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So I recently purchased a LAPKC51E configuration from Canada Computers without their extended warranty and the salesperson informed me that Intel would still provide me with a year of limited warranty themselves (which I checked on their website and yes, the expiration on the warranty is a year after the day of purchase). However, I can't seem to find any information on what exactly their warranty covers for the end-user or what voids it.

This warranty doc keeps coming up, but it's meant for the reseller. Page 25-27 of [this doc](https://www.intel.com/content/dam/suppor

Was given this link to a Legion 5 deal from eBay; as far as I can tell, the listing and account seem fine (it appears to be the official Lenovo Canada account...) but I've also never purchased any tech off of eBay, let alone something this expensive. Is there anything I should worry about when purchasing from eBay e.g., in terms of shipping, returns, warranty? Or is there a benefit to buying this same laptop off the official Lenovo Canada site for about $90 CAD more?

Here's the eBay link in question: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334364014260?hash=item4dd9a5f6b4:g:quEAAOSwKH1iL0b2&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4Cq%2B2zYTs2k8fkRHKtUnIgparEhfytAINCAjTL1EjswYL%2BQ6JSUy%2BCfmCLoFBeV2o0qDLSv97qCdnTl83rFWgd

Currently I'm torn between these two configurations:

$1200 CAD, 15.6" FHD 120 Hz 250 nits, Ryzen 5 5600H, 512 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM: https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5-series/legion-5-gen-6-(15%E2%80%9D-amd)-gaming-laptop/82ju00n5us

$1600 CAD, 15.6" FHD 165 Hz 300 nits, Ryzen 5 5800H, 2 TB SSD, 16 GB (8 x 2) RAM: https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-5-series/legion-5-gen-6-(15%E2%80%9D-amd)-gaming-laptop/82ju00mwus

Both have an RTX 3060 and otherwise comparable/identical specs, as far as I can tell.

My question is whether it's worth spending the extra $400 on the additional storage, RAM, and better screen and processor, or if the $1200 confi

https://medium.com/swlh/the-30-second-habit-with-a-lifelong-impact-2c3f948ead98

Supposedly this 30-second mental exercise after every lecture or talk or significant experience will allow you to listen and learn better. But the person who wrote it has a social sciences background, and I was wondering if there's anyone in engineering who's heard of this and can attest to its effectiveness or debunk any "magical" effects it could have.

I found it an inspiring article, and maybe it's just my desperation as a student for looking for a magical fix to my mediocre learning habits, but I really want to believe it'll work. And if it does, I think a lot of people on here would like to know as well.

2nd year MSE student here, who took LIN203 (English Words) this semester by recommendation. I don't find it interesting and am not really willing to put in the work to do well in this course.

Is it possible for me to drop out of this course and then enroll in some easy online course or something (like HPS100, if anyone knows about that one)? Or any other courses that are easy and still available, or anyone enrolled in the course want to give their two cents?

Title; I don't know which courses out of literally hundreds I should choose for my two electives this year ([engineering calendar] (https://portal.engineering.utoronto.ca/sites/calendars/current/Engineering_Programs.html#Program10) just says "Humanities/Complementary Studies Elective") and I don't know how much it matters, beyond picking something interesting that doesn't conflict with my current timetable or gives me too much work. Any other MSEs got advice for me?

If it helps, I'm interested in doing the biomaterials theme in my upper years.

Just finished first year engineering and was wondering if this was possible in any way? I tried going through [this] (https://portal.engineering.utoronto.ca/sites/myportal/) link (it's the link I remember using when applying) but it just says invalid UTORid. I remember filling out a portfolio when applying, and the information I input there wasn't saved in the engineering portal. Reason I ask is because there's some contact info and what-not that's in there that'll save me some trouble looking for it when doing my e-portfolio/applying for jobs. Thanks!

Hi, I'm an engineering student who's just finished his first year, and who's long realized he went into the entirely wrong major to begin with.

I finished my first year in civil engineering, but the reason I went into civil engineering in the first place is because (due to some pretty abysmal research) I figured I would get into environmental engineering, and pursue my love for biology there. Turns out that what biology is present there is not really at all what I'm looking for; I'm interested in microbiology (more specifically, virology), but erring more towards medical applications as opposed to environmental ones.

So far I've narrowed it down to two choices; chemical engineering and

RESOLVED: Forgot to switch my computer from power saver mode to high performance mode. Yup.

When playing this game on my laptop my CPU seems to be throttling constantly (pretty much every minute), which kills my FPS and renders the game unplayable for several seconds. The thing is, this keeps happening even though my CPU temperatures don't get higher than ~65C or so (at least, according to ThrottleStop).

I've done a bunch of things like undervolting and getting a laptop cooler to keep the temperature as low as I can reasonably get it, but if the CPU keeps throttling anyway there's no point. It's really confusing and bizarre because before I got my laptop cooler and I was playing the g

Hi! I'm a high school student who's accepted their offer for civil engineering for UofT, and I had a couple questions regarding what laptop I should be getting for school.

I guess the more useful thing to ask would be what the lifestyle of an engineering student at UofT is like. Mainly whether you have to move around a lot (a light laptop would be good), or if there are places you can charge (battery life won't be as important), and also whether or not you'll "need" to run certain programs like Solidworks, MATLAB, AutoCAD, etc. (which might affect what graphics card I'd need).

I was looking at the Dell Inspiron 15 7567 specifically, for casual/semi-casual gaming and general use. It won't b

• Total budget and country of purchase: Preferably no more than $1000 CAD, though a little over is fine.

• Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. 2 in 1 is unnecessary, but I predict that decent battery life will be important. Though from the research I've done, engineering/gaming laptops don't usually have stellar battery life anyway...

• How important is weight and thinness to you? A light and thin laptop would be nice, of course, but as long as it doesn't break my back when I lug it around I can probably manage.

• Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows.