Hey you guys! Glad to finally have a reliable workstation again. There's a lot of info in the description about my old laptop and what it took to get everything Linux working on the new laptop. Sometimes I feel like the descriptions of my videos are like blog posts haha
It was nice to watch you go trough your paces to get the new laptop up and running. I was sitting here like: "Nope, not gonna work, needs to have bios settings altered" I wonder in this case: can you file for a refund of the windows license that is provided with the machine since it is burned into the bios nowadays? Since you're not using it, it must be a thing one can do... And even if possible I wonder how they deal with such a question... The battery charging solution for the old one intrigues me. You and your dad are clearly very clever to get it fixed this way. I think most people would have brought it in for repair or might have bought a new one. I find it hard to imagine that the regular "Joe the Plumber" is going to mess with an external source to charge a lithium battery pack. Luckily the protection- and balancing electronics for the cells are located in the battery pack itself.
Haha thanks! I actually did have a shop look at the battery and they said the mainboard needed to be replaced which was some $900. That's why we rigged up our own charging circuit. For what it's worth, there was over a week of stress & soak testing to ensure the laptop continued to work and the battery didn't blow up haha Also, I think I'm going to use the Windows 11 install for Distro Delves and stuff like that. Might as well!
The Asus laptop? It's pretty good, I wouldn't have gotten it for MSRP though. I should make a follow up video comparing the two now that I've used the Asus for long enough.
Good question - I should return to this review and make a part 2 because I have opinions lol. The hardware on the Strix is better but the build quality on the Legion is better. I'd still take the Strix simply for the hardware but the build quality has been disappointing.
That's the best part of Linux . CPU or mother board dies . No problem-o . Swap the ssd/hdd to a new rig & it will run . Only windows guys can tell if swapping windows ssd/hdd to a new rig works like linux does 🤔
Hey you guys! Glad to finally have a reliable workstation again. There's a lot of info in the description about my old laptop and what it took to get everything Linux working on the new laptop. Sometimes I feel like the descriptions of my videos are like blog posts haha
Congratulations, Egee! 🎉
Also, it was funny seeing you get appalled by windows and Cortana!
Nobody asked her to do a darn thing!
It was nice to watch you go trough your paces to get the new laptop up and running.
I was sitting here like: "Nope, not gonna work, needs to have bios settings altered"
I wonder in this case: can you file for a refund of the windows license that is provided with the machine since it is burned into the bios nowadays? Since you're not using it, it must be a thing one can do...
And even if possible I wonder how they deal with such a question...
The battery charging solution for the old one intrigues me. You and your dad are clearly very clever to get it fixed this way. I think most people would have brought it in for repair or might have bought a new one. I find it hard to imagine that the regular "Joe the Plumber" is going to mess with an external source to charge a lithium battery pack. Luckily the protection- and balancing electronics for the cells are located in the battery pack itself.
Haha thanks! I actually did have a shop look at the battery and they said the mainboard needed to be replaced which was some $900. That's why we rigged up our own charging circuit.
For what it's worth, there was over a week of stress & soak testing to ensure the laptop continued to work and the battery didn't blow up haha
Also, I think I'm going to use the Windows 11 install for Distro Delves and stuff like that. Might as well!
Egee, Are you going to keep Mint on this? Have you tried the new asus laptop with Fedora or SUSE? cheers
why didnt you unplug the battery wires
How's the battery backup on debian testing linux on normal use ( web surfing , light office work , video playback ) ?
This guy is funny😂
Are you still happy with this laptop. I'm tempted to buy the same one
The Asus laptop? It's pretty good, I wouldn't have gotten it for MSRP though. I should make a follow up video comparing the two now that I've used the Asus for long enough.
@@Egeexyz Would love to see the comparison :) thank you
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How is it compare to ur lenovo legion now?
Good question - I should return to this review and make a part 2 because I have opinions lol. The hardware on the Strix is better but the build quality on the Legion is better. I'd still take the Strix simply for the hardware but the build quality has been disappointing.
@@Egeexyz is it still working effeciently? I am actually planning to purchase the same model as you have.
@@rarachelann1289 Yeah the hardware is great, looks and runs the same as the day I got it!
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Should have gone for a Lenovo Thinkpad (maybe a T14 gen 3 or something)
soo much more reliable than these gaming laptops
imo they are overpriced for what they offer. And needless to say, I'm not super happy with Lenovo atm
That's the best part of Linux .
CPU or mother board dies . No problem-o .
Swap the ssd/hdd to a new rig & it will run .
Only windows guys can tell if swapping windows ssd/hdd to a new rig works like linux does 🤔
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Ryzen 7 4800h...🤡