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keez12 on Ryobi 38" Battery Ride-On Lawn Mower $3999 (Was $4999) + Special Order Delivery Fee @ Bunnings

A useful note here too is that when the mower detects terrain angles, it will adjust the max speeds accordingly (e.g. mowing down hill will…

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Leuke on Ryobi 38" Battery Ride-On Lawn Mower $3999 (Was $4999) + Special Order Delivery Fee @ Bunnings

Standard branches, sticks and even stones seem to be no issue at all (I sometimes even use it to reduce the size of tree cuttings). Stones…

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holisticboy commented on Ryobi 38" Battery Ride-On Lawn Mower $3999 (Was $4999) + Special Order Delivery Fee @ Bunnings
I bought one of these just over a year ago for a property that is just over an acre in size, but has difficult terrain (plenty of elevation…

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Brrrrt on Acer Swift Go R5-7640U, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, Radeon 760M, 14" 2.9K OLED 400nits 90Hz $997 + Del ($0 to Metro/C&C) @ Officeworks

Just note that if you reduce the brightness on OLED (to increase battery) that PWM will kick in and your screen may appear “jittery”…

holisticboy commented on ROMOSS 60,000mAh USB C Power Bank, 22.5W $109.99 (Was $119.99) Delivered @ Romoss via Amazon AU
I have the 40,000mah version for over a year now and it's been excellent and heavily used. It charges fairly quickly (microusb input, but…

I am a type 1 diabetic, so I totally understand the plight of low blood sugar. One warning I would give, however, is that if you are also…

I'm not a brand loyalist by any means, indeed if anything I tend to buy Seagate because they don't often try to make it hard to shuck them…

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Vecernik87 on Beelink MINI-S12 Mini PC N95 Win-11 Pro 8GB RAM 256GB SSD $174.25 Delivered @ Beelink Official Store via Amazon AU

To be clear, I am not confusing OEM with volume licensing, but I was under the impression that the OEM license cost is still based on the…

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douglasac10 on Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14-Inch R7-5700U/8GB/512GB $698 + Shipping ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ Harvey Norman

Also agree here, but definitely get the IPS screen replacement linked in this thread, its much better and less than $80 making it quite a…

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viper8548 on Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14-Inch R7-5700U/8GB/512GB $698 + Shipping ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ Harvey Norman

This is NOT the case for this model, the UEFI allows you to change the allocated RAM for the GPU from 512MB all the way through to 4GB. It…

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Twisty on [eBay Plus] Valve Steam Deck 64GB $655.20 (Exp), Panasonic RB-M500 Headphones (Black) $71.20 Posted @ Mobileciti eBay

I've recently purchased a deck and there is no obvious backlight bleed on my unit (64GB unit from kogan)

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Chris12345 on [eBay Plus] Valve Steam Deck 64GB $655.20 (Exp), Panasonic RB-M500 Headphones (Black) $71.20 Posted @ Mobileciti eBay

The touchpads do an excellent job so far, as does the touchscreen in my experience

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holisticboy on [eBay Plus] Valve Steam Deck 64GB $655.20 (Exp), Panasonic RB-M500 Headphones (Black) $71.20 Posted @ Mobileciti eBay

I didn't get notifications that I had a reply! Eek! For the SSD, this is the one that I purchased and had good reviews for Steam Deck on…

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ltwo on [eBay Plus] Valve Steam Deck 64GB $655.20 (Exp), Panasonic RB-M500 Headphones (Black) $71.20 Posted @ Mobileciti eBay

No it doesn't, they would have to prove that your inclusion of the SSD was the sole cause for the hardware issue (so they might try and say…

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Mooash on [Kogan First] Valve Steam Deck Handheld Gaming Console 256GB $899, Google Pixel 6 Pro 128GB Stormy Black $599 Delivered @ Kogan

I bought a robotic vacuum through Kogan recently which was defective. The process was pretty easy, I got on chat and provided some video to…

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jasswolf on ASRock Intel Arc A750 Challenger D 8G OC Graphics Card $345 + Delivery ($0 NSW/VIC/ACT C&C) @ Umart/MSY

Your insights are awesome, kudos for the good answer imo. I still think that a $350 card shouldnt be anywhere near a $599 card though,…

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jasswolf on ASRock Intel Arc A750 Challenger D 8G OC Graphics Card $345 + Delivery ($0 NSW/VIC/ACT C&C) @ Umart/MSY

There is no such thrashing, its actually pretty close to each other (it shouldnt, the 4060 ti should be miles ahead because its way more…

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5kbjvb3o on [Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 3070 SFF Desktop PC i5 9500 16GB RAM 512GB SSD GeForce GT 730 W11 $368 Delivered @ UN Tech

That's true, but the actual Quicksync component has many changes between 2nd gen and 9th gen. The real reason why 8th gen onwards is so…

Wifi 6 is not only more efficient in the handling of multiple devices internally, but also in terms of congestion and competition within…

I think its worth noting that Wifi 6 isn't just great for bandwidth (especially when you consider there are some fast Wireless AC), but the…

holisticboy commented on MSI Prestige A12U 15.6" FHD i7-1280P, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, RTX 3050 Ti, Windows 11 Pro $1599 Delivered @ JW
While this laptop isnt my cup of tea, I think people need to realise this is not intended to be a gaming laptop. It's an Ultra thin laptop…

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beastontheroad on [PC] Free: Glary Utilities PRO 5.204 (1 Year) @ Giveaway of The Day

It's prevalent enough that Microsoft themselves caution against registry optimisation software and are very clear you are on your own if…

holisticboy commented on Plex on an Intel NUC with Ubuntu
The Intel NUC should do fine as a server running ubuntu as long as you have configured it to do the hardware transcoding. Ideally 8th gen…

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CrispyChrispy on 8BitDo SN30 Pro Bluetooth Gamepad SN Edition $49 (Was $79) + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi

I bought one and it does Xinput mode just fine, you just need to hold the X button when you turn it on and it will connect to the PC as an…

holisticboy commented on eufy Wire-Free Dual Cam Video Doorbell 2K (Battery) - Add-on (T8213G11) $281.78 + Shipping @ F Digital (Direct Import) via Catch
Just a public service announcement that these were caught out sending private information "home" to Anker while simultaneously claiming…

I bought these recently with an almost identical setup and they were great. Braided, but not too stiff in terms of flexibility, nice rubber…

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toobzy on Lenovo IdeaPad 3 5300U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, 15.6" FHD Laptop $544 + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ Harvey Norman, Domayne, Joyce Mayne

From memory its just the IPS model for that specific laptop. They offer the laptop with both a TN and IPS as an option, but from memory you…

holisticboy commented on Lenovo IdeaPad 3 5300U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, 15.6" FHD Laptop $544 + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ Harvey Norman, Domayne, Joyce Mayne
I do have one of these, with the Ryzen 7 5700U (8 core), but the rest is exactly the same. The screen is by far the worst screen I've seen…

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eternalcakes on Silicon Power XS70 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD with Heatsink $300 + Delivery @ Umart

Because these gen 4 NVME SSDs legit get hot (over 100c), and they will also throttle when their temperature gets too high. Assuming you're…
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