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meara - Oct 28, 2016 11:02:28 am PDT #24900 of 25505

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 25505
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

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 25505
hwæt

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 25505

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 25505
hwæt

Which my understanding is, I can't.

You would need one of these: [link]


Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2016 1:28:32 pm PDT #24905 of 25505
hwæt

Six pairs of earphones in the past 15 months. Sigh.

Seven pairs of earphones in the past 17 months. Cheap Radio Shack phones this time. I just can't be bothered to take my damn iPhone out of my pocket every fucking time I sit down.


Jesse - Oct 28, 2016 5:16:14 pm PDT #24906 of 25505
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Did you get the Radio Shack warranty? It would be especially worth it for you, apparently.


beekaytee - Oct 28, 2016 6:38:03 pm PDT #24907 of 25505
Compassionately intolerant

I need to, for reasons, permanently block a game url from my system. Like, forever. All browsers.

google tells me to use terminal, which scares me a lot.

I've been using Self Control, but it is not permanent enough.

Any suggestions? Or positive experiences?


Gudanov - Oct 29, 2016 9:26:00 am PDT #24908 of 25505
Coding and Sleeping

My home desktop now has 32GB of RAM. It's nice to have plenty of memory.


omnis_audis - Oct 29, 2016 9:31:28 am PDT #24909 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I just can't be bothered to take my damn iPhone out of my pocket every fucking time I sit down

I can't recall if you ruled out Bluetooth headphones?