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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Initia 14" with Debian 10

    This Initia 14" is replacing a previous PC Specialist Ultranote IV 14" (four years old, heavily used). Initial thoughts are very positive. BIOS is no problem to work with, and no problem getting Debian to boot from USB stick. Debian install fine, although needed a kernel from backports for the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Poor service

    I've had four laptops out of PC Specialist in recent years. Two have developed faults. The first I gave up on sending back to them (power supply issues where the connector wasn't fitted to the board properly). The second died in less than three months. Weeks waiting for repair. Endless...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST New games laptop — good enough to play Cyberpunk 2077

    My current games laptop is a PC Specialist build from 2014 (Optimus Series, Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ, 8GB RAM, GTX 860M). It's struggling with games now…. Seems to get worse everytime Microsoft change something in Windows. So I'm now looking for something that will...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST UltraNote 14" w/ Debian 9.0

    The email suggesting I post a review has been staring at me for a week or two (or is it more?) now.... This machine's an UltraNote 14" with IPS LED 1920x1080 display. I opted for the i5 option with 12GB RAM and a 1TB ATA HD. The second image has a ruler just about visible at the bottom of the...
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