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  • TrKTrK Member

    @sycot said:

    So it seems, join us and we will reach the naughty number together :D

  • sycotsycot Member

    WELCOME TO PAGE 20 !!

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @sycot said:

    Yes it does. Or maybe it never stopped

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

  • sycotsycot Member

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    So it seems, join us and we will reach the naughty number together :D

    toot toot all aboard the naughty number train ;)

    Thanked by 1TrK
  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @sycot said:
    I'm still tired from the BF thread 😅

    It is an endurance test for sure

  • TrKTrK Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Ohh my brother have an amd a4 something in his hp pavilion g4 and believe me that's running better than my asus i5.

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    We don't need no stinking screws !!

  • noob404noob404 Member

    Since this is a New Year Sale, maybe, there's some surprise on page 24. I could be totally off here. As I always say, the chef and dustin work in mysterious ways.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    We don't need no stinking screws !!

    Exactly, why would I cover the beauty up with screws!

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

  • TrKTrK Member

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

    I didn't know that. I always assumed it was Apple. With what hardware did Sony introduce the evil?

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @TrK said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Ohh my brother have an amd a4 something in his hp pavilion g4 and believe me that's running better than my asus i5.

    It has been a good one for sure and had 4 cores in 2013 woot woot

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

    Okay, bro. You can have the laptop. But, how are you going to get it to your place? I mean international shipping.

  • TrKTrK Member

    @sycot said:

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    So it seems, join us and we will reach the naughty number together :D

    toot toot all aboard the naughty number train ;)

    yeah all aboard :D :D

  • TrKTrK Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @TrK said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Ohh my brother have an amd a4 something in his hp pavilion g4 and believe me that's running better than my asus i5.

    It has been a good one for sure and had 4 cores in 2013 woot woot

    Although his laptop was purchased in 2011 it's ancient and working :astonished:

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    So it seems, join us and we will reach the naughty number together :D

    toot toot all aboard the naughty number train ;)

    yeah all aboard :D :D

    A 69-train :D

  • TrKTrK Member

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

    Okay, bro. You can have the laptop. But, how are you going to get it to your place? I mean international shipping.

    The same way, i use parcel forwarding service and pay the import taxes, it's fine :) DM me if you want the referral for $10 off on your first shipping :)

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

    I didn't know that. I always assumed it was Apple. With what hardware did Sony introduce the evil?

    Sony started the idea by making the ribbon cable coating fall apart after 13 to 14 months right after the warranty ran out. Then they would tell you that the MB was bad and charge $1300 to replace it. So people just bought a new one. The real problem was just $5 worth of ribbon cables.

    Thanked by 2noob404 0xC7
  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    @TrK said:

    @sycot said:

    So it seems, join us and we will reach the naughty number together :D

    toot toot all aboard the naughty number train ;)

    yeah all aboard :D :D

    A 69-train :D

    That would be weird

  • dustincdustinc Member, Patron Provider, Top Host

    @noob404 said:

    @dustinc said:

    @noob404 said:

    @kashon said:
    Remember Robin Hood sharing the wealth? OpenVZ did the same for VPS, making it accessible to the masses through free and open-source software.

    Very cheap as well, compared to KVM. But, can OpenVZ do everything a low-level KVM can do? Asking cause my knowledge in the area is minimal.

    @noob404 -- It is quite antiquated/old school nowadays, we retired our OpenVZ product line IIRC in ~2020 and gave all of our clients that were still on OpenVZ, a free upgrade to our KVM virtualization product line.

    Consumers prefer KVM, and also from a provider perspective, KVM is much better as its "full" virtualization whereas OpenVZ is "containers". With OpenVZ there are certain modules (i.e. TUN/TAP) that need to be enabled from the host node side, also it shares the host node kernel with every container so VM's are unable to run their own kernels. With KVM you can also mount/install your own ISO, which is awesome.

    Yah, I only have experience with KVM, as of now. Saw some offers on OVZs and they were comparatively cheaper. I wondered what the catch was. Now, it seems that OpenVZ would be a headache if a project is to be scaled up. Thanks for that explanation.

    BTW, any suggestion for backing up my Ubuntu VPS before running an update?

    Hi @noob404 -- I would just back up any important files/folders using rsync to a remote destination - or if its not much data, to something like Google Drive. There may be other tools/methods out there, but this is for sure a very safe way :)

    Thanked by 1noob404
  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    WELCOME TO PAGE 20 !!

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

    Okay, bro. You can have the laptop. But, how are you going to get it to your place? I mean international shipping.

    The same way, i use parcel forwarding service and pay the import taxes, it's fine :) DM me if you want the referral for $10 off on your first shipping :)

    Sure, anyways PM me that. Won't be using anytime soon, but, if I do, will definitely signup with your links. But, how's the customs duty in your country? In mine, it's unpredictable.

  • TrKTrK Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

    I didn't know that. I always assumed it was Apple. With what hardware did Sony introduce the evil?

    Sony started the idea by making the ribbon cable coating fall apart after 13 to 14 months right after the warranty ran out. Then they would tell you that the MB was bad and charge $1300 to replace it. So people just bought a new one. The real problem was just $5 worth of ribbon cables.

