Paid Members FLips Posted January 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 31, 2023 47 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: I want to get my 15yo a gaming laptop for their birthday. My upper budget is a grand. PC World had fuck all. Any recommendations for machines or places? Much appreciated. Something I’d recommend depending on your time frame is looking for local independent computer stores that build them for you. You can go in and tell them features you want, games she will often want to play and they’ll build it to those specs for a fraction of the cost of a pre-built one. I did it with my old PC and it served me well for 9 years for £700. Quote
Browser Brady Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Get a Mac [/OldSkoolLoki] Have a 16” touchbar 2019 model. All my other Macs have been bullet proof, fecking thing needed a new logic board two weeks ago and now is shutting down again. Reset Pram, Rest SMC, Ran Disk First Aid, reinstalled the OS. No good, same issue. Literally onto Apple support at the moment . I’ve had many Macs and this one has been a stinker from Day 1. I hear the M1 models are great though. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, FelatioLips said: Something I’d recommend depending on your time frame is looking for local independent computer stores that build them for you. You can go in and tell them features you want, games she will often want to play and they’ll build it to those specs for a fraction of the cost of a pre-built one. I did it with my old PC and it served me well for 9 years for £700. Unfortunately the local shop we had closed down a couple of months ago and I'm not even sure where the nearest one is. But I'll bear it in mind, thanks! @Merzbow I really don't know anything about Steam Decks but my kid said they're not sure if it would allow them to do stuff like watch YouTube and play Minecraft, which I think isn't supported by Steam? They're looking into it though, cheers! Quote
Keith Houchen Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Unfortunately the local shop we had closed down a couple of months ago and I'm not even sure where the nearest one is. But I'll bear it in mind, thanks! There’s one in Chorlton but to be honest, it’s probably a front for money laundering as it changes name every week. Quote
Merzbow Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 You can technically do both but yeah they're not officially supported it seems, there's definitely limitations to the Steam Deck with it's out of the box experience. Maybe have a scroll over on the Linus Tech Tips forum, there's usually someone asking about gaming laptops there. https://linustechtips.com/forum/88-laptops-and-pre-built-systems/ Quote
Browser Brady Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Anybody fooked around with AI in any capacity? What is the best AI for generating pictures ? Quote
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 1, 2023 Awards Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Browser Brady said: Anybody fooked around with AI in any capacity? What is the best AI for generating pictures ? It's a broad question as they use different learning sources. I think Midjourney does the most jaw dropping and believable stuff but I think it's paid access only. My personal favourite was Goth World, a theme park. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/10dsm3q Quote
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 1, 2023 Awards Moderator Posted February 1, 2023 Fingers are a recurring issue for AI image generators. They don't seem to understand there is an expected maximum. Or maybe computers have calculated the perfect hand? Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted February 1, 2023 Members Posted February 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Chris B said: Norfolk goths. Quote
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 1, 2023 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2023 19 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: Unfortunately the local shop we had closed down a couple of months ago and I'm not even sure where the nearest one is. But I'll bear it in mind, thanks! @Merzbow I really don't know anything about Steam Decks but my kid said they're not sure if it would allow them to do stuff like watch YouTube and play Minecraft, which I think isn't supported by Steam? They're looking into it though, cheers! I bought one on Ebay (I just wanted something cheap so didn't really bother too much with the options and what not) from a small shop that just listed it's stock online. Note sure how they compare price wise but Computer Specialist UK | eBay Stores it was. I'm sure other small outlets do something similar. Quote
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 3, 2023 Paid Members Posted February 3, 2023 I'm looking for a good free or very cheap photo / picture editing tool. What would the good ship UKFF recommend these days? Quote
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 3, 2023 Awards Moderator Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Tommy! said: I'm looking for a good free or very cheap photo / picture editing tool. What would the good ship UKFF recommend these days? Photopea.com. Identical to Photoshop but awesome price. Quote
Merzbow Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Tommy! said: I'm looking for a good free or very cheap photo / picture editing tool. What would the good ship UKFF recommend these days? Gimp. Quote
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