I was about to get one of those used (only difference is it being the 8GB version) but at the end it turned out it didn’t work so I bought a new RX 6600 instead

Nah, Halloween died down and we celebrate Mascaradas (another tradition) instead in that same date.

They used to say that black shirts, heavy metal, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokémon and even Winnie the Pooh were satanic too as well

Here in Costa Rica we don’t usually celebrate Halloween because people back in the 90s said it was satanic and stuff.

Eventually the tradition died down

Only Fortnite and Minecraft? Rather than a gaming laptop, you can buy him the ROG Ally handheld instead and save some money. Even the Steam Deck will do the job (make sure you get the 512 GB or 1 TB version, 64 and 256 GB are limited)

I’m a tech person and I still use reddit

Yeah, you’re right. My bad

The game seems it will be always-online. That is a bummer considering to what happened to the OG The Crew

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16959/intel-innovation-alder-lake-november-4th/3

They don’t seem to realize that core managing is done better in W11 than in W10

That’s me

deleted by creator

without activating Windows

Edit: yeah nevermind, just ended up activating

Go away bot

Yeah I fully agree. Not to mention their app is badly optimized and it uses up to 40% of my CPU. If my CPU is a six core (i5-10400) then I don’t want to see what happens with dualcores…

Costa Rica

Some people here in CR use bikes with these. The only difference is that the lights flash constantly

Make sure to install uBlock Origin when you install FF. It’s unlikely your nephew can click on ads believing there is a virus but do it, to be safe

So here’s the deal, I have an old HP laptop I am in the process of resetting and setting up as my ~8yo nephew’s first computer.

Big mistake. It reinstalls all the bloatware and sometimes it can even end up bricking your Windows install. Always clean install.

Obviously the parental controls will be in place with his parents getting a crash course in anything they don’t already know how to use(they’re tech literate so I’m not worried about that).

Just in case you decide to use the Microsoft parental controls. It automatically blocks Firefox so you have to unblock it manually.

So here’s where my question for y’all comes in, what are your recommendations for a budding computer scientist/programmer’s first Windows machine?

Replace the HDD with a 512 GB SATA SSD, install 8 GBs of RAM and it will probably last more

NewPipe is a third party app, hence you don’t get any popups. Doesn’t mean YT can’t do anything to stop you tho

I won’t cuz I did like 3 exams while being sick