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Macbook Pro Display Problem

Dendroid_King — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:32:08 +0800

Hi guys,

I have been using my MacBook Pro 16 inch for a few years. But recently my display have some serious issue.

Every time I play Diablo 3, my display would suddenly go blank with some annoying lines appearing. After that the screen start to display the frozen game with very blur images (as attached in this message) and then the loud sound appears. Not knowing what to do I force my MacBook to shut down and restart.

Please kindly help detailed me step by step on what to do. My computer skills is really very bad.

I hope my MacBook can still be saved and I don't need to fork out additional money to buy a new one.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Palm Springs Natal Brazil (Real or Scam?)

Dendroid_King — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:40:45 +0800

Hi,

Recently I came across an investment in Brazil while working in Singapore. Please click the link:

http://whattoinvestinsingapore.net/the-bra...-springs-natal/

The investment is crazy good as in they provide many benefits:

1) guarenteed 64% returns in max 3 years time

2) no capital gain tax. Capital gain tax in Singapore is zero while the 15% tax in brazil will be absorbed by the developer

3) secured with title deed

4) no currency risk

5) minimum investment only SGD 10,000.00

6) guarenteed buy back from developer within 3 years

My question is as follows:

1) The developers are Ritz Property owned by DLT International (Basically DLT Group). The investment companies are Shenton Wealth Holdings and Weasol as a subsidiary based in Singapore.
Does anyone has a knowledge about these companies? I would be feeling better if they are a well known company.

2) The title deed takes some time to processed. It makes sense to me. How can I protect myself when I make full payment but have yet to receive the title deed?

3) Worse come to worse if all of them go bust, I would still own the land as secured with the title deed. Thats what my agent claims. My question is while it maybe true that I own the land but
since there is a clause to sell the land to the developers, can I still sell the land to others should all the above companies go bust?

I haven't go through the contract yet. But I will soon before I make a decision. Actually I am still comparing this investment with Walton the landbanking company. I believe they are similar in nature.

My opinion:

While I truly think this investment is good since Brazil is an emerging market but I have no idea at all about these four companies. It is very hard to me to google about these companies. If I were to invest in this project, that would be 2/3 of my savings.

I hope that you guys can answer my questions and provide me advise. And also teach me how to do some research. I have never done such an investment before.

Thanks in advance.

Diablo 3 Laptop

Dendroid_King — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:00:33 +0800

Hi guys.

I am interested to buy either Macbook Pro 15 inch or Toshiba Qosmio F750 mainly to play Diablo 3 at medium/high settings. I am unable to decide which machine I should purchase.

Below are the specs:

Macbook Pro 15 inch

2.2GHz or 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 6MB shared L3 cache; or optional 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache
4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB

15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy or optional antiglare widescreen display with support for millions of colours

AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory on 2.2GHz configuration; or AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory on 2.4GHz configuration
Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory5
Automatic graphics switching
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colours

500GB or 750GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive; optional 750GB 5400-rpm hard drive, 750GB 7200-rpm hard drive, or 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB solid-state drive6

Toshiba Qosmio F750

Display: 15.6 inch Full HD screen that is capable of displaying 3D without any glasses.
Processor: Intel Core i7 (2.0 Ghz to 2.9 Ghz) processor
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GT 540M Graphics Card with a capacity of 2GB.
Hard disk: 640 GB SATA HDD (5400rpm)
RAM: 6 GB DDR3 RAM (1333MHz)
Drive: Blu-Ray RW drive
Webcam: HD web cam with eye tracking technology
Audio: Kardon Stereo Speakers with Dolby Surround
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11(b/g/n), Bluetooth 3.0, 1x USB 3.0 and 2x USB 2.0 ports, Sleep and Charge. Multi Card reader.

Concerns:

1) For the Macbook, I am having doubts whether the OS can run D3 like a normal laptop. I have never used Macbook before. Please advise. Will the Mac system gives my D3 problems?

2) For the Toshiba Qosmio F750, I read from the D3 site that there is some problem with GT540M due to the optimus technology. Something about the GT540M is not supported or the game is unable to detect the GT540M. Is it true? If its true, should I take the risk of buying it knowing that D3 might not work with this machine?

If there are anymore better machines with cheaper price, please do reccomend to me.

I like the F750 design and the 3d but I am tempted to buy a Macbook. Obviously I only could buy 1 machine.

Please kindly advise. Thanks.