u/dekoalade

As I said, I live in a small home and the only place where I can put my small gym is inside my bedroom.

For this reason, I need to make sure that the rubber gym flooring I am going to add is safe.

I asked ChatGPT which parameters I should check in this situation and it suggested getting an air quality monitor that can measure VOCs and formaldehyde. It also said that I should look for a monitor using a PID sensor rather than MOX sensors, since PID sensors are supposed to be more accurate for measuring VOCs.

In the end, ChatGPT suggested the Temtop M10 or the Govee Air Quality Monitor.

Are those actually good suggestions for what I need?

If my budget is around 50€/100€, which air quality monitor would you recommend for my case?

As I said, I live in a small home and the only place where I can put my small gym is inside my bedroom.

For this reason, I need to make sure that the rubber gym flooring I am going to add is safe.

I asked ChatGPT which parameters I should check in this situation and it suggested getting an air quality monitor that can measure VOCs and formaldehyde. It also said that I should look for a monitor using a PID sensor rather than MOX sensors, since PID sensors are supposed to be more accurate for measuring VOCs.

In the end, ChatGPT suggested the Temtop M10 or the Govee Air Quality Monitor.

Are those actually good suggestions for what I need?

If my budget is around 50€/100€, which air quality monitor would you recommend for my case?

I am considering buying it but I don't want to use it wireless through bluetooth.
Is it possible to us it connected directly through PC via USB?

I am considering buying it but I don't want to use it wireless through bluetooth.
Is it possible to us it connected directly through PC via USB?

Before buying one I would like to know that the running costs are sustainable.
In case it consumes a lot, are there similiar devices that consume less electricity?
Thank you

I have difficulties understanding what is the difference between Secure Boot and TPM, since it seems to me that they both check if the boot process has been altered.

I want to use my Dell Latitude 5420 as a desktop and for this reason I will keep it permanently plugged to the AC charger.

Since it would be useless to keep the battery inside it, I want to use the laptop without the battery.

So, I tried to use the laptop without the battery but it doesn't even start. The only thing it does is, the moment I attach the AC charger, the power-status light becomes white for 1 second and then disappears.

My question is: can the Dell Latitude 5420 work without battery? Do I have to change some settings? Can I use an AC charger that it is not a Dell one (right now I am using a 65W Lenovo charger)?

As per title

I am a computer noob.

I just bought a Dell Latitude and I tried to install Dell Command Update but I got an error during installation (missing Microsoft.NET Desktop Runtime).

So, I went to Windows Update and I saw that the Dell drivers and BIOS update were in queue.

So, I am considering not installing nor Dell SupportAssist or Dell Command Update and just use the Windows Update that happens in automatic.

My questions are:

1. Are there any drawbacks in just using Windows Update?

2. In the case I would install Dell SupportAssist or Dell Command Update, wouldn't they just go in conflict with Windows Update, since they both install Dell drivers and I don't think that I can tell to Windows Update to stop update the drivers since there is already another program that does that.

Any help is appreciated.

As per title, I would like to know if it is always possible to know if Absolute/CompuTrace/Lojack is active. I think it is enough to go in BIOS security settings to find it out?

I am asking because I have read that sometimes you are not able to find it out, even if you check in the BIOS settings.

My friend has not much understanding of computers and for this reason he asked me to buy and setup him a cheap secondhand laptop that he wants to use for productivity but also for storing photos (max budget 250$).

Regarding storing photos, my idea would be to buy him x2 1TB HDDs that it would connect to the PC simultaneously through a double docking station (like this) only when he needs to load or view the photos.
To let you better understand, my idea is that the first time he will copy all the images he has on the phone to the two HDDs and then whenever he will want to add more images from his phone, he will have to check the last month he already added to the HDDs in order to move from the phone only the photos he has not already copied.
What do you think of this solution?

But I am not sure this is a good solution for him since I think he expects an easier solution but that would mean to get him a 1TB NVMe, so that the storage device can stay directly inside the laptop but that would exceed his budget.

What would you do?

Thank you

How is it possible that "Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz" and the "Intel Core i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz" have almost the same performance but the TPD is double for the "Intel Core i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz"?

This is the Passmark link with the comparison: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3830vs3922/Intel-i5-1135G7-vs-Intel-i5-1145G7

I am new to pcs and I don't understand if I am missing something. Thank you.

I was browsing a website "with girls" videos and my Windows Defender showed a popup about blocking a Trojan. I did not manually download a file or run anything.

What that Trojan blocked popup mean?

1. Was the Trojan file trying to run?
2. Was the Trojan file being downloaded to my PC storage?
3. Was the Trojan file trying to be downloaded?

I am trying to understand how it is possible that a Trojan was blocked if I didn’t download or run anything.

I’m new to the mini PC world, and it seems to me that, for the same performance, a second-hand laptop offers better value than a second-hand mini PC. But I may be wrong, so I’d like some recommendations.

I need a mini PC that can run Windows 11 smoothly and handle multiple browser tabs without slowing down. The cheaper, the better.

My requirements are the following:

• Cheap (around 600€ max)
• Low energy cost (since my country is the country with the highest electricity cost)
• Hardware specialized for running AI locally
• OS: Windows

Any help is very appreciated, thanks.

EDIT: I know 600€ won't run massive LLMs at high speeds. I just want a machine with a great price-to-performance ratio and dedicated hardware for AI. Basically, I'm looking for an M4 Mac mini but for Windows.