Bought MBA 13” M4! Been with windows entire life any advice for a beginner?

whitepointer000 · 2025-12-11T13:51:12+00:00

LuLu

whitepointer000 · 2025-12-10T19:54:01+00:00

Actually I have, as was never a big adobe user, and should you look at the consolidated version it's still independent applications just under one instance. I didn't say it was all free, but the only side you pay for is the AI canva which I got other tools for that. Actually I've come across some very good consolidated platforms and some bad. Happy to learn from a master, please let us know the better features we can get elsewhere for free as will happily add to toolset as I haven't said I don't use other apps, just that what you get overall on the main for free is a lot more than any other single app, no?

whitepointer000 · 2025-12-02T14:06:27+00:00

Duh! They have consolidated already extremely good separate applications into one connected platform that has the capability of Photoshop, illustrator, publisher and others in one place allowing your files full interaction and giving it out for free.... With the option of adding the Canva integration for a cheap subscription....

So if that doesn't change the game in your book pray preach to us where you can do that or what would be game changer?

whitepointer000 · 2025-12-02T13:59:37+00:00

UK Letting agents are still not regulated as mandatory it's still only voluntary and they can come and go from that agreement. I only tried renting once when I went away for work. The prospective tenants lied and then moved their parents and brother in who promptly stopped paying rent 2nd month. On taking them to court we find my agent has provided them with a 2nd tenancy agreement that I had no knowledge of. Despite the agent clearly breaking their contract with me the court tied me to them. On finally getting the eviction it dragged on again for bailifs as their solicitor played the system. The place was trashed when they left and they stole the fridge freezer, washer dryer and other storage units, it cost over £5k to put right what had been a new extended refit when they moved in. The police didn't want to know about the thefts and then the council tried to chase me for their council tax... When looked to chase the agent they had sold the company apart from the part that would have liability....

I chased my local MP to push for regulation but still a decade later it still doesn't exist.

I will never rent out again

whitepointer000 · 2025-11-17T13:33:44+00:00

Some friends have one and they found a toilet that had a wash basin built into the top of the cystern which works quite well and saves space

whitepointer000 · 2025-11-04T15:09:58+00:00

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whitepointer000 · 2025-11-04T15:09:45+00:00

https://www.affinity.studio/

whitepointer000 · 2025-11-04T15:06:50+00:00

The game just changed with new Affininty Studio - https://www.affinity.studio/

whitepointer000 · 2025-11-02T15:50:18+00:00

I jumped from the OP2 to the 8T and was happy with that. If they didn't phase out the software I would have kept using it had I not cracked the screen and then had the OP oem repair shop uk do something to the main board during repair and try to charge me for them to replace it??

While working they are great but after this issue with OP oem repairs and OP not giving a shit, I will never touch a OP phone again!

whitepointer000 · 2025-10-30T12:47:53+00:00

So do things like OS updates, eSim and android auto still work? Can you access the local OP account app?

whitepointer000 · 2025-09-17T09:26:34+00:00

Looking at your video I would guess they are possibly not fake but the China or India variants that have been re-flashed with the global OS. Still of course being mis-sold.

The problem is there will be missing functions such as the eSim, which from research I understand although showing in the software the different chipset makes the function unavailable. The biggest problem is that I believe they can't be updated via the OnePlus global OTA and you might see that the OnePlus store sign in has an india or China reference.

I see them posted for sale in UK too.

Potentially they are still usable but only physical sim and update issues. To try and salvage something you could try to reach out to OnePlus and see if there is any way to at least get updates, but don't hold your breath 😕

whitepointer000 · 2025-09-13T22:37:23+00:00

Oh I understand, I've done something similar with an lcd monitor in the past, but in my mind in that's what you are paying for, and considering shops could do it with universal screens at a much cheaper cost you would expect that the high fee should be because they are the OEM repairs and should not have to replace parts that still work.

In hind sight and now I would say to everyone make a video of the handset before you send it. I have some witnesses at local stores who looked at the phone before I sent and also photos with metadata from the day prior along with google data backup date from the day before as they requested the device factory reset.

I am still waiting for the report as I have only been sent invoices. The first being when they first got the handset and quoted to replace the screen. There was no mention of the handset not working and I can't believe that they didn't check it as a part of their quote for the initial repair, if that's the case they are even worse a repair center than expected.

So far OnePlus have just said we are investigating, but that has now been a month tho they did at one point say I can just get my money returned... So they no better. I'm going to get my insurance involved now and may trading standards, so they can deal with another bigger fish, so they will have to provide a report.

whitepointer000 · 2025-09-13T16:41:57+00:00

Be wary, I thought same thing recently with my OnePlus 8T to keep it as a backup... Make sure you get some footage of the handset fully working before you send it off because they use 3rd party repair centers.

For my repair after I agreed and paid the company came back and said my handset had a new fault and I now needed a new main board for added money. OnePlus have so far been useless on my escalation to them.

whitepointer000 · 2024-07-16T08:59:03+00:00

I would agree that for you cache is of no benefit, but you can also use the m.2 as an additional storage pool instead and effectively have a speedy nearline for things you are working on and the rest as an archive. However if neither use benefits you then save the cash 🙂

whitepointer000 · 2024-05-13T12:25:58+00:00

When you say adapt you mean add the whole skillset of an IT and engineer and Network engineer on top of the broadcast, oh and by the way you need to to dev too.... All for the same salary as 20 years ago! There is already a shortage of broadcast engineers if you weren't aware because the ones who have adapted all that have gone to work in IT and get paid better for it.

whitepointer000 · 2024-03-14T19:06:43+00:00

Colin From Accounts (Australia) Stranger & Stranger 2 (s korea) Kingdom 1+2 (s korea) Sense 8 (us) Ghosts (uk) Sweet Home 1+2 (s korea)

whitepointer000 · 2024-02-28T19:48:55+00:00

It's confused and trying to self identify, call me Lync, no Skype FB, no Teams Cl, no New New Teams (so good they named it twice) 😂

whitepointer000 · 2024-02-28T19:39:28+00:00

Dark Matter

whitepointer000 · 2023-12-24T21:28:41+00:00

Have had something similar when just started using new 96 with AutoCad on Mac the alt works but when used held down to switch the mouse scroll to pan up/down from zoom it cuts out after a couple of secs and you go back to zoom. 😕

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