Hello, I've been inactive, well..... here, well not only here, mostly on all the things I've been working on.
That's because my gaming laptop used to break. Basically, the keyboard that is on the laptop became defective, letters started to break. A very very few still "spam" but yeah. And that kinda is a bit to disturbing. For any other broken letter I use Numpad Unicode combinations.
This has been like that for many many months, more than 3.
And to be honest, I haven't felt well lately. It has been so long and I were barely able to do anything, which isn't good. It's wasted time.
But, I have a difficulty of finding a PC because it would be my personal first one ever. I never had a PC myself. I know how to build PCs though and I know what hardware to get so I can easily move it. As example, a hard disk with a free-fall sensor and remove any expansion cards from the motherboard or stuff because it can bent pins and it will, well depends.
I won't get a laptop though, these times are over unless laptops change.
But laptops are not that strong as PCs. First of all laptops are smaller and require special design and all that. Secondly, laptops catch dust, dust causes heat, and too much heat causes temperature limit, and temperature limit causes stuff like GPU to use less performance.
This is why, when I alt tab out of games and tab back in, I have like 60 fps for a few seconds. Because at the time I alt tab, the GPU's temperature or something became lower.
When the temperature limit is too high, a laptop will shut itsself down. I've reached that point. If I play CS:GO or like another game. Depending on what game, except Minecraft and low needing graphic games. I can only keep them open for a certain amount of time. It will shut down otherwise.
This gaming laptop is old anyway and what I learned was that if something in a laptop breaks, you usually end up replacing everything. Having a laptop as a "personal" device, doesn't seem to be ideal, unless laptops were made better.
Keyboard peripherial search and finding issue
So, why did I still not find a PC after like 3 months or more?
Well, it's because, someone described it as "picky". But the reason why, is because it doesn't exist in an acceptable way I want it to.
But I guess I have to accept that. So, I measured the current keyboard and put one on my list that would be okay. It's not a gaming one though... but a temporary solution. However I'm not sure if I would like it so.... idk...
Microphone and Audio issue
Microphone
A laptop usually has a built-in mic, usually located at the top next to a webcam.
I've seen like these good mics with mic arms. My issue would be the mic arm. Idk if the mic arm would disturb me or not, along with the mic that would be close to your mouth. I've seeeeen a lot of people having these mics. And when I ask them to make their mic louder, they all get pissed or something, idk.
What I care is maybe the microphone quality, but aslong as it's at a similar position like laptop ones I'm happy.
Teamspeak 3 had like this echo reducing thing, that's how no background sound barely made it through.
Audio
With that comes another issue, the speaker. That's because of echo.
I'm not a big fan of headsets. However, I would get one to switch from speaker to headset, or maybe if I find a headset I like I might even just use that.
What headset I wouldn't like are isolated ones. I wanna maintain the skills like laptop speakers, which is hearing the background of like the environment, so I know what's going on. Another issue is that I wear glasses and apperantly, it will hurt me if it causes too much pressure. Solution to that would be a headset where you can adjust how tight it is and etc.
I also don't want isolated ones because I don't wanna hear tinnitus that appeared over night, still need to ask a doctor about it but it isn't that bad.
I also have to learn how to use a headset because of earrapes. If someone earrapes its too late or not? With speakers, I'm further away from where the sound comes from. At headsets I have the feeling sound output is the same distance.
I did use headsets one though.
I still have no ideas for speakers or headsets kinda. Well, wireless headsets, yeah.
For speakers, I'm not looking for any bass or metal rings thingy no. I'm just looking for speakers similar to like ASUS Gaming Laptops or better, that's all.
Mouse
I haven't looked for a mouse yet.
The one I use is a 1000 DPI one called, Microsoft Express Mouse.
I hate palm forced grip mouses, aswell. My current mouse is defective and the cable would be too short anyways. Other issue is that I hate if the click noise is loud. Remember when someone called me I would be "picky" over it? Well, there it is again and tbh I don't think it's anything bad with disliking that.
Monitor
I am an allrounder. I do all types of thing from editing images to sound. And I like keeping the overview of pixels. This discussion appeared on one of these "stack" pages aswell.
I am habitated with, 17.3" that's probably biggest laptops offer.
Monitors go at like 24"
I'm not sure how easy it will be for me to habitate to a newer monitor size. What if it will impact me and make me worser? Idk.
A few that I ask say that I will get used to it quickly. I'm not sure though how far they have the monitors.
Currently the one I have in target is: ASUS VG248QG
Thing I dislike is the white printings on the right, but yeah hmm.
What's this thread for?
I need help finding these mentioned peripherials.
I'm a user that has habitated itsself on laptop environment, including the advantages of battery and the onboard trackpad to "spam mouse 1 faster", which is something I do aswell to find bugs.
I lack the experience and knowledge, in not specs but in usage. I need people to share their experiences. Because all of my questions and issues are experience kind of issues.
If you never tried it, you can't know. But if people can share experience and knowledge it would help me. You can call it recommendations aswell.
It has been 3 months or longer where I couldn't work on much. I'm surprised that I found stuff to do during my freetime. I couldn't even work on the jailbreak map, because of defective keys griefing my work.
So yeah, idk.
That's because my gaming laptop used to break. Basically, the keyboard that is on the laptop became defective, letters started to break. A very very few still "spam" but yeah. And that kinda is a bit to disturbing. For any other broken letter I use Numpad Unicode combinations.
This has been like that for many many months, more than 3.
And to be honest, I haven't felt well lately. It has been so long and I were barely able to do anything, which isn't good. It's wasted time.
