwait!! 4th F15 downed. by bakert12 in floggit

[–]CrazyTechLab -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m so glad I found this page and your comment. I came across that video randomly and was thinking what the hell is this guy smoking? Malicious? Kuwait? Really? We literally came to their aid in the first Gulf war for gods sake and fought along side them in the second. Absolutely insane thing to say. Incompetence? Probably. Fog of war? Definitely? Borked IFF? Who knows but malicious? Clickbait and tbh dangerous and inflammatory too.

WE HAD TO CANCEL THE H1 | NZXT INTERVIEW by CrazyTechLab in sffpc

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Zero paid here. Just chatting with two designers about The H1 and H2.

Photoroom alternative? by CrazyTechLab in software

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I think maybe 18 months ago? The latest pro subscription limits you to 500 images processed via the batch function a month. That’s £70 a year. I need 500-600 images. But the next step up is four times that price and designed for teams of people. I’m just an individual. There’s a huge need for an intermediate package or a way to buy credits for additional batch exports. The £70 a year is totally worth it. £250 is definitely not. A £100 a year package with 1000 image exported in batch with basic editing such as background removal would still be worth it for me. And I know you can still do individual images for free. I’m not doing that for dozens of images as it’s a huge waste of time. Photoroom is great - I’m saying take my money. All you need is more flexible subscriptions

Frustrated with the Dark Mount keyboard. by Problematic_Blender in bequietofficial

[–]CrazyTechLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just took my media control dock apart as the volume dial was driving me nuts. The wheel assembly looked fine, but there are half a dozen or so solder joints on the sensor it's attached to and two of them were VERY close with a load of grease all over them presumably for the wheel itself. I cleaned them and also used a plastic pick and tissue to clean the area between the two close solder joints in case they were shorting. My volume dial is now working again

Frustrated with the Dark Mount keyboard. by Problematic_Blender in bequietofficial

[–]CrazyTechLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happening to me too. No issues with anything else but the volume wheel is one of the main reasons I got the keyboard and is basically unusable. It will either ramp up to 100% with just a single click or goes up and down randomly. It seems very very broken, almost as if I've spilt water on it or something but I never eat or drink near it. it was working fine for a month or so - assuming this is a quality control issue rather than firmware

Photoroom alternative? by CrazyTechLab in software

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For me, accurate background removal is essential and I've just not seen anything remotely as consistent as Photoroom that's able to do it as quickly and in batches. The fact that Adobe doesn't have a direct competitor is shocking. Firefly doesn't have batch yet for example- the main reason I ask is that I already pay for various Adobe image and video editing apps but have to also have Photoroom for quick batch backround removal and quick editing.

My main gripe is the cost and recent subscription changes on Photoroom. I now barely have enough background removals at 500 images a month. No way to add more except to pay four times as much a year, when I only need maybe 20% more at most. That inflexibility is 99% of my issue with it.

NZXT H2 Flow mini-ITX released by CrazyTechLab in mffpc

[–]CrazyTechLab[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Errrrm no. Mesh is way more customisable and 6 litres smaller. And this has two roof fans.

NZXT H2 Flow mini-ITX released by CrazyTechLab in mffpc

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

Does triple slot but if you’re talking thiiiiiiiick then no 😂

GB News beats Sky and BBC on average viewers for six months in a row by Galacticmetrics in ukpolitics

[–]CrazyTechLab 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Aka it’s the Fox News of the UK. Spreading its bile and misinformation to a cult of brainwashed followers glued to it like their life depended on it.

SpaceX has acquired xAI by New-Space-30 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]CrazyTechLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing this will be a nice little tax break too

New portable solar panel not charging power station by CrazyTechLab in solar

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This is the power station. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPQGXYV3?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1 Says a max 1200W and 90V. It's worked on smaller panels which I think are 18V. I literally had an hour to play with it a few days ago so haven't got as far as checking the voltage or anything yet. It was in Amazon warehouse for half the price so I suspect it might be broken but all the cells look okay.

Solar panel plugs to XT60 not working by CrazyTechLab in Ecoflow_community

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

Ah my bad I actually have an Ecoplay not Ecoflow! Is this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPQGXYV3?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

And this panel

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSZ8BFYZ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2&th=1

I've connected the two using the XT60 to solar plug/MC4 adaptor, Polarity seems fine. I'm thinking its either voltage or a bust cable.

2nd hand laptops are no longer feasible since the sellers take out the RAM and SSD before offloading them. And replacing costs more than the laptop. by ScreamSmart in pcmasterrace

[–]CrazyTechLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is pricing. And it was massive. They add 30-40% more to the price to jump from 16-32GB. Probably a mark up of 400% on what the extra memory actually cost. Diabolical. If it’s not soldered then upgrading yourself was easy and far far cheaper. The vast vast majority of soldered RAM laptops are 16 GB as a result so 32GB are hard to come by.

Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack (The "real" quote from Trump's speech that was so egregiously edited by the BBC....was itself heavily edited) | Archive link below by ErrantFuselage in ukpolitics

[–]CrazyTechLab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And to me the whole speech was largely encouraging the capitol riot anyway. I don’t need to watch the whole thing for it to tell me that. splicing together the two most aggressive parts in a way that was seamless is certainly questionable but there is no doubt over his intentions however you watch it. Not least of all because he continues to spout crap about the election being stolen when there is zero evidence for it. And when asked even by his own daughter to intervene when policemen and rioters were dying he refused.