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01-10-2020, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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I'd probably recommend another Surface Pro. I've not heard of the bluetooth/wifi issue, but I suspect there's a way to resolve that.
If you're interested in a Dell, look at the Latitude 5290, or its big brother the 7200. Those are both decent machines similar to the Surface. |
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Credit to DaFace here, I was too stupid to figure it out myself, but apparently if you have a router that operates on a 2.4 Ghz channel, it is either the same as bluetooth or a harmonic or something and it nukes the network connection. The solution is to buy a router that runs on 5Ghz. I did that at the house, but I haven't yet at the farm. There's some more shit going on there with shared devices that I'm not sure I can install without ****ing up. And quite frankly, I'll drop some coin elsewhere to not dick with networks that I'm a functioning reerun on. |
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I'm just really trying to avoid the whole, "you bought a nice laptop but you should have bought this other one if you want to do that." Noise, like the whole bluetooth Network thing.
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01-10-2020, 12:12 PM | #5 |
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I got a Dell 13" XPS. Easily the best laptop I've ever owned.
Avoid Lenovo like the plague. I purchased one that was a BEAST as far as horsepower, but little parts of it broke in the 2 years I used it. |
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RE: Lenovo - Serious question. Did you own this laptop on either the Luck game or the Forward Progress game? That's a game changer in terms of durability. |
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01-10-2020, 12:37 PM | #7 | |
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I'd recommend replacing that old 2.4Ghz router, sounds like that was the problem. The Surface is capable of using both at the same time. That must be pretty old. Routers are cheap and easy these days. Good luck. |
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Thanks for the help. |
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01-10-2020, 12:55 PM | #9 |
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I use it in my pickup, office, and home. Feels solid as hell, but I'm not testing it in the farm environment to find out how far she can go. Yes, I owned that mother ****er during the forward progress game, but I was hoisting Bud Light instead of that laptop. If I had a Panasonic Toughbook on my lap during that game it would have ended up being spread from one end of my house to the other. |
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My buddy has a reasonable cover/keyboard for his iPad. That may be an easier solution than my old laptops, a power inverter and charging block |
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FWIW I bought a Lenovo X1 Carbon. If it breaks down like nortorious’ I won’t have it long, but they were running a pretty hot deal on a few models so I did it.
I have a low tolerance for dicking with them so if it gives me any shit I just go a different way most of the time. But yeah, 2-3 years is all I typically keep them as the main rig. Appreciate all the advice. |
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01-16-2020, 03:27 PM | #15 |
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I’m going to try it without. I fired up an old computer got it on the Wifi and then hooked up some Bluetooth and it seemed to work without issue.
I can’t find the article DaFace sent me but I think it’s a Surface hardware issue. I think their network cards are just junk. I have a the google mesh at the house and they are dual band with the device determining which channel to hook to and it’s a **** half the time. If I don’t have to dick with routers I’ll roll with what I’ve got. |
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