Had a weird thing happen just now. I looked over, my whole workstation had no power. Initially thought the power strip died. Switched a plug, nothing. The whole wall/outlet is out. Go outside, flip the switch. Come back in, things are back on. Power is back to the wall.
But I believe the Windows 7 machine my father in law gave to me several years back is dead. Won't turn on, always has before easily. It was lagging a lot, I used it daily for many years. Suuucks.
Looks like it's time to break that Windows 2000 machine out of the closet and put Linux on it 😂
Upon further inspection, since I inherited this thing from my father in law and it had been their family machine I think, I never looked at it much. I just realized it's older than I thought.
It's a Dell Optiplex GX620 and has this XP sticker on top. They must've upgraded the os to 7. So it's about 20 years old. It counts for #OldComputers because I say it does. 😂
Thanks to @bendaubney who hooked me up with this review link for the GX620 back from 2005! It was a beast then, and she was nearly old enough to vote before she just died this year. What a life she's had. 😂
Set up the other PC I had in the closet. Another old Dell (I thought it had Windows 2000, it's XP). I last actively used it around 2012-2013. Plugged it up, works, clearing off garbage software (Chrome!) I discovered that in true music freak form, I forgot I have like ~20GB of great music mp3s on here. Add the more recent stuff from my phone, I'll be almost back up to speed. Today's playlist is wild. I still listen to like 80-90% of it. Check the old apps in the 2nd pic before I deleted Tweetdeck, etc! 🤣 The BlackBerry one stays forever. 😍
Love to lose half my working day because my laptop decided to corrupt its own BIOS. Again.
This is the second or third time I’ve had this issue on the Dell XPS 9310, and it’s a huge pain every time. Their forums and support site are full of incomplete information, wrong information, and steps that seem more like a seance than documentation. It seems to be triggered when the battery is low, but I’m not 100% sure.
Here’s how I recovered it, in case anyone else has this laptop and hits the issue…
I had to do this yet again, so I’ve documented these steps in a blog post—along with the near-superstitious-level tips that I’ve learned along the way.
The next time your Dell XPS laptop won’t boot, give this a try and let me know if it works?
AI Laptop REACTIONS! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/45Q
Checking out all the announcements today from Dell, HP, Microsoft, Samsung, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo! I did a live recording of my reactions.
Windows on ARM is getting REALLY exciting! Here are some things to look out for while shopping a new "AI" laptop!
Was dies genau bedeutet und wie man es verhindert mit Updates oder Alternative #API's gibt muss ich mir noch ansehen.
»Fluent Bit – Schwere Sicherheitslücke bei vielen #Cloud-Anbietern entdeckt:
Das #OpenSource-Programm #FluentBit wird unter anderem von allen großen Cloud-Anbietern wie #AWS und #Google genutzt. Bei der #Protokoll-#Software wurde jetzt eine kritische #Schwachstelle entdeckt, die mehrere Angriffe (#DoS) erlaubt. Ein #Update wird dringend empfohlen.«
This is the type of webcam used in recent laptops like the Dell XPS series, which only worked ootb with Windows and Ubuntu. This should mean it will be easier to guarantee webcam support across Linux distros again, soon!
I have had a new laptop for a day, and it's shit-hot!
Clearly aimed at gamers but the best spec I could find for development.
I went #Lenovo#Legion9 (max), rather than #Dell for the first time because the spec, and the fact my last Dell is faulty after 6 years (whereas my previous 15yr Dell is still perfect).
Lenovo support is poor, outsourced, unhelpful and knows less than I do.
Windows 11 was the only option, so no Ubuntu drivers. But ok, except the trackpad so far, USB devices on order.