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I've had a Thinkware F800 Pro (including the rear camera) for almost a year and I'm very happy with it. Expensive, but good video quality (including at night), seems to be well built, and the app works reasonably well. It's recently dropped in price quite a bit (maybe a new model was released?); it'...

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I'm currently using a Shark Navigator Pro Lift-away (NV585; $180); it cleans much better and is much more versatile than my Dyson. I can recommend it. I wish it used an electric motor instead of a belt for the brush, but the latter has a lifetime warranty, so we'll see. Overall I was pretty disappoi...

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I'll diverge as well. I had the R7000 and it served me well for 4 years, but then started having reliability issues (I'm guessing heat related; maybe the thermal paste drying out). I've had gigabit internet the entire time and it was able to handle the load no problem. Last year I really started to ...

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Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’m behind the times, but I am surprised that a regular antivirus program is not required for security. This is true even with windows 8? Do you guys trust things like BitDefender et al enough to do online banking on your computers? There will be lots of varyin...

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I was using ESET and MalwareBytes for years with good success. ESET was lightweight, but they really haven't kept up with the threats, so I have switched to Bitdefender. I was a bit shocked at it's installation size (installer is ~500MB for the full package), and it also uses a bit more memory than ...

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I can highly recommend the R7000. I've had one a few years now and it's very stable and fast with strong WiFi. I'm using the Netgear firmware and have no complaints. I disable WPS along with lots of other stuff. I don't know how easily open-source firmware will run on this router, but I have read th...

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Try a different drive, removing all but one? When one of my secondary drives was failing (with no obvious errors), my system (i7, 32GB, SSD, etc) was slow and would take minutes to do almost anything. Pulling the failing drive put everything back to normal. With the bad drive, CPU would usually show...

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I don't know how good its color accuracy is (or if the trackpad is any good), but the specs look good (still a low voltage processor) for the price ($850 on sale) http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-envy-x360-15-bp152nr HP ENVY x360 15.6" Laptop 15.6" 1920x1080 Full HD IPS Display Intel Core ...

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Rear cross traffic works surprisingly well, and I'd recommend it. It's not perfect, but it can often "see" better than you can when backing out of a space. Don't rely on it, of course, but it's nice to have. My vehicle only has forward collision warning (not automatic braking), and I'm act...

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I don't have much input on the parts selection, but if you're going for a CPU upgrade, maybe look for some refurbished systems and pull parts from that, rather than buying them individually. For example, on eBay I recently picked up a business-class HP desktop with an i7-4770, 16GB RAM (2x8GB), Win1...

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Dell has a sale on their Inspiron 7000 series right now; they have an i7 (u-series), 8GB, 250GB SSD with 15.6" 1080p touchscreen on sale for $650 (coupon code 649INSP). I've worked on a few 7000 series Inspirons; I'd call them prosumer grade, and the hinges seemed decent enough, but not busines...

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I like my XPS 13, but as I've mentioned in a different thread, I like my 5th generation Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 a lot more (5th gen Carbon X1 for short). I was hesitant going with Lenovo (I've only bought Dell laptops since the '90s), but have no regrets after doing so. The hinges seem sturdy (def...

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I second the Lenovo X1 Carbon. I used an XPS 13 (9350, I think?) for about 18 months and now have a 5th gen X1 Carbon. Slightly larger due to the 14" screen instead of 13.3", but *much* better keyboard, crazy lightweight, and well built. It also has great battery life, and generally I like...

Dieter

I would expect range to vary wildly. If you want to do all of the research, hit up smallnetbuilder as previously suggested.

FWIW, my house is 1 level, about ~2100 ft2, and my R7000 is on one end. I stream 1080p (and sometimes 4k) content to the other end of the house with no problems.

Dieter

I've been very happy with my Netgear R7000 (AC1900). It seems to meet all of your requirements, and has been on sale for around $100. It's really fast (I have gigabit internet and it keeps up fine) and has a strong Wi-Fi signal. It's a few years old at this point, but they're still selling them beca...

