Title: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 05:32:46 PM I need to replace my beloved Dell Vostro 1710. The old girl is still working fine but she just can't cope with modern life.
I will only be using it for paying poker, watching YouTube, Sky go and browsing. It needs to be quiet and reliable with good battery life. It doesn't need to be unnecessary expensive. I would prefer 18in screen but it's not a deal breaker. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 10, 2019, 05:36:49 PM Budget?
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on April 10, 2019, 05:38:18 PM Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Cf on April 10, 2019, 05:38:46 PM Get one that you can flip the screen over and use as a tablet. SSD is a must.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 05:48:04 PM Budget? I can just about afford the cheapest one that fills my requirements unless there is a very compelling reason to buy a more expensive one. If there is, I can probably afford that. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 10, 2019, 05:58:52 PM Starter for ten:
Dell New Inspiron 15 5000 (2019) 15.6" HD 8GB 128GB NVMe £439 Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 10, 2019, 06:01:42 PM Or HP Stream
14" HD ready 4GB 64GB eMMC £189 Also fits a version of your requirements Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 06:12:56 PM Thanks Mr Ines.
Is the latter crap and the former overkill? Which one would you say is best value for money? Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on April 10, 2019, 06:22:37 PM Thanks Mr Ines. Is the latter crap and the former overkill? Which one would you say is best value for money? (http://i.imgur.com/ZgMUzPQ.jpg) (https://imgur.com/ZgMUzPQ) Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 10, 2019, 06:38:47 PM The former is pretty much the 2019 equivalent of your Vostro - and probably the same price as it was in 2008. You might be able to spend a little less and still get an SSD and a full HD screen but I didn't spot one with a quick look around.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 06:41:31 PM I hope I haven't pissed Mr Ines off with my factious reply, but answering questions like "What's your budget?" or the classic, "How much do you want to spend?" seem to defeat the object IMO.
If I say I have a budget of £200 someone will find me a £200 laptop. If I say it's £600... Well, you get my meaning. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 06:42:47 PM The former is pretty much the 2019 equivalent of your Vostro - and probably the same price as it was in 2008. You might be able to spend a little less and still get an SSD and a full HD screen but I didn't spot one with a quick look around. I think you are probably right, except that my Vostro is 18in. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on April 10, 2019, 06:57:18 PM https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-17-inch-laptops
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 07:07:24 PM https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-17-inch-laptops Thanks Mark. It looks like I would have to pay a niche market premium for a 17/18in lappy, although I must admit to liking this quote from the site you linked me to. "17-inch laptops are the same size and weight as some 15-inch laptops" Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on April 10, 2019, 07:07:56 PM When shopkeepers see Tom making his way to their shops, I bet they pull the shutters down & hide. I'm after some tea-bags, but it depends, see.... Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on April 10, 2019, 07:13:46 PM I'm looking to get an XPS, but the 13 nowadays, now that I don't really play poker anymore.
Expensive business, all these decent laptops. When shopkeepers see Tom making his way to their shops, I bet they pull the shutters down & hide. I'm after some tea-bags, but it depends, see.... Tea... Pffffffffft!! Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 07:15:18 PM When shopkeepers see Tom making his way to their shops, I bet they pull the shutters down & hide. I'm after some tea-bags, but it depends, see.... Tea is easy. https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/p/1002320?cm_mmc=Google-_-pla_gen_cleaning-and-catering_gosc-_-cleaning-and-catering-_-1002320&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9fP29o_G4QIVzbDtCh2UTQHuEAQYASABEgKjnvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: horseplayer on April 10, 2019, 07:24:59 PM get an ex business lenovo thinkpad
stick an ssd in (I am not expert and did it easily) they have generally been very lightly used and are as strong as an oxx I have probably dropped mine 10 times sometimes on purpose and still going fine Cost me about £120 for the laptop and the rest for the ssd Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 07:32:00 PM get an ex business lenovo thinkpad stick an ssd in (I am not expert and did it easily) they have generally been very lightly used and are as strong as an oxx I have probably dropped mine 10 times sometimes on purpose and still going fine Cost me about £120 for the laptop and the rest for the ssd This sounds interesting. How much is "The rest?" Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 10, 2019, 07:54:06 PM No offence taken at all Tom, it's just with commodity goods such as laptops etc. you pretty much get what you pay for. The 180 quid job will be "slow" - some may never notice. It will play poker - as long as it's only certain sites and won't run a tracker which you might think is a given.
