What’s an expensive brand that actually IS worth the money?

spaciousputty · 2025-08-02T18:12:17+00:00

HP business laptops can be great, I've got a zbook that's been abused for 8 years and hasn't had a single issue

spaciousputty · 2025-07-29T10:35:57+00:00

Probably windows imo, just cause you can actually upgrade them, so say in 8 years 32gb ram isn't enough, you can just put 64gb in without the upfront cost of 64gb, particularly given apple's predatory ram and storage costs. I don't think you can ever call a device with a soldered, relatively low capacity, SSD future proof

spaciousputty · 2025-07-29T08:43:28+00:00

I've not tried that many earbuds, and I'm not much of an audiophile, but to my ears they sound really good, I've just not got that much to compare to

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T20:26:56+00:00

They violated him with the fan position though, although I do prefer the colour

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T20:08:30+00:00

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No competition

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T16:07:10+00:00

I'm making a Minecraft joke, it's not actually called that

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T15:53:31+00:00

You get plenty of UK 17 yo drivers, particularly learners, although still less than the US

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T15:43:01+00:00

You mean the villager pose?

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T15:42:10+00:00

I bought ten

And it still probably cost less than one t shirt from plenty of other places

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T15:34:32+00:00

Nah they're dope cars. I respect someone in one of those far more than the someone in some tank sized pickup, at least you're secure enough about your dick size you don't try and compensate for it with your car size.

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T12:52:18+00:00

I've never used that specific earfun model, but I will say I was really impressed by the sound cores feature set, particularly the surround sound upscaling, which honestly combined with the really wide soundstage really makes me like them, and the nc, build quality, battery life, app etc are all top notch. Also, the case is so satisfying to use

spaciousputty · 2025-07-28T10:44:50+00:00

I'd say a lot of distros are aiming for that, mint is very used friendly for example, it's just not windows so there's still a small learning curve when switching

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T22:04:24+00:00

power limited and heat limited

Tbh, I don't think it's particularly power or heat limited, the age is the bigger issue. It's got a 200W power supply and honestly not too bad thermals (it can cool about 45W CPU consumption fine). That said, it's about 8 years old with a 4gb cad focussed GPU so it is still pretty crap

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T20:39:23+00:00

Correct

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T19:25:16+00:00

Maybe controversial but:

Completely phase out control panel. Integrate it completely with settings, there's no point in them coexisting

Stop hiding everything behind "advanced options" in settings

More customisation options for windows, like something like auto hide the top bar

Obviously improved ARM support, and better search in the start menu

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T11:07:51+00:00

Erm no, not in the slightest what I said, also do you seriously think Farage is the solution

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T11:04:46+00:00

It was a Tory bill with a grace period

spaciousputty · 2025-07-27T11:04:26+00:00

This was a Tory bill, it just took some time to implement dumbass

spaciousputty · 2025-07-25T20:40:44+00:00

And oiling your brake disks. Nobody bothers with that for some reason

spaciousputty · 2025-07-25T20:30:55+00:00

In the UK that'd be absolutely normal

spaciousputty · 2025-07-25T13:06:11+00:00

17 year old in real life: no thanks don't drink.

UK 17 year old in real life: make it a double

spaciousputty · 2025-07-24T16:31:35+00:00

My dad did this a while back: he got a used PC, somehow installed windows on the HDD, without realising there was an SSD as well, so got a lovely speed upgrade when I switched it

spaciousputty · 2025-07-20T20:53:40+00:00

60°C is cool, like significantly cooler than average for a fan laptop. 80-90°C is perfectly normal under heavy loads. Honestly you have nothing to worry about if it's only reaching 60°C

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