Heavy Workload Laptop at 60-70K

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123hero

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edurgesh said:
Finally placed the order for Asus A15 R7 4800 model at ₹ 76,837/- !!! Should get delivered on 5th October!
Hope this 8-core CPU will go long way and remain usable several years down the line!

Thanks a lot dear friends @omega44-xt and @123hero for your valuable inputs and suggestions!

I'll update here once I get the laptop! :)
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Great.

Keep us posted on the impressions and how you feel about the laptop once it reaches you.
 
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edurgesh

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Friends, I'm expecting my laptop to be delivered tomorrow!

This laptop comes with Windows 10 Home OEM license, and I need to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Now I have two options:

1. Upgrade officially from Home to Pro (costs ₹ 6779); in this case, do I get the retail license?
2. Install fresh Windows 10 Pro and keep unactivated; in this case, do I lose even the OEM license?

Is there any other way to upgrade to Win 10 Pro?

Also any reliable way to clean and de-bloat Windows without messing up anything?

Thanks!
 
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

Gear up ...
edurgesh said:
Friends, I'm expecting my laptop to be delivered tomorrow!

This laptop comes with Windows 10 Home OEM license, and I need to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Now I have two options:

1. Upgrade officially from Home to Pro (costs ₹ 6779); in this case, do I get the retail license?
2. Install fresh Windows 10 Pro and keep unactivated; in this case, do I lose even the OEM license?

Is there any other way to upgrade to Win 10 Pro?

Also any reliable way to clean and de-bloat Windows without messing up anything?

Thanks!
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Why do you want Win10 Pro?

An official upgrade is the convenient way, but costs money for sure. Not sure how they handle the upgrade but should be a smooth process.

In 2nd case you shouldn't lose the OEM license embedded in mobo.

3rd option, grey market Win10 Pro OEM key. Sometimes you can just upgrade, otherwise fresh install.
 
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edurgesh

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omega44-xt said:
Why do you want Win10 Pro?

An official upgrade is the convenient way, but costs money for sure. Not sure how they handle the upgrade but should be a smooth process.

In 2nd case you shouldn't lose the OEM license embedded in mobo.

3rd option, grey market Win10 Pro OEM key. Sometimes you can just upgrade, otherwise fresh install.
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I want Win 10 Pro mainly for Docker; Docker containers don't work on Win 10 Home.

Also I've a retail license copy of Win 10 Home on my home PC; if somehow I can switch laptop license and home PC license, then I'll have the retail license on laptop which can be upgraded to retail Pro license. Maybe I'm complicating too much. :)

If it's too complicated or risky I'll just install Win 10 Pro and keep it unactivated for now!
 
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

Gear up ...
edurgesh said:
I want Win 10 Pro mainly for Docker; Docker containers don't work on Win 10 Home.

Also I've a retail license copy of Win 10 Home on my home PC; if somehow I can switch laptop license and home PC license, then I'll have the retail license on laptop which can be upgraded to retail Pro license. Maybe I'm complicating too much. :)

If it's too complicated or risky I'll just install Win 10 Pro and keep it unactivated for now!
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You are overcomplicating stuff. You can upgrade the license loaded by default in laptops to Win10 Pro for ₹6779 through Windows (MS store). MS wouldn't want to complicate this & lose money, would they?
 
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edurgesh

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omega44-xt said:
You are overcomplicating stuff. You can upgrade the license loaded by default in laptops to Win10 Pro for ₹6779 through Windows (MS store). MS wouldn't want to complicate this & lose money, would they?
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Ah yes, it seems too complicated! First I'll try to avoid the upgrade, if possible. If nothing works then upgrade in the last!

BTW, I got the laptop today! It looks nice, sturdy and much better in real than pictures!

And yes, the right side air vents are NOT present in this model; I guess it comes with GTX 1660Ti and higher GPU models. Anyway, having same TDP as R5 and a lower end GPU, this should be fine.

Thanks a lot dear friend!
 
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

Gear up ...
edurgesh said:
Ah yes, it seems too complicated! First I'll try to avoid the upgrade, if possible. If nothing works then upgrade in the last!

BTW, I got the laptop today! It looks nice, sturdy and much better in real than pictures!

