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They are up front about how they generate revenue, it's similar to the business model Google use. As long as they have customers to share ads with there will be revenue...

Crazy eh, I've been searching for the catch and been using them for months..... Not found it yet, but I'd recommend backing up often as I cannot believe a business can sustain giving so much away for free with seemingly little return.

its my throw away account for signups (y)

Heat added - perfect for all my IoT projects!

ive tried many free web hosting over the years, for the same reasons I'm on this site. I'm skint. infinity are one of the better free services I've used this is good for a small business like cafe or butchers etc but web hosting is so cheap anyway for 6 quid a year you can have guaranteed uptime, bandwidth blah blah for hosting multiple sites.

It's a great deal, even if it was only for 6TB of cloud storage for a whole year. I bought the full price subscription from Microsoft just a few days ago. Then after seeing this deal, asked if Microsoft would match it and return the difference. They didn't. So I asked for a full refund from Microsoft, ordered this to my local argos (no delivery fee). And will be collecting it from there on Saturday. Thanks OP

I was more thinking about the people who would download from a warez site and think they were getting a good deal

The big value in this deal is the 1 TB storage. Excellent for backing up all the things on the cheap.

yep I see your point and we all have the right to make one . Personally i like 365 . it gives me up to date MS apps which used to cost me £100's unless i bought pirated software - the good deal with 365 is the number of users, both my son and wife use it and also the cloud storage which when compared to Dropbox is a great deal. I just go my Dropbox renewal which is $119 so 365 is a bargain. Im gradually moving 10 years worth of work data off Dropbox to 365 as 365 is a better deal for me. I used to hate MS and their pricing policy but it has got better with the added value of data storage and regular updates etc - cheers

It already is. Im not sure if they got it out faster than planned due to CV19 and Zoom taking off so well.

Can also get Xbox achievements on Ori and the Blind Forest for the Switch :3

Been playing it this morning on gamepass, it’s really boring.

Well that's Windows 10 UK version for £19.99, nice find, don't think the DLC works cross platform currently though.

Switch isn't receiving good reviews for this due to low framerate so I would tread with caution. Also xbox achievements are gained on the switch version too which I found amusing.

I bought many games from them. I never had a problem (y)

But it left BitComet alone (phew!).

I'd even recommend Bitdefender Free over AVG, Avast used to be good until AVG bought them and ruined it... Bitdefender Free has plugins for browsers too which is good

AVG is rubbish for free you could use Avira Anti Vir Free edition or even the built in security in Windows 10 is good these days

Thanks buddy. This is what i was trying to ascertain which isn't clear

Its a code so I would presume you can just keep one code until the next year and it be fine... as to using them both at the same time I dont know tbh id be curious myself (y) :D EDIT: On the amazon page it does say at the top "Bitdefender Antivirus for 2020" so maybe it's a code limited to the year stated

If you've got kindle unlimited this book is free (Excel formula ninijas (ninja) :) https://www.amazon.co.uk/EXCEL-FORMULAS-NINJA-Microsoft-Functions-ebook/dp/B088DJD532/

I love Excel. There I said it. I don’t know what it is about excel but I love bringing data life and doing tricks to it. I’m such a geek (party)

I wonder if this is anything like the old ECDL course book or CLAIT? I did those courses years ago and they were brilliant. So easy to follow.

Be nice to post links rather then just make guesses https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/40853203 :) Thanks.

Good has been posted before

I remember that deal, I was actually interested in that but decided to pay £400 for an i5 Zenbook, I like it more. I'm not sure if that deal was cheap because of a student discount. Or it was a strange colour if it was the John Lewis deal. I do remember a good deal on Lenovo on the specs you suggested, but without the OS. However, I can't say this is bad just because I found once or twice a better deal a while ago. Pretty much every price here was cheaper a while ago. What's important is what is available now and for how much. This is not my favourite laptop deal by far, but it is still somewhere on top, I don't vote hot only for number 1.