It'll have stonking battery life and be silent. It has a relatively crap screen, some will love it because the icons are bigger than normal. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: horseplayer on April 10, 2019, 07:56:40 PM Like I say I am no expert I believe a decent ssd costs £60-£80
Mine is probably 6 years old boots within seconds still never hangs or drags ok I dont run massive programs on it regularly but it has used a lot Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 08:05:16 PM No offence taken at all Tom, it's just with commodity goods such as laptops etc. you pretty much get what you pay for. The 180 quid job will be "slow" - some may never notice. It will play poker - as long as it's only certain sites and won't run a tracker which you might think is a given. It'll have stonking battery life and be silent. It has a relatively crap screen, some will love it because the icons are bigger than normal. I don't run a tracker but I don't want to be restricted to certain sites. I don't have Sky sports but I occasionally use a friend's Sky go log in to watch Sports on my laptop. On my old Vostro I requested a matt screen because the glossy one was too reflective, nut that might not be an option, or even a problem these days. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 10, 2019, 08:06:39 PM Like I say I am no expert I believe a decent ssd costs £60-£80 Mine is probably 6 years old boots within seconds still never hangs or drags ok I dont run massive programs on it regularly but it has used a lot Sounds like a good solution. There seems to be a lot of Thinkpad models though.... Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: EvilPie on April 11, 2019, 10:52:25 AM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available.
It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on April 11, 2019, 11:01:48 AM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Does it come with it's browsing history intact? Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 11, 2019, 11:14:15 AM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. I'm not too bothered about big and chunky, I never take it anywhere so it seems like a good option. Just bear me in mind when you're ready. I just have to find someone to buy mine now..... Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: booder on April 11, 2019, 02:36:36 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Does it come with it's browsing history intact? :D Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: EvilPie on April 11, 2019, 03:04:13 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Does it come with it's browsing history intact? Ha ha, I thought about that whilst I was typing out my previous message. It's a work laptop so it's actually pretty 'clean'..... Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on April 11, 2019, 03:18:20 PM If your laptop is just feeling a bit slow Tom and the screen, keyboard etc. are OK, buy a SSD and replace the current hard disk. Will feel like you've stuck a turbocharger in it and only costs £40ish.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on April 11, 2019, 03:28:21 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Does it come with it's browsing history intact? (https://media1.giphy.com/media/WAfGpVI1pI3e/giphy.gif?cid=790b76115caf4ef52e51586e7304fc36) Incred :D Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on April 11, 2019, 04:25:09 PM If your laptop is just feeling a bit slow Tom and the screen, keyboard etc. are OK, buy a SSD and replace the current hard disk. Will feel like you've stuck a turbocharger in it and only costs £40ish. I think it's really too old now. Stuff keeps failing, drivers go missing etc. "X has stopped working. Windows will close the programme and notify you if a solution is available" I was running XP (I loved XP) but they stopped supporting it so I installed Vista. Now vista has gone to the wall and my lappy doesn't have the cajhones to run Windows 10. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: dakky on April 11, 2019, 06:56:21 PM If your laptop is just feeling a bit slow Tom and the screen, keyboard etc. are OK, buy a SSD and replace the current hard disk. Will feel like you've stuck a turbocharger in it and only costs £40ish. I think it's really too old now. Stuff keeps failing, drivers go missing etc. "X has stopped working. Windows will close the programme and notify you if a solution is available" I was running XP (I loved XP) but they stopped supporting it so I installed Vista. Now vista has gone to the wall and my lappy doesn't have the cajhones to run Windows 10. windows 7 is miles ahead of Vista and would run a lot better Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on May 09, 2019, 12:24:07 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Are we there yet? ;sark; Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: EvilPie on May 09, 2019, 03:46:03 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Are we there yet? ;sark; Are we at 6 months yet? Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: EvilPie on May 09, 2019, 03:49:02 PM Actually there has been a development with the laptop. The screen sometimes goes a bit funny when it's opened at certain angles so you have to move it about a bit to get it back to normal. Not an immediate problem but it certainly suggests that at some point in the not to distant future it could 'go' completely.
The good news is that this may expedite my requirement to upgrade. The bad news is it may be f**ked.... If you have a separate screen then not a problem but otherwise it wouldn't be ideal. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on May 09, 2019, 03:58:49 PM How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available. It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive. It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one. Are we there yet? ;sark; Are we at 6 months yet? We are according to my laptop, but it's not very reliable.... Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 10:22:15 AM Help please.
How do I post a google image to the forum using windows 10. When I right click there is no 'Copy image location' tab in the drop down list. TIA. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 10:41:56 AM When I said TIA I thought someone would be quicker than this...….
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 10:52:18 AM Help please. How do I post a google image to the forum using windows 10. When I right click there is no 'Copy image location' tab in the drop down list. TIA. Hurry up, before I begin to start thinking about kicking off. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 11:09:38 AM Your all useless.
What are you? Surely most of you are using Windows 10 by now, and surely you have nothing better to do than tell me how to post a google pic using it. What are you waiting for? Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 11:25:23 AM Which browser Tom? It's working with Firefox on Win10 here.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 11:32:49 AM Hard to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 11:35:13 AM Which browser Tom? It's working with Firefox on Win10 here. Oh hi Mr L. It's a new (To me) computer and the default browser is Microsoft Edge. I've just been googling the problem and it's beginning to look like that's where the fault lies. I will try Firefox and report back. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 11:36:38 AM Hard to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly. Even harder to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly and can't be arsed to find out. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 11:38:30 AM Hard to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly. Even harder to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly and can't be arsed to find out. Rejected. I've refined how I upload photos now, and have got it down to less than 40 clicks. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 11:42:43 AM Edge? Brave man.
Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 11:47:02 AM All sorted now so (http://www.whereexcusesgotodie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Where-Excuses-Go-to-Die-Middle-Finger.jpg) To anyone who isn't Mr L. The rest of you can bugger off until I need help with something else. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 12:05:14 PM Edge? Brave man. Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge. Edge has been kicked into touch. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 12:28:33 PM Edge? Brave man. Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge. Edge has been kicked into touch. OK, I Will Follow Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: TightEnd on July 18, 2019, 12:30:36 PM lol!
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 12:31:43 PM Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 12:33:51 PM It truly was, I'm completely whooshed. I'll have to wait for Mr L to explain it to me. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 12:51:04 PM You wait ages for an external bus, and then 5GT/s come all at once.
Feature Specification Chipset Skylake DRAM bus width 64-bit Flash EPROM SPI 32 Mbits, 64 Mbits PCIe bus 100 MHz External Bus Frequency DMI (5GT/s) Table 2. Processor . Feature Specification Types Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 L3 cache 3 MB, 4MB, 6 MB, and 8 MB Table 3. Memory . Feature Specification Memory connector Two SODIMM slots Memory capacity 4GB and 8GB Memory type DDR4 SDRAM (1600 MHz ~ 2400 MHz ) Minimum memory 4 GB Maximum memory 16 GB Table 4. Storage - 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIeSSD . Feature Specification Capacity (GB) 512 Dimensions mm (W x D x H) 22 x 80 x 2.38 Interface type and Maximum speed PCle Gen3 8Gb/s (up to 4 lanes) MTBF 800k hours Logical Blocks 1,000,215,216 Power Source: Power Consumption (reference only) Idle 1.7 W, Active 4.5 W Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range 0°C to 70°C Relative Humidity Range 10% to 90% Non-Op Shock (@0.5ms) 1500G Environmental Non-Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing): Temperature Range -40°C to 70°C Relative Humidity Range 5% to 95% Table 5. Audio . Feature Specification Type Four-channel high-definition audio Controller Realtek ALC3235 Stereo conversion 24-bit (analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog) Interface: Internal High-definition audio External Microphone-in, stereo headphones, and headset combo connector Speakers Two Internal speaker amplifier 2 W (RMS) per channel Volume controls Hot keys Table 6. Video . Feature Specification Type Integrated on system board Controller: UMA Intel HD Graphics 5500 Data bus PCI-E Gen2 x4 External display support one HDMI 2560x1440 @ 30 Hz one mDP 1920 x 1200 pixels NOTE: Supports one VGA, two DP/DVI ports through Docking station. Table 7. Camera . Feature Specification HD camera resolution 1280 x 720 pixels (Non Touch) FHD camera resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (Touch) Video Resolution (maximum) 1280 x 720 pixels Diagonal viewing angle 74° Table 8. Communications. Feature Specification Network adapter 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45) Wireless Internal wireless local area network (WLAN) and wireless wide area network (WWAN) Bluetooth 4.0 Table 9. Ports and Connectors. Feature Specification Audio One microphone/stereo headphone/speakers connector Video one HDMI one mDP Network adapter RJ-45 connector USB 3.0 Two USB 3.0, one PowerShare Memory card reader Support upto SD4.0 Micro Subscriber Identity Module (uSIM) card One Docking port One Smart Card One Table 10. Display . Feature Specification Model Latitude 7470 Latitude E7470 Type HD FHD W/Touch Dimensions: Height 181.4 mm (7.14 inches) 194.9 mm (7.67 inches) Width 290.5 mm (11.4 inches) 302.8 mm (11.9 inches) Diagonal 3.0 mm (0.1 inch) 5.95 mm (0.23 inch) Maximum resolution 1366 x 768 1920 x 1080 Refresh rate 60 Hz/48 Hz 60 Hz/48 Hz Minimum Viewing Angles: Horizontal +/-40° +/-80° Vertical +10°/-30° +/-80° Pixel pitch 0.2025 x 0.2025 0.144 x 0.144 Table 11. Keyboard . Feature Specification Number of keys United States: 82 keys, United Kingdom: 83 keys, Brazil: 84 keys, and Japan: 86keys Table 12. Touchpad . Feature Specification Model Latitude 7470/E7470 Active Area: X-axis 99.5 mm Y-axis 53.0 mm Table 13. Battery . Feature Specification Type 3-cell Lithium Polymer battery with ExpressCharge 4-cell Lithium Polymer battery with ExpressCharge Model Latitude 7470 Latitude E7470 3–cell 4–cell Dimensions: Depth 105.9 mm (4.17 inches) Height 6.1 mm (0.24 inch) Width 181.00 mm (7.13 inches) 283.00 mm (11.14 inches) Weight: 189.3 g (042 lb) 290.3 g (0.85lb) Voltage 11.10 VDC 7.40 VDC Life span 300 discharge/charge cycles Temperature range: Operating Charge: 0 °C to 50 °C (32 °F to 158 °F) Discharge: 0 °C to 70 °C ( 32 °F to 122 °F) Non-Operating –20 °C to 65 °C (4 °F to 149 °F) Coin-cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell Table 14. AC Adapter. Feature Specification Type 65 W and 90 W Input voltage 90 VAC to 264 VAC Input current (maximum) 1.50 A Input frequency 47 Hz to 63 Hz Output power 65 W and 90 W Output current 3.34 A and 4.62 A Rated output voltage 19.5 VDC Weight 230 g (65 W) and 285 g (90 W) Dimensions 107x46x29.5 mm (65 W) / 130x66 x22 mm (90 W) Temperature range: Operating 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F) Non-Operating –40 °C to 70 °C (–40 °F to 158 °F) Table 15. Physical . Feature Latitude 7470/E7470 Non-Touch Latitude 7470/E7470 Touch Front Height 17.2 mm (0.68 inch) 18.20 mm (0.72 inch) Back Height 19.4 mm (0.76 inch) 21.8 mm (0.82 inch) Width 334.00 mm (13.14 inches) Depth 232.0 mm (9.13 inches) Weight (with 3-cell battery) 1.51 kg (3.33 lb) 1.65 kg (3.65 lb) Table 16. Environmental . Feature Specification Temperature: Operating 0 °C to 60 °C (32 °F to 140 °F) Storage –51 °C to 71 °C (–59 °F to 159 °F) Relative humidity (maximum): Operating 10 % to 90 % (non condensing) Storage 5 % to 95 % (non condensing) Altitude (maximum): Operating –15.2 m to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft) 0° to 35°C Non-Operating –15.24 m to 10,668 m (–50 ft to 35,000 ft) Airborne contaminant level G2 or lower as defined by ISA S71.04–1985 Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on July 18, 2019, 01:20:24 PM Bought one of the Huawei Matebook X-Pros before I went to Vegas, and most happy with it.
Definitely a computer fish, so probably overkill for the basic stuff I use it for. Very good bit of kit, though. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on July 18, 2019, 01:20:42 PM I'm shit at posting pics, too.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 01:27:12 PM Get you with your fancy 512GB M.2, very swish.
Finally decided my six year old laptop, which I got as a hand-me-down from my son, has seen better days and it was time for a new one. Treated myself to a Surface Pro in the Amazon Prime Day sale. That Mr Bezos knows what he's doing, his site is worse than crack. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on July 18, 2019, 01:45:08 PM Get you with your fancy 512GB M.2, very swish. Finally decided my six year old laptop, which I got as a hand-me-down from my son, has seen better days and it was time for a new one. Treated myself to a Surface Pro in the Amazon Prime Day sale. That Mr Bezos knows what he's doing, his site is worse than crack. Not wrong there! Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 01:49:52 PM Not wrong there! And again. Parcel #6 arrives tomorrow, apparently we really needed a torque wrench. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 02:20:14 PM Not wrong there! And again. Parcel #6 arrives tomorrow, apparently we really needed a torque wrench. Until last year I made sure everything was pulled down square and even and just tightened everything by feel, then I became convinced I needed a torque wrench. So I bought one, and now it sits unused on the shelf and I just tighten everything by feel. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 02:26:13 PM I've no doubt the wrench will shortly be disturbing the cobwebs on the impact driver and ball joint splitter.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Marky147 on July 18, 2019, 02:32:45 PM Not wrong there! And again. Parcel #6 arrives tomorrow, apparently we really needed a torque wrench. Just checked, and I'm at 44 :D Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Longines on July 18, 2019, 02:48:58 PM As a techie, I'm frankly amazed that they have a database that holds this. IIRC there was some deal where if you placed a certain number of orders from Amazon you got a huge amount of Amex, hotel or airline points - and that's why my first dozen orders were the cheapest things - ebooks - they sold :-)
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: booder on July 18, 2019, 03:00:25 PM Edge? Brave man. Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge. Edge has been kicked into touch. OK, I Will Follow Too good. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 04:03:32 PM Edge? Brave man. Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge. Edge has been kicked into touch. OK, I Will Follow Too good. Sigh... He's just pretending he gets it. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Tal on July 18, 2019, 05:43:41 PM It truly was, I'm completely whooshed. I'll have to wait for Mr L to explain it to me. You too? Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 06:01:59 PM It truly was, I'm completely whooshed. I'll have to wait for Mr L to explain it to me. You too? A+ Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:31:48 PM Someone send me a PM and put me out of my misery.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: tikay on July 18, 2019, 06:36:54 PM Don't tell him, let him stay miserable. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: roshambo on July 18, 2019, 06:40:32 PM he will find out with or without you
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:43:39 PM Singers called Edge? Songs called Edge?
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:44:45 PM U2!
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:45:11 PM Now I have to find the connection.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: TightEnd on July 18, 2019, 06:45:26 PM You have found what you were looking for.
Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:48:21 PM You have found what you were looking for. Haha. Now I need a U2 song with a reference to Edge or kicked into touch. Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: RED-DOG on July 18, 2019, 06:50:18 PM Got it.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eAt5_Aalopg/UbUkvH6d-iI/AAAAAAAAOAs/yGSgiNITP-E/s640/The+Edge-u2.jpg) Title: Re: Recommend a laptop. Post by: Supernova on July 19, 2019, 11:52:09 AM It truly was, I'm completely whooshed. I'll have to wait for Mr L to explain it to me. You too? ;tightend; |