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    Help, 500 - 1200 budget CAD$

    windows home 64
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    Help, 500 - 1200 budget CAD$

    Forget Acer, Asus and others. Only HP or Lenovo. Many laptops have a construction that is not up to their internal components and cause that they can not go to the theoretical speed. Choose only the latest generation I7-8550U or I5-8250U. The I5-8250U is equal to or better than any previous...
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    m5-6Y57 vs m3-7Y30

    They are very similar. The processor of the M5 is slightly better and the graphics card of the m3 is slightly better because it is a more modern model. I doubt that there is a difference in practice. Unless you have to do very lijgeras tasks I can not advise you either. They are very little...
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    Buying own laptop for first time and I don't know what to do

    The problem of many laptop is that the cooling conditions are not up to their internal components and we have some laptop with very good processors that give bad results for this. My advice is to limit to HP, Lenovo and MSI. Choose only one with the eighth generation processor. I7-8550U or...
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    Replacing HDD with SSD

    You can use two systems. In one case you keep all his files and in the other you make a clean installation: a) You need a USB-Sata adapter. Place the HDD in its original place and connect the SSD to the USB-Sata adapter and to the computer. Clone the HDD. Replace the HDD with the SDD. b)...
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    Cant boot or enter BIOS (black screen) AFTER i changed boot priority

    It is possible that you have activated fastboot and prevent you from entering the bios. Try starting the PC by pressing the power button for two seconds. If it does not work, try disconnecting the PC from the electricity directly (without button, simply remove the electric cable from the wall)...
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    Upgrade Yamaha Receiver

    I am sorry. I do not know this model.
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    Upgrade Yamaha Receiver

    As for sound, do not expect to improve. The watts "weigh". Do not expect a light receiver to give you what you have now.
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    Should I buy this laptop?

    I would not consider it a bargain. It is a very old model with a CPU of the year 2011 with a TDP of 35 wats (the current ones are 15 wats). Its autonomy is very small (<3 hours), in practice it is only to have it connected to the wall. Your SSD is also very small 120 GB. The operating system...
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    Does battery saver affect gaming?

    The energy modes can have different names but there are more or less three: High performance: You should only use it when you are connected to the wall. Balanced: It is recommended to work without being connected. Economizer: It is recommended when you want the energy to last as long as...
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    Does battery saver affect gaming?

    Yes effectively. If you activate "batter save", it will lower the performance of your laptot. The energy saving options limit, among other things, the% of CPU and / or the maximum speed.
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    Solved! Architecture student laptop

    look for some hp x360 or a lenovo yoga 520/530 or 720/730
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    Solved! how to type letters in the remote control to connect to wifi?

    Normally an on-screen keyboard appears and you use the cursor keys