Yeah, my personal laptop is so ancient that it has an optical drive.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
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Gudanov - Oct 28, 2016 5:07:15 am PDT #24895 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
flea - Oct 28, 2016 7:25:22 am PDT #24896 of 25496
information libertarian
mount Clovis points on your spears, rather than the obviously superior Folsom point.
Tom Scola wins ALL the archaeology bonus points.
-t - Oct 28, 2016 7:57:39 am PDT #24897 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Clovis points, I assume, have something to do with bunnies.
DXMachina - Oct 28, 2016 10:07:03 am PDT #24898 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
They're the fangs.
-t - Oct 28, 2016 10:18:11 am PDT #24899 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Of course!
meara - Oct 28, 2016 11:02:28 am PDT #24900 of 25496
Hah, never heard of Clovis points. But I was anxiously awaiting the Apple event. And not sure now what I want to do...my current laptop is five years old. It's definitely getting up there. But do I want any of the new ones? Especially since they're more expensive than I anticipated? Do I get one of the older ones now that they're going to be on sale, or will it seem old too quick? ...I mean, now I have no need for Thunderbolt ports and DO need USB ones...but four years from now? I see no need for some weird toolbar at the top of the keyboard. But it does have more ports/is faster, also?
(This laptop DOES have a CD/DVD drive. I don't think I've used it in a couple years?)
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2016 11:05:53 am PDT #24901 of 25496
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yeah, this is the point where I think I'll try to get a model that's a year (or even 2) old, because I still don't need Thunderbolt ports but I do need USB ports.
Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2016 11:18:54 am PDT #24902 of 25496
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Well, they're both Thunderbolt ports AND USB ports (it's a dessert topping, and a floor wax!), but you still need all kinds of cables and dongles to get it to all work with your old USB peripherals.
I'm gonna stick to my present set-up for a couple more years, at least until the USB 3.1 infrastructure is built out a little more.
meara - Oct 28, 2016 11:20:59 am PDT #24903 of 25496
Well yeah--the Thunderbolt/USB-C ports are only useful to me if I can stick my current USB things in there. Which my understanding is, I can't. But like I said, four years from now, will I only be able to find USB-C stuff, and not have any of those ports?
Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2016 11:25:29 am PDT #24904 of 25496
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