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"When we shopped instore at Chemist Warehouse, we found the Wagner range of supplements with an “available only at Chemist Warehouse”…

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Haters gonna hate. Oh, wait, wrong religion.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-S-16-laptop-review-The-first-Copilot-laptop-with-AMD-Zen-5-inside-a-1-3-cm-thick-case.868219.0.ht…

Whilst acknowledging the mess that was WIndows RT, Microsoft has been continuously supporting WOA through Windows 10 and Windows 11. They…

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/fydeos-vs-chromeos-flex-which-is-right-for-you/: "What’s the downside of FydeOS vs ChromeOS Flex?…

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/z16g7t/multiple_reports_on_trackpad_and_keyboard/

T4H AMD, as previously noted. Other trifold P2 masks like…

Completely different type of mask, despite the P2 rating. Cup-style masks (vs trifold) typically don't fit very well = poor seal. Probably…

These are a good compromise between comfort and protection. If you are going into a higher risk environment, and want something with a good…

The Black Friday sales have put some pressure on the 2nd-hand market, if that's your jam. The smaller version of the Galaxy Watch 4 & 5…

Looked very long and hard at the various Lenovo tablets, and in the end went with second hand Samsung galaxy tabs (7 and 7FE WiFi 6/128 -…

Previously noted that Aldi Logix Platinum rated best by Choice (78%) -…

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-p2-m-2-nvme-ssd - yes

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3149626/lithuania-says-throw-away-chinese-phones-due-censorship-concerns -> Pixel Experience…

Ditto ditto ditto - identical experience, including 14" 1.4kg laptop plus 15.6" usb display

@Francis82 - nice, the Flex was on the list of laptops I was looking at as well, and I was looking at 10th gen i5 options too. Hope you…

Yep, two M.2 slots. (I have plugged an Optane 16gb module as a dedicated pagefile drive into my second slot - benefit of doing this is…

The XE MAX dGPU has dedicated 4GB VRAM. But there are other problems (driver-related) that really pull it down at this time.

Don't bet on the XE MAX being a good dGPU option (compared to AMD SOCs or just the plain XE iGPU) - drivers are NOT mature, and it doesn't…

@Francis82 - perhaps ACER Swift 3 11th gen (not the 3x - i.e. drop the XE MAX graphics). In the $1000 price bracket, it's pretty hard to go…

Update - office tasks work very very well. Gaming - expect stuttering and crashing. I've copy-pasted Intel response and then my response to…

Wow - huge difference unplugging USB C external display -> went from 1080p super low in Warthunder to barely hold 50-60fps -> now 1080p…

I think I might've stumbled across something of a "solution". For running games RIGHT NOW on the Swift 3X, DO NOT run an external display…

Not a great deal of change. I would say XE and XE Max drivers are still not mature/optimised - see…

Forced Intel driver update -> BSODs again. :( Check this page for those who are having this problem:…

If you're not in a hurry, wait for this to drop back down to $798 - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/607072

VRAM is definitely 4GB. Windows Update just forced an Intel graphics driver update on me two days ago -> so far, stable both in and out of…

https://youtu.be/K8BWIG5sM9M Link to conparison of Ryzen 4500u Vs Intel i5 1135g7 (with XE, not XE MAX)in virtually identical laptop…

Re: i5 1035G7 vs i7 1065G7, see also this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slHd4Ny8yDE&t=243s Short version - in a thin-and-light laptop…