    Exactly, and before that the ribbon cables were like top notch quality even if your hardware damaged the ribbon cables were fine(happened with pavilion g4)

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

    I didn't know that. I always assumed it was Apple. With what hardware did Sony introduce the evil?

    Sony started the idea by making the ribbon cable coating fall apart after 13 to 14 months right after the warranty ran out. Then they would tell you that the MB was bad and charge $1300 to replace it. So people just bought a new one. The real problem was just $5 worth of ribbon cables.

    Thank God, we got the Right to repair movement right now. There's this Canadian - Louis Rossman who does cheap Apple repairs and exposes their exorbitant service charges.

  • TrKTrK Member

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

    Okay, bro. You can have the laptop. But, how are you going to get it to your place? I mean international shipping.

    The same way, i use parcel forwarding service and pay the import taxes, it's fine :) DM me if you want the referral for $10 off on your first shipping :)

    Sure, anyways PM me that. Won't be using anytime soon, but, if I do, will definitely signup with your links. But, how's the customs duty in your country? In mine, it's unpredictable.

    Well if you know the tax rates and import codes everything works flawless for me it's about 18%-28% on the product value + shipping charge and if somehow you forget the bill they will assume the price to be highest on the segment.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @dustinc said:

    @noob404 said:

    @dustinc said:

    @noob404 said:

    @kashon said:
    Remember Robin Hood sharing the wealth? OpenVZ did the same for VPS, making it accessible to the masses through free and open-source software.

    Very cheap as well, compared to KVM. But, can OpenVZ do everything a low-level KVM can do? Asking cause my knowledge in the area is minimal.

    @noob404 -- It is quite antiquated/old school nowadays, we retired our OpenVZ product line IIRC in ~2020 and gave all of our clients that were still on OpenVZ, a free upgrade to our KVM virtualization product line.

    Consumers prefer KVM, and also from a provider perspective, KVM is much better as its "full" virtualization whereas OpenVZ is "containers". With OpenVZ there are certain modules (i.e. TUN/TAP) that need to be enabled from the host node side, also it shares the host node kernel with every container so VM's are unable to run their own kernels. With KVM you can also mount/install your own ISO, which is awesome.

    Yah, I only have experience with KVM, as of now. Saw some offers on OVZs and they were comparatively cheaper. I wondered what the catch was. Now, it seems that OpenVZ would be a headache if a project is to be scaled up. Thanks for that explanation.

    BTW, any suggestion for backing up my Ubuntu VPS before running an update?

    Hi @noob404 -- I would just back up any important files/folders using rsync to a remote destination - or if its not much data, to something like Google Drive. There may be other tools/methods out there, but this is for sure a very safe way :)

    Will look into it. Rsync might be the only option I guess cause the other option I looked into was Timeshift, but, it could do only partial backups.

  • FrankZFrankZ Barred

    @TrK said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @FrankZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Old hardware last longer. I'm still rocking a AMD A4-5000 from 2013 and it runs fine.

    Two words for hardware today - "Planned obsolescence"

    Exactly. Although Sony was the first to do that in 2007.

    I didn't know that. I always assumed it was Apple. With what hardware did Sony introduce the evil?

    Sony started the idea by making the ribbon cable coating fall apart after 13 to 14 months right after the warranty ran out. Then they would tell you that the MB was bad and charge $1300 to replace it. So people just bought a new one. The real problem was just $5 worth of ribbon cables.

    Exactly, and before that the ribbon cables were like top notch quality even if your hardware damaged the ribbon cables were fine(happened with pavilion g4)

    Yes, they had a great reputation for durability before 2007, and then they did this. You knew it was planned because tech support would automatically tell people it was their MB that needed to be replaced.

  • noob404noob404 Member

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:
    BTW, if you guys could choose between the Acer 3050 laptop and Xbox 1X, which one would you go for?

    I would go for laptop, reason: i am a PC gamer so have nothing to do with xbox and my current laptop is dying(already died multiple times) i mean it's already 8 years old.

    Mine's exactly 8 years old, as well. i5-5200U. It's a Dell, which has served me very well. Been thinking of retiring it, recently.

    Lol same CPU, just mines from Asus and i can't find the parts nowadays not even screws, idk why they use these long star screws for this x556 series.

    Screws? Mine's been going screwless for 3 years now. Those laptops, if not powerful were sturdy, as hell.

    Mines not sturdy, chassis falling apart, i am using a different laptop's fan(modding DIY), the USB 3 port died early, that was not as expected.

    Okay, bro. You can have the laptop. But, how are you going to get it to your place? I mean international shipping.

    The same way, i use parcel forwarding service and pay the import taxes, it's fine :) DM me if you want the referral for $10 off on your first shipping :)

    Sure, anyways PM me that. Won't be using anytime soon, but, if I do, will definitely signup with your links. But, how's the customs duty in your country? In mine, it's unpredictable.

    Well if you know the tax rates and import codes everything works flawless for me it's about 18%-28% on the product value + shipping charge and if somehow you forget the bill they will assume the price to be highest on the segment.

    If you don't mind me asking and if you don't mind revealing, what region are you from? For me (India), I have seen the customs charge upto 110-150% of the item.

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