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Anyways, I've been working with VMs a lot lately, and here's my latest one I'm installing (Vista).. http://i.imgur.com/ypXQOoL.png Already have an XP VM as well. :P |
This reminds me back then when I was obsessed with collecting several old OS inside of VMs years before I joined here, I still remember my experience when I'm installing Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, and even Windows XP, they feel nostalgic for me these days.
And I think the latest VMs that I installed was one of the Windows, and Ubuntu as well. |
Happy three years of moderation, Snivy sni! <3
I still feel kind of bad for indirectly causing someone else's computer to get stuck booting Windows... |
Y'all go installing VMs, I just put them on my friend's profile.
:B Yes, I'm not very techy. |
Years ago I attempted to install OSX snow leopard on virtualbox as an experiment. It installed but ran slowly. Got all the important devices working like internet on it.
Has anyone tried the Linux Subsystem on Windows? (bash)? Got it running on my laptop. Currently just using it for learning python. |
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Virtual Messages though. Or Visitor Machines? |
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Well Google Chrome decided to axe GDI support from their browser, and now I'm pretty much forced to use Firefox until they issue an update that allows for GDI support.
For some reason, DirectWrite does not work properly on my computer, and now fonts look pretty much like this when they're not supposed to. I'll be using Firefox in the meantime. |
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Although I will say I still prefer GDI to DirectWrite when it comes to webfont rendering and browsing. |
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About time, I suppose. Text seems to be a lot nicer on Edge on a normal, non-high-DPI display. Though lately I've noticed my monitor is now displaying a column as flickering dots of black lately... Seems like reds are most affected, but it's starting to look pretty distracting in videos. Lately I've been watching a lot of LinusTechTips, and... well, I think I might need to budget for a new monitor. If only I could demo monitors... |
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I've really wanted to try one of those out for quite some time now. They were advertising one quite recently for the Samsung Galaxy S6, if the price is right then I might just get one.
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Finished setting up a HP 22es and an MSI Interceptor DS200. They're a thin-design with thin bezels, IPS 21.5" monitor with HDMI and VGA inputs, matte display cover, and no bevel, that boasts Technicolor certification and no flickering backlight, and a gaming mouse with a maximum DPI of slightly over 8000 (not that it matters), a 1000 Hz polling rate (as it should), and RGB lighting (does everything has to come with it?), respectively.
There are a lot of pleasant surprises! I might write up a few reviews soon once I spend more time with it. Both have newer drivers than the provided DVDs have, so I ended up updating their drivers too. Might be a good opportunity to try out NVIDIA Fast Sync now that drivers that enable it on 900-series cards are now available, too, and give the display and mouse a workout. Also got a new mouse pad and a Logitech C310 webcam. Not much to comment on them, aside from them working well. |
I'm probably going to get a PC soon. I'm a Mac user, but it's really annoying to have a lot of stuff inaccessible because of the computer itself :c I've installed VirtualBox to run Windows, but it's a hassle and crashes a lot because it's so huge, I think.
I was thinking about getting a Surface Book because it seemed similar to a Mac and I don't need anything too intense for like gaming or whatever. I mean... that's all I know about computers. also @ title: I remember when Zach was promoted! Dang you're old. Wait does this mean I'm old too since I remember it? edit: I've been here 4 years?!?! |
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I think you might be a lot happier with a normal $1500 gaming laptop instead of a Surface Book if you don't need a tablet. Preferably something with a GTX 1060! Even if you don't game, probably a good idea to spend at least 1000 for a laptop that is actually good. Make sure it can fit your needs, especially if it's going to be your primary computer. Or do you prefer a desktop after all that? Also, bought a Corsair H60 - that appeared to be the best choice on my own research without having to buy online, doing some severe violence to the height limit, or to the price-performance ratio. Hmm... The TX3 EVO I was using wasn't comfortable when I stress things really hard. |
My laptop was $750 when I got it 2½ years ago, and it's still running pretty good to this day.
I'm the one who needs a tower, really. It's such a pain to be using my laptop all the time and having to get under my desk to dock and undock it whenever I'm home and/or leaving somewhere and taking my laptop. :P |
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I kind of want to sell my laptop now that I've been almost exclusively using my desktop for everything, but it's also my only laptop. Selling it would be bad if I were to need a computer while outside. |
Hmm, so I apparently need to take my website down whenever I do yum updates to it. At least it's as simple as stopping a service and then re-initializing it. :P
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Good thing today's PC parts shouldn't have capacitor trouble as long as you're avoiding the rock-bottom parts. :) |
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I'm tempted to buy more RAM to make my desktop keep going, since, well the Battlefield 1 open beta is on, and... well, running things at half resolution, with everything turned down, just to maintain close to 60 FPS doesn't seem too... pretty on my laptop. At least for non-gaming, the laptop does act like my desktop, after connecting all my desktop's stuff to it instead.
It costs money, though. And the RAM will go unused once it gets its RAM back... |
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I just wonder if my HP monitor will ever break. Hehe...
Nobody has heard of HP monitors breaking, but who knows? |
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2gb of ram 1.86ghz core2duo it's so old haha |
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In the meantime, I bought stuff :) Spoiler:
My phone could get some pampering... and might as well buy one of the best non-electrically conductive thermal compound on the cheap - something that I can't buy separately without buying a cooler without going online. |
I applied a fix similar to this one on my Nexus 7 today! It's pretty much the same fix, but instead of foam, I cut a piece off a folder and glued it down.
So far the auto rotate has held up after about three hours (where usually it would fail after an hour or so). Here's to hoping it does stay up! :D |
I used to have it overclocked but I have no need. My bottleneck is ram anyway.
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Well, at least I will be able to get things done on my desktop now. Lots of pending stuff to do with all that downtime... it felt so wrong. |
Anyone else think Apple's proposal to remove the headphone jack from iPhones is impractical, greedy, arrogant, and downright stupid?
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Bought a Surface Book and I really love it <3
There are only a few things I'll miss about my older Mac, which I gave to my mom. I'll have to take time to get used to their not being a button the keyboard that plays/pauses iTunes (i can't figure out the current one lol), the fact that I can't seem to transfer my iTunes library, and the resolution is a bit different and makes sprites look a liiiiiitle bit blurrier on the Surface. No idea why some graphics look blurrier but I'm trying to figure out a solution 'cause I work with graphics all the time and it sucks for them not to be as crisp as they were. Oh well. I love the touch screen tho. Also this has nothing to do with the current conversation I just wanted to post how happy I was somewhere haha. |
Using Adobe products are gonna be fun this semester :)
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Had been using this Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 phone for few weeks from now, being a budget $200 USD phone it is a great surprise that the processor is quite high-end and the UI of the phone , MIUI is very fluent and simple. Also, with a 4000 mah battery this phone can go full usage of a day and charged pretty fast with 2 hours.
Definite a good phone to go! |
Isn't it fun when you have a laptop that has problems, most crucially thermal shutdowns, in addition to generally high CPU usage?
Let's see... I had to disassemble an entire HP laptop just to get the dust out of its heat sink, reapply thermal compound on three different spots, assemble it back again (and breaking the internal microphone cable, so the laptop's mic's useless), and then boot it up again to unset the full-disk compression that was somehow enabled on that laptop. This is going to take a very long time... |
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It's too bad with my school's network. Their authentication is through username/password authentication via WPA2-AES instead of having an authentication page in the browser. With that method, I can't use my 3DS on the network. :/
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Looks like Google's next update to Chrome now includes enabling of the Material UI.
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So iTunes had an update, would not let me accept the terms of service, and now Apple Music will not work properly on my computer. Great stuff Apple.
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Back then, Tampa had Verizon as an option. They were always preferred over Bright House. Nowadays, it's Bright House or Frontier and it's pretty much pick your poison at this point. Also, any day now Charter Spectrum is going to be introduced to central Florida. Quote:
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Man, working with InDesign can be a bitch. Makes me wonder how professionals can even design with it. :P
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Losing out not making this the splash image for this section.
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I'm seriously considering getting a UPS now that there seems to be quite a lot of power outages lately... aw.
On another topic, anything interesting with regard to computing lately? |
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Hmm, anything new? Other than me learning Visual Basic, not much for me to report. :P |
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APC is probably the leader in UPS devices.
Also I got myself a 500 GB 850 Evo SSD, a 1 TB WD Blue platter drive, and a new wireless router from MicroCenter last night. I'm hoping to have my new PC up and running by the end of tonight. ... I should probably get a UPS at some point in the near future, too, but that can wait. |
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So right now, I'm trying to get a system image onto my new SSD but it keeps failing.. So now I'm trying to shrink my HDD volume but it won't shrink fully enough to fit onto the SSD >:(
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Not exactly "science", but-
I was wondering if someone a bit more up-to-date than me on the state of Windows laptops can offer a bit of advice. In the next several months I'm looking to replace a 2012 MacBook Pro that I've got. Until recently I was a pretty big fan of Apple computers, but since building my own PC I've found Windows to be much more usable and Apple's new lapotop offerings are, bluntly, shit. So I'm looking for some recommendations for a new laptop to take a look at (or, to keep an eye on for updated models coming soon). It must have an SSD and be reasonably portable (~2kg or less) with at least a 13" display, preferably high resolution. My desktop has a 1070 to do any graphics heavy lifting with, so I don't mind what GPU it has as long as it's powerful enough to push its own display. Long battery life is very important. Would like a reasonably powerful processor, but it's not a critical point - no requirement for quad i7s here, haha. Pretty indifferent towards having a touch screen, but if the laptop does have one, it also needs to have a proper keyboard; none of this Surface keyboard-mat-thing nonsense. An HDMI port and SD card slot would be very beneficial. USB-C is fine, but there must also be USB-3 port(s). Don't worry about any sort of budget for now, but don't let value for money go completely out of the window - after all, that's a big reason why I want to bail on the Apple computers, haha. Any suggestions? :D |
