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| SlammedNiss:
I recently replace my battery in my i3 Toshiba. I don't remember exactly how old, but I'm guessing the original was 5 years and I was getting less than 1 hr out of it. I bought the replacement from eBay, and you have to be careful when searching. IIRC, I searched using the battery model # + the word "genuine". The first search result was THIS. NOT a genuine Toshiba battery, but a genuine battery, as opposed to a fake battery I suppose. Anyways, found one from what seemed like a reputable seller (LINK) and while the battery life isn't anywhere near what it was when I first purchased my laptop, I can at least get 2+ hours out of it without tethering myself to an outlet. BTW, I too made the jump to W10 a few weeks back. Had a few problems originally, mainly not having scroll on my touchpad, which would have been a deal breaker. But, Synaptics finally updated their driver and all is well. So far, I like the OS. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 22, 2015, 11:16:08 pm ---Well if you upgrade to 10 you have 30 days to downgrade. It isn't like previous upgrades where you have to wipe the system. I think hardware issues would be the only thing I'd worry about. The catalyst control center no longer works for my video card in windows 10, but it was an exceedingly old video card. You just have to watch out for stuff like that, otherwise it's windows 7 with better directX support and a couple of non-essential bells and whistles. --- End quote --- Good to know. I haven't messed around with my cheap refurb 1.3Ghz tablet since updating, but did launch the new internet browser and scrolling down pages was choppy and horrendous. I'll have to get my butt in gear and test the thing out before 30 days is up. I plan to use it for travel, so my map programs and such need to work or it's a dealbreaker. |
| BorgDog:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on September 23, 2015, 11:14:59 am --- Good to know. I haven't messed around with my cheap refurb 1.3Ghz tablet since updating, but did launch the new internet browser and scrolling down pages was choppy and horrendous. I'll have to get my butt in gear and test the thing out before 30 days is up. I plan to use it for travel, so my map programs and such need to work or it's a dealbreaker. --- End quote --- I upgraded my Winbook 801 (1.33Ghz also) to windows 10, and after a few rounds of updates it seems to be working pretty good. Have not had any program issues, but I don't run much on it. |
| Howard_Casto:
In terms of software I haven't had any issues for the most part BUT it appears that windows (aka forms) are controlled slightly different. I was looking into updating the lua scripts for the UCDP and now the stupid lua prompt is showing up in front of the emulator, and it never did that before. So I'll have to do some alterations when I get time. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: BorgDog on September 23, 2015, 04:09:17 pm --- --- Quote from: BadMouth on September 23, 2015, 11:14:59 am --- Good to know. I haven't messed around with my cheap refurb 1.3Ghz tablet since updating, but did launch the new internet browser and scrolling down pages was choppy and horrendous. I'll have to get my butt in gear and test the thing out before 30 days is up. I plan to use it for travel, so my map programs and such need to work or it's a dealbreaker. --- End quote --- I upgraded my Winbook 801 (1.33Ghz also) to windows 10, and after a few rounds of updates it seems to be working pretty good. Have not had any program issues, but I don't run much on it. --- End quote --- Had to roll back, then update the video driver to fix the choppy scrolling. After doing that, it seems to work as well as before updating. Had to uninstall and reinstall some apps, but I don't have many on there, so not a big deal. Sticking with 7 on the laptop. |
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