But, I have a difficulty of finding a PC because it would be my personal first one ever. I never had a PC myself. I know how to build PCs though and I know what hardware to get so I can easily move it. As example, a hard disk with a free-fall sensor and remove any expansion cards from the motherboard or stuff because it can bent pins and it will, well depends.
I won't get a laptop though, these times are over unless laptops change.
But laptops are not that strong as PCs. First of all laptops are smaller and require special design and all that. Secondly, laptops catch dust, dust causes heat, and too much heat causes temperature limit, and temperature limit causes stuff like GPU to use less performance.
This is why, when I alt tab out of games and tab back in, I have like 60 fps for a few seconds. Because at the time I alt tab, the GPU's temperature or something became lower.
When the temperature limit is too high, a laptop will shut itsself down. I've reached that point. If I play CS:GO or like another game. Depending on what game, except Minecraft and low needing graphic games. I can only keep them open for a certain amount of time. It will shut down otherwise.
This gaming laptop is old anyway and what I learned was that if something in a laptop breaks, you usually end up replacing everything. Having a laptop as a "personal" device, doesn't seem to be ideal, unless laptops were made better.
Keyboard peripherial search and finding issue
So, why did I still not find a PC after like 3 months or more?
Well, it's because, someone described it as "picky". But the reason why, is because it doesn't exist in an acceptable way I want it to.
My laptop keyboard is a 96% layout keyboard. The arrow keys are right below the enter key, which is ideal to use CTRL and ARROWS to navigate between letters and edit them. On a TKL-Keyboard, I wouldn't know how it would impact my skill in all.
Another issue is the key switches. Because of Corona, I can't go locally and test keyboards that were not unpacked.
So I contacted companies....... and yeah no chance and NDA. Cool!
One company said that they would make 96% layout.
This is my keyboard basically: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/025101b59c64e260c7e5c205b686a730
Why does it matter if I get 96% layout keyboard?
Because my table is old, its not flat, it has edges inbetween that is used to flip the table.
Another issue is the key switches. Because of Corona, I can't go locally and test keyboards that were not unpacked.
So I contacted companies....... and yeah no chance and NDA. Cool!
One company said that they would make 96% layout.
This is my keyboard basically: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/025101b59c64e260c7e5c205b686a730
Why does it matter if I get 96% layout keyboard?
Because my table is old, its not flat, it has edges inbetween that is used to flip the table.
But I guess I have to accept that. So, I measured the current keyboard and put one on my list that would be okay. It's not a gaming one though... but a temporary solution. However I'm not sure if I would like it so.... idk...
Microphone and Audio issue
Microphone
A laptop usually has a built-in mic, usually located at the top next to a webcam.
I've seen like these good mics with mic arms. My issue would be the mic arm. Idk if the mic arm would disturb me or not, along with the mic that would be close to your mouth. I've seeeeen a lot of people having these mics. And when I ask them to make their mic louder, they all get pissed or something, idk.
What I care is maybe the microphone quality, but aslong as it's at a similar position like laptop ones I'm happy.
Teamspeak 3 had like this echo reducing thing, that's how no background sound barely made it through.
Audio
With that comes another issue, the speaker. That's because of echo.
I'm not a big fan of headsets. However, I would get one to switch from speaker to headset, or maybe if I find a headset I like I might even just use that.
What headset I wouldn't like are isolated ones. I wanna maintain the skills like laptop speakers, which is hearing the background of like the environment, so I know what's going on. Another issue is that I wear glasses and apperantly, it will hurt me if it causes too much pressure. Solution to that would be a headset where you can adjust how tight it is and etc.
I also don't want isolated ones because I don't wanna hear tinnitus that appeared over night, still need to ask a doctor about it but it isn't that bad.
I also have to learn how to use a headset because of earrapes. If someone earrapes its too late or not? With speakers, I'm further away from where the sound comes from. At headsets I have the feeling sound output is the same distance.
I did use headsets one though.
I still have no ideas for speakers or headsets kinda. Well, wireless headsets, yeah.
For speakers, I'm not looking for any bass or metal rings thingy no. I'm just looking for speakers similar to like ASUS Gaming Laptops or better, that's all.
Mouse
I haven't looked for a mouse yet.
The one I use is a 1000 DPI one called, Microsoft Express Mouse.
I hate palm forced grip mouses, aswell. My current mouse is defective and the cable would be too short anyways. Other issue is that I hate if the click noise is loud. Remember when someone called me I would be "picky" over it? Well, there it is again and tbh I don't think it's anything bad with disliking that.
Monitor
I am an allrounder. I do all types of thing from editing images to sound. And I like keeping the overview of pixels. This discussion appeared on one of these "stack" pages aswell.
I am habitated with, 17.3" that's probably biggest laptops offer.
Monitors go at like 24"
I'm not sure how easy it will be for me to habitate to a newer monitor size. What if it will impact me and make me worser? Idk.
A few that I ask say that I will get used to it quickly. I'm not sure though how far they have the monitors.
Currently the one I have in target is: ASUS VG248QG
Thing I dislike is the white printings on the right, but yeah hmm.
What's this thread for?
I need help finding these mentioned peripherials.
I'm a user that has habitated itsself on laptop environment, including the advantages of battery and the onboard trackpad to "spam mouse 1 faster", which is something I do aswell to find bugs.
I lack the experience and knowledge, in not specs but in usage. I need people to share their experiences. Because all of my questions and issues are experience kind of issues.
If you never tried it, you can't know. But if people can share experience and knowledge it would help me. You can call it recommendations aswell.
It has been 3 months or longer where I couldn't work on much. I'm surprised that I found stuff to do during my freetime. I couldn't even work on the jailbreak map, because of defective keys griefing my work.
So yeah, idk.
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