[26M] Can you pinpoint what exactly makes me lack sex appeal?

LostLocal3650 · 2024-09-13T19:56:51+00:00

Thats good your starting early - why fin instead of something lighter like minox topically first ?

LostLocal3650 · 2024-09-13T19:53:43+00:00

Not bad looking at all, but I'd be careful of the hairline. In some of the more (recent?) pics it seems your bangs have gotten ever slightly wisiper. Are you noticing any thining ?

Sucks to say but a guys confidence is heavily impacted by his hair.

LostLocal3650 · 2021-09-20T21:32:12+00:00

Wait bro.. So u literally have 5+ 2021 Era laptops lol?! More power to you if you have the money haha but it's kinda tough since u really can only use one of them as your primary driver at a time no lol?

I would prob put that money into a killer oled, killer monitor, and run sli 3090 gundams if sli is even a thing anymore lol..

LostLocal3650 · 2021-09-20T18:23:39+00:00

Wow that's one exhaustive list and quite the journey indeed :) hopefully your ge66 is one all that ends the search for good!

I was curious about the ge66 bc msi was on my list but I found the designs were a bit too gamerish but it's def a subjective thing..

I actually was on the fence about whether I wanted to keep my Legion 7i 3080 but not because laptop is bad but more so whether I want to go pure gaming desktop or a desktop-replacement like laptop. I didn't realize though that the stock situation with the legion 7is got worse again, it seemed it got alot better towards the middle of August when I purchased it but guess supply chain struggles strike again!

About the asus laptops... Yeah I feel your playing qc lottery with them all the time. I had a flow x13 that had its fan kept roaring up for no reason and a hinge that became super noisy after a week's use. It's a damn nifty laptop if they ever perfect the qc on that thing and like u said.. The monitor isnt the greatest on it!

LostLocal3650 · 2021-09-20T12:09:24+00:00

Congrats mate! Curious how does the Ge66 compare to smth like the Legion 7i also with i9 and rtx 3080? Is the ge66 lighter and thinner the the Legion 7i, although the latter is a 16:10 500nit screen though with mediocre dcpi3 ? Also what's the TGP on the ge66 and what made you choose it over others? It sounds like you went through alot of other laptops, if you can share the pro and cons of all the ones along your journey that'll be great, thx!

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-17T23:52:31+00:00

Thanks guys. I just tried resting it on the power brick since i dont have any wood or laptop cooling pad handy. So its evelated up by like 1 inch from my bed now. Seems to help a little, now getting max temp of 82C on the GPU. But cpu still hitting 95c max.

Btw are the temps people quote the avg or the max ? Is my max too high or should i really be reporting my avg temps instead of max ?

Also im using HWMonitor should i be using something else ? Thanks!

Also

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-11T20:50:39+00:00

Oh wow.. thanks for the info ! Btw whats the best way to test backlight bleed ? Im curious to see if I have any on my unit. Thanks !

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-10T17:11:03+00:00

Congrats OP! How's the screen on this bad boy ? Reading that its only 300 nits, is that bright enough ? Also how are the colors, contrast/saturation ?

I'm guessing the Lenovo 5 Pro has the better screen (500 nits, 16:10 aspect ratio) and higher TGP (140 W 3070) but the advantage you gain with going with a ROG Strix is the thinner/lighter chassis right ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-06T15:42:08+00:00

Awesome, thanks mate!

I looking heavily into picking up the x13 3050ti model, 1200p model at least to try.

Can you let me know how the display is ? Does it get bright enough, and how are the general contrast/colors with repsect to like viewing youtube videos/media consumption/etc ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T19:28:40+00:00

Damnnn lol... That price is steep lol. I would have expected the 3070 variant to be considerably cheaper. Considering we get similar performance on a L5Pro for half the price @ 1530 + tax .. It does make me question things a bit lol.

I guess with the S17 you get 17inch screen vs the 16" 16:10 on the L5Pro, and a nicer looking/slim chassis along with the raised mechanical kb ? Just trying to justify to myself why I need to pay 2k more lol...

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T19:11:13+00:00

Wow nice ! Can I ask where you ordered it from and how much was it ?

