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    That and vacuuming are ok if you hold the fans still. Otherwise they can spin too fast and get damaged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    Strewth, mate ! Isn't the 13 year old one getting a bit slow by now ?
    As I said. i keep it for the old engineering programs. One in particular is well set out and very flexible. It was designed in Australia rather than europe, so its defaults are set to more realistic high ambient heat loads and it gives a well set out print out that is easier for non technical people to read without all the tech mumbo jumbo. Also I have checked it against hand calculated heat loads and found it accurate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    That and vacuuming are ok if you hold the fans still. Otherwise they can spin too fast and get damaged.

    Of course it is...

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    I do not use compressed air , only brushes

    if I am going to replace the heat transfer compound , then I will wash the heat sink and let it dry when I take it off the chip

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    Late 2013 Macbook Pro. Works like the day I bought it although I did change the battery this year.

    When it dies, the next one will be a mac.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirk diggler View Post
    Late 2013 Macbook Pro.

    You'll have the anti-Mac brigade go for you now . . . but they are very, very good machines for most private and work uses - and look far more aesthetically pleasing, tough, excellent screen (the lack of a 'back/delete' button still is annoying)

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    I had this massive Compaq "Luggable" back in the day that I accidentally left in the back of the car in Sandpit summer heat. By the time I remembered, it looked like Salvador Dali's watch.

    Powered it on, worked like a charm. Worked fine until it was superseded and disposed of. Looked as funny as fuck.

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    If it was a Compaq 386 Portable then I'm not surprised, they could take a lot of beating and still function.
    There was a time when every IT consultant had one of those heavy clumsy boxes. It was THE portable for a couple of years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
    If it was a Compaq 386 Portable then I'm not surprised, they could take a lot of beating and still function.
    There was a time when every IT consultant had one of those heavy clumsy boxes. It was THE portable for a couple of years.
    As Portable as my suitcase coming back from a month in Big C and Tesco.


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    ^ known as towable or the sewing machine

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    You'll have the anti-Mac brigade go for you now . . . but they are very, very good machines for most private and work uses - and look far more aesthetically pleasing, tough, excellent screen (the lack of a 'back/delete' button still is annoying)
    I not an apple fanboy in any way and I was a bit nervous to pay all the money and make the switch but I was back in Aberdeen on a training course and saw it in a pawn shop window almost new for £600 (half price). Scooped it up and never looked back.
    Lang may yer lum reek...

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    ^ Nice . . . nothing to do with 'fanboy' or not. Quality speaks.

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    A workmate is still running his 2012. He said the Catalina update is the last one available for his system. Not sure if that's true or not. If mine gets a 'final upgrade' notice I'll probably start thinking about my next one.

    If anyone is like me and a bit unsure of making the switch, the macbook air and it's price would be a great place to start.

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    Like Ford vs Chevy, they each have their own problems. Apple's faux minimalism is lame and gay. I'll never get an Apple laptop

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Apple's faux minimalism is lame and gay
    Umm . . . ok . . . Apple wil survive,a s will 'gay' things

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    I'll never get an Apple laptop
    Petulance . . . from our man-boy.


    So, how old are you? Mid-30s, right? Incredible

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    when was the last time you opened and cleaned the dust from your apple laptop ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    when was the last time you opened and cleaned the dust from your apple laptop ?
    I haven't. The older one had a loose connection between the power supply and the whatever and that was fixed in a matter of a few minutes - but not by me.
    I neither have the tools nor the technical confidence in opening up a laptop

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    ^ I never said that Apple was a bad company. I am just not a fan of their styling.

    Asian brand laptops and electronics in general just have a more manly look. You wouldn't see Bond with an Apple


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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    You wouldn't see Bond with an Apple
    Because they have to need to pay the big bucks to advertise their products in movies and the such. Sony paid through the nose for that shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    when was the last time you opened and cleaned the dust from your apple laptop ?
    April/May this year. I was in quarantine in Udon when my battery went so I ordered a new one and changed it myself. It wasn't too bad for the age but I cleaned it up with a cotton bud while I was at it.

    Anyway, turned out to be the charger that was fucked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Asian brand laptops and electronics in general just have a more manly look.
    You have a problem with your sexuality/masculinity, Skidmark. Whether it's your being an apologist for rape, your all-out adoration for hookers, your fear of a 'feminine-looking' piece of electronics . . . Jaysus, dude . . . you need to get over it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    You wouldn't see Bond with an Apple
    James Bond isn't real. Sony has paid for product placement for years already, as ao already pointed out.
    Last edited by panama hat; 17-12-2020 at 08:46 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    You have a problem with your sexuality/masculinity, Skidmark. Whether it's your being an apologist for rape, your all-out adoration for hookers, your fear of a 'feminine-looking' piece of electronics . . . Jaysus, dude . . . you need to get over it.



    James Bond isn't real. Sony has paid for product placement for years already, as ao already pointed out.
    Only to get ahead of Asus, Lenovo, HP etc.

    They're still shitloads better, and much better value than MAnKyOS.

    But don't get me wrong, Apple shit is great for people with a limited grasp of technology and more money than sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Apple shit is great for people with a limited grasp of technology and more money than sense.
    Wish I was the latter . . . but fall into the former category. 25 years in the IT industry didn't help

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    unless you want a gaming laptop the discrete GPU is more drama than it is worth - heat and battery - and really to play games you will probably plug it to an external monitor
    raid 0 is a striped array used for storage speed and the nvme x4 drives are more than fast enough on their own to saturate the CPU with data

    LG is just releasing a 16 inch - LG Gram 16 is a 2.6 pound laptop with a big, high-res display - Liliputing

    and I think we will see other manufacturers in 2021 releasing similar , but maybe with new AMD apu's which might be better - though I am not sure if they will still lack thunderbolt connectors - but USB3.2 gen 2 does 10 gig bits now which is probably more than enough to drive external 4k displays etc

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