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I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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Calli - Jan 04, 2010 11:57:28 am PST #12188 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
amych - Jan 04, 2010 12:30:50 pm PST #12189 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Brenda, dropbox.com has a 2GB free account -- I mostly use it for the syncing-stuff-between-my-many-computers thing, but it's quite serviceable for sharing things too.
(eta: actually, 2.25 GB if you use my referral link thingie here: [link] , as well as a bonus bit of storage for me. That offer is good for at least several more people, btw.)
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2010 4:49:49 pm PST #12190 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to decide between Macbook Pros. I've been told the processor difference between 2.53Ghz and 2.66GHz isn't worth writing home about, but that the "+ 9600M GT with 256MB" difference on the video card is more marked. Does anyone know what that nets out to, visually? I never hooked my Powerbook up to an external monitor and wasn't even sure if I was going to bother getting, at least initially, the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter.
I'll get the 320MB HD no matter which model I get.
Gudanov - Jan 04, 2010 5:35:06 pm PST #12191 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
If you don't need 3D performance I doubt it'll make much difference. Pretty much anything can drive a high resolution monitor these days.
NoiseDesign - Jan 04, 2010 8:01:38 pm PST #12192 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I have the dual mode video system in a few of my machines. It makes a difference in some video playback and rendering duties.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2010 8:05:06 pm PST #12193 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The fanciest I get is watching downloaded HD video. Is it worth considering the upgrade?
NoiseDesign - Jan 04, 2010 10:09:21 pm PST #12194 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I'd take the video upgrade over the processor upgrade. I'm not sure that you'll see a huge difference in current downloaded HD video, but who knows what new video codecs are around the corner that may be helped.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2010 4:34:31 am PST #12195 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They both come together. I'm wondering if it's worth paying the extra $250 for it or not.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2010 4:52:00 am PST #12196 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh god, I'm dropping off my laptop to go to the Computer Hospital today. I'm going to die from the withdrawal.
Jon B. - Jan 05, 2010 6:36:02 am PST #12197 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If you can imagine ever doing any video editing, you'll want the video upgrade.