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01:30

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Q: Differences from SuperUser

Unfortunately a lot of questions here are about Hardware support as well as shopping. These questions belong on SuperUser. How do we prevent users from asking questions? How can we as a whole improve on this situation?

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Rudra Matroja

05:21

aaaand i'm back

buuuut i'm alone

i hate timezones

as much as in coding as in real life

JTL

@RudraMatroja Welcome back.

Journeyman Geek

05:45

Woof

My "stuck in my head" playlist is wiiiierrrdd

Rudra Matroja

so

what are you guys upto

Journeyman Geek

Oh, just got a (cheap crap) chinese SSD into my old laptop

Its a lot faster now ;)

Rudra Matroja

what size?

what price?

Journeyman Geek

120gb ~40usd shipped

Rudra Matroja

not so bad

Journeyman Geek

05:47

Its one of the new 'cacheless' silicon motion controllers

Rudra Matroja

i'm gonna wait for the new ssd stuff

Journeyman Geek

imgur.com/a/xMXx6

(top's the old drive, bottom's the new one, natch)

Rudra Matroja

nice

do you know when that new technology from intel is coming out?

Journeyman Geek

er

JTL

Ah, nice.

Journeyman Geek

05:50

In theory next year for enterprise stuff

Rudra Matroja

the 3d xpoint stuff

Journeyman Geek

but new tech dosen't always work as planned

like memristers

so I'll believe it when i see it

Rudra Matroja

can anyone tell me what's wrong with my answer?

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Q: 4G router for home use?

A family member is moving into a new home soon, and for various reasons I've recommended that they purchase a 4G router instead of continuing to use landline broadband: Mobile data is insanely cheap- the provider that I've suggested they use have an offer on PAYG (Pay As You Go [prepay]) that g...

router 4g

I really do not get what is comment is for.

JTL

Oh yeah, I remember seeing that one.

Rudra Matroja

06:05

I mean the answer is pretty clear, it works like a normal wifi router but is 4g

isn't that what he wants?

JTL

@RudraMatroja I wondered the same thing when I first read it; I thought your solution seemed fine. I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with your answer. My best guess is that Bob wants there to be 4-port switch built into the device, and that he just assumed that this was a standard thing.

Journeyman Geek

hm

"Should be suited to home networking" vaguely hints at that

Rudra Matroja

but that router IS

Journeyman Geek

But his options don't

blaaaah

Yeah, that's just odd

JTL

Right. Though to be honest, I haven't been to many homes (besides mine) where people actually use the built in switch.

Rudra Matroja

06:09

i mean, the dude's asking for xyz i show him the xyz and the dude goes nah i wanted xyz didn't you read it?

(jacki chan meme face)

Journeyman Geek

lol

Most folk are happy with wifi.

JTL

Yup.

Rudra Matroja

well it is extremely popular

it just needs some way to bypass the interferences due to walls

Journeyman Geek

heh

Rudra Matroja

or homeplugs should get cheap enough to be placed in all the rooms to get max sppeds

Journeyman Geek

06:17

I need at least... 2 ~~routers~~ APs to cover my apartment

and erm...

I've got all the ports on the 5 port switch in my room used ;p

Rudra Matroja

ahahah what exactly is your setup?

you have a nas set up in your appartment?

Journeyman Geek

lol

lets see...

JTL

Also, there are accessories for the device you recommended. Just stick it in one of those cradles and it becomes a home router.

Journeyman Geek

OBT -> Router 1 -> Ethernet -> Switch (one PC connected) -> Homeplug -> Homeplug router 2 (Desktop Laptop X2 NUC class home server)

and er...

one or two spare systems, dad's 2 laptops...

JTL

I don't know how much they cost, though.

Journeyman Geek

06:22

(well one of my laptops is my mom's in theory. She never uses it, and its my old one, and I've been working on getting it slightly upgraded)

JTL

@RudraMatroja maybe you can point that out to him to show that it is also designed for home use?

Rudra Matroja

Well I do tell him that it's made to be used like a wifi router

@JourneymanGeek that's a bunch

Journeyman Geek

I might have missed one or two

@RudraMatroja: We're on a 5-7 year replacement cycle

but we rarely throw anything out ;p

Rudra Matroja

lol

so you're into gaming?

or editing stuff?

Journeyman Geek

so we have 2 desktops (tho one has a dead monitor, and no one uses it so I haven't moved my second monitor there), I have 2 laptops (my old one, and my X220) and a netbook and my brother's old laptop...

I'm a hardware geek ;p

JTL

06:26

@JourneymanGeek Heheh, I know how that is, long cycle and not throwing things out, that is.

