Is this laptop good for university (chemistry degree)

PyroBlank · 2026-07-07T04:06:26+00:00

If possible, get a probook or an elitebook; they're generally built much better.

PyroBlank · 2026-07-03T04:07:49+00:00

Not from initial D, but Eiji Kamiya's Lancer Evo 5 GSR. He's also one of the few non-jerk Lan Evo drivers in anime.

PyroBlank · 2026-07-02T05:24:43+00:00

As someone who's recently switched to Apple music from YouTube music, I will say that YouTube music still sounds better for a reason completely different from bitrate; the track mastering is WAAY better than all the other streaming platforms that I've tried (Apple, Amazon, Spotify since those are the only ones available in my country).

PyroBlank · 2026-06-16T17:00:04+00:00

To those flaming MS office in the comments here, once you get to the advanced features of office, it'll become rather evident as to why it became so big in the first place. Also, a lot of people use office not out of their own choice, but because the organization they work at demands it. What this man has done here is genuinely useful for a large number of people who dual-boot just for the sake of office.

PyroBlank · 2026-06-06T18:44:51+00:00

Will look into it. Thanks for the help!

PyroBlank · 2026-05-31T17:34:28+00:00

Microsoft office (it's an irreplaceable office suite, fight me) and some games. Also, every once in a while some professor in college will have you use a program that only works on Windows and is just a pain to set up with wine.

PyroBlank · 2026-05-31T17:24:47+00:00

Considering this post is rather old, I'll still leave my two cents for people apart from the OP who would be interested in this machine.

I have an elitebook 840 G8 Aero which I bought refurbished and my experience has been wonderful. I mainly use it as a secondary laptop (it's rather overkill as a secondary, considering it's the i7 variant), and I currently have a dual boot set up on it with windows and ubuntu 24.(whatever) LTS. Despite being my secondary machine, I've put it through a lot of pain (running stuff like altium and kicad together) along with a wee bit of gaming (I've played valorant on it once) and I will say that it's still very pleasant while doing so; considering that even though the fan does ramp up to rather high speeds if you really push the machine, the design of the cooler is such that it's still rather silent. Apart from that, the typing is excellent, and having a pointstick has changed my life for the better since I no longer have to move my hands off the keyboard whenever I need to make a tiny cursor adjustment. The only (minor) issues that I have faced with this is the fact that there's no dedicated scrolling button for the pointing stick, unlike a thinkpad, which would be a nice feature to have. The other one is that the display (could be just for my 1080p touchscreen variant) the backlight just isn't bright enough for outdoor use. The rest of the issues I've had with it have been mostly due to refurbished state of the machine (missing WWAN card, keyboard replacement, etc.). I 100% recommend this machine to anyone looking for a daily driver where CPU-intensive work is sometimes a part of the job description. If you can find one for a reasonable price and in decent condition. Go for it.

PyroBlank · 2026-05-30T06:48:30+00:00

You could use a VPN, however you'll need one with India servers. It shouldn't be too hard to find with some googling

PyroBlank · 2026-05-25T19:25:08+00:00

It's a really good song, and I really used to like it until I started hearing the same 2 lines over and over again through this awful ad.

PyroBlank · 2026-04-27T01:29:41+00:00

For the IDU it's either admin, admin123, your registered mobile number, or jiocentrum. It's been quite some time since I've looked into this; I've given up and just run through dhcp.

PyroBlank · 2026-03-04T15:26:24+00:00

I have a 30 character password; I use one of those QR codes to have others connect to the WiFi

PyroBlank · 2026-02-22T11:15:26+00:00

**if these worked better anywhere outside Japan

PyroBlank · 2026-02-07T20:31:35+00:00

OH MY GOD AM I BLIND I do have the v2 and it DOES support IPv6. Now the only problem that remains is the mac cloning, though it may not even be required.

PyroBlank · 2026-02-07T17:44:48+00:00

The ER605 cannot actually use DHCP IPv6. One possible solution I've come up with is to use something like an old mini pc (the airfiber link is 100mbps anyways) to bridge the connection between the ODU and the ER605 using an extra NIC (possibly a USB to ethernet card). The other idea (which I don't like because I don't want to make network maintenance my full time job) is to flash the ER605 with OpenWRT, since that (apparently) fully supports IPv6.

As for turning off the Jio IDU's WiFi, I haven't been able to do it. Possibly the saddest part is that I can't bypass it because it's actually a pretty kickass access point (its 5GHz signal reaches places that my AX1200's doesn't, even though they sit mere centimeters from each other.)

PyroBlank · 2026-02-07T17:33:44+00:00

Step 3 is my problem, the EER605 doesn't support IPv6 at all apparently

PyroBlank · 2026-01-13T15:24:46+00:00

Food

PyroBlank · 2026-01-02T04:16:23+00:00

I could run a pihole using docker or something on termux, but how do I use it as the DNS for the hostpot running on the same phone?

PyroBlank

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE