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Durability: Mac Pro vs air vs thinkpad vs xps

For your use case, even the Macbook should survive with no trouble. Just remember that it's far, far more fragile than your x230 and don't treat it like a Thinkpad. In my company we have divisions with Thinkpads (X, T, and W series) and others with Macbooks (13" and 15" rMBPs), and the...
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- Post #6
- Nov 5, 2015
- Forum: Laptops
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Did you know that Google keeps your voice searches?

You can turn off ("pause") tracking of various activities through the history.google.com settings, or at least make them invisible to you. Google probably maintains a copy. Unfortunately, these controls sometimes fail. My YouTube viewing history is tracked even though the control is set to...
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- Post #4
- Oct 21, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Microsoft Office 2016 Final Released

Clippy came back last year, but somehow less useful than in his old Office incarnation:
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- Post #31
- Sep 25, 2015
- Forum: Windows
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How to sell new 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens?

I have a nice new duplicate lens in an unopened box, received as a gift that I don't want to return because I can't do so without the giver knowing. It was sold through an authorized Nikon USA dealer and when I say unopened box I really mean it - it's plastic wrapped in its original packaging...
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- Sep 14, 2015
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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$30 device defeats almost any keyless car or garage door

Apparently most of you didn't read the article. I'll quote:
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- Post #9
- Aug 11, 2015
- Forum: Security
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Upgrading Windows 8.1 Tablets to Windows 10 Discussion

Beware. I updated my Surface Pro 1 and spent awhile fixing the bugs (a microphone issue, a serious CPU burning issue fixed by turning off Windows tips in the notifications settings), then quickly realized that the loss of touchscreen UI functionality isn't worth the benefits in other areas...
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- Post #13
- Aug 6, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Ditching iPad for Macbook Air

If this is a replacement for an iPad, I think that whether or not you realize it now, you're going to miss the touch interface. I recommend sticking with a tablet of some sort or using a light laptop with a multitouch display. Even ignoring the touch requirement, Apple has no hardware on par...
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- Post #19
- May 10, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I disagree. YouTube quality on a 1080p movie trailer looks much lower than the same scenes on even a DVD due to extreme artifacting caused by overaggressive compression. I suspect that the movie studios are uploading high fidelity source material, and I know I am, but when I share 1080p videos...
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- Post #762
- Apr 28, 2015
- Forum: PC Games
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BloodBorne - Might be the game that make me buy a PS4

The load times on death are the ones that improve the most. They were cut roughly in half. In the tests on Eurogamer load times went, roughly (from memory because I'm at work): -from 45 seconds on load of a new area to 35-40 seconds -from 45 seconds on death to 20-25 seconds -from 11...
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- Post #265
- Apr 24, 2015
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Nikon FX DSLRs: D610 or D800?

This thread and the information about prices at Canadian shops made me buy my first new SLR since the D70, which I still used happily until last week. The D750 is a pretty big upgrade.
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- Post #27
- Apr 17, 2015
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Passed two Nissan GTRs on my way into SF...

Recently I was driving away from the Bay Area and after being stuck in crawling traffic for an hour I passed the scene of the accident causing the slowdown. About a minute later, once the general flow of traffic was up to about 65 mph but still dense, two performance cars driven by people who...
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- Post #76
- Apr 17, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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PSA: AMD games with Gold coupon expire!

If you're in California, the expiration may not be valid. In my experience, the gift card expiration laws cover a lot of things that aren't what I'd usually think of as a gift card, perhaps including the promotion you referenced. Here's a starting point for further research...
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- Post #12
- Feb 24, 2015
- Forum: PC Games
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Why I like Apple: My macbook failed 3 repairs

This is the policy at the Microsoft Store, too. If you bring in a laptop with the MS equivalent to AppleCare and there's any need for out of store repair, they skip straight to giving you a new equivalent laptop or giving you whatever you originally paid as a credit toward something else...
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- Post #20
- Feb 19, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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How long would it take you to use up 1GB of mobile internet data?

Just about 6 minutes when I use my phone as an ISP-replacement.
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- Post #22
- Feb 6, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Android Phone with Camera as good as iPhone 6 (autofocus speed, shutter speed, etc.)

Agreed, my S5's camera can't even compete with my old iPhone 5, or honestly even my wife's iPhone 4. The Note 4 on the other hand looks pretty comparable to the iPhone 6. I tend to phone cameras holistically based on the fraction of shots that I like, meaning that low light, handheld...
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- Post #13
- Jan 22, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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