u/Boonune

Found a deal for $500 off this unit:

HyperX - HP OMEN MAX 16" 2K OLED Gaming Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 9 (2026) - 32GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - 1TB SSD - Shadow Black - Open Box - Excellent

Originally $2800, now $2300

but it's "open box - excellent". I don't know enough about how Best Buy handles these. Does excellent mean someone bought it, threw away the box, returned it next day? Or is there a possibility of issues? I'd be buying it online, so no chance to check it out in store.

Also, how's the HP OMEN MAX? Haven't seen anything bad on this series.

They're such little things. How much energy can they really store in that body? How long can they realistically keep flying around my house? I've been trying to wear this little guy down for 5 minutes but he just keeps going!

UPDATE:

Thank you all for the feedback. I've come to terms with the fact that a fly can beat me in an endurance trial. But, I've learned I can best it by adding more tools to my arsenal. I'll be working on making sure the following are on hand:

- A crossbow
- A towel
- A salt gun
- A fly swatter (who would have thought?)
- An electrified fly swatter
- A rock
- A cat
- A plastic bag
- Chopsticks
- A jar with a lid
- A 3 year old with exceptional fly catching skills
- Rubber bands you can snipe with
- White latex gloves (flies can't see white apparently!?)

I'll also work on honing my skills of clapping my hands together, grabbing it out of the air, then violently shaking it around in my hands and throwing it on the ground to concuss it, then stomp on it.

Alternative strategies:

Wait them out until they fall asleep and jump them with a plastic bag.

Keep at it and eventually I can grab them with chopsticks.

You've all been very helpful. I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted.