Recent content by hsehestedt

The PNY is also metal (don't know if Titanium) but I admit I have no activity light on the PNY. It's the one thing that is missing. BTW, I made a mistake. The 1 TB Corsair is not $279. It is $297. Ouch. Don't have thumb drive with me now, otherwise I would whip up a screenshot. Will have to do...

Thanks. That's why I asked, because I simply had no idea. But you have educated me now. Mission accomplished!

Thanks, Ghot. My personal preference is the "PNY 1TB Pro Elite V2". First, it is WAY less expensive. At the time of purchase, I got this for $89 (vs $279 for the Corsair) and on top of that this drive is significantly faster than the Corsair. As an added bonus it looks better, and I don't have...

Well, you have answered my question. Apparently this is NOT the norm for AMD based systems. I thank you!

As noted, once I made the change in the BIOS, I was getting sustained read speeds well OVER 800 MB/s so I assure you that I was not using a USB 2 port. I do some stupid things, but I'm not quite at the level of ignorance that I would mistakenly use a USB 2 port :-) I should point out one other...

Thanks for the responses. This particular PC is an AOC "Powered by Acemagic" model AM16 with the Ryzen 7 5700U CPU. I have 7 Mini PCs from this company. 5 of them are Intel and 2 are AMD. All 7 use AMI BIOS. All 7 are current models made within the past 2 years or so. Both AMD models seem to...

Almost all of my systems are Intel CPU based systems. It's not because I have anything against AMD at all, it just worked out that way and it's what I am familiar with. Amazon delivered a new Mini PC to me today, at 4:30 AM no less, and this system uses an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U CPU. It is my second...

Just noticed that I have that option on one other machine. Ironically, I never use Notepad on that system. It's a headless system that serves as a NAS and Plex server.

I was doing some testing this evening that included performing a 100% clean install of Windows 23H2 on a laptop. After installation I was surprised to discover that Notepad had the spell check option. I knew that this was already available in insider builds but had assumed that this was coming...

Funny you mention this. I was just served a YouTube Short on that very topic. The entire topic of this short video was the assertion by this computer repair person that Lenovo Yogas were absolute trash. His claim was that every Leovo Yoga that comes into his shop has a problem with the hinge...

What's interesting is that I had the exact same problem with an HP Spectre x360 15-BL012DX several years ago. I had to lookup the Device ID of my camera, then searched the Microsoft Update Catalog for a matching driver, and sure enough there was a new driver never published by HP. That driver...

Did you know that touchscreens don't sell very well in Germany? That is supposedly because the Germans can't stand fingerprints and smudges on the screen. I don't know how true that is, just repeating what I have heard reported several times.

I have mixed feelings. I like a 16" on the desktop because it does offer some more versatility (more ports, better cooling, etc). but I love the portability of a small 13" laptop. As I get older, I have to admit that a larger 16" screen appeals to me :-)

I was just on their web site. Those prices are for the new 16" laptop. They also have a 13" starting at $899. I'm impressed. I think that I may try one of these as my next laptop :-)

What I find so interesting is how this little startup has proved this concept is feasible. I absolutely love what they are doing, but I have not priced out their systems yet to see if they are insanely expensive or not. I just really wish that it was the mainstream practice to make laptops so...