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Sr_Dogmeat8-Jan-20 5:31

Sr_Dogmeat

8-Jan-20 5:31

Dell and all the major commodity PC vendors use the lowest spec components they can get away with. It is the nature of the beast. If you want the best performance, you will end up building your own PC and it wont be cheap.

Cp-Coder8-Jan-20 5:47

Cp-Coder

8-Jan-20 5:47

OK. But how do you determine the quality of major components, like the main board, that you buy in the retail market? Confused | :confused:

Sr_Dogmeat8-Jan-20 10:39

Sr_Dogmeat

8-Jan-20 10:39

AnandTech is a good resource.

Cp-Coder8-Jan-20 10:47

Cp-Coder

8-Jan-20 10:47

Good to know - Thanks!

AAC Tech8-Jan-20 11:15

AAC Tech

8-Jan-20 11:15

Clear throat...Read the specs, research, etc before purchasing ANYTHING. Hell, even service manuals are available online.
What else can I say.

AAC Tech8-Jan-20 11:15

AAC Tech

8-Jan-20 11:15

Clear throat...Read the specs, research, etc before purchasing ANYTHING. Hell, even service manuals are available online.
What else can I say.

Cp-Coder8-Jan-20 12:28

Cp-Coder

8-Jan-20 12:28

When you order your computer online from Dell, like I do, you can configure the machine within tight bounds. For example: For my wife's machine, I could choose between a spinning disk drive or a NVMe S.2 SSD. Make and type of the drive was not stated. They tell you the drive's capacity, but not the make or model. Take it or leave it. I chose the slightly more expensive M.2 drive knowing that I may not get the fastest, more expensive SSD option, but at least the main board was guaranteed to have a S.2 connector and the bios was guaranteed to work with NVMe SSDs. I was disappointed because the SSD Dell supplied was so painfully slow. However, the extra money I spent to replace the slow SSD with a superfast Samsung 970 PRO unit was well spent.

Great, I think...

glennPattonWork37-Jan-20 3:47

glennPattonWork3

7-Jan-20 3:47

Hmmm,
In my current role I am a tester of all things embedded. One of the widgets that is due for deployment soon (?) has been my main task for some time, in this time I found a fault, it was cured (?) popped some where else, today though I managed to brick the unit. I have 'wakamole' problems the sort you fix and keep coming back. Memories of an RF system where the power was nice and low them peak when you went to measure it... I'm glad I don't have to chase this sucker... Laugh | :laugh:

Re: Great, I think...

Mark_Wallace7-Jan-20 4:06

Oops. Apple phones don't like O2 ...

7-Jan-20 4:06

I take it that this[^] is the device the system is embedded into.

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Re: Great, I think...

glennPattonWork37-Jan-20 4:26

glennPattonWork3

7-Jan-20 4:26

Not at the moment, however I will suggest it! Cool | :cool:

Re: Great, I think...

Test Tickle8-Jan-20 3:15

Test Tickle

8-Jan-20 3:15

It depends on your employer, but it is "great" for those who sell maintenance contracts, also those great features that say "coming soon" so you need a subscription or contract to eventually be able to have those great features.

It is sadly one reason why many engineers do not make great business people.

OriginalGriff7-Jan-20 2:47

Apple's iPhone XR has O2 network problem - BBC News[^]

7-Jan-20 2:47

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lopatir7-Jan-20 3:06

lopatir

7-Jan-20 3:06

silly O2, should've bought Huawei. Big Grin | :-D

after many stupid answers the nice folks at Technet said the only solution is to reinstall my signature. What a surprise!

F-ES Sitecore7-Jan-20 3:49

F-ES Sitecore

7-Jan-20 3:49

Quote:
Mr Buckley said he had resorted to buying a second-hand iPhone 7 for £180 as his son had special needs and he needed to be contactable in case of an emergency at school.

Yeah, because your phone has to be an iPhone, it is the only phone that exists. He couldn't, for example, but a brand new £100 basic Android phone because they haven't been invented yet. It is iPhone or nothing so if you don't have much to spend on a phone a cheap second hand iPhone is literally your only option.

Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

OriginalGriff7-Jan-20 4:03

7-Jan-20 4:03

That's the Apple Way!

Me? I have a Moto G (first gen) Android - it does everything I ask it to ... and I only got that because my old iPaq died. Laugh | :laugh:

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Greg Utas7-Jan-20 4:03

Greg Utas

7-Jan-20 4:03

Evidently his son is a chip off the old block.

Mark_Wallace7-Jan-20 4:11

7-Jan-20 4:11

Well, what do you expect from a cheap Chinese phone that has ridiculously expensive non-Chinese designers?

For 600-odd quid, you get 120-quid's worth of phone, and the rest goes on the "design".

A bargain at a tenth of the price (but not as much as a ninth).

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OriginalGriff7-Jan-20 4:14

7-Jan-20 4:14

Mark_Wallace wrote:
For 600-odd quid, you get 120-quid's worth of phone, and the rest goes on the "~~design~~ lifestyle".

FTFY!

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Mark_Wallace7-Jan-20 4:17

7-Jan-20 4:17

OriginalGriff wrote:
Mark_Wallace wrote:
For 600-odd quid, you get 120-quid's worth of phone, and the rest goes on the "~~design~~ lifestyle".
FTFY!

Good point.

apple makes a huge difference to my lifestyle.

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OriginalGriff7-Jan-20 4:31

7-Jan-20 4:31

Have you seen Iron Sky 2? The Church of Steve Jobs[^] was one of the more believable elements ... Laugh | :laugh:

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Mark_Wallace7-Jan-20 9:52

7-Jan-20 9:52

OriginalGriff wrote:
Have you seen Iron Sky 2?

It's one of those movies that I had to stop watching half way through, and never got around to finishing.

I caught that clip on TV, a while back, though. I thought it was part of a documentary.

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OriginalGriff7-Jan-20 11:08

7-Jan-20 11:08

It wasn't easy to finish, nowhere near as good as the original. I think they had too long, too much money, and just lost sight of what made the first actually good.

Ah well, perhaps number three will be back on form ... sequels are generally bollocks.

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Mark_Wallace7-Jan-20 19:29

7-Jan-20 19:29

Well, it was a really simple premise that was easy to work with and create great stories -- they couldn't have that, now, could they? They had to "improve" it.

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jsc427-Jan-20 5:17

jsc42

7-Jan-20 5:17

They have also struggled to get a reliable 4G internet connection, making apps such as Facebook and Instagram redundant

No comment required

Turning the phone off and on again temporarily fixed the problem, O2 said.

Just turning it off fixes it permanently.

Wink | ;)