Also, do most of you use those storage sites to keep files? And if you do, do you feel its more reliable than a flash drive as backup? The thing is as long as you remember your username and password and email associated with it, then thats actually better than a usb flash drive right since you can always lose the flash drive?


Also could you download almost any file and upload it to adrive? I only done videos but i'm pretty sure word documents and any document or pdf file and music songs work there as well? If so, is there a reason why it seem like most ppl never heard of it? Because it offers 50gb of space and that is a lot. But has anyone heard of it being hacked or files get lost or corrupted? I heard about icloud and i hear its basically the same thing as adrive except its for ios and macs. Is that true?


I'm curious besides the laptop or computer you are using, whats the 2nd, 3rd etc place you back up your important documents, pictures and files? I would figure its computer 1st, then a storage site, then a flash drive in that order? Is there another option? Because there are some documents that i want to make sure is there and i won't lose it etc.


Also are those sites safe to store passwords for sites? I have lot of password for sites and i keep my username/password in my laptop and in the small usb flash drive i use. Its basically a word document and me typing username/password for each site. Obviously that isn't good in case i lose laptop or usb drive. But are those sites adrive etc safe for it? Thing why i never put my word sheet with it on there is b/c i would be worried if it gets hacked etc b/c i had read about icloud and hacked celebrity accounts. What sites are good for storing passwords?


Thanks and yes very long post.

Do you analyse everything this much? Even if a 32Gb USB drive was a terrible mistake for you, it's only, what, a $15 mistake?

The time you have spent worrying about this (or just writing it?) is probably WAY more valuable to you than that.

I back up files to: a couple of internal drives (I have 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs in this machine), and an external drive. I don't suggest you do this; I just happened to have the drives around. Only one is a proper backup that I keep bang up to date.

You could buy a larger USB drive, or an external HDD. You could use a cloud service.

Don't store your passwords on any of them if you can help it. If you do, encrypt the file - but then you have to remember another password anyway.

Either way, do not keep your passwords in a word document. Use a password manager like Keepass?

Watch Funkyworms' videos (sticky thread). They're still up to date enough for you. Read Wellju's sticky thread too.

buy whatever size flash drive you need. but whatever you buy make sure its a usb 3.0. the laptop you bought has 3x usb 3.0 ports so you will benefit from moving huge files such as movies.

for username/password storage its much safer storing it in keepass over document.
http://keepass.info/

Hey. I didnt know about 2.0 vs 3.0 until i took a look and the one that i was going to buy was 2.0. So the 2.0 is just slower than 3.0? When i checked amazon, i just took a look and most usb that show up was 2.0.

Got another question. My asus laptop i connected it to a monitor via VGA the blue cable.


I also have an xps 8100 desktop that could connect to a monitor by either VGA or DVI- the white/gray cable.


With my asus u45jc-a1, is vga or hdmi my only 2 options to connect to a monitor?


I assume hdmi is always an option to connect from any laptop to a monitor? Is hdmi basically any method of connecting computer to monitor such as vga or dvi?


I took a look at the sager 2740 laptop specifications and i see hdmi but i don't see vga or dvi. Does that mean i will have to get an HDMI cable to connect to a monitor? Or does it has the vga or dvi? Obviously if it has vga or dvi i wouldn't need to get an hdmi cable. Just want to make sure here.

Would either of these be fine for the sager 2740 and an external monitor?

Also, whats the difference between with ethernet vs the one without?

Also, is there a reason why ppl need very long hdmi? I assume if you going to connect a laptop to a big tv across the room, you going to need a pretty long hdmi? But if you just going to connect the monitor to the laptop very close, then 10 feet is more then enough? I will be connecting the sager 2740 to an external monitor the whole time and want to make sure it would work


http://www.walmart.com/ip/Link-Depot...Cable/15074958

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Link-Depot...ernet/15074961

Okay i also want to mention that the monitor that i will connect my laptop to is going to be 1920x1200 resolution. But from what i see online, theres some moniotors that don't have hdmi. If thats the case, that means i cannot connect the sager laptop to it?


Someone said my laptop has hdmi and mini display port as the 2 options. I have never heard of minidisplay port.


Okay would i have an issue then connecting to a monitor with 1920x1200 resolution then via hdmi or the mini display port? Reason i ask is if i can't connect the sager laptop to an external monitor thats 1920x1200 resolution i will have a big issue with the laptop as i need that type of resolution

HP LA2405wg was the monitor i used thats 1920x1200. Would my sager laptop be compatible with this via hdmi? Im confused what is mini display port, is that another cable i could buy?