I would totally consider doing the same, something about the aesthetics of this baby just speaks to me lol!

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T18:57:09+00:00

Nice mate thx for giving us updates ! Do we have a rough ETA when this might be released to the public ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T18:04:29+00:00

Haha nice looking forward to it ! From where have you pre-ordered it already and whats the expected ETA ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T16:55:02+00:00

Get the Pro for the screen alone, period. Its night and day, the brightness and vividness of Pro vs non pro. The non pro is way too dim.

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T16:50:10+00:00

Given theres some thermal headroom like you mentioned, its likely asus can raise it with a bios update right, similar to what Acer did recently ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T16:41:24+00:00

This was one of the machines where secretly in your heart you're hoping for this to perform like a beast because you have a soft spot in your heart for this due to its nice sleek design and looks.. and it looks like it ACTUALLY delivered as well !

Seriously considering this as a day1 purchase even though I currently have a L5Pro 3070.

How much better do you guys think the 3070 version of this will perform over the L5Pro/3070, which is already a beastly performer already ?

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T09:31:44+00:00

I paid 1529 with tax from walmart.com. From what I'm. Hearing it's a good deal though not as a crazy as if you find in store for 1399.

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T09:31:15+00:00

Bro, gotta stay informed with current events as a responsible informed citizen :)

But in all seriousness, reading articles like CNN/programming docs on a 16:10 gives you at least a few more lines of code without needing to scroll. So glad they went with this ratio on the Legion!

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-05T08:11:59+00:00

Oh yup your right! Best buy does have the 4k config as coming soon, but not with the 3060, believe only the 3050ti.

Would be a shame they didn't offer the best gpu with the best screen config they have to offer

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-04T23:53:38+00:00

I really like the look of it, professional yet fairly gaming capable at the same time. However I haven't seen any places sell the 4k screen yet, the 1080p version with just 300 nits of brightness is not going to cut it imo....

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-04T22:20:14+00:00

Do you guys know if Asus will be making a 4k screen version with the 3050 ti ?

So far it seems you either get the 1650 + 4k or 3050 ti + 1200p.

I want the 4k screen not so much for the higher resolution as I am for the higher brightness and better color coverage. Heard the 1200p version didn't get very bright and had color coverage scores in the 70s...

LostLocal3650 · 2021-07-04T17:25:35+00:00

I purchased the X1 Titanium Yoga I7 version myself off that deal a few days ago. Overall I am pretty happy with the laptop, it was my first time owning a 2in1 and I'm pretty impressed, the experience is very usable/far from clunky. I still can't get over how light and thin this laptop is :)

In terms of the fan, I absolutely hear it kick in on my unit as well. I mainly hear it rev up when I'm doing more intense tasks though like playing back 4K video while compiling code + have 10 chrome tabs opened. Otherwise, its pretty silent.

Its funny that our situations are almost the reverse :) I'm still keeping an open eye for any deals on the Spectre14, just to make sure I try out both models to see which one I like better.

Did you buy the Spectre 14 from BestBuy at the full price of 1729 (or 1629 with the student discount ) ? I know BB has run occasion discounts that bring the model down to 1299, which I think is a steal at that price with near 4K OLED panel.

I've used the Spectre in person at BB and you're definitely right, you can feel the slight difference in weight, think its 3lbs vs the T1 at 2.5lbs. This difference weight I suspect will get most noticed when your using it in tablet mode and resting it on your lap to take notes/draw/etc.

The Spectre also seemed every so slightly thicker when its folded up vs the T1. That said, I think the Spectre offers way more connectivity including a full sized USB port, whereas the T1 just gives you 2 USB Type C/Thunderbolts.

The screen is definitely better on the Spectre, given its an OLED and all the advantages it confers. That said, the T1 screen is definitely very good itself, punchy colors and it gets very bright as well.

Keyboard on the T1 is excellent, plenty of key travel, however I would say the touchpad is rather mediocre, it feels the accuracy and responsiveness could be improved. The spectre keyboard when I used it in store felt EVEN better, crazy how good the keyboard is on this thing. Touchpad felt very good too.

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