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Usually, for laptops, it's probably a lot easier if you just went to your favourite online PC retailer and searched for laptops that do match your criteria. Try looking for a laptop from 12"-14", with a 1920x1080 or better display that doesn't have a TN panel (the description should tell you what type of display it has if it's not a TN panel), good colour coverage (again, check description, if it doesn't make a mention assume it probably doesn't hit sRGB), a dual-core i5 or better (just make sure you don't get an i3 or Core M, or anything worse), 8 GB of RAM, and enough SSD to carry your everything (you have a desktop, so 240-256 GB is a good target). |
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Seems like you're probably looking for an Ultrabook, though I suspect you would be fine with most laptops that aren't too thick and heavy. Just to make sure: you planning of playing video games on it? |
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Video games are gonna be reserved for the desktop, so that's not a consideration. However it will be doing some Photoshop work, some light video editing, and likely on occasion some more power-hungry tasks like molecular rendering and modelling. I don't expect any laptop to be fully equipped for those last two tasks, though. |
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Problem, though, is probably that you're basically looking at gaming laptops even though you probably didn't want one. Call it a happy coincidence. ;) |
Still loving my SSD! Windows Updates came in less than a minute :)
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Someday, I want to have a 2 TB SSD that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. ...make it two of them, since two computers. |
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But yes! It felt like a brand new OS install when it's just really a restored image from my laptop's original HDD. |
So, lately I have been thinking of getting a new Android smartphone by the end of December. There's two phones I have been thinking about right now... One is the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), and the other is the A9 Pro (2016).
These phones cost RM 1399 and 1999 respectively, and let's see what I would get... With the A5, 5.2" 1080p SAMOLED, 16 GB internal, 2 GB RAM, Snapdragon 615 or the Exynos equivalent, 13 MP rear with flash and 5 MP front cameras, and a 2900 mAh battery. Comes with 32 GB Samsung EVO microSDHC card, flip cover. A9 Pro has a 6" display of the same resolution and tech, 32 GB internal, Snapdragon 652 or equivalent, 16 MP and 8 MP resolutions instead, and... get this... 5000 mAh battery. If assuming same battery voltage, that's positively insane. Also comes with a 64 GB microSDXC Samsung EVO+ memory card and if the offer isn't wrong, a Bluetooth headset (also Samsung). No cover though. 802.11ac Wi-Fi onboard, too. Both phones have a fingerprint scanner, most sensors that are important outside of gyroscope and health-related stuff, the same design of glass and metal sandwich, and a 2-year warranty. NFC and Samsung Pay are standard, as are Wi-Fi direct, USB OTG, and fast charging... 5 GHz Wi-Fi is on both. Should or should not? |
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Might need some time to get used though, moving from a 5" to a 6"... this is larger than even an S7 edge. |
This morning I powered up my iPod Touch 5th Gen for the first time since October 17th.. and it was purely dead because the time it showed was the last time it was successfully powered on. Obviously it corrected itself once it decided to find an internet connection. :P
Then after that, 38 total app updates. Yikes. |
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My Lumia 930 decided to croak this night and no amount of button-holding or charging could wake it up. Seems like its time is up now. At least now I have an excuse to buy a new phone now. |
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My 520 hit the gutter months ago when the SIM card slot pins got bent after I removed the SIM card from it. |
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If there's any consolation, after discussing with my father about my phone that decided to die, I ended up getting a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge in Blue Coral. It's coming with a free Gear VR, too. This is way too good to pass up on. I think I'm in for a wild ride :D |
So I've discovered that Spotify Free can do the job just as well as Spotify Premium. :)
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Speaking of data caps, I finally got through the services outages and got a look at data as measured by my mobile operator. For a while their servicing web site wasn't available.
They silently upgraded my plan into an 8 GB one :O |
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Seems like the baseline is now 6 GB instead of 3 GB while the state-specific 2 GB bonus stayed in giving me a net gain of 3 GB extra data per month at a minimum. Leftover data allowances were also raised to 2 GB maximum. Also noticed that I'm part of their music streaming plans. Spotify is part of it. 15 GB just for music streaming... counted separately until it's exhausted... heh, looks like I might need to download Spotify and see what it's about since I have the data to spare. |
Am I weird for wanting a new computer case because it looks great or it is roomier? Sometimes it feels like my computer would benefit a lot from not going with a valur option next time.
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Sometimes I just want to stick another stock motherboard into my dead HP tower to get it running again...
Either that, or learn how to solder and just replace the damn capacitor that's blown on it. :P |
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I see I'm not alone in being a sloppy solderer. Had a hard time getting the perfect amount.
Also, can I brag about my home internet? I got myself a new router to replace the ancient Linksys WRT 54G that I put in just to get me internet. Everything is significantly faster now. http://www.speedtest.net/result/5904318756.png |
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What was holding you from just buying a new router years back? 802.11g is positively old at this point. |
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