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P 5540 doing very well, soon 5 years of ownership and regular use. Far from the fastest laptop in the world, but so trustworthy and damn stable. With the great matte display on mine, lots of nits, very satisfying. So good for photo editing and other graphic work, which is it's main use.

10 ltsc 1809, did the october update a while ago. And the november update today upon release, as started to trust MS's updates involving ltsc... All well, as always :O) Going toward 5 years with no MS plagues, no nags & harassments, no changes, no problems. Just a stable os that runs my chosen applications.

Remembering the early days of ssd when everybody needed valium before powering up their machine ? The fear of 'using up' their 2500$ drive after 1\2 hour of writes :O) Amazing longevity for some components, my e7440's 15+ years old 256 msata (C:\ OS), 92% life left, 13700 power on's, and never a hickup.

Another heavy one with those beautiful vocals. Am still wondering where, why, how this 'singing' style was invented - But always enjoying listening to musicians\energy\compositions\songs\arrangements\sound. Some quite Immense work behind each track. Aephanemer - Le Cimetière Marin Bloodline

Still alive! Daily use with browsing, email, streaming music and more. Usually on 24\24 for weeks at the time. Battery not exploded (yet), 40% wear. 10y 8m running the original 8.1 install. & MS still providing daily Defender updates (!) Operating System Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Computer type: Laptop Installation Date: 04.02.2015 09:46:48

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Almost Cut My Hair Live 1974

Retro times :O) America - A Horse with No Name

! https://www.theverge.com/news/785544/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-free-europe-changes

Mythwinder - Tales of the Eternal Veil

About Samsung, among the myriad of apps\options\tweaks available (called bloat or choices, depending of one's standpoint), many am not using\disbaled\unistalled but a big fan of some of the most important ones. And always impressed by the manufacturing quality. Photo Gallery, Editor, Notes, Calendar, Messages, Phone app, Modes\Routines, Good Lock add-ons, Edge Panel and more, all nicely tweaked and refined over many years to provide 1st class services and interface (imo). The above weighs quite a lot so want to stay with Samsung, still using one as my main daily driver. If only the Sam's did manage someday to keep up with evolution > improve the photo results in it's S-line, would be a no-brainer here. That said, after the Pixel testing (satisfied with reliability and performance, great photos (not doing much videos, not gaming so soc speed\heat is fine, AI of less importance), am wanting to investigate Xiaomi (14\15 Ultra) and Honor (Magic 6\7 Pro), to get more insight into the 'philosophy' differences between brands. Will be looking for some great deal on black friday or other sale. Some very interesting China-only models out there, but not taking the risk with import (warranty, china-special OS etc) so sticking to brands that are sold locally in regions I dwell in.

Poets of the Fall - Lift

Happy with the p8pro, nothing broke in 9 months and good photo dept. Am liking 'minimalistic everything' when it comes to looks, still using this launcher, really light and good ! https://f-droid.org/packages/com.vincent_falzon.discreetlauncher/ And on all and every phone in my posession, Netguard to have full control of background net activity (see the lock key next to level bars). Bloat ? Pixel got a good dose as welll, my debloat list: reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1hno705/comment/m43rc3f/

Pretty nice landscapes :O) And a dose of energy. Wolfheart - Ancient Cold

1809 latest updates done, all perfect as always.

Cold Insight