Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

geekman · 31 Dec 2016 at 18:54

Hyburnate said:
I don't think they're on commission but even if he was he was probably just trying to help. Isn't the 13" better specced too?

I intend on getting one the middle of next year - Will just go for the standard 13" all it will do is come with me when I'm away from home and drive my monitor when I'm working from home. Means my Windows Install can be completely void of work stuff

Not as standard, but the higher spec ones do. In all seriousness, he was definitely genuinely trying to help but it was odd how he wouldn't take no for an answer.

If I was like you and had an external monitor I'd probably have gone for the 13" one as well but I use my laptop for all my TV / films etc so a large, good quality screen and decent speakers was the most important thing to me. A bit extravagant of me for sure, but I rarely treat myself

Hyburnate · 31 Dec 2016 at 19:52

geekman said:
Not as standard, but the higher spec ones do. In all seriousness, he was definitely genuinely trying to help but it was odd how he wouldn't take no for an answer.

If I was like you and had an external monitor I'd probably have gone for the 13" one as well but I use my laptop for all my TV / films etc so a large, good quality screen and decent speakers was the most important thing to me. A bit extravagant of me for sure, but I rarely treat myself

You work for your money it's yours to chose what to do with - They're nice machines - Overpriced but nice machines, you will struggle to have a windows machine work over 5 years, yes, some do but they're not particularly fast and it's rare, take a look at the MM and you'll see plenty of old mac devices running perfectly after 5 years.

Anyway enough side tracking. I bought an Echo Dot from the MM and a Harmony. Photos uploading now :cool:

e; Photo

This stuff has me hooked. "Alexa turn on the TV" proceeds to turn on my amp, select the correct input, turn on my Sky+HD box, select a preset channel and also obviously turn on my TV and ensure that the correct input has been selected - Epic!

Rexxar · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:08

TheVoice said:
LED bulb for the reversing light on my car, should look much better than the regular one:

I did the same with mine, definitely a worthwhile upgrade.

pokerking · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:26

Treat my self to an Xbox One S and Alienware PC

Lokai · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:28

pokerking said:
Treat my self to an Xbox One S and Alienware

That Alienware is smaller than i thought. What spec?

pokerking · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:33

It's the old first gen but;

i5 4590T
250GB SSD
GTX 860
8GB Ram

The new one is exactly the same bar a 960 and newer i5 cost me £250 immaculate too, brilliant little machine, has Bluetooth so can use my One S controller. Comes with the older 360 controller.

Lokai · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:42

pokerking said:
It's the old first gen but;

i5 4590T
250GB SSD
GTX 860
8GB Ram

The new one is exactly the same bar a 960 and newer i5 cost me £250 immaculate too, brilliant little machine, has Bluetooth so can use my One S controller. Comes with the older 360 controller.

Looks really good, bargain price that too. Could do with one myself but would really like a 1060 in it.

pokerking · 31 Dec 2016 at 20:45

Yeah it's half the size of the Xbox but quicker and quieter

The GPU is decent enough to play most games high at 1080p, it's about 20% overclocked though.

I think the R2 you can swap GPUs so maybe that can take a 1060.

2StepSteve · 31 Dec 2016 at 21:28

Radio Scanner. It's been a while since I dipped my toes in this. A lot of services have gone encrypted, but still fun. The free PC software available has made programming and labeling of known frequencies easy and fast.

Going to replace the aerial for a higher gain one next week.

easyrider · 31 Dec 2016 at 21:33

2StepSteve said:
Radio Scanner. It's been a while since I dipped my toes in this. A lot of services have gone encrypted, but still fun. The free PC software available has made programming and labeling of known frequencies easy and fast.

Going to replace the aerial for a higher gain one next week.

What do you listen out for?

2StepSteve · 31 Dec 2016 at 21:40

Juat air traffic at the moment, the supplied rubber duck is pretty poor performing though.

Feek · 31 Dec 2016 at 22:52

Oh man, I've had a few scanners over the years - I get frustrated by them eventually.

I've set up banks on the 5100 with the common frequencies for LHR, STN, LGW and LCY and scan them from time to time, can be quite interesting for a few minutes at a time.

Peerzy · 31 Dec 2016 at 23:05

robfosters said:
Bought myself a second ipad. Use it often and was fed up waiting for it to charge. Now I will always have a fully charged one.

I wish I had such a well paying job that I could afford to have a spare iPad for when mine is charging :eek:

Occupation said:
Unemployed at present

Oh.....

{SAS}TB · 31 Dec 2016 at 23:09

BT speaker thigummyjig

Captain · 31 Dec 2016 at 23:24

New jacket.

RoboCod · 31 Dec 2016 at 23:29

Peerzy said:
I wish I had such a well paying job that I could afford to have a spare iPad for when mine is charging

Oh.....

Shouldn't judge. I think Rob is incapacitated to a degree/claiming disability.

gandhi · 31 Dec 2016 at 23:53

CaptainComedy said:
My bad *drawers. Always forget that.

After reading that you could assume this chester fellow is still drawing to Britain

Living up to user name? Or missing half the point?

It's 'CHEST OF drawers' dude.

Unless of course, they're specialist drawers from Chester?

Peerzy · 1 Jan 2017 at 10:10

RoboCod said:
Shouldn't judge. I think Rob is incapacitated to a degree/claiming disability.

No judgement, I know the posters story - was in jest

IronWarrior · 1 Jan 2017 at 10:44

This is one of my all time favourite topics in this forum, if anything, it's a good window into cool stuff that others are buying that I might buy also and I wouldn't say am rich, far from it, I also don't think I show off with my stuff, just sharing things.

Josh · 1 Jan 2017 at 10:54

Spot the poster who got "friend zoned" on NYE.