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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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Failing that, nuke and reinstall. |
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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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