What is some good things to do with a new pc/laptop/computer?

Spectator, 1 year ago

Consider undervolting (via Throttlestop or Intel XTU) to prolong your laptop’s longevity and possibly mildly increase its performance. For the same CPU workload, undervolting will reduce the amount of heat generation and therefore the temperature of the CPU, thereby decreasing the risk of hitting the CPU’s temperature throttling and risk of CPU damage.

There are ready guides on youtube and r/gaminglaptops sub, but I’ll leave reddit links out for now. Just search for your laptop model since the exact values will depend on the model and also on luck. If you’re lucky, you can undervolt a lot without causing instabilities.

Aatube, 1 year ago

I don’t think it’s faster than just uninstalling especially with that uninstall tool I forgot the name of

Gormadt, 1 year ago

Install software relevant software to your hobbies

I’d recommend finding out what kind of video card it has though as that’s a big deciding factor in what you can use it for.

QuietStorm, 1 year ago

my only hobbys are watching youtube and playing games, im totaly struggling to find a new hobby becasue im hard on myself and depressed.

galaxi, 1 year ago

I’m sorry you’ve been feeling depressed. I know how that can make it difficult to start getting into other things. I have a couple suggestions. One is to just let yourself get bored enough to wander around the internet and find cool things. If you find something you want to try like an art tutorial, don’t pressure yourself or anything, just give it a go! I made a lot of art in high school using stuff like photoshop or free programs and it eventually got me into graphic design. I sometimes wish I still had the time to mess around with stuff like that! And another one, if you’re into tech and want to try new hobbies, you might be able to volunteer at the local makerspace which would give you a membership there. I used to not have a lot of hobbies, but I got into 3d printing. It’s so fun to make stuff without needing talent. If you can’t afford a hobby like that, a makerspace would let you try out stuff like that and meet other people with creative hobbies like coding, 3d printing, and making robots. :)

NightOwl, 1 year ago

I recommend the Blender donut tutorial video. It’s free on YouTube and Blender is free. Free is awesome and it’s educational and pretty fun.

nueonetwo, 1 year ago

Digital art is pretty fun if you’re at all artistic, even technical drawing using AutoCAD or a similar software can be fun to learn and will give you a new skill. Try to use something you already like as a jump off point (ie draw a scale model of a weapon from a game).

buco, 1 year ago

I wish I had read all this when I got a new computer about a year ago.

LostCause, 1 year ago

If it‘s Windows, I usually do something similar to this: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-windows-10/

Also in addition to the good Firefox + uBlock already mentioned, first things I install would be Windows Power Toys, Greenshot for screenshots and Obsidian for writing and note taking that‘s most of what comes to mind.

GreenPlasticSushiGrass, 1 year ago

This might be more of a setup thing, but one of the first websites you visit should be ninite.com in order to download browsers, media players, cloud storage, .zip file decompressors, etc, all in one go.

spidermonkey23, 1 year ago

Install Scoop scoop.sh. It’s a bit like Winget but imo better.