Journeyman Geek

I game a little, do some very minor graphics design as needed...

Rudra Matroja

you should send me some of the equiments

Journeyman Geek

lol

Rudra Matroja

like when te next gen graphic cards pop out

Journeyman Geek

If shipping man, shipping ;p

Rudra Matroja

06:27

you could a couple ot 980 ti over here

Journeyman Geek

rofl

JTL

Hahah

Journeyman Geek

the 980ti is ~6 months spending money for me

Rudra Matroja

it's old gen come on

Journeyman Geek

riiiight

Rudra Matroja

06:28

you don't need that

Journeyman Geek

;p

JTL

Yeah, don't be stingy, man.

Rudra Matroja

you should get the 1080ti

Journeyman Geek

remind me in 5 years ;p

Rudra Matroja

lol

Journeyman Geek

06:28

(and heh. Once I get the next job, I'm probably going to look for a new second screen ;p)

Rudra Matroja

chances are i'll be able to afford the lastest techs but no time to appreciate

Journeyman Geek

lol

I mainly game on weekends

but IPS + 4K is just yummy even with text.

JTL

@RudraMatroja That's where I am right now. I want to replace my laptop and buy some other things, but I'm working about 50-60 hours right now, so I wonder if there is much point to it at the moment even though the added 10-20 hours I work each week is all just extra that I can afford to spend.

Rudra Matroja

yeah but i that point you just want something that works when you use and sdoes'nt need it to be tweaked

Journeyman Geek

@JTL heh, that's the reason my main mobile laptop is pretty basic.

and always has been

The gaming box tends to get cracked open on weekends or when I'm at home

and well, its also nice for watching stuff, since I hardly watch TV

JTL

06:35

Mine is pretty higher end, but it is seven years old. It might mechanically fail sooner or later.
My TV is connected to my desktop.

Journeyman Geek

@JTL: our secondary system is from 2007

was midrange then

Parts replaced as stuff fails.

Lets see... video card, HDD, one fan, 2 PSUs...

Rudra Matroja

how cheap is hardware therE?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

fairly cheap?

But you really really need to comparison shop

JTL

Mine is a Dell Studio XPS, so the parts aren't quite as easily replaced as they would be if I'd gone with a Latitude back when I bought it. The chassis/hinges would probably be more durable/in better shape, too.

Journeyman Geek

@JTL: my most recent laptop is a stream 11

lively thing but if it breaks, I'll probably buy a new one and get it covered in stickers like this one ;p

JTL

06:42

Hehe.

Journeyman Geek

(quite literally nothing replacable in it)

Unlike a thinkpad.

JTL

Yeah, If I replace mine, I have honestly thought about going from this >6 pound 16" thing to something like the Toshiba Encore Write 10", mostly for the sake of the digitizer. Though other devices with pens are/have come out recently, so I need to learn about them some more.

Journeyman Geek

heh. The surface pro's the one that I hear nice stuff about

Rudra Matroja

surface pro is the one everyone's hearing nice stuff about

but the price

everything is awesome if you can afford it

JTL

Yeah, it's steep, but maybe not unreasonable for what it is.

There there's this thing, starting at $2200 for the base model.

Rudra Matroja

07:08

you planning on gaming on that stuff?

wait

viao is back?

didn't sony throw that brand away?

JTL

They sold it.

But most of the engineers came as part of the deal.

I am some, but I may save that mostly for my desktop. I notice that doesn't have dedicated graphics.

Rudra Matroja

you should go with the new dells

I saw one recently at my uncles, he had got the best they had to offer, and man is it good

aesthetics and power

i7 58xx series

960m graphics

16gig ram

pretty lightweight

so damn beautiful

JTL

Precision? Or Latitude?

I do have familiarity with their products over the years, but I'm hoping to get something with a decent digitizer. I think they only include that in their tablets.

Rudra Matroja

08:40

digitizer?

you mean like a tablet?

seperate? or integrated in the touchpad?

Rudra Matroja

09:03

you could also go for the special windows 10 deition

the one that's just as classy

all sleek

almost border less display

Hardware Recommendations Meta

12:30

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Q: How can I make my question clearer?

A few days ago I asked this question. It hasn't received much attention other than a few upvotes (with a single downvote the same time as the downvoted answer was upvoted), and the OP of the answer doesn't seem to grasp that their suggestion does not meet one of the requirements that I set out i...

discussion question-quality

RubyJunk

13:10

Hello all =)

Journeyman Geek

hai

JTL

15:42

@RudraMatroja I mean pen input. Not a plain stylus, but one that is pressure sensitive. Wacom, ntrig, etc.

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