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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (10 children)

I'm convinced I would need to do a lot more troubleshooting on windows nowadays. Just turning off all the AI is probably a pain in the ass.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (9 children)

    i constantly have to troubleshoot my linux computers, but still less than my windows laptop, which is a pain to even boot up

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Is your Windows laptop still running a spinning disk? Putting a SSD in there is a game changer.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (7 children)

    no it has a tiny ssd, but every time windows takes about 30 min to 2 hours to start because it's configuring and updating and rebooting before i get to even log in. kubuntu starts in a minute but i have to go through a blindingly white bios menu to start it and then it can't suspend or even shutdown properly...

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Yikes, less than 60 GB? I'm betting you are practically out of disk space and/or you don't have enough memory. What's the model laptop?

    If you feel really froggy, post the memory configuration too: number of sticks and size.

    I realize it's a Linux conversation, but some people need Windows-only tools. Case in point: there is no way I'm updating insulin pump firmware via a compatibility layer

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (5 children)

    HP elitebook 840 G5, i think it has a 128 GB disk, bought it used a few years ago just for school use. but linux partition has 10 and windows has 30 gigs free, it has 8 GB ram. i gave up with it and ordered a used thinkpad yesterday, I'll put linux on that and HP can be my win laptop if i ever need it for updating firmware on anything. (still waiting for a fixed FW for my buggy ass keychron...)

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, that shouldn't be struggling as you explained. I say this as one who cheated curates these things professionally. I assume the 128 disk is a SSD, because that is the biggest bottleneck right there. Next is to disable as much startup stuff as possible.

    If you are anywhere near Cincinnati, I would come buy that laptop off you.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    not even on the same continent, but the laptop found a place in the back of a closet with an important role as a dedicated fw updater πŸ˜…

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry I couldn't help you with it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    no problem and thanks for taking a shot. probably not worth troubleshooting it any further anyway because now that i think of it, there's also a slight possibility that it has taken damage from being carried in a backbag in cold weathers as low as -20 C, and then immediately opened up for use. that would explain why the trackpad occasionally stops working and why the battery life went from 6 hours to 2 in just 3 years. not exactly how you should handle laptops but that's what it had to do and that's why i bought used

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