Big question on my end. Thank you.Lemonsquash wrote: ↑ Any idea if the ram is upgradable?
It isLemonsquash wrote: ↑ Any idea if the ram is upgradable?
The R5-5500U may be a Zen2 architecture but it was launched in 2021 and performs about the same as an 11th gen i5 which isn't bad at all for 460$DrasticPig wrote: ↑ Can't make sense if it's a good deal or not lol.
Upgradeable ram, 6-core cpu, and under $500, good.
Much older Zen2 Ryzen chip, Asus build quality and reliability, not so good.
Powerful laptop for sub $500.Spiritualx wrote: ↑ I'm not sure who downvoted but they probably think $250 price error laptops are common
Oh they're quite common. Actuallty getting them however is not.Spiritualx wrote: ↑ I'm not sure who downvoted but they probably think $250 price error laptops are common
Hard to tell with Asus models, but if this correct, 250nits with 45% NTSC
I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but every time I see someone, especially the OP, comment about downvotes to their own thread, I feel like that just invites more downvotes lolSpiritualx wrote: ↑ I'm not sure who downvoted but they probably think $250 price error laptops are common
I've seen this too. I've noticed sometimes some OPs seem to take their posts personally, and feel they need to "defend" it from criticism or questioning. Silly behaviour, and it's not necessary - the point is to get the collective knowledge of RFDers to learn how good (or not good) a deal is. That's the value.Sojoph wrote: ↑ I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but every time I see someone, especially the OP, comment about downvotes to their own thread, I feel like that just invites more downvotes lol
It's almost like some folks just see it and are thinking, "Oh? You're so concerned about downvotes to your own thread that you had to call it out and make a post about it? Well, then here's another downvote! Just because!"
I saw a different thread maybe a few days ago where the OP got one vote, a downvote, soon after posting the thread and proceeded to immediately comment about the downvote, despite there not being any other posts in the thread yet. I went to look at the thread a few minutes later, and it was pretty much downvote-bombed lol
And it wasn't even a terrible deal, I don't think. I don't remember if it could be considered a "hot deal," but it was at least warm enough to be decent. Either way, it didn't deserve the big gulf between upvotes and downvotes.
Maybe it was a coincidence, but it kinda felt like that thread's OP making a comment immediately after one downvote and not even having any posts from other users in their thread yet just encouraged some folks to give a random downvote, even if they originally had no intention of giving any kind of vote (especially since downvotes don't get counted towards a user profile, so it "doesn't hurt to troll the OP" or something) lol
I'll admit that I rarely, if ever, downvote a thread (I'm not even sure if I have at any point; at least, not recently). If the deal's not for me, I just move on. But I just find it really amusing to see that there may be some kind of correlation between "unearned downvotes" and the OP of a thread making a comment about why their thread got a downvote.
It doesn't seem to happen if somebody else entirely makes that comment; it kinda just does if the OP makes the comment.
Or if the OP puts something like "SUPER LAVA HOT DEAL!!1!11" in all caps in their thread title. I see those getting what could be "unearned downvotes" as well, just because of what I guess is considered as an "attention-seeking thread title." That's almost a sure-fire way to get downvotes, especially if the deal ends up being just mildly hot lol
(...whoops... man, this turned out to be a really long post just to make a quick comment about some amusing observations in RFD behaviour... sorry lol...)
I don't need this laptop, but it is a pretty decent price for the specs (hence why I came into this thread). So I'll upvote.
I'm not even mad about the downvotes, I would appreciate the people to at least leave a comment on why it's not a good deal so others and myself would know for the future...Sojoph wrote: ↑ I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but every time I see someone, especially the OP, comment about downvotes to their own thread, I feel like that just invites more downvotes lol
It's almost like some folks just see it and are thinking, "Oh? You're so concerned about downvotes to your own thread that you had to call it out and make a post about it? Well, then here's another downvote! Just because!"
I saw a different thread maybe a few days ago where the OP got one vote, a downvote, soon after posting the thread and proceeded to immediately comment about the downvote, despite there not being any other posts in the thread yet. I went to look at the thread a few minutes later, and it was pretty much downvote-bombed lol
And it wasn't even a terrible deal, I don't think. I don't remember if it could be considered a "hot deal," but it was at least warm enough to be decent. Either way, it didn't deserve the big gulf between upvotes and downvotes.
Maybe it was a coincidence, but it kinda felt like that thread's OP making a comment immediately after one downvote and not even having any posts from other users in their thread yet just encouraged some folks to give a random downvote, even if they originally had no intention of giving any kind of vote (especially since downvotes don't get counted towards a user profile, so it "doesn't hurt to troll the OP" or something) lol
I'll admit that I rarely, if ever, downvote a thread (I'm not even sure if I have at any point; at least, not recently). If the deal's not for me, I just move on. But I just find it really amusing to see that there may be some kind of correlation between "unearned downvotes" and the OP of a thread making a comment about why their thread got a downvote.
It doesn't seem to happen if somebody else entirely makes that comment; it kinda just does if the OP makes the comment.
Or if the OP puts something like "SUPER LAVA HOT DEAL!!1!11" in all caps in their thread title. I see those getting what could be "unearned downvotes" as well, just because of what I guess is considered as an "attention-seeking thread title." That's almost a sure-fire way to get downvotes, especially if the deal ends up being just mildly hot lol
(...whoops... man, this turned out to be a really long post just to make a quick comment about some amusing observations in RFD behaviour... sorry lol...)
I don't need this laptop, but it is a pretty decent price for the specs (hence why I came into this thread). So I'll upvote.
