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JRs_Cigarette
11 Sep 2023
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    tricky
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    21 Nov 2024, 2:56 p.m. 21 Nov 2024, 2:56 p.m.
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    @istklaus has written:

    Any recommendations for antivirus for a mac please.

    No need, surely? They just work.

    (I use linux, so apart from scanning emails I have no need or use for anti-virus).

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    BrettWilliams
    Squad 2208 posts
    29 Nov 2024, 10:19 p.m. 29 Nov 2024, 10:19 p.m.
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    Mrs BW's aunt kindly donated a 'barely-used' laptop for Little Miss BW to use for school work. Arrived today and it looks quite old.

    I've spent the past four hours trying to get it to work through multiple Windows updates - clearly hasn't been operational for a long time. The fucker is apparently stuck at 38% on the final update. Anyone got any ideas? I've run diagnostic checks, done hard resets and no joy.

    I suspect we'll have to send it for recycling and stump up for a new laptop.

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    Jake
    Squad 1818 posts
    30 Nov 2024, 12:53 a.m. 30 Nov 2024, 12:53 a.m.
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    Obviously you could try wiping your knob across the screen.

    Alternatively, Ubuntu? Chrome OS?

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    Ingo
    Squad 2646 posts
    30 Nov 2024, 8:36 a.m. 30 Nov 2024, 8:36 a.m.
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    10 hours and no update about the update? You can't do that to us.

    I'd be turning it off and on again until it either:

    A) worked

    Or

    B) caught fire

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    BrettWilliams
    Squad 2208 posts
    30 Nov 2024, 10:30 a.m. 30 Nov 2024, 10:30 a.m.
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    @Ingo has written:

    10 hours and no update about the update? You can't do that to us.

    Apologies. Wiping my knob on it doesn't seem to have worked unfortunately. However, realising that the time and date was set to Canadian and therefore changing to GMT appears to have nudged the update beyond the 38% it was stuck on.

    Exciting times...

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    BrettWilliams
    Squad 2208 posts
    27 Aug 2025, 2:19 p.m. 27 Aug 2025, 2:19 p.m.
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    Does anyone have a VR headset? If so, would you recommend? Was tentatively thinking of maybe getting one for us (and Little Miss BW under supervision) to play games and watch movies, etc.

    The Meta Quest 3s is quite reasonably priced as an entry-level dip into the VR world.

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    JRs_Cigarette
    Squad 2188 posts
    27 Aug 2025, 4:35 p.m. 27 Aug 2025, 4:35 p.m.
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    Marked as best answer by 27 Aug 2025, 5:03 p.m..

    I had the PS first version one and barely played it to be honest. It's a bit of a pain to keep it set up and the games typically makee a bit motion sick.

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    BrettWilliams
    Squad 2208 posts
    27 Aug 2025, 4:58 p.m. 27 Aug 2025, 4:58 p.m.
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    Yep, that had occured to me. I quite liked the idea of being able to watch movies and Netflix though the Meta Quest ones, though.

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    JimShady
    Squad 3846 posts
    27 Aug 2025, 5:07 p.m. 27 Aug 2025, 5:07 p.m.
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    I'm tempted by VR glasses myself. For working and watching TV. The XReal ones.

    uk.shop.xreal.com/

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    noodle
    Squad 998 posts
    28 Aug 2025, 2:51 a.m. 28 Aug 2025, 2:51 a.m.
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    YMMV but I wouldn’t want Zuckerberg’s eyes bolted to my kids.

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    Ingo
    Squad 2646 posts
    28 Aug 2025, 6:50 a.m. 28 Aug 2025, 6:50 a.m.
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    Alright, lads! How you feeling? A bit wonky? Perfectly normal. You'll be as right as rain in twenty minutes.

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