kojack

Beats is my vote since they work like airpods with your apple devices, but you don't look like a total wanker with white earwax coming out of your ears..😄

yes. but I am not sure when they are being released. I am very interested in getting one for the Hyperencode features with i9/i7 chipsets. I do video/photo/graphic creation and the arc series graphics are actually really good for that.

the screen was an oled with 1280x780 ish resolution it was awesome. I had to replace it and the way you get into the phone was one torx screw in the sim tray slot. It unlocked the screen with a crazy engineered mechanism. You could replace everything by taking that loosening that one screw. Still the best phone I have ever owned. Running windows 10 mobile it was fast, smooth as silk, the camera still bests stuff from today and the battery life was good enough to get through a day and a bit in 2013. It never officially got w10m but you could get it windows preview/insider flight. Now, I am not sure if you can load it on or not. If I could, I would buy one today!

If I could load windows 10 mobile onto the lumia 1020 (it was possible but I think those have since been shuttered), I would be using it right now. I need to surf the net, text, make calls and take photos (the 1020 still destroys most phones out today in image quality). Thats it with my phone. Oh, and hotspot wifi from it.

No, he does not game on his computer. He uses his switch and iPad for gaming. He uses his computer for creation work.

It will be used for productivity so max refresh rate is no big deal. I’m thinking more from a reliability standpoint.

My acer now has a 720p display 1440x720, I am looking for a 1080 replacement display. Anyone know how I would go about this? I know someone on the old site had a listing for it.

So I had my acer apart. it's already running a nice fanless heatpipe cpu cooler. I noticed the boards are mounted on the back area of the case so 120mm will not fit there...HOWEVER, There is already a 120mm fan mounted on the side to push air through the CPU cooler. So swapping that to a Noctua will be easy, as will be the 40mm in the PSU. I am getting ready to order the PCI-E nvme drive card so I can install the OS on it and see if I can get it to work as OS based drive.

one hundred percent. He will be back, just A crazy time in his life right now. I have been there so I know. New baby, 24/7 attention.

I would keep your notebook you have now. Maybe upgrade the internals a bit. Add some more ram, etc. May help with the speeds.

They do. Maybe have a weird way of showing it. I thank you for the compliments. We (mrskojack and myself) try our best to give our two sons the best life. Our other son is 25 and is working on his new business. He's set up and we only have to provide emotional support to him!

This is the reason I am wanting this so bad. I use iPhone for imessage, if beeper works good, I won't mind not having an iPhone anymore, or...if phone link has the kinks ironed out as I suspect they will in a month or so, I will also be fine. I am moving away from working at bell so I can be with my son full time. I will be spending more time on the computers working and creating so I want to have communication without having to stop what I am doing and pick up my phone/tablet to do it.

Not sure. I would get another duet...that's a deal!

Yep...For sure. Agreed 100 percent.

Yes, they (beats) are bonkers expensive. I may try to pair my jvc to my watch too. Never tried it yet. Klipsch are awesome! Had a full home theater setup from them a few years back then went to PSB speakers for my theater.

There are LOTS of great options out there not to bust the bank. I have JVC ear buds and they sound great. Got MrsKojack the same ones. We ordered them with our airmiles rewards and have been using them for at least 3 years now. Bought them before the pandemic hit. I am wanting something with "spatial audio" to see what that's all about. We are both going with beats since the Apple ones are FUGLY!

I am mulling over getting the 16". I am happy with my 14, but my son's acer S3 is getting up there in age and I will soon have to replace it. So figure I get the 16, give him this 14 and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The battery life will be negligible compared to my current 14 as the battery is larger in the 16 to make up the difference as far as I know.

I would be fine with it, if it's a powerful card. The MX550 is not much better than my iris Xe graphics on my i7. I do LOVE the rest of the laptop. I am thinking very hard about getting the 16 2 in 1, swapping in my 64gb of ram, 4tb ssd and giving my current 14 to my son, and getting the wife one as well.

You live in Japan? OMG the cars must be EPIC! Can you ship me an R34 GTR please.......PLEASE!

For apple, I recommend the beats lineup of bud. You get all the functionality of the airpods without the pretentious wanker look of white ear wax coming out of your ears!

Ryan, you know me too well! ha ha.

The main reason I got both MrsKojack and myself LTE's was because I work at bell part time. Just as well buy them there. It does come in handy when you run out for a second and forget your phone. When we purchased our new iPads and watches we signed up for the Apple + package with fitness etc in it and once our new home gym is completed next month, I will start using that to take off my Covid weight. Ha ha!

Yes it has. I still think Apple hit it out of the park with iPad, but Samsung has great devices as well, and the mod'ability of the android platform is great to have as well. I used an S8 at work yesterday. It is very well built etc, but lacks the polish in apps compared to the iPad. I use to balk at that statement but it's true. My little A7 is awesome though. lightweight, fast, has everything I need, and battery life is great too.

Have you contacted Sony? It may be just needing a firmware update or something simple like that. I had a crap load of Sony Alpha camera gear and I moved to Fujifilm X10 and X-S1. I vowed after the sony gear to never lug a lens with me again. (besides mobile lenses since 10 of them can fit in your pocket and weigh less than the phone. I am only shooting fixed lens cameras now.

This place is always great for information, positive or not. You will always learn here. Enjoy everyone!