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True. I understand there's risks. But I don't think they're necessarily deal-breakers. For the record my X30L-J was an ex-company laptop,…

Oh I see now, I mis-read it as saying the battery charge may be "locked to 80%" in the BIOS (i.e. the settings may be changed). My bad. I…

Yeah same. But I don't think that will be a problem. Having access to the BIOS is a reasonable expectation and you would for sure get a…

Cheers. I mentioned I liked the BIOS option to stop charging at 70-80%, this is probably the "lock" they were talking about. My BIOS wasn't…

I would prefer this. Plus it comes with stylus support. Not sure about upgradability but 16GB is plenty for most.

I got one from a previous deal as a run-around computer. In general it's a great unit with all the bells and whistles you would expect from…

Good brand. Fast charging. But doesn't seem cheap compared to the GOOLOO or other stuff. Or am I missing something? In any case I recommend…

Picked up one today. Really compact (nice) and slides up to form a water container in the bottom (clever and potential point of failure if…

Not great deals... There was an 11th Gen Portege X30W (foldy, B grade) for ~$230 recently (with code) and I got an 11th Gen Portege X30L-J…

I decided to jump on the 8k PAW3950 bandwagon, but there are so many good chinese ones available for almost half the price that I couldn't…

I'm using latest Ubuntu (fat Linux) with a few general apps open including 2x Firefox Windows and 1 Chrome (~30 tabs total) and I'm at…

nah you're good. I found that same video for the wrong model all by myself. Then convinced myself it would be fine with 8gb and the rest of…

I snagged one thinking it had a spare RAM slot then went into a full Sad Panda funk when I realised the truth... Then I ordered a pretty…

I don't want to be "that guy" who always says wait for the next best thing... ...But I'm waiting until the new year to see how the next set…

I have had good results from bulk SUNLU. I got some PETG a couple of years ago and TPU recently, both performing fine **after being dried…

The advantages I mentioned are for datasets (AI and scientific computing) which can use many hundreds of gigabytes or terabytes of storage,…

Yes Optane is dead afaik. The drive is still good and warranty should be OK as long as they have stockpiled enough replacement drives for…

Yeah this is one of those situations where if you don't know what you need, then you don't need this. Primary advantages of Optane are…

Here's a [pic](https://imgur.com/a/B3xkmTg).

The Ugreen ones look better better. Way better in low light, whereas kmart cam kind of faceplants without perfect light.

Sorry I can't help much with the audio. It works. Though I doubt it would be anything better than "passable". I did one test with the cam's…

It's fine for $20. I wouldn't want to spend much more for it though.. See my post below.

I got the kmart one for if I'm in a pinch. It's OK; bad in low light and pretty noisy, but definitely usable. And only 30fps at higher…

Just in case anyone wants more unreliable testimony I thought I'd add an update: Got the CPU delivered pretty damn fast. Immediately…

I guess it's finally time for my 1700x to get the old Spanish archer. I've been having decent luck with AliExpress recently so I hope it…

Samesies. Support was good but they didn't listen when I said it was click & collect so I got free shipping.

I should have read comments before going through checkout, sending money, then site freezing and no confirmation (item still in shopping…

No, the XB13 was the previous version (I think). I assume the "H" at the end is just a code for the colour.

Yes, the microphone is pretty good. Apparently it's one of the bigger upgrades from the previous version. It will still have the regular…

I got one in December for closer to $50. Sounds surprisingly good for a tiny speaker with pretty good bass. Not super low of course and a…