Recent content by bluebeltlife

It froze during diagnostic testing the time I tried. Will try the Safe Mode option and report back. Thanks for your reply.

Thanks, I'll try that again and see if I can use it with the cover off.

Thanks, went with the 8GB option. The 230W is a brick! The body of the computer says it can charge up to 100W by USB-C, have to test that. Otherwise, lack of biometrics is somewhat inconvenient. Others have recommended a clean install of Windows, but I didn't notice a lot of bloatware in the...

Dear Community, I am deciding between an Asus gaming laptop and a Microsoft Surface Laptop. The Surface is $600+ more for similar specs (Core i7-12700H processor, RTX 4060 GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD). I will use it for video editing in Adobe in HD and 4k and displaying the resulting materials to...

Dear Community, Laptop: Dell XPS 9570 2018 model Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21 GHz 16.0 GB RAM Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64) 10.019045 BIOS 1.27.0 (up to date) My laptop spent 2023 in and out of repairs. I replaced the battery (4 years old) after it was draining...

Do you have two separate drives or partition one drive to achieve that? I asked about this, and they said there is only one drive slot.

Thanks, in that case are there best practices for setting the computer up the first time to boost reliability? Would be great to get 3 solid years at least out of these.

Dear Community, I am looking for a Windows laptop to replace my 2018 XPS 9570, which died last week. At my local computer store (Bic Camera in Tokyo), I found an Asus gaming laptop with apparently good spec's/price, but I wanted to check with someone more knowledgeable before going ahead...