And yes, the right side air vents are NOT present in this model; I guess it comes with GTX 1660Ti and higher GPU models. Anyway, having same TDP as R5 and a lower end GPU, this should be fine.

Thanks a lot dear friend!
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Good to know, then no 2nd M.2 slot as well.

Congrats & enjoy
 
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edurgesh

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Finally my new laptop is setup; did the following:

1. Updated Windows to the latest version 2004 along with several other updates.
2. Updated system BIOS and latest device drivers.
3. Removed most of the bloatware programs/apps.
4. Installed WSL 2 and Ubuntu Linux within that.
5. Installed Docker Desktop (under WSL 2); so no need to upgrade to Win 10 Pro!

Everything is working great! Now I need to install other required software.

Here I've have a question:

(Q) While installing the drivers, it installed by default into a folder C:\DRIVERS. All the new drivers are installed into that folder. Is that folder really required now, or I can delete that; I think drivers should get installed somewhere inside C:\Windows\System32 folder? That folder C:\DRIVERS is taking 1.2GB disk space, and I also have the downloaded executables for drivers? Any idea about that?

Thanks!
 
omega44-xt

omega44-xt

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The C/Drivers should be a temporary space for driver setup files, generally. Drivers are usually installed in Program Files. Check carefully before deleting.
 
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edurgesh

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omega44-xt said:
The C/Drivers should be a temporary space for driver setup files, generally. Drivers are usually installed in Program Files. Check carefully before deleting.
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Oh OK, I was also guessing the same. I'm verifying installed drivers location from Device Manager, then delete this folder if it's not being referred anywhere.
Googling also didn't provide any clear answer; though people say it can be deleted safely for HP/Lenovo laptops.
 
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whitestar_999

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edurgesh said:
Oh OK, I was also guessing the same. I'm verifying installed drivers location from Device Manager, then delete this folder if it's not being referred anywhere.
Googling also didn't provide any clear answer; though people say it can be deleted safely for HP/Lenovo laptops.
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C Drivers location is almost always a temporary location for extraction of driver setup files before they are installed. You can check it simply by renaming the folder to something like BackupDrivers & then restart laptop. If everything works correctly then safely delete it else rename it back to Drivers & then check deeply for which driver is actually installed there using device manager & task manager.
 
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edurgesh

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whitestar_999 said:
C Drivers location is almost always a temporary location for extraction of driver setup files before they are installed. You can check it simply by renaming the folder to something like BackupDrivers & then restart laptop. If everything works correctly then safely delete it else rename it back to Drivers & then check deeply for which driver is actually installed there using device manager & task manager.
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OK great! I checked by renaming the folder itself, then verified in the device Manager and all the drivers are loaded from Window\System folder & there is no exclamation anywhere. Everything worked fine; not sure what to check from Task Manager though.
Thanks a lot!
 
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whitestar_999

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edurgesh said:
OK great! I checked by renaming the folder itself, then verified in the device Manager and all the drivers are loaded from Window\System folder & there is no exclamation anywhere. Everything worked fine; not sure what to check from Task Manager though.
Thanks a lot!
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As expected :) Task Manager is just to double check some driver related process is not running from that location(like some audio wizard etc).
 
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edurgesh

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whitestar_999 said:
As expected :) Task Manager is just to double check some driver related process is not running from that location(like some audio wizard etc).
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Oh OK, got it now. I need to check the properties of processes (which shows the location) under Task Manager. I'll check it out; btw, I've already deleted that folder; it seems fine.
Thanks dear! :)
 
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edurgesh

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Oh noticed one change in the system; Windows Restore Points are getting lost.

Not sure if this is due to that deleted DRIVERS folder, but it happened twice. Initially those got lost once, so I created one manually and that also got lost after shutdown/restart cycle.

Any clue? Or does it really matter; I never used restore points on my current laptop?
 
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edurgesh

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whitestar_999 said:
This should have no relation with drivers. Check how much space is allotted to system restore.
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Yes, I also thought so that it should not be related to the drivers folder.
Currently 1% (2.19 GB approx) storage space is allocated; maybe I can try increasing to 2% in case if this is due to less space.
 
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