What are the most useless hardware bloats?
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>vista
vista isnt hardware, kid
>>53108732
Numpads are hardware, and they're pretty useless
>>53108652
>numpad
>bloat
Kill yourself, my man
>>53108777
>I am a data entry monkey
>>53108652
>he doesn't play roguelikes
>>53108777
What are you? A cashier?
if you actually require a numpad you should buy a nice dedicated one, they're a fucking useless eyesore for 99% of users
>>53108767
>>53108777
oh, i see
OP means the numpad thingy
maybe he/she/sher doesnt know you can buy a laptop without them on it
or maybe OP is just a faggot
who knows
>>53108652
>Centrino
>Vista
>calling the macro key area numpad
>>53108858
>macro key area
AYYY
>>53108814
>you should buy a nice dedicated one
But I want it attached to my keyboard.
If you don't want a numpad you should JUST FUCKING BUY A KEYBOARD WITHOUT ONE.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHOICE AND PEOPLE STILL COMPLAIN THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS THEY DON'T LIKE AVAILABLE WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY.
fingerprint readers
ir blaster
gaymer leds
frontal camera
>>53108919
>gaymer leds
This kills me every time.
Along with special colored WASD keys when ESDF is the superior position and the real pros use RDFG so they can bind even more shit directly around the movement keys.
I like ESDF though because it's also the home position for the left hand.
>>53108652
>tfw i had that exact same laptop
>first laptop i played runescape on
>nothing was the same
>>53108963
>ESDF
>real pros use RDFG
Go back to /v/ kiddo.
>>53108919
>he doesnt facetime grills
hwat a loser
>>53108652
bait for the bait god
>rice desktop
>isn't it amazing how customizable Linux is?
>rice tower
>lol gaymers
It's like /g/ fags have a very specific type of fun that if you stray too far out, you succumb to the onslaught of autism.
>not knowing how to num pad
>not using num pad enter key with your pinky, especially while using arrow keys to cycle through bash history
>>53109324
How do you rice a tower? don't you mean modding?
>>53108919
>fingerprint reader
Maybe it's only you who don't like extra security
>>53108679
opinion discarded HDDfag
![PSU-Open1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/96And5D.jpg "PSU-Open1[1].jpg")
Before desktop PSU's became modular, I used to think that all the extra harnesses for the hardware I didn't use was pure bloat.
>>53108821
OP has a point though. You'll find numpads on a lot of 15" laptops and not many people are data crunchers. Even worse is the touchpad is often centered around the spacebar so it's not centered because of the numpad leading to ergonomic discomfort.
>>53108777
or use a thinkpad + number pad instead of cd drive
number pad can be stored inside of laptop, no addotional space, profit!
>>53108880
>large amounts of choice
Yet the only decent laptop touchpad is only available on MacBooks...
>>53108652
>not typing numbers fast on a numpad
>being such a pleb you have to type fast using a horizontal layout
kek
Yea sure it doesn't make sense in a laptop, where you need the space, but on a desktop keyboard, unless you are an uberminimalistic autist, a numpad is very useful.
>>53108679
I need a smaller capacity drive.... to boot five seconds faster
I'm always maxing out the 150 MB in my hdd
>>53109431
There are no decent touchpads.
>>53109377
You buy the fancy ones that look "high performance", buy dust filters, tons of fans to create a directional air flow, water cooling system, led lights, add some addition front port peripherals, etc
>>53108652
The numpad has its uses unbeknownst to plebs like yourself
>>53109456
So modding.
>>53108835
This. Dear Lord.
>>53108858
Back to /v/ faggot
>>53109453
Semantics. I would say there are no "good" touchpads but the MacBook one is acceptable akin to how Firefox is the least bad of the browsers.
How come esata is dead /g/?
>>53109403
>he doesn't cut off extra connections on cheap PSUs
What a plebe
>>53109479
Yes, this is what asians who rice their cars will argue when you call it ricing.
>>53109492
Then just buy Apple's Trackpad.
>>53109545
>2016
>USB 3
>SATA III
>Thunderbolt
>Dual Interface Drives
>>53109545
Because USB3 is already faster than mechanical drives and about as fast as SATA3.
>>53109545
it was more cumbersome than USB 3 but no faster, in practice. Cables were shorter, couldn't supply power, was finicky with plugging and unplugging. (I believe earlier revisions needed you to only do so with the machine powered down) And the SATA-to-USB3 adapter chip and its associated circuit board cost all of like five bucks.
>>53109584
esata + usb 3.0 in a combined port exist!
>>53109416
>Even worse is the touchpad is often centered around the spacebar so it's not centered because of the numpad leading to ergonomic discomfort.
that's not the numpad's fault, that's just manufacturers being retarded
>hey guys, I have an idea, let's make the touchpad on our new laptop off-center
>yeah, that might be a good idea, 95% of our users are right-handed so it will be more ergonomic if we move it to the right
>NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WELL MOVE IT A BIT TO THE LEFT FOR NO APPARENT REASON FUCK PEOPLE I SUCK COCKS
there's just absolutely no reason to make the touchpad centered around the space bar.
>>53109609
poweredEsata? It is a thing!
>>53109440
>Yea sure it doesn't make sense in a laptop, where you need the space
on anything 15" or bigger you can either add a numpad or have a lot of wasted space on both sides of the keyboard. Although personally I'd prefer if they added a normal home/end/pgup/etc and arrow block instead of integrating those keys around the keyboard in weird places.
How do you page up/dn, del, etc without a numpad?
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED!
>>53109684
Fn+something.
why add more buttons?
>>53109609
It's actually slightly faster than usb 3.0 in some cases due to overhead
>>53109804
Kek
>>53108799
>>53108784
>i'm a free soul I don't need to type numbers that often!!!!
CS majors are almost as annoying as vegetarian anthropologists