Dieter

Wow, I used to be really good at this stuff and I just realized how much I've forgotten. Since the spacing on the screen makes it hard to tell if it's just running win.com by itself, and the .vxd file loading is actually the next line (which is my assumption), I wonder if some of the win.com switche...

Dieter

Follow Vhalidictes' instructions, removing *everything* and adding things one at a time. I've had your *exact* symptoms with a Dell XPS8900 system if I connected the monitor via the add-in video card. I removed the card (using the built-in video) and it worked perfectly. On another system, symptoms ...

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Some Wi-Fi printers that I've seen actually created their own Wi-Fi network and you printed directly to that instead of through the "normal" Wi-Fi network. It was weird and didn't work well, but maybe there's an option to not use the printer's built-in Wi-Fi? Always use cabled printing, if...

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I'll second (third?) the recommendation for USAA. Great billpay, good app, easy check deposits (yes, that's still a thing). The only issues I've ever had with them were due to holds on large deposits due to some new laws (or so they said), so I'll just break those up into smaller deposits over a cou...

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I'd say it depends on your needs. If you don't want to have to rely on your mobile for everything, keep the landline, but switch to a VoIP provider. I've used Ooma for a couple of years now with great success. Normally you can port your number (for a fee, if you want to keep it), and at minimum you ...

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Also, it looks like the HP with your specs is on sale today direct from HP for about $820. http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-spectre-x360-convertible-laptop-13t-touch-y5w39av-1 (not sure if that link will work with this coupon code). From the deals site: Click on 'Customize & Buy' Choose Color (N...

Dieter

I've been using the previous gen XPS13 (Core i5, 6th gen, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) for over a year and have been very happy with it. I did have some weird boot issues at the beginning where the system would just go to a blank screen; had to power off and back on and then it worked OK. These issues all we...

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Never had a virus (or any issue) and I havent used an antivirus program in probably 7 years. Playing devil's advocate, how do you know? Besides ransomware, most modern malware runs without your knowledge and tries to make it have as little impact on your system as possible. See: APT. Edit: ninja'd ...

Dieter

I personally run with ESET antivirus (not endpoint) and MalwareBytes Premium, plus the normal assortment of browser add-ons (uBlock Origin, Disconnect, etc). ESET and MB are both lightweight and seem to catch stuff, even just with sites like Google images. I mostly setup others with Defender and MB....

Dieter

Edit: Well, just looked carefully at the link I provided, and they're now on version 4, which is apparently not free. Older versions were free (for personal use) and worked well, so see if you can find them. I was running 3.x something, if I remember. Original post: I had good luck with SoftPerfe...

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An ASUS RT-AC68U like everyone else apparently. BTW, right now you can buy a rebranded RT-AC68U from T-Mobile for $59. T-Mobile has their own custom firmware on it, but there are instructions online of how to overwrite the bootloader and be able to load the stock (or Merlin, if you prefer) Asus fi...

Dieter

Netgear Nighthawk R7000 (AC1900). Love it. I've had it over 2 years and use it with my AT&T Gigapower internet connection. I needed a router that could handle gigabit speeds, and it does. Incredibly strong Wi-Fi signal as well. Very stable (longest uptime was >400 days; had to unplug it to ...

Dieter

Sounds like a great trip. I did a similar trip (limited to California) 2 years ago. Drove about 1400 miles over 10 days, visited Disneyland, Yosemite, San Francisco, etc. Your itinerary is mostly set, but I can definitely recommend the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles if you have a few spare hour...

Dieter

I've been using Ooma for about 1 year and I've had zero issues with it. I do pay for their premier service (second line, voice to email, etc), pre-paying a year, so I average about $12/month for my bill (I think you get one or two months free if you pre-pay a year for Premium, and my monthly bill is...

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That may end up being my fallback option. At least the price is right! Would still prefer something designed for direct control by the PC... On the related items section of the Amazon page, there are a lot of no-name similar products, some of which seem like they may be more flexible. Or maybe some...

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