The current monitor im using now at the moment is an old dell 2007fp that doesn't have hdmi, it only has vga or dvi. Does that mean i wouldn't be able to connect the sager to it then since sager has HDMI and minidisplay port but the dell 2007fp has vga and dvi so the laptop to this monitor is basically not possible to connect? Note, i won't be using this monitor later on when using this sager laptop but i just want to make sure the monitor i get later on which will be 1920x1200 will have no issues connecting to my sager since sager doesn't have vga and dvi. I always used vga so im not familiar with the updated technology.

if you have an old monitor with only a vga or dvi connection then you can buy an hdmi to dvi adapter for a couple bucks.

hdmi cables can support different resolution. the more expensive hdmi you linked supports up to 1440p while the cheaper one only supports up to 1080p.

in terms of timeline, it goes VGA oldest < DVI < HDMI < display port.

Hey thanks for that info. The thing is i will be getting a new monitor but not sure which one i will be getting. Thing is its going to be 24' and 1920x1200 resolution so if it has hdmi, obviously that isn't going to be a problem. But the thing is if that monitor only has vga or dvi, then the only way to do this would be buy an hdmi to dvi or hdmi to vga then right? But if i do that, just go with DVI and not bother with VGA? Im confused b/c i thought i would have 3 options but from what you are saying its only 2 options if my sager has hdmi/mini adapter and the monitor only has vga/dvi?


Yea i never knew vga was the oldest. Its just that i always used it so i thought that was the only way. However is there a reason why new monitors don't have hdmi? The last monitor i used was a 24' HP one with 1920x1200 resolution and it only had vga and dvi. It didn't have an HDMI port and this monitor is not old. Is there a reason why the monitor of all reasons wouldn't have an hdmi? I had used my asus laptop and connected it via VGA b/c asus laptop has vga port only.


Also do laptops being made now... do majority of them have no vga ports? Do most laptops don't have a dvi port? My asus laptop only has vga and hdmi. My desktop xps 8100 has both vga and dvi. But

that laptop you bought has a hdmi, mini display port and 3 usb 3.0s. you can even buy a usb to dvi adapter but thats more expensive (~$50)

i dont think any new monitors 1080p and higher come with VGA but even if it does you should probably use a dvi cable. VGA cables are older and the quality can be worse on high resolutions. if you want to use your old monitor with a dvi port you can just but a mini displayport to dvi adapter and use your hdmi cable for your new monitor. then you'll have 2 external monitors

edit: the one i previous linked seems to only be compatible with apple

here are some

http://www.newegg.com/Audio-Video-Co...3048?Tid=19449

Does your computer have USB 3.0, though? If not, this is not necessarily an issue for you.

The new sager 2740 laptop has 3.0 usb.

Hi.

The thing is this was the monitor i bought a year ago and it was new and used it with my old asus laptop.

http://www.amazon.com/Compaq-Busines...Compaq+La2405x


I connected it to my asus u45jc-a1 with a vga cable. They also came with dvi but my asus didn't have a dvi slot. But can you tell me if this came with an HDMI? Also when buying a new monitor, do almost all monitors come with dvi cable, vga cable and hdmi cable? I don't have this monitor anymore but i recalled when i got it, it came with 1 vga cable and 2 Dvi cables. But do monitors that are to be used with hdmi... do they generally supply you with one or you have to buy one yourself?


So monitors that only use dvi or hdmi... they supply dvi and hdmi cable or just dvi?


So since my new sager laptop will have hdmi, mini display and those usb 3.0s... i wont get the usb to dvi adapter if its 50 dollar whereas another option is less and basically the same thing.


So basically assuming the monitor only has DVI, then my options are


1. HDMI to DVI Adapter

2. Mini display port to DVI Adapter


But almost all monitors should have more than 1 option right? Thus if it has DVI, it must have either VGA as well or HDMI? And some might have all 3?





But if the monitor has DVI and VGA then its basically



1. HDMI to DVI Adapter

2. HDMI to VGA Adapter

3. Mini display port to DVI Adapter

4. Mini display port to VGA Adapter


Is that correct?

I posted this in a thread of mine but title of it was about something else so i added on to and wanted to create a thread specifically for it.


I will be buying both an hdmi and a hdmi to Dvi Cable. I will be mainly using my new laptop sager that only has hdmi and miniport and doesn't have vga or dvi port like my old computer. However i might use the sager laptop with my old dell 2007fp monitor which only has dvi and vga and it doesn't have an hdmi cable. So because of this, i would need the hdmi to dvi cable no matter what if i want to use this old monitor with the new sager laptop. Then with the new monitor, use either hdmi cable to it if new monitor works with hdmi or use the hdmi to dvi cable if it doesn't have an hdmi cable like this old dell monitor.


1. Since the laptop connected to the monitor is going to be pretty close, is a 6 feet cable going to be good enough or it might be too short? Or should i get a 10 feet cable? I will be getting 2 cables so just wondering if i should get a little longer one as 10 feet as oppose to 6 feet or should 6 feet be more than enough. The thing is my sager laptop will be connected to the monitor and it should be pretty close. Then i will connect a keyboard to my sager laptop and that would be my keyboard.


