3+ hour, 55+ min ago (56+ words) 13" laptop, 27" monitor, probably will get a separate keyboard, would like some sort of cheap adjustable stand or table I can use to work on from a couch.I want to be comfortable *and* see what's on the screen. Something available in Canada please! Laptop w/ 27" monitor - how to use these from a couch?...

18+ hour, 9+ min ago (84+ words) I recently upgraded to an iPhone 17 Pro and when I did my Apple Watch Ultra 2 defaulted to always sending RCS messages, regardless of whether the recipient is on Android or iOS. Opening the Message app on the watch even says RCS in the text field. How do I fix this? Thanks.I have rebooted both devices and toggled off and on the RCS options in the Settings. Both devices are on the latest OS update. Apple Watch sending RCS instead of iMessage...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago (200+ words) Previous Chromebook question by another Mefite. Our family has a Nintendo Switch. HeroZero jr. was saving up for an XBox so they could play Minecraft Java edition with their buds. They have become discouraged by the price tag. In chatting with them, I think they are less interested in a fancy new gaming console than they are simply in Minecraft. Would one of these Staples Black Friday Laptop deals do the trick?HP 15.6" LED Laptop, Intel Core i3-N305, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD,+ 7 hours battery, Windows 11 (B42YPUA#ABA) Item: 24622236 Model: B42YPUA#ABA $219, marked down from $530 Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6" TN Laptop, Intel Core i3, 1.20 GHz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11, Arctic Gray (82RK01AEUS) Item: 24641016 Model: 82RK01AEUS $250, marked down from $430 Comparison of the two laptops I haven't bought a Windows machine in 20 years, but from what I can see, 8 GB of RAM will be decent for letting kiddo run Minecraft with moderate modding and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago (98+ words) The mic in my iPhone 14 is damaged/broken to the point that people can barely hear me on the phone. I am trying to decide whether to a)repair it, b) find workarounds like headsets (if that would even work) or c) replace the phone. I've seen repair estimates around $150. Replacing with a trade-in would offer finance options. After many bad experiences, I will not buy a refurbished phone. Cost matters -- obv buying is more expensive but I don't want to pay to repair a phone if it'll be obsolete soon. iPhone 14 mic broken...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago (141+ words) I often sleep with the windows open in my first floor (UK, i.e., second floor in the US) bedroom. My neighborhood is pretty safe but I'm aware that basically anyone could put a ladder against my house and come in through the open window. I was looking for an alarm I can install on a casement window, but all the ones I can find are triggered by opening the window. I want the alarm to go off if someone tries to come in the window when it's open.I could probably manage a raspberry pi solution (like this), but I was wondering if there was anything off the shelf I might use. I'd also like to be able to put them on multiple windows so a raspberry pi solution could get expensive. I need an alarm for an open window...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago (81+ words) Recommend an external DVD drive that works with new macbooks please.Asking for a friend, they have tried a number of drives and none have worked! A blueray would be fine if it also, most importantly, runs DVDs. I don't know if region specificity comes in but some of those DVDs might well be region 2. I'm looking for a personal recommendation, or at least one that has reviews explicitly confirming it working on 2025 macbooks. DVD players for newer macs...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago (162+ words) I don't consider myself a stupid person, but after Googling and after over an hour with Visible support, I still cannot understand the difference between keeping my Visible+ Legacy 2 plan vs switching to a Visible+ Pro plan.I understand the cost difference, and the fact I can't switch back to the legacy plan after switching away; I don't understand the other differences. I'm especially interested in differences between treatment of hotspot and smartwatch, particularly indefinitely. Visible support continually pasted things from Google into the chat that I had already read, and seemed unable to explain what they pasted in. Anyone able to help? If I can't get an answer I may just switch to another company entirely, as this isn't making me feel great about Visible. Speaking with their customer service has felt like speaking to an AI-generated toddler forced…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (70+ words) I'm looking for a laptop to listen to music and the radio, and I would prefer not to cast or deal with external speakers. Most laptops I've seen have very tinny sound -- does a laptop that emphasizes sound quality exist? Operating system does not matter. I tried using choosist.com, but they didn't allow me to emphasize speakers. Assume my budget is unlimited. Looking for a laptop with good speakers....

1+ week, 4+ day ago (254+ words) I am in San Francisco and would like a recommendation of who can fix my computer.I have a macbook air from July 2020 and I want to keep using it as long as I possibly can. I only use it for browsing on the web, google suite stuff for work, and I have a ton of photos and videos on it that I guess I could transfer to a separate physical hard drive if necessary? I also have very old stuff like from college in 2002, most of which is Word documents. Anyway, I think the computer is full of extraneous stuff that is causing it to be quite slow. Webpages are slow to load, especially recipe sites with all those annoying adds. It also doesn't hold much of a charge. And sometimes the fan is on REALLY loudly for hours…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (71+ words) Is there a resource which keeps track of which smartphones or smartphone operating systems do not have AI imbedded? For an example, take the foldable Motorola ("please!" says the Henny Youngman living somewhere in my brain)- Which year was the latest model you could get without AI? What version of Android was it? Are the app updates adding AI to the apps or are they not doing that for older phones?...