• Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca
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    3 年前

    Literally scrolling through Lemmy right now because my work Dell is stuck in a bootloop and IT’s solution is to let er buck until the unremovable battery dies.

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      3 年前

      Have you tried holding the power button for like 20 seconds? Never seen a laptop that didn’t hard reset after that… You know what, never mind. Enjoy your browsing.

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        3 年前

        Yeah I’ve tried all the standard stuff. Boots to the Windows Update screen for half a second and then restarts, even after hard resetting it like that.

        Thanks though.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 年前

      Gross, unremovable batteries should be a crime.

      Fortunately my boss told IT we need macs (we don’t) so we didn’t have to deal with their BS. I’ve seen the corporate laptops and I feel your pain.

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          3 年前

          That’s fine with me, I’ll just get whatever the latest laptop is at the time. We keep some spares on hand, so I’d be down for a day to get my new laptop set up.

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              3 年前

              Our IT dept doesn’t support macs, so they can’t put their nonsense controls on it. We could use Linux, but many on our team are more familiar with macOS.

              I don’t mind as long as its not Windows. I prefer Lenovo ThinkPads, but whatever, it’s not something I’m willing to fight over. And the new M-series chips are really fast, so I can put up with crappier ergonomics when not plugged in to my USB hub.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      3 年前

      Have you tried turning it off and on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off and on again?