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Pretty much any entry-level computer from a name brand will be perfectly adequate for your use case. For example:…

This was my first thought, but if you are going to run an Ethernet cable from the wall, and reposition the router, you may as well leave…

Unless mum is a heavy-duty gamer, running multiple channels, and with a gigabit fibre internet connection, 802.11ac will be just fine. Ac's…

Thanks Anton. Exactly as I had hoped.

> happy to see "On The Buses", "Open All Hours", and "Allo Allo" Ahhh... the good old days of racist-stereotyping British humour. (Doesn't…

I'm off to northern hemisphere in December. Does the following make sense? 1 x 7 day World. (I will be in DPS, HKG, then Finland over 5 day…

This might be good value, if you want to go to the Cup and get drunk. That's not what I am commenting on. I hate, hate, hate when items are…

@Apostle0748 Thanks. BitWarden, a few months ago. I think it is a fine solution for reasonably computer literate, and people who care about…

@Max I know you are just being sarcastic (given your extensive history of anti-woke, anti-green, anti-renewables, anti-big government, etc…

Would this be large enough for a ~~human body~~, er... pig, or sheep?

I extensively evaluated a number of password managers earlier this year at my organisation of 50-100 employees. I looked at 1Password,…

@Wrongguy >I had purchased 1Password 6 or 7 back when it had lifetime subscription. Now, they went the monthly subscription way 1Password…

@Muppet Stop with your rational and common sense response already!

@JIMBO, it seems you are getting more outraged and triggered than the OP. Sure, it's not a big deal - **to you**. But it's the OP's time,…

@MindGrenadius > These governments can't help themselves. Yeah. Like the governments of over 130 countries, and nearly all industrialised…

@Gros21 >Id prefer a flat tax rate on income if its 25% or 33% seems once u start to do overtime the tax man takes it all. It really seems…

> Also if vaccines are effective, and influenza vaccine has been used for over half a decade, why are we still seeing influenza. And if…

Myer at Lonsdale St had a cafeteria back in the 90's and earlier. Terrific for lunch, or an early dinner. The meals were great value,…

@Hangryuman > it seems UBank requires you to first transfer funds from the higher interest Save account to the NO interest Spend account…

You must have the discount, 'reduced function' version of Amazon.

Second this. Recently I have started using Jack Black's Beard Lube. Oh my. Expensive, but you only use a fingertip-size dollop. Doesn't…

I would suggest that an average of 4.4 from 1000's of reviews is actually 'quite' encouraging. Further, most professional reviews of this…

As I said, *very narrow* use case. Only a handful of Core Ultra 9 / RTX 5090 laptops, costing up to $9k, actually have TB5 at present. I…

What some random customer service agent says on the phone is not the gospel truth for now and forever. You are going to need to make some…

So, their TB4 dock is RRP $799. But reduced to 'only' $399. I cannot imagine the TB5 costing any less. The Thunderbolt 5 specs are…

@JuryWheel I have never personally connected a G2 to a Mac. Some staff have brought in their personal Mac Pros or Airs, and they have not…

The first one I looked at on eBay, from 'bneacttrader' includes power supply for $90. I have purchased several off that trader in the past…

I have previously advised people on here to go with the refurb HP G5 docks. In my experience, they are rock-solid and have not given any…

Must haves? Not nice-to-haves, not useful, not pretty-handy, but **must** haves: Faststone Image Viewer PotPlayer 7-Zip Notepad++…

Thank you for the link. A couple of thoughts. That is a Reddit thread. A Reddit thread is not the gold standard for any kind of 'evidence'.…