There was the possibility of an i5-1035g1 with an Nvidia MX330 dGPU for £420 with the lenovo ideapad 5 a bit back so I would disagree with heat on this.

Just the way it is. Any laptop that did meet the spec doesn't exist anymore I bet. Lower demand for it for something lighter, thinner etc. So now they're all chasing impracticality and profitability.

It's non-removable according to crucial website as well

On Amazon and scan it says max 8gb supported.

Sez who? Can't you use your own judgement? Those figures are ridiculous 92% would anyone in their right mind use anything so slow?

Look, you have it, and if your happy good, but this is a poor VPN.

No Netflix US means you would not be able to get the USA version of Netflix using this VPN. Killswitch explained, basically you really want one:

They may be unbiased, but some of the data presented is based on reports that are six years old. Make sure you don't go by just the main table on the site.

Deal expired

Always good VPN deals here: https://stacksocial.com/collections/apps-software-security You can get Nordvpn for $60 or $90 for 2 years.... they are one of the best and secure VPNS... I would also recommend Keepsolid at $50 for 3 years KeepSolid VPN Unlimited: Lifetime Subscription $39 - I bought this several years ago and have had no problems... There are others but personnaly I think these are the best and most trusted providers.... Also 10% Discount on first order...

From reddit - User discussed that the free version injects adverts in webpages that you visit.... which is another reason to stay clear... seed4.me response: Kindly note, promo code gives Extended trial (365 days): Extended trail differs from Premium in that it sometimes shows ads like "Please, buy premium", etc. These messages appear only on non-HTTPS pages. We promote our paid subscription, because with your support we keep on adding new servers and improving our apps.

Is .me a bad domain ? I don't understand

And yeah I agree affinity is much better I have it instead of adobe photoshop and it serves me just as good

I do wish I owned the site or this product since I’d be making money but I really did just post it to get others to also find this deal don’t appreciate just leave

Leaving aside the self-promotion etc... don't bother. Affinity Photo. £23.99 https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo

he is promoting his own site.

already posted https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/photomatix-essentials-hdr-software-for-free-3465340

Temporarily out of stock

This was 3 months ago from Argos. Returned it

Used daily for work and bought from Sainsbury’s when they do their random £13.33 prices. Never had a problem and the batteries seem to last forever

Yes the mouse uses about 1 battery per year and the keyboard I think I have chamged twice in 5 years with heavy use

Decent alternative? - Microsoft Wireless Desktop 850

Just received my 4,400 “WOW Points”, basically £44 cash back. Nice!

When you say average specs, and price should be around 300, can u give example of decent specs for around 350-400?. I need laptop for my son (11). I was bit before buying a "cheap" Acer laptop - but soon slow. Literally 5 second delay on every keypress (and that was brand new). Any suggestions? Or at least minimum spec/processor. I have minimal tech knowledge. He not heavy user, not a gamer- but want it decent enough in case he wants to mess around with photo editor now and again. But will be mainly Word, email, YouTube etc. Thanks

I am not getting with this prise when I customise as stated above ... Any advice

This is the kind of scenario I envisaged. Sorry to hear about the aggravation you've had with them (not in the least bit surprised) but at least you'll never make that mistake again. ;)

That's nothing. It took me 2 months to get them to collect my laptop to repair a dodgy battery runtime (4hrs instead of 11). 2 weeks arguing with support that I should be getting close to 11 hours light use, where as they were arguing the advertised 11 hours is only for when it is "shutdown". Yeap, that stupid. Even had an engineer "confirm" this. Then about 6 weeks of trying to get it collected, only the 3rd arranged collection was successful. My emails were totally ignored for weeks. Easily 10+ emails ignored. Ignored on forums, Facebook, and WhatsApp too. Telephone is the only way of getting any response, but means waiting on hold for 30+mins during working hours. Their support forums are a joke, the admins are just Lenovo apologists doing mental gymnastics to excuse their appalling behavior and offer no help at all (ignoring private messages). Currently waiting on parts for the repair. I predict it will be around the 3 month mark by the time my issue is finally resolved. Seems like Lenovo are cheap due to slashing support costs..

I care, Affinity is a British company, that does not get the recognition it deserves in my opinion. With my above posts, it was my hope that with my experiences, I could persuade those unfamiliar with Affinity to give it a try. The project I am working on now is just not possible (without hacks) to accomplish with Adobe tools.

For anyone on the fence about picking this up, they're extending their 30 day trial to 90 days until June 20th due covid. Been interested about seeing what the major differences in Affinity is vs Adobe for a while so gonna give the trial a go and see if I wanna pick it up, but either way for the current price it looks like a good deal. https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/90-day-affinity-trial/

Trust me, I don't take your word for it. I take my 25 years experience of Adobe products and their rivals. And good for Jon Hicks. Adobe is still the suite of choice of thousands of design studios with plenty of pieces of high profile work between them. I'll be honest, between the creative agencies, printers, web designers, publishers and freelancers that I've had dealings with since these applications became competent, it hasn't even been a conversation about options. Produce on whatever works for you. It's artistry, FFS. Who cares what brand pencils you draw with?

As a designer, in my opinion, it isn't. It's merely a different product. But whatever. I've seen nothing which compels me to retool.

Absolutamenti. Bottom line, newcomers to the field and, as you say, those with non-specific requirements can be over the moon with this software and I'm not sure what the export file formats are like for compatibility, but really, aren't most of us working with outputting PDF's for vector based files anyway? Old hats at graphics, however, might just stick with Adobe because of the familiarity and depending on the package price they get, maybe it does work out cheaper per year, especially multi-user/studio licenses. Creative Cloud is an intrusive pain in the proverbials which is only barely mitigated by the access to cloud extras. I see, simply, two different markets. Those committed to using Adobe by legal or illegal means will, simply, stick to doing that. For those tempted to legitimise by purchasing a licence for a product they find every bit as useful as the Adobe alternative, that really is a new marketplace.

I have had a tb hard drive in my Xbox for ages and tbh never filled it but in my opinion there’s no point keeping games on there you never intend to play again so I think this for the price is a decent deal

For consoles go bigger. My 3 tb on my Xbox one is nearly full - remember all physical games download a chunk as well. And what with the 80gb Assassin Creed and Call of Duty patches you need big. However, for a non gaming laptop this would be ideal.

1. It isn't value if you never use the other three TB. 2. It isn't value to spend more than you intended to spend.

If you were just buying 'TB' then this would make sense, but you are paying for other drive components, the caddy and it's electronics, production or item, packing, shipping, handling etc

Great price. Rubbish value.

How do you actually download it seeing as App Store only has 2019. Dw sorted thanks.

What's better - GIMP (open source and free) or Aurora?

Its a website. They are many many of these disposable email sites. Some of them the companies won't recognise but majority work. Saves giving a proper email to a company who may ignore your attempts for them not to spam you.

Can someone post the link please? All i'm getting when I click is https://track.flexlinks.com/a.ashx?foid=1062009.141482077&fot=9999&foc=1&fobs=0m009g6kh1nh&url=https%3A%2F%2Fskylum.com%2Fl%2Fap-aurora

Is emailondeck app or website? Never realised such thing existed. Not been living under a rock or either

It has an HDMI port so will connect and will be ok resolution but no graphics card so don't expect to be playing any new games but as a big monitor, it should be fine.

Hi, would this connect to a 50" 4K TV (not for gaming) and have a decent resolution?

Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated

Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated

It arrived recently, at first sight I see no Wifi and Bluetooth, but i am no expert.

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Sold! Thanks for the detailed information. (y) Edit: Having trouble locating this free product on their site using Safari. Didn’t help that it was all in German. Signed up to the newsletter and have since managed to change the displayed language to English (U.S.) but cannot find Steganos Safe 19. @antdav - some help, please?

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What's the benefit of this over Bitlocker?

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