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  1. BinnsY

    Coffee grinder recommendations

    The Melitta Calibra is a credible rival to the Sage options in my opinion. I paid about £120 for mine when it was relatively new and have been using it daily for a couple of years now and its great. It's down to about £75 on amazon at the moment assuming you get the same voucher as I do...
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    Have older Macbook Air's been nerfed?

    At that price its fair enough. It will do the job, but I wouldnt expect more than a couple of hours battery life and it will be hot / loud compared to anything new. The iPad thing I still disagree on. I actively manage a fleet of about 700 iPads / iPhones across a Multi Academy Trust and what...
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    Have older Macbook Air's been nerfed?

    I mean, a 2013 Macbook Air performs exactly as you would expect. It performs exactly like the 10.5 year old machine it now is. That's not apple nerfing them, its simply the fact its 10 years old. I'm in the position where I still have the 11 year old PC in my signature tucked away upstairs...
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    USB Bluetooth dongle with its own pairing function?

    I'd have thought this would be the better option. I dont think I've ever come across a device that does what you suggest. It would essentialy have to be paird at the factory otherwise you would need a "something" to handle the pairing in some way.
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    **Unofficial Tyre Thread**

    I recently had some Pilot Sport 5's fitted at my local Costco (they were cheaper than essentially anywhere else and had a £50 off when buying two deal so I saved about £80 compared to anywhere else I could find at the time) and I had no issues with fitting at all. I'm not sure I would say it...
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    Are combination microwaves any good?

    I dont think its quite as clear cut as this as this certainly doesnt match my experience. The one I have is better as a microwave than the standalone microwave it replaced (I went from a 800w Russell hobbs to my current panasonic combi) and I find it heats things more evenly whilst offering more...
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    What is everyone hoping will be released in 2024?

    I'm also hoping for an M3 MBA. I really hope it will be bumped to 16gb (even 12gb) of RAM at the base spec though. I managed to get my M1 close to alunch for £830 from the edu store and that felt like a really fair price. Everything thats come after has felt much mor expensive with deals being...
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    Raspberry Pi 5 Announced!

    Thanks, thats reassuring. I was the same with the FLIRC on my 4 as well. It essentially ran 24/7 for the best part of 4 years and I imagine the 5 will do the same so I quite like the fact its passive and never having to worry about cleaning etc. I run mine headless with only a single USB HDD and...
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    Are combination microwaves any good?

    I'd second this. I have the ct57 of this and it's brilliant. Jacket potatoes are paticularly good and what used to take an hour+ in the big oven now takes 20-25 minutes in the combi and I honestly can't tell the differnce. As a microwave it's great as well and larger / more powerful than the...
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    Looking at a Volvo Xc60 is 250hp enough?

    It should be plenty. Whilst the XC60 is a bit heavier than my mondeo the 240bhp in my mondeo is plenty and your certainly not going to have any isues.
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    Government is talking about upping car tax upto £140 this year

    Painful, looks like its going to squeeze my mondeo up to £335. Annoyingly if it emitted just 1g less of CO2 I'd be a bracket lower as well. Thankfully I'll squeeze in a renewal just before this comes in so should get a year before it hits but its frustrating that the tax is so comparitively high...
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    Raspberry Pi 5 Announced!

    Anyone tried either the Argon Neo 5 or Flirc cases for the Pi 5 yet? I had a flirc on my pi 4 and thought it was great but a little worried about the fact it doesnt cool the second chip on the pi 5 and wondering if that argon neo is the better choice because of that.
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    Corporate login laptop bypass

    In no way have I judged the OP of this post. I'm suggesting that he should back away from this job as his opening post indicates he didnt understand what this feature was, and my guidance is based on this. As others have replied since, unless the customer can provide proof of purchase theres...
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    Corporate login laptop bypass

    I think your posts are heavily biased. You've clearly spent time figuring out how to bypass autopilot in a way that works for you, and you suggest everyone else should keep the legalities out of the thread whilst you say your using your employers laptop with your own image. Do your employees...
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    Corporate login laptop bypass

    Whilst the above might help get around it, I notice you say this is from a "customer" and your workign on this as a job? This clearly isn't his laptop, and if its still Intune enrolled it absoultely was not meant for him to keep. I would suggest this would be putting you on rather sketchy...
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    Drip filter coffee machine - educate me!

    I have this brewer and use it daily. In my experience its all about the quality / freshness of the beans. I generally fill to 5 on the large number (for filling a flask I take to work) and I combine this with 21g of coffee. At the weekends I'll fill to 8 and use 31g. I tend to have the intensity...
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    Asus TUF Gaming AX3000 V2 Dual Band WiFi 6 Router Issues

    Does your son have admin access on his PC? If so your settings will be largely pointless. Routers dont assign mac addresses, they assign IP addresses. The mac address of a device is assigned at it's hardware level. However, its very easy to change this on the device itself as long as you have...
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    Kid bypassing Laptop Windows Password

    Your logic on this is flawed in my opinion and its why I made the point that this only works if all the settings are done together. Unless the laptop is very old removing the CMOS battery will not remove the admin password. This hasn't been a thing for years and generally speaking once a BIOS...
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    Kid bypassing Laptop Windows Password

    Wow, this is a read and a half, I think I'll stick to the pure techncial bit as I work in IT within schools so this is pretty much by bread and butter as the kids love trying to get into our systems / machines in ways they shouldnt. Ultimately as many others have said the fact you have given him...
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    Google Maps vs. Apple Maps

    Personally I find Apple Maps the better in terms of its clarity of directions, clarity of maps, and actual routing. However its key flaw its mentioned by others that it generally fails to get me where I want to be. If you have a specific postcode or line / street address its great. It's when you...
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