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Which laptop out of curiosity

 

Clevo P150SM aka PC Specialist Vortex IV aka Schenker something or another.

It's a haswell era 4930mx with 32GB ram.

 

That 4800MQ you passed my way is still chugging away happily in my pcspecialist clevo.

Amazing how still pretty capable they are.

 

i5 13500T and an Asrock Z790 PG-ITX/TB4 - An ITX board with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, three m.2 slots and three SATA ports.

After a moment of clarity, I have decided I have waaaay too much stuff and it's not getting used enough, so the obvious move was to buy more stuff. Honestly, I think this board and CPU will provide a perfect balance for my requirements. I have stopped chasing the high end with either CPUs or GPUs.

Obviously, I'll be offloading a bunch of other kit, including my growing array of T variant CPUs, ITX boards, one of my Minisforum boxes (probably the MS-01) and a Lenovo Tiny PC, followed by either the 4060 LP or the RTX 4000 SFF - I love them both but one has to go - head says I should sell the 4000 SFF but the heart is screaming nooooo, sell the 4060 LP. Either will fit in my 4 litre case.

 

More bricks

 

Didn't realise Home One had hit the release date - BRB!

Edit:

 

An new router.

 

FTFY!

 

Wasn't aware asus did sex toys

 

You would need a lot of orifices to use that…

 

a lot of participants......

New style LAN party

 

Probably for the boardroom. There's usually plenty of arseholes in there.

 

"To-build" stack intensifies:-


Plus an LED lantern with an internal 8000mAh battery pack & several packs of velcro cable ties in assorted sizes and colours from Lidl.

 

I'll be keeping a close eye on the marketplace!

 

Took a punt on some studio clearance auctions:

• 2x MacBook Pro - earlier models
• 2x Surface Pro gen4
• 1x Surface Pro gen7

All unknown spec, though I have a better idea about the Surface specs. Taking a punt because they were bought sight unseen and there is absolutely no takesies-backsies: you get what you get and that’s final. Some stiff fees, too - not included in the bid price is VAT, a buyer’s premium of 18%, and VAT on the buyer’s premium. All told, what you pay is about 42% over the bid price

The only one that went a little higher than I’d have liked was the gen7 Surface, the rest were pretty cheap (even with all the fees on top). Even if they turn out to be turds, I can probably still make my money back selling them as “spares & repair”.

Oh yes, plus I need to drive to Lincolnshire to get them… (Fuel was factored in to what I paid though; unlike most impulse purchases, this one was at least slightly planned! )

 

You might already know Byron so apologies if you do but if you have the S/Ns for the MacBooks and Surfaces you can use these lookups to get the specs:

Macs - https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/

Surfaces - https://mybusinessservice.surface.com/en-US/CheckWarranty/CheckWarranty

 

Aye, I've got the serial numbers for the Surfaces, so I looked them up already - that's why I know there's two gen4 and one gen7 . The Macbooks however, all I've got is the model number(s) - those model numbers cover a massive range of specs, so they're not much help to me until I get there next week to pick them up.

 

Traded in a bunch of stuff at CeX the other day and picked up these in return:



Viture One "XR" specs, because I want the cyberpunk future I was sold when I was a kid, where everyone uses goggles/glasses instead of monitors and computers are "rigs" or "decks"

In all srsnss, I've been tempted to try these 'newer' generations of HMDs for a while. The 'Pro' version was too much of a stretch for the voucher I had from CeX, and I've read many complaints of image quality issues with the 'Pro'. Didn't fancy the 'Lite' version because that doesn't include the dimmable electrochromic film.

Up until earlier today it was going to be a set of Xreal (formerly Nreal) specs. That is, until I read about major software issues on anything other than iOS and macOS, and an almost hostile attitude to third-party developers. Apparently Viture are far better in that regard; there's already a Linux version of their (closed source) SDK, which has enabled Steam Deck compatibility (via Decky Loader plugins).

 

Vulture glasses eh? Those do sound cool.
Didn't know about them, do tell.

 

Tab S9 Ultra for a slightly lower than seems credible price.
Paid on my credit card just in case...


... aaaand it was a scam. That didn't take long.