2. Is there a reason ppl need really long hdmi or hdmi to dvi cables or dvi cables in general? The thing is if its for laptop to monitor it seems like short cable is good but why do ppl want long cable? Is it b/c the laptop is going to be far from the tv such as they want to have the laptop with them while sitting in their sofa or bed whereas the tv is like 8 feet from them and they want a 10 feet or 15 feet cable? Im curious do ppl who connect laptop to their TVs... do majority of them keep the laptop very close to the tv or its pretty far away? What i dont get is if someone has a really long hdmi or dvi or hdmi to dvi cable... isn't that not good b/c the cable will be going through the room they are in and thus through the floor and someone can't really walk across the room without having to go over it if that makes sense?


3. Better buy from walmart as oppose to ebay right? Price will be a bit more on walmart but not too much.

Also another question but do i need to get a dvi-i cable as oppose to a dvi-d cable? I posted on another site that these were what i was going to get

6 feet

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15074943

http://www.walmart.com/ip/19590221


Or this one that is 10 feet hdmi

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15074958#Product+Reviews



Then someone mentioned about dvi-i and dvi-d and mentioned the i has digital and analog and the dvi-d only has digital and i noticed the link i posted is dvi-d. But does that matter? I just thought there was dvi cable.. didnt know theres a dvi-i then dvi-d etc.

Unless you're planning on sitting with your monitor 6 feet away or more from your laptop, a 6 foot cable should be fine.

Mainly because the PC is further away from the TV so requires longer cable - the PC and TV are situated in specific parts of the room for other reasons (space / needs to be here so that ...)

In these cases, to prevent cables trailing across the floor, you normally create a cable run in the wall /floor so that just the connectors are exposed.

Best advice for cabling is to get as close to the length you need... so don't buy 10 foot cable if you are going to be 3 feet away. Also, buy from trusted supplier... low quality cables will affect the output quality, especially over distance.

Hey all i got the sager laptop and it looks pretty good.


When i first started the laptop, it gave me option for windows update which is recommended, something else or ask me later. I chosed recommended is that fine? I wasn't sure to put that or ask me later as i was kinda worried recommended might make my computer lag a bit.


Also, the computer at the moment seems fast. But how can i tell if i have any bloatware or any processes that i don't want so this laptop doesn't lag later on? I do see theres a few programs there when i click on uninstall programs that are like bison camera and intel pro etc. Am i suppose to leave them there or just remove them.


Do you need me to list all the programs. I want to make sure theres no bloatware on this new sager laptop of mine. Currently using my old asus laptop still at the moment while typing this.


Im going to download only the things i need for this laptop such as the poker programs, holdem manager 1 and 2, tableninja 1 and chrome/winamp/adobe/itunes/skype/ and basically every program that i need to use. I will not be downloading any torrents or stuff like that on this site as i don't want to risk either getting a virus on this computer or having it go slow.

I also paid xoticpc to help me install windows 7 home 64 bit so i wouldn't have to do it myself. I just want to make sure this sager laptop is going to be free of virus and bloatware from the start and im going to make sure i don't download programs that i dont know how the laptop.


Using my asus laptop at the moment to type all of this.

you should download ccleaner to remove programs, clean registry etc

https://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

You want me to do that right now? The thing is i havent went to any website with the new computer yet. Bit confused b/c i used ccleaner on computers before and all it does is remove websites but i never recalled it removing programs.

if you just got your computer the first thing you should do is install an antivirus. then you can start downloading programs and uninstalling the ones you dont want.

Yes i understand. But the thing is i want to know if i have bloatware or not. Such as i see some programs on the uninstall program but im concerned about bloatware thats not there shown if you know what i mean.

What do you think this bloatware might be?

The term generally refers to legitimate programs that come pre-installed, but that you don't want. They're not going to be hiding from the uninstall programs dialog.

Look:

1. Go through the list of installed programs and uninstall anything you don't want.

2. Make sure you have antivirus installed; update it and then run a full scan. Fix any detections.

3. Download and install the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware. Update it and then run a full scan with that. Fix anything it finds.

4. Install and update Ccleaner. Use it to delete temp files. You may also want to use it to clean up the registry. If you know what you're doing you may also want to use its advanced function to tidy up the items that run on startup (but if you're not sure what you should and should not disable, it might be better to list those programs for us and ask for help).

Good to go.

Which antivirus and security should i download on this laptop? I always used microsoft essentials b/c i read on sticky here thats all that is necessary. Then someone else recommended me panda the free version. I used malwarebytes the free version before but it doesn't seem to do much. Doesn't it just check but not remove anything?


I'll let you know what the programs are that i see in programs on the sager. I dont see much programs however... when i reninstalled windows 7 on my asus laptop, if you check the programs shown... it doesn't show that much either. The thing is when i click on processes, i always see so many processes going thats why.