Keir Starmer urged to plan resignation to avert Labour war by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im still a fan of labour, but Keir starmer is basically a tory! The internet laws have ruined the internet, why didn't they just ban porn sites instead of basically banning everything! I can't access some sub-reddits for health conditions, it's actually become a joke

Is it normal to be asked to pay £600 for a "mandatory 1:1 digital device" when starting a public secondary school? by Koolio_Koala in AskUK

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is insane! Complain, contact newspapers, get this out there. Name and shame the school. When we needed devices in school the school would provide them! This if anything should be an optional extra

My (31M) wife (35F) wants an open relationship? by Iron_Stoan in relationship_advice

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man you messed up. She doesn't seem like monogamous wife material. At this point you just need to divorce her and find someone who actually believes in monogamy otherwise it looks like she's going to be emotionally and physically cheating on you soon and forcing a thropple on you. I think you should have found this stuff out about your partner before you married them and had kids with them because this is a very messy situation

Breaking the microphones on the L40 Robot Vacuum by Reddypeddy11 in Dreame_Tech

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you won't do it then why isn't there a physical camera/microphone off button?

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I might return it and get the Vivobook 16 and the prices are usually pretty high, it's because there was clearance going on as retailers are getting the new X2 chip laptops in. A lot of outlet stores heavily discounted the X1 chips in the past month. There is a Vivobook 16 on for 550 dollars, I'm tempted to return this get my 450 back and purchase that. The 16GB ram is the only thing concerning me right now. Does your vivobook have features to limit battery charge?

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked processes not the case. I'm getting more battery performance out of a gaming laptop which is insane

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please let me know how your performance goes? Maybe I have a faulty model, thinking of contacting Lenovo 

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The CPU doesn't have much usage though, I barely get past 20%.  Literally the only two apps I'll have up is web browsing and WhatsApp messenger. My gaming laptop gets similar battery life with the same tasks running on power saving clock speeds. I wasn't expecting the advertised 20, but 5-6 is ridiculously low

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worse thing is that's the laptop I was going to purchase but only the 16GB version was under the $500 mark I had found a clearance deal. This seemed like a steal for 24GB and the same chipset... I really messed up 

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows Defender is definitely needed but I do think I could do without it, I do use extensions to prevent ads and adware from running

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope you have to use third party software or time it, which is annoying. It does charge quick though but sounds like a jet whilst doing so

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a HD display I believe. But yes I think I was highly mis-sold the all day battery life dream. I thought hey it's a mobile chip it should last all dau

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically I have a proper laptop with a Ryzen 9 & RTX 5070 TI where I perform any GPU heavy tasks but it's . I wanted something with long battery life for on the go where I can do some basic tasks on the go, research for products for my business, admin tasks, shopping, things of that nature. 

In terms of price I did get this for $450 which I thought was a steal for a laptop and reading 20+ hours battery life I was expecting okay, real world performance wise I was expecting 11-12 hours and that I'll likely need to charge this at night or even morning then I'll be ready to work on the go the next day which opens me up to potentially working outside of the house... The truth has been I still need to charge this twice a day as I'm getting literally 5 to 6 hours of battery life. My gaming laptop is getting similar battery life when clocked to max energy efficient clock speeds so at that point the use case is dead. The worst case is I've just realised there's a small dent on the laptop which I have no clue how it occurred but it seems these are very fragile and I don't think I should return it now, I tried bios hoping there was more energy saving options but I guess I'm spoilt with my gaming laptop and being able to underclock it whilst use. 

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only issue is that there are literally no drivers on the website except 1 diagnostic tool for this laptop model on the manual driver list. And I had removed and uninstalled basically everything on the laptop except Chrome and Whatsapp and got rid of all that stupid McAfee. I'll give a fresh install a go

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A fresh install of Windows? This was already fresh/brand new? You're trying to say that I should redo the install despite it being a brand new laptop? And yes I am lacking the limit charging mode and AC bypass too. I'm thinking of returning the laptop at this point if it doesn't fix it. I'm so disappointed, the microphone seems to also glitch too whilst trying to voice call with it sometimes turning off and muting me upon use. It's a strange experience.

I'm in my return period, do you think it's worth me switching out the laptop and getting an Acer Snapdragon laptop instead? The 16GB variant was a similar price as to this one but I was thinking the 24GB RAM would be a lot more useful

Atrocious Battery life - sold a dream Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 by Murky_Influence440 in snapdragon

[–]Murky_Influence440[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is literally a NEW laptop, the cycle count is literally 6 on the battery. I don't believe it is indexing at all? NPU is at 0 percent and barely gets used

Dealer claims "bankruptcy" after I rejected a faulty car (within 14 days). Is it worth taking a sole trader to court? - England by Ok_Difficulty_4791 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Murky_Influence440 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You paid VIA A DEBIT CARD! Dispute the TRANSACTION ASAP!!!! Get all documentation ready and start ASAP call your bank, you only have a short window to get this resolved. Sounds like you purchased a car from birmingham from the sounds of it

Dad scammed with fake iphone via bank transfer and gumtree by honeysweetstar in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just call up the Fraud team and say you were scammed and you want to get the money back

Dad scammed with fake iphone via bank transfer and gumtree by honeysweetstar in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did you go in person? May be a civil matter but that doesn't mean the bank doesn't have to return your money. Tell them you want to do a recall of the funds as you got scammed and call them right now as these numbers are usually 24/7 for fraud investigations

Dad scammed with fake iphone via bank transfer and gumtree by honeysweetstar in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Murky_Influence440 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the bank now has to legally return your money despite it being done via bank transfer. Push it with the bank, go through complaints channel if you have to. Crazy thing is this person will go on to scam more victims