The lonely tech post thread.

[UnderOpenSky]

Got display fusion pro cheap during the black friday season, also got a docking station for my laptop from ebay for £5.99.

Now with the new monitor set up and my old monitor set vertically, I've got the equivalent of 4 screens and appear to be doing much more work (or at least the same work, much more quickly)

Sounds interesting. I take it better then what's baked into Win 11?

Can it make an RDP window scale to half a screen nicely?

 

[ruffneck23]

I don't use win 11 so dont know, should really upgrade at some point.

You can set zones on each monitor and then snap an app into each one. although all 4 windows have their own task bar which can be helpful

ETA I just tried with RDP, the window is there but the scaling isnt, but im sure that can be sorted with some thought.

 

[RoyReed]

An Huawei phone

Mine was a Y7 2019

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Old UX wasn't designed it was the logical end point of the geek in charge spending days doing things his way and it was everyone else's duty to work it out

there are many ways to do this, my way and the wrong ways.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I cracked and upgraded to a Dell XPS 8960. Expensive but a brilliant computer.

 

[Chz]

I cracked and upgraded to a Dell XPS 8960. Expensive but a brilliant computer.

That comes to anywhere between £1k and £3600, depending on how you kit it out. We demand more details on a tech post thread!

 

[existentialist]

I'm still happily chuntering on with a middle-aged Yoga PC I bought from an Urbanite. Yeah, it's a bit slower responding than my desktop, but it runs Ubuntu Studio just fine, and in Windows, I'm mostly writing, emailing, or using Chrome.

I think really slick modern hardware would probably be wasted on me

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I've spent the last few weeks installing and configuring new laptops and docks with duel screens in GP surgeries. It's reminded me just what a mess of cabling my office is. I'm going to have another go this weekend if I find time, but it's hard as I've got two display cables in each screen for WFH. One thing I like that's really neat, but my screens don't support is display port passthrough. Shame as they are both fairly new.

 

[newme]

Mate of ours keeps asking for advice then fucking ignoring it after I find the correct solution for her. Now on her third mobile hotspot, having pointlessly bought a laptop, which then would not accept usb devices I told her not to get. They have just replaced the three 4g mobile hotspot that had no reception with another three 4g mobile hotspot, with no reception. They have a vodafone mobile with 4g where they live and did not use the originally suggested vodafone 4g mobile hotspots....

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Mate of ours keeps asking for advice then fucking ignoring it after I find the correct solution for her. Now on her third mobile hotspot, having pointlessly bought a laptop, which then would not accept usb devices I told her not to get. They have just replaced the three 4g mobile hotspot that had no reception with another three 4g mobile hotspot, with no reception. They have a vodafone mobile with 4g where they live and did not use the originally suggested vodafone 4g mobile hotspots....

They need to buy an Apple.

 

[newme]

They need to buy an Apple.

BIL bought apple, MIL whined about why bother than bought an ipad. Next thing she is ringing us asking what she is supposed to do with it?

We said we don't know apple stuff, don't but it. Next minute she is telling us she bought one and has no idea why? I have no idea why that's out problem. Turns out it is. Didn't ask BIL with all apple while we are android and PC tho......

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That comes to anywhere between £1k and £3600, depending on how you kit it out. We demand more details on a tech post thread!

It cost about £2.2k in a sale (it's about £2.7k now).

Ridiculously specced but a fabulous machine. It doesn't break a sweat even doing loads of stuff.

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[UnderOpenSky]

It cost about £2.2k in a sale (it's about £2.7k now).

Ridiculously specced but a fabulous machine. It doesn't break a sweat even doing loads of stuff.

Dell XPS Desktop - Computer Desktops | Dell UK

View the Dell XPS Desktop, redesigned for elite performance, endless expandability speeds up to 4800MHz, or shop all Computer Desktops at Dell.com

www.dell.com

Have you played Cyberpunk on it?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Have you played Cyberpunk on it?

I don't play games except on the phone. So I've never heard of that one - what's it about?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I don't play games except on the phone. So I've never heard of that one - what's it about?

Dystopian RPG in the future with a cyber punk vibe. Also one the prettiest games out, which means it needs a demanding PC to play.

What are you using that graphics card for?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

What are you using that graphics card for?

I don't think about the graphics card - it's just there doing its thing in the background.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I don't think about the graphics card - it's just there doing its thing in the background.

You've got a GPU that costs over a grand. You should probably play a game. Or train your own AI or something.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The GPU is currently at 1% if that helps.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You've got a GPU that costs over a grand. You should probably play a game. Or train your own AI or something.

I do watch youtube videos so that probably gives it something to do.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Playing a youtube video takes it to 8%.

 

[BigMoaner]

Got to give this bad bastard a shout out. Needed a speaker for my kitchen. 8 quid from pound land but it’s now lasted three years, connects so smoothly, has a great sound. 8 quid lol

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You've got a GPU that costs over a grand. You should probably play a game. Or train your own AI or something.

I could do a jigsaw or wordsearch - that's the sort of game I like. I'm very boring I'm afraid.

 

[Chz]

I do watch youtube videos so that probably gives it something to do.

Only if you're encoding videos for YouTube, really.
But, deadly serious, if you don't do video encoding, don't do AI training, and don't game you should probably recoup some cash by flogging the card on Ebay and getting something less overkill. Photoshop can't even overload a 4060, and the 4080 is well over twice as powerful.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Only if you're encoding videos for YouTube, really.
But, deadly serious, if you don't do video encoding, don't do AI training, and don't game you should probably recoup some cash by flogging the card on Ebay and getting something less overkill. Photoshop can't even overload a 4060, and the 4080 is well over twice as powerful.

Nah, it's too much effort and why bother anyway? The graphics card will sit there doing nowt without a problem.

Unless you want to buy it for £10,000...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm going to have a pay to download a game to keep you lot of fucking geeks happy, aren't I?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's all your fault UnderOpenSky that I've spent £110 on games.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Anyway, I'm FBM on Steam.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It's all your fault UnderOpenSky that I've spent £110 on games.

Nothing like going all in.

What did you get?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Nothing like going all in.

What did you get?

Downloading stuff now, but boring stuff like Kerbal Space Program and Untitled Goose. I'm not one for shooty games - I don't like violence.