i see the DELL inspiron with 11th gen i7 and thunderbolt (for the external gpu) for about $750.
12th gen stuff is arriving or right around the corner, but a lot more expensive. would that make much difference in the way i plan to use the device?
i do go on business travel (flying). Thus the idea of having an external gpu that can be unplugged when leaving the house. so i wonder how lightweight can the laptop be and still perform well while at home, and also not be too burdensome while traveling. ie a 13 or 14in rather than the 15 to...
those are some interesting suggestions. thanks.
so my last question on this is whether an i5-12500H is enough or if a i7-12700 is worth the extra expense for this purpose.
Thanks for the link. I guess i am approaching things backwards. instead of having an existing laptop i am trying to improve upon by getting an external gpu, i am shopping for an laptop to go with the other parts i already have. am i just looking for an i7 with thunderbolt to make it all work?
I want a laptop that can perform (almost) as well as my old desktop when i am at home at my desk. I am considering plugging a dGPU (an rtx 3080ti from the old desktop) into an external enclosure through thunderbolt. games are mostly shooters like destiny 2, overwatch, halo infinite. the...
you want to look for smartwatches with LTE. they can function while being separated from a smartphone (like if you want to go out jogging), but the expectation is that it will still get to connect on a regular basis.
apple watch is probably the best for iphone users. i suggest the samsung...
I've come to the opposite conclusion...
isn't the point of run flats that you don't have to suffer the hassle/waste of time of changing the tire? unless you completely shred the tire somehow, you should be able to keep driving for a while. no need to wait for a tow.
i have had blowouts...
yes, low end EV are not quite profitable yet... but they are moving in the right direction:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/05/19/electric-vehicles-cost-conventional-cars-2018/
the link is to an article about an investment bank's projections. this should count as a credible source...
this is a somewhat newer article:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2017/05/11/profitable-evs/101531172/
i don't think GM is losing $9k on each. they might not quite be profitable, but this will get better over time.
This looks relevant to the original topic:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1113004_electric-cars-are-some-of-fastest-selling-used-vehicles-in-the-u-s
it seems that by simply being cheap enough, EV can reach a tipping point of sorts... We aren't even talking about the good EV, just the old...
Tesla isn't the only company increasing its production capabilities.
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/02/21/lg-chem-expand-battery-cell-manufacturing-us-china/
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1113014_worlds-3rd-largest-battery-firm-may-ally-with-vw-for-electric-cars-in-china
i figure...
government subsidies for energy is an important point, but i'm not sure there is anything actionable from the viewpoint of the consumer/car buyer.
in the end the question is whether EVs make sense. are we talking individually for each buyer? or are we talking societaly (is this a word?), on...
i know this discussion about the tipping point should not include current government incentives. EVs aren't truly at a tipping point if they have to rely on help to compete.
that being said, the $7500 federal tax credit brings the price of a Ford Focus Electric down to the price of a base...
2016 focus and before was the one with the short range. 2017 version is up to 110 miles. you can lease one for around $100 a month with only $2500 down. i've even seen fiat 500e advertised for $50 a month. at those prices, i almost wouldn't be offended to have them be called toys. if i lived...
i don't expect many apps for the gear s3 given that it isn't android or ios. i am getting along fine with just he base capabilities including samsung pay. i figured i didn't really want third party apps that could potential drain the watch's battery.
i suppose it would have been cool to be...
would chamberlain myq be the way to go if you already had smarthings? i think there are other garage door systems that aren't proprietary like chamberlain.
if we were having this tipping point discussion back in 2014, the focus electric might have been used to make the case for EVs. but now we have much better cars such as a chevy bolt. i'm certain in three years we will have even better examples. i think the tipping point is much closer than...
i don't know. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/02/lease-discounts-on-electric-focus/
a few months ago it seems this was the cheapest lease you could get for ANY car out there. not just EV. and this is before local subsidies.
EDIT: admittedly, the ford focus electric is about the worst...
that is an issue, certainly. but regular environmental impact, like the pollution from industrial mining, should probably be separated from climate change. i think most people look at EV as helping with climate change.
given their own data from the volt, i wonder why chevy isn't confident enough to extend the battery warranty much further than the current 100k miles. that would certainly put more people at ease over potential battery replacement concerns. (i'm only hypothesizing that when people think of...
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110881_how-much-is-a-replacement-chevy-bolt-ev-electric-car-battery
basically if the whole battery has gone bad, the replacement cost for the Bolt is about $15k. but the expectation is that the battery will never get to that point.
i don't disagree, but this is starting to feel like deja vu from smartphone discussions... with tesla's supercharger being apple's walled garden, CCS being broadly adapted like android, and CHAdeMo being windows(?!!)
lol
until the problem of Samsung Pay not working with iphones gets sorted, i wouldn't suggest that people with iphones get an s3. if it had worked, i think an s3 would be great for iphone users since they would get the advantages of samsung pay while keeping their preferred phone.
the series 3...
The Bolt and Leaf are normal in the way a Honda Fit or a Toyota Camery are normal. but those are not aspirational cars. they are just regular cars people use to get to work, not cars that are expected to impress friends/neighbors.
something that people would want to drive are like the 3...
I think you've missed a huge advantage:
-can be topped off/refueled at home (and thus never have to visit a shady gas station to touch a grimey pump handle.)
another thing that needs to happen:
-looks like a normal car that someone would want rather than looking like an appliance. (i feel that...
i am a proponent of EVs but i also don't feel we've reached that tipping point yet. even though EVs are plenty usable for typical customers, many still are either unaware of the advantages or make too much of the disadvantages. everyone was hopeful the Chevy Bolt with its range could bring...
you make valid points. but i would turn it around and say that the EV as the daily driver is not the toy. the toy is the ICE that is infrequently used and only comes out for those long trips.
and not all EV owners also "have another car". some have suggested that they can get by with just an...
regarding getting level 2 charging on 240v.... its not always that expensive. existing infrastructure might already support it.
My laundry room is in my garage so I already have a 240v outlet. This outlet isn't used since i have a gas dryer. so i bought a level 2 charger for around $500. (no...
your point is taken. i still have an ICE for those situations. but an EV is my daily driver and is used for more than double the miles as the other vehicle. for me, the tipping point has arrived.
filling up with gasoline once a week is like 50 trips to the gas station a year. that's 250 minutes! that seems more inconvenient to me than topping off my EV in my own garage.
one could argue that ICE forces you to go to a gas station where you have to touch that nasty pump handle and worry about why the attendant is in a box behind bulletproof glass. if you can charge your EV at home, you avoid the hassle of having to go to that gas/hydrogen station. this is a...
I have a house with spot in the garage where an EV can park and get charged on 240v.
I commute to work about 50 miles round trip. HOV lanes are available for most of that trip.
I had a 20 year old pontiac grand prix that got around 17mpg.
My spouse has an suv for weekend purposes when longer...
i have a samsung gear s3 frontier and really like it. one of the things not discussed much earlier in this thread is Samsung Pay, which i feel is better than both Android and Apple versions. The main reason being that Samsung Pay can interface with magnetic strip readers, while the others...
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