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I agree with this one hundred percent.

With the basic copy you don't get the interchangeable styles like mac/os/windows etc correct? that's only on the pro level? I am thinking about trying the "lite" version to see how it reacts with the old hardware on my acer.

Yes, the google phones are really nice now. I am working at bell part time right now for some extra income, and I have used most everything available. The moto lineup, for the money, can't be beat. The stylus 5g, 128gb, 6gb ram, 120hz screen, true 2 day battery, expandable storage, NFC, water resistance, stylus, add in the microsoft launcher for some visual customization and the openness of android...for 499.00 That's a great deal right there.

Agreed 100%. I never took anything between us personally. I was having fun and I did learn alot. We will be fine here for sure!

System 76. What awesome machines they build. I love the wood on the cases. Very organic and modern unlike most cases today. I just priced a MASSIVE. Ha ha. Maybe when I get more work on the creative side of things. 56k ha ha. I am giving zorin OS a try very soon on my old acer!

Anybody have a way to remove the recommended section of the start menu all together?

No, I do remember someone starting making fun of my son, I LOST IT. Called him/her everything under the sun in the off topic area. I am almost 100 percent sure of that. My family is freaking off limits on the net or real life. Anyone who knows me, mess with my family, my wife or my 2 sons, you will never be found... Anywhoo, thats in the past now....onward and upward...love the new digs here and am going to enjoy getting information here again!

No, I do remember someone starting making fun of my son, I LOST IT. Called him/her everything under the sun in the off topic area. I am almost 100 percent sure of that. My family is freaking off limits on the net or real life. Anyone who knows me, mess with my family, my wife or my 2 sons, you will never be found...

No, I think it was because someone started attacking and making fun of my son who has autism. You don't do that with me. I will fire back HARD! I am sure they would not do that to my face, I can guarantee you that one! I do like some apple things, others not so much. I am cool with google too. Apple's ipad opened up my son to so many things. So I cannot fault them. I don't like their silly marketing crap, and the fact they say stuff like removing the charging blocks is for the environment and make the cable included not able to use the blocks they said everyone had already. that was just one example of my distain for apple and their rhetoric.

The thing is, you can still install windows 11 no issue on "unsupported" hardware, you just have to accept that some security features will not be present. I have it running fine on my wifes dell which is not in the supported lane of devices. I just said yes I accept that not all security features will be present, but it's still the same security as Windows 10 and thats fine by us! You have to jump through 7 rings of hell to try to get MacOS on an unsupported mac. You need another mac to download the OS from etc.

I was recently shopping for a new mouse and keyboard to replace what I had which was the microsoft foldable mouse and stock dell keyboard. I was looking at mechanical keyboards from various different vendors and Logitech mouse. I stumbled upon the vital "mac" keyboard and 7 button mouse and The Source. The keyboard is not mechanical as I didn't like typing on it after years and years of using notebook keyboards, I have become accustomed to low travel keyboards. The keyboard is very well built and performs great. I can flow through writing assignments quickly and accurately which is great because time is money. The mouse, although its "cheap" it punches way above its weight and tracks accurately and is very comfortable and solid. I think I paid 39.99 for the keyboard and 29.99 for the mouse. This is in Canadian Dollars too. Budget friendly great quality products is what I am all about. These both have it. I will post some pictures after of both.

I have had my Nocuta paste on both my notebook, and workstation for about a year now, and it's been no difference in temps after the initial drop when I installed it first. I guess it's still in the full contact mode inside there...I have lots left so I will keep using it, if I have to repaste every year or so, so be it. Seems to be working great for me so far!

As it stands right now, my two systems chew through whatever I toss at them from the creative work side of things. I use resolve for my video work, and affinity for the graphics/photo side of things. I have everything setup and optimized for my hardware now and the workflow is really good. (more on that later when I get my office reconfigured to a more modern setup for my Desktop/workstation and then my writing setup). After Christmas I will have my Office setup completely and I will give a quick rundown of what I have setup, where and why. I have a few Youtube channels coming on line early in the new year as well. They will be interesting for sure!

I wouldn't because I am finally getting free of the walled garden for good. I am not a fan of the locked in apple way. I also don't like how MacOS is bassakwards to windows functionality just to be "different".

Yes, correct. You should see the m series fans out there boasting that their magical chipsets can do 8k rips faster than a fully built intel based pc with Invidia gpus etc. HA HA. it's laughable. My xps destroys the Mac studio in heavy lifting. The M series does get good battery life however.

Apple could be great in the PC space if they allowed upgradability via user, and more than 5 years of OS updates. Luke Miani and others have proven time and again, the older macs and macbooks can run current OS versions just fine, but Apple has a 5 year planned obsolescence program. After 5 years, your system will start to degrade at the OS level and lose services and options. IOS is different yes. But even then they are starting to reduce the amount of upgrades that the devices get. You will never see support like the iPhone 6s has gotten. I just go back to my two 2007 notebooks I have owned. My acer 7720 and my macbook white. My acer is on windows 10 22H2, and my macbook, before I sold it was a paperweight. Could not even get on the web anymore because both safari and chrome were not supported with the OS.

Apple could be great in the PC space if they allowed upgradability via user, and more than 5 years of OS updates. Luke Miani and others have proven time and again, the older macs and macbooks can run current OS versions just fine, but Apple has a 5 year planned obsolescence program. After 5 years, your system will start to degrade at the OS level and lose services and options.

Thanks. Happy to be back here!

I have been working part time at Bell now for almost a year and there have been many many people come in with dead or severely damaged devices with alot of important data on them. We (at the store) do not have any means to retrieve this data. Is there some software or hardware that can be used to get this information off their phones and onto a USB drive so they have it in their possession? Someone locally has a cellebrite unit for sale. I have been trying to get information on this as it may be the thing I am looking for to help with data recovery. Does anyone know if this unit will do what I am looking for?

Best OS ever for a mobile device was windows mobile. The best phone I ever owned was my 1020. I miss it dearly, and I wish it could still be a viable option for me today.

I am on Bell Canada Fibe 1gb upload and download speeds. It's a great service. I was on rogers ignite and it was crap. I am only using bell's wireless system on our property with great success now. 4 extender pods give us reliable fast internet around our home and garages. Boring setup but it works.

I am all wireless besides the connection to my workstation, for right now. I have an old acer mini server that I am going to put 4 8tb drives in some sort of raid array to hold my work / personal documents on. That will also be plugged into my router. I am on bell's fibe network here and love the speed I get on the net both wired and wirelessly. I have 4 extender pods throughout my property now. I have one upstairs to feed my tv's and my wife's office (she works from home full time), I have one out in my son's "apartment" for when he comes to visit, I have one downstairs to feed our tv, music room and gym, and I have the forth out in my garage to provide internet out there and to feed the wired connection to my workshop 700 ft away from my house. We ran gel filled CAT cable down to the shop to provide wireless internet down there. I have had fully wired systems here but I just find them redundant now where everything is wireless and speeds are up to snuff with me. Maybe I will revisit wired connections soon as I have it ran most everywhere in the house.

I think it will grow over time as more people from the old place come to find this one like I did. It's great to be back to a normal place where people are not complete lunatics and have the same things in common. I have been using another forum for my pc/notebook info and it's been brutal. You ask for basic information about setting something up and they go into a rant about you need this this this this and this to do this one simple thing. I have never had that problem here. Straight shooters, and to the point. No BS! keep it up!

My wife and I are both on iPhone 13s. Her's is a 128gb model and mines a 256gb model. It will be our last apple products. I am getting bored with them, and their lack of anything customizable. I am moving to cheap android devices which still have memory card slots, can customize the look of your device with launchers etc, and you can have extra functionality with windows as well. After Christmas I am getting us 2 Moto G stylus 5g phones. That phone has pretty much everything we need and nothing we dont. Install Gcam for the camera app and the cameras come alive. they are ok stock, but using Gcam, The hardware is utilized much better.

I am almost sure that you can use the Dell as a mobile hotspot for your notebook. Edit: I just went in to settings and yes, there is a setting right in windows 11 for mobile hotspot, you should be good to go. Welcome to the "darkside" too. iPads are toys. If you want to get work done etc, you need a portable computer with windows.