Your laptop can have 16GB RAM, Core i7 and still be a very bad purchase.
Before buying a laptop, take not of these 10 things:
1.🔹Go for SSD instead of HDD.
SSD makes the laptop significantly faster when booting, opening apps and transferring files. It also doesn't make the spinning noise HDDs make.
You can check by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc → then Performance → then Disk.
2.🔹Having a high RAM isn't enough.
A laptop with 16GB RAM and a weak or old processor can still perform poorly. So it's important to check the processor.
3.🔹 Focus more on the generation of the processor rather than just “Core i5” or “Core i7.”
Never assume an i7 is automatically better than an i5. A newer-generation i5 can outperform an older-generation i7, depending on the specific processors.
When you check the model number for most Intel Core processors, the number immediately after the hyphen tells you the generation.
For example:
i7-6500U = 6th Gen
i5-8250U = 8th Gen
i7-1165G7 = 11th Gen
i5-1235U = 12th Gen
i7-13700H = 13th Gen
4.🔹Don't ignore battery health, especially when buying a used laptop.
To check on a Windows laptop, open Command Prompt and type: powercfg /batteryreport
This will generate a battery report showing the design capacity and full charge capacity. The bigger the gap, the more the battery has degraded.
5.🔹Check the screen quality, not just the size.
A 15.6-inch screen isn't automatically better than a 14-inch one. To confirm, go to Settings → System → Display → Advanced display to check the resolution and refresh rate.
6.🔹Check whether the RAM and SSD can be upgraded.
Some newer laptops have their RAM already soldered, meaning you may not be able to increase it later.
7.🔹Check the ports you need.
USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack and other ports can make a difference depending on what you use the laptop for.
8.🔹For a used laptop, test everything.
Don't just open the laptop, see that it boots.
Test the keyboard, trackpad, speakers, microphone, webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, charging port, USB ports, HDMI, hinges and screen.
Open a document and test every key. Play audio through the speakers. Connect to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Plug in a USB device and test the charger.
9.🔹Buy according to your needs.
For browsing, Microsoft Office, online classes and basic work, you don't necessarily need a high-end laptop.
For programming, heavy multitasking or professional software, you need a strong processor and sufficient RAM.
For video editing, 3D work and serious graphics work, you have to pay attention to the GPU, processor, RAM and display.
For gaming, don't focus on RAM alone. The dedicated GPU, processor, cooling system and display matter a lot.
Stay informed
And
Stay sharp! 🪒
In 1976, Nigerian journalist Sam Ogun confessed to DRUM that he had spent nearly 10 years spying on Nigeria for the CIA. He also warned that many other Nigerians were being recruited to infiltrate different sectors of the country.
He told the magazine, "The CIA has so many arms or branches — trade union organisations, educational institutions, cultural organisations. The CIA is the father and through these organisations which are sent to Africa to help developing countries. The agents or officers of these organisations use their organisations as covers to spy for the CIA."
Ogun said Nigerians could be recruited without knowing it, benefiting directly or indirectly from development programmes run by organisations he claimed were linked to foreign intelligence networks.
"You don't apply to be an agent or spy. You are spotted, trailed, and an assessment is made of you without your knowing," he said.
His own career as a spy began in the early 1960s, when he worked as an "information officer" for the American Motion Picture Export Company. An American film distributor known as Jack paid him to write reviews of foreign films for local newspapers, which were then forwarded to New York. Ogun said that was how he was first placed on a payroll.
He later confessed to spying on foreign diplomats, trade unionists, civil servants, students and fellow journalists. He said he was trained to use a camera and a pocket-sized tape recorder designed for espionage.
Ogun eventually retired from spying and explained his decision to confess: "I found out by myself the evil the CIA had been doing to Africa."
A man that says he wants to marry you must:
1. Have a roof over his head (which he pays for or rents).
2. Have a legitimate income.
3. Be older than you are with at most 7 years (10 years is a stretch).
4. Not be a baby daddy, unless you're also a baby mama (but this is not compulsory in the case of a man).
5. Not have the 50/50 mindset.
6. Be able to satisfy you sexually.
7. Not necessarily be a religious man or a pastor or imam.
8. Be intelligent or street smart.
9. Honor and respect his parents.
10. Not be a mommy's boy.
11. Not be a yahoo boy, a drug addict or a criminal.
12. Be fertile and not shooting blanks.
13. Be admired and wanted by other women (and you would see it).
14. Not have a big dick.
15. Respect and honor God in his imperfections.
AJD.
Imagine walking down the street and suddenly seeing THIS happening in front of you. 😳
An elderly woman in China reportedly started threatening people while armed with two kitchen knives.
When officers arrived, they didn’t simply rush toward her.
They surrounded her with large shields while other officers used long poles to keep their distance and gradually bring the situation under control.
It almost looks like a carefully coordinated operation.
And for me, that’s what makes the video interesting.
She was reportedly armed and clearly needed to be stopped, but the officers still appear focused on controlling the situation without immediately using deadly force.
Stopping a dangerous person while keeping everyone alive should always be the best possible outcome.
“Enfi abe sahun”
It means “You’re stingy to me with your preeq”
You’re carrying a toddler, and you’re still craving for ibalopo again 😂😂
Yoruba is too sweet abeg 🤣
An awake working class is the only thing that has ever genuinely threatened concentrated power.
Not elections, which are managed.
Not journalism, which is owned.
Not protest, which is tolerated at the level where it's symbolic and suppressed at the level where it isn't.
A working class that understands, clearly, collectively, across the lines of race and nationality and religion that were drawn specifically to divide it, what is actually happening and who is actually responsible.
That is the threat.
That is why so much energy goes into making sure it doesn't happen.
The racism isn't incidental to the economic project.
The xenophobia isn't a distraction from the real politics.
The division is the politics.
Keep them fighting each other and they never look up.
Keep them looking at the border and they never read the trade agreement.
Keep them afraid of each other and they never ask who benefits from the fear.