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The difference is 5 Gb/s vs 40 GB/s, coupled with the capability to run external GPU setups and/or storage arrays at faster speeds. While eGPU setups may seem niche', it's not unrealistic to see some creative professionals with large disk arrays that would benefit from faster throughput...

;) Promise, it'll be our secret! Anyway, hope you're enjoying the replacement SB, it really is an awesome piece of kit :)

Add the ability to purchase/exchange base for an upgraded model [preferably with a low power variation of the as yet to be announced GTX 10** series mobile GPUs] and I'm sold. Conversely, add a surface pro style kickstand and move the micro SD slot to the clipboard, shut up and take my money...

As someone who has in the past been on the other end of the tier I support phone line: I am BY NO MEANS trying to defend their customer phone support. A lot of these guys are underpaid, timed, and reading from a script. They deal with BOB KNOWS how many frustrated customers a day. That said...

I second that: Friend or not, I would file a police report for documentation. On the bright side, at least you got reimbursement and closure.

Relatively under powered, then? TY for the info though... I didn't know this ☺

Installing large programs like games for one. It's hit and miss on Windows, but when it works it's storage salvation. On my wife's iMac I once setup OS X on an external drive, and it ran faster than their hybrid solution (not really applicable, but neat enough to mention) Sounds like a badly...

I'm going to try to be as tactful as I can here. It's impossible at this point to determine if there's anything difinitively wrong with your SB. I have no idea what the user has intentionally/ unintentionally installed on the unit that may be loading the CPU, no idea what programs are...

If you take a flashlight to it you can kinda sorta see the hole @ 6. I stuck a piece of wire in there and can feel the lever, though I can't get it to actually detach

I can't say for Witcher 3, but when I moved from the i5 to the i7 I got 5-15 more FPS in Diablo 3 with same settings [1920 x 1080 medium settings, max textures].

Well, you learn something new every day... I never take out my microSD card, but after running across this thread I gave it a shot JUST to see what happens.... And whadda ya know, it's stuck on the Surface splash screen! After a hard shutdown and reinsertion of the MicroSD card it boots up...

The other thing to try is straight uninstalling the WiFi card in device manager and restarting. It SHOULD auto reinstall the driver on restart, which will [iirc] also reset all WiFi settings to default. Just make sure you still have the driver on hand just in case.

In a word: HUGE. I use 100% scaling on my 34" with no issues. I'm afraid to set it to 200%, it'd be like sitting in front of a 1280 x 720 screen :P

What security are you using? I have seen issues with both WEP and/or WPA on older/inexpensive devices in the past Have you checked netgear's website/forums for "unable to connect" Have you checked for updated router firmware? If you're connecting to "some" networks fine, this would seem to...

I get similar temps when playing Heroes Of The Storm. It's high, but technically within spec. As suggested, Intel XTU is a good place to start, as it not only monitors temps but flat out monitors processor usage and throttling. Few questions: Have you tried turning it off and on again...

For comparison: After running a few matches on Heroes Of The Storm [69c GPU, 94c CPU] my charger is barely warmer than ambient. I'd say you have a problem with the charger

Honestly, if you aren't finding the performance you want with the SB on photoshop, it may be time to look at some of the larger, higher powered alternatives out there. I know it's a little bit ...Flashy for some people, but have you considered something like the 2015/16 Razer Blade...

PEBKAC. Also, TY for the tip on disabling fast boot /^^ Worked perfectly :)

After four pages of this all I can think is "did I accidentally go into the macrumors forums by mistake??? I like Lon. I totally empathize with his situation, though I think he brought it on halfway himself when he was hinted at MULTIPLE TIMES that he needed to go to a physical store, yet he...

Space and heat dissipation. Having the DGPU in the base is actually an asset, as it does not share heat and heat dissipation with the CPU. It's not uncommon for one chip to help heat soak the other in an ultra-thin notebook design [think Razer Blade or GS60 Ghost Pro] Edit: Sorry for the...