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[–] MajorHavoc 92 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh, I didn't realize but I've also had a Jade laptop. I was just holding it upside down.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's crazy, how can somebody not know what brand of laptop they...

HOLY SHIT ME TOO

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, back in the late 90s I bought a laptop from a reputable seller and had literally no idea who the manufacturer was. Was a pretty good laptop for the era too. The badge on the back of the monitor said "Notebook".

I had to put the product ID code on the bottom into an online search engine - possibly very early Google - to find out it was made by Taiwanese company called Kapok.

Kind of wish I still had it, but I donated it to a good cause years ago.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I would never buy Jade. I always buy snsv laptops

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

I used to, but now my allegiance lies with ʞɹoʍǝɯɐɹɟ.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have dy. How does that compare to snsv?

[–] Nithanim 2 points 2 weeks ago

"You are just holding it wrong."

[–] TheFogan 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can that jade PC play the classic game WOOD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Nobody would ask for the brand in reality. For 99% of computer issues it's going to be something specific to the used software or Windows, and if the hardware turned out to be relevant in any way, you'd ask for the model because the brand itself is useless for most issues.

Sorry it was just jarring to me. :P

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The brand can be a great identifier. If the response is "Apple", I can't help you. If the response is "HP" or "Dell" or "Walmart", I know the issue is likely because of proprietary garbage that's locked down "for the safety of the user".

When speaking to the computer illiterate, the brand question will usually be answered with either "Apple" or "Windows". You gotta get that answer out of the way so you don't waste 15 minutes trying to get someone to right-click something only to find out they only have 1 mouse button.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We know it's not an Apple user because they are using WhatsApp instead of exclusively iMessage.

/s :P

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In almost everywhere but America imessage is rarely used anyway

[–] sukhmel 3 points 2 weeks ago

Almost nowhere but America exists /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

HP < Dirt < worms in the dirt < stool < literally any other hardware platform. < Custom builds.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Of course you ask the brand. With the less tech savvy, you need to be clear and specific in your language. If you ask "is it a macbook?" you'll get confusion as reply. People understand brands though. Even asking if it's Windows might be confusing, because Windows is all they know.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Distinguishing mac users might be significant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That is true, but that's still a weirdly phrased question if what you wanted to know is if it's a Mac.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean if it's an Alienware good chance something has burned out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Na it could also be any of the trash software, or the bios, or any one of their proprietary parts, like ram sticks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hadn't heard that, but it makes total sense given how they're manufactured.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've bought and repaired quite a few broken pcs over the years, and anytime it's an Alienware that's not starting up it usually means the motherboard has burned out and usually taken the CPU with it.

Mostly because they use the intel stock cooler on an i7 and then make that singular fan also pull double duty as exhaust in an itx sized case, without having heatsinks on any of the vrm or PSU components.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They also overclock all their stuff from factory. Basically, they squeeze out every little drop of performance even at the cost of ruggedness and sanity. Which, to be fair, is what their customers want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't had anything from the past 5 years from them but nothing I tested was overclocked in any way. The proprietary motherboards didn't even have xmp or multiplier control. And the gpus are usually the cheapest blower models which aren't capable of sustaining the advertised boost clocks.

Don't think any Alienware pc is ever running near the limits of the hardware, it's just a shitty dell prebuilt covered in cheap plastic and LEDs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, it looks like factory overclocking was just an option, and might not have even been around that long. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I ask so I can avoid touching an HP. If you have an HP you must live with your own sins as I refuse to bare that burden again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, my first question would be, "What's wrong with it?"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago

It is probably connected to an snsv monitor with an IWCH cable, and he uses a dy keyboard to type on it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's either singlish or manglish, English dialects found exclusively in Singapore/Malaysia. You can read that as "where tf"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Your laptop, what brand?

uuh, its a bit offensive...

..?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

"uhh i think my laptop's brand is loss?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't realize Dairy Queen got into the laptop business!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Okay it's an overly minimalist logo but can you imagine how smart the designer felt when they came up with that? That's really what it's all about.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do we have an equivalent of r/ComedyCemetery here on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's a very quiet [email protected] and a less quiet [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I had an ANOS phone for a while

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You're so old. They're all DIGIS these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

hehe..butt....

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Fucking minimalist logo fonts...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool, so far, I only heard about "dy"

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[–] embed_me 4 points 3 weeks ago

Consider me jaded

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I have snsv laptop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

my grandma be like:

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