RandomGenius #Tech Talk

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Help me choose a laptop Hello Basil, college bound now, and my University is offering a laptop for us There are 4 choices. 3 Thinkpads (which are free) or a MacBook Pro (for $400) I plan on using the laptop for taking notes, aim, facebook, skype, web browsing, and league of legends mainly This is the link to the laptops offered [b]MacBook Pro[/b] 2.4GHZ dual Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333 MHZ DDR memory 500GB 5400 RPM BUILT in Web Cam 7 hour battery 13" Screen DVD+RW [b]Lenovo Thinkpad T430[/b] Intel Core i5 -3320 Processor 8 GB memory 500GB 7200 RPM 720 p High definition Built-in web cam 6 Cell battery 4.77 pounds 14.0" Screen DVD+RW Drive [b]Lenovo Thinkpad T430u[/b] Intel Core i5-3317U Processor 8GB DDR3 memory 500GB 7200 RPM 720p

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Thinkpad Helix? Hi basil, My school is offering a thinkpad helix as one of the options for a laptop choice, and I was wondering in what your thoughts on it are. I know that it has not yet been released yet (or has it? I'm having trouble finding information on it) It's basically a ultra book that is also a tablet hybrid. My school is most likely giving me the most basic model, so i5 ($1500 I think) Is it really as nice as the forums say it is? Or just an overhyped hybrid?

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google redirect virus Hey basil, I tried googling something earlier but it redirected me to a bunch of different sites I looked it up on my phone And apparently it's called google redirect virus I'm running malwarebytes right now, but the scan is taking forever I also read a lot of articles online, apparently it's hard to remove ? If anyone has experience with this thing please comment Is formatting my computer a bad idea if I can't remove it? As long as I save my documents onto a flash drive it should be fine right ?