bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 19d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 24/05/18 07:07 PM Share Posted 24/05/18 07:07 PM 8 hours ago, Rab said: at least til his out of my wallet I thought that never happens with kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 25/05/18 10:47 AM Share Posted 25/05/18 10:47 AM Silly question (sort of) but does anyone actually use the "voice assistants" on their computers etc? As in Cortana, Siri, Alexa etc? Just got a webcam/mic and was wondering if they're useful or as pointless as they seem to be? (I haven't even gotten into using the one on my phone - feel like a dork talking to it, but just wondering if anyone does use them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 19d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 25/05/18 10:53 AM Share Posted 25/05/18 10:53 AM the only thing I use my webcam for is Skype Have used google translate in my last trip to Japan but that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,117 Member For: 9y 2m 21d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/05/18 11:10 AM Share Posted 25/05/18 11:10 AM I use it with google search on my android phone. It's very accurate and quicker than frigging around typing sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 26/05/18 07:34 PM Share Posted 26/05/18 07:34 PM Raised a glass with the son (18yo) tonight to the passing of Totalbiscuit. The guy was a mainstay from when we started getting into gaming and youtube as a dad/son thing a decade or so ago. We started reminiscing about the "early days" when we found stuff online to share (he was 10 or so) Homestarr runner, strongbad, trogdor Joe Cartoon, Frog in a Blender, Lump the Dog Doraleous and Associates World of Warcraft Magical Trevor Badger, badger, badger, mushroom, snake Llama song Pokemon emulator Adventure Quest RIP Cynical Brit - you left an impression on a couple of "Rab's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 20d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 28/05/18 02:24 AM Share Posted 28/05/18 02:24 AM On 24/05/2018 at 6:49 PM, Rab said: Just bought the little fella a 15" Alienware lappy Was a cheap(er) refurb from the Dell outlet store - about $1k off, as per new, warranty etc, but maybe a couple of scratches i7 7700hq, GTX1070, 16gb ram, 128gb M2, 1TB 7200rpm SSD, G-sync screen, larger battery, lots of RGB etc Basically the smaller brother of my 17" lappy. Replaces his 7yo lappy which was due for an update (school/uni/ etc) and should last him for a long time (at least til his out of my wallet and paying for my retirement ) Any links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 28/05/18 02:28 AM Share Posted 28/05/18 02:28 AM This is the same unit - was >$1k off RRP through the outlet store http://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-15-in-stock-ready-to-ship/spd/alienware-15-laptop/smaw157r1au This is the Dell outlet store (no lappies in stock at the moment) http://www.dell.com/learn/au/en/audhs1/campaigns/dell-outlet-au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 8y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 28/05/18 03:29 AM Share Posted 28/05/18 03:29 AM Was meant to spend the weekend doing trans service, installing transcooler and intercooler in the car, plus plugs, hectic GTR locking tab washers for the turbo manifold and P clamps for my turbo oil and water lines.Instead I've been sick on the couch, so decided to chuck a new hard drive in my laptop after the main storage drive died during the week. Was just going to whack it in and re-sync to my OneDrive account, but thought stuff it, time for a Windows refresh.Dell laptop is almost 6 years old and still runs like the day I bought it. 17" i7 with 8GB and a SSD for the OS. Can't argue with that value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 28/05/18 03:58 AM Share Posted 28/05/18 03:58 AM They definitely keep up better than things used to. My 2012 system with a 3770k is in no way slow SSD's bring life back to the older beasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 8y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 28/05/18 04:16 AM Share Posted 28/05/18 04:16 AM Yeah I agree that's the key. Boots in a few seconds.Buying at least a mid spec machine and good quality makes a difference to longevity too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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