u/beeswaxe

i just purchased a new 2026 G16 and just not having anything open even upon the very first start i was having 30% + ram usage and actually when i first got to the home screen after setting it up it was using 40%+. it doesn’t really make sense to me because my old windows laptop had only 8gb of ram and was using only 3-4gb when doing nothing. my new laptop is 32gb so the 3-4gb should only be 12 %. i know windows is bloated but is it really that bad? how can i optimize windows to use less ram.

Trying to decide what these look like in the real world for my new 2026 grey Zephyrus G16. i’d appreciate if anyone with these vinyls could show me high quality images of there’s.

trying to find a good laptop skin in the darker colors preferably. i have the grey model.

19m. after saving up for your emergency fund and matching 401k should i prioritize maxing out my roth IRA before thinking about opening a normal investment account or should you do both at the same time.

i’m trying to decide between the two and maybe the blade 18 as well. for those that bought the 2026 models, what made you choose it over the G16? Also how’s the battery life for the Blade 16 and 18?

thinking about buying one.

i am buying a zephyrus g16 (2026) for my upcoming school year as an engineering major. i plan to use linux for the first time. i will be dual booting with a seperate ssd. i plan to use fedora for personal stuff and gaming and windows for any school or engineering software thats windows only. the g16 uses a 5070ti so if i planned on using fedora and installing gaming stuff should i just use nobara or do i also lose some compatibility with other common stuff if i choose Nobara.

examples would be movie theaters, fast food restaurants,gas stations, you get the idea. are the savings worth the privacy?

i’m thinking about switching to an obscure vpn and they accept monero. I’ve never dealt with crypto before so i dont wanna get scammed trying to get non-KYC coins. would buying monero normally and using it to pay for the obscure vpn worth the hassle or should i just use my credit card(maybe even a virtual card?) or alternatively just keep using the free vpn that comes with my suite.

I’d like to make the switch but the current 50gb data plan offered is horrendous. I’d go through that in 2 days MAX. i’m constantly streaming videos when out of the house. hard to justify paying twice the amount of main carriers who provide unlimited data for 50gb high speed -> 256kbps when busy.

basically the title. i’m aware that i can change the forward addresses and export the proton pass data to the new account but will i still own those aliases and be able to disable and control them from the new account? or would i lose control of the aliases and id have to block the alias if i want to stop receiving mail?also would deleting the old proton account delete the aliases?

I’d like to switch both my phone and ipad.

basically the title. i want to purge my old proton account and start fresh.

How can i convince people to download signal/simplex without sounding like a criminal? i got my gf to download SimpleX and try it out and the first thing she messaged me was “ this looks like a place for C Predators.” maybe it’s these apps fault? I think if these apps had a more attractive UI then people wouldn’t feel like they are using a criminal messaging hub. unfortunately people nowadays think privacy is a right only granted to criminals.

• *Country

USA

• *Budge

up to a little north of $2000

Are you open to refurbs/used options?
No

Screen size

16-18in  

• *Weight limit

none

• *Purpose

School/personal

Form factor

Standard

Intended usage

CAD, Finite Element Analysis, engineering courses, personal projects.
 
Desired battery life

10hrs

Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

size, battery life, OLED, latest model(2026), performance, weight

Info/Requirement

so far i have these 4 in mind:

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI

Gigabyte Aorus Master 16

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16

open to more.

 

Is becoming a technician a better long term career for wanting to make spacecrafts? looking at the entry and mid level pay for both i was surprised to see how highly paid a&p techs in the space industry are. they were pretty much in par with engineers with similar years of Experience (excluding the higher pay ceiling of more senior level engineers). can someone explain why techs make as much as some engineers? techs in my opinion are also better insulated from AI unless we somehow make robots who can articulate and have the same motor control as humans in the next 30 years( which seems way less likely than AI replacing entry level jobs). i am halfway through my aerospace degree and im worried about entering a job field where entry level jobs are difficult to get due to how much AI will be able to be leveraged by top engineers, cutting out positions from average engineers and entry level spots.

im an incoming third year physics major and being a physicist is my dream but the job market is really tough even for PHD physicists. my really close second is aerospace engineering (the space kind). i’m thinking about switching my major to aerospace engineering and possibly doing a masters in aerospace focusing on plasma/electric propulsion or completing my physics degree and doing a masters in aerospace also on propulsion.

on one hand i think it’s better to switch now and save money on potentially not needing a masters and being able to get a job in aerospace right out of college. Instead of doing physics and then having to spend tens of thousands of dollars and time on a masters to reach the same goal. But at the same time I just love knowledge and i came into physics wanting answers to the deepest questions of the universe.

How many of you wish you did engineering instead?

im an incoming third year physics major and being a physicist is my dream but the job market is really tough even for PHD physicists. my really close second is aerospace engineering (the space kind). i’m thinking about switching my major to aerospace engineering and possibly doing a masters in aerospace focusing on plasma/electric propulsion or completing my physics degree and doing a masters in aerospace also on propulsion.

on one hand i think it’s better to switch now and save money on potentially not needing a masters and being able to get a job in aerospace right out of college. Instead of doing physics and then having to spend tens of thousands of dollars and time on a masters to reach the same goal. But at the same time I just love knowledge and i came into physics wanting answers to the deepest questions of the universe.

How many of you wish you did engineering instead?