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Tav

Sarksus wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

I need/want a new laptop

will probably just wait till the end of summer and spring for an ultrabook

they're so great

fuck anything over 3 lbs

freesheck etc etc

mine is like, 2.2kg

i feel like i'm carrying water on my head back to my village every time I have to carry it into college

my previous laptop was like 4.5lbs (~2kg) and i didn't think it was heavy at the time

then i commuted to school on the train and walking everyday with my <3lb (say 1.35kilos?) laptop and i am like OH GOD WHAT WERE THEY DOING TO ME BEFORE

IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A PRISON CAMP

ARBEIT MACHT FREI

my friend handed me his mba and I was like "what the fuck this isn't straining my wrist at all now if I could get this with an os i like the shop will have to shut up and take my money"

You can install Windows and Linux on Macs. Unless you need it to be pre-installed.

i know

i still want a non-apple machine

Ludious

storing files isn't as important as it used to be.

You can stream video

You can store your documents in dropbox

you can store your photos in dropbox (I prefer flickr for my for realsies photos. I keep a yearly subscription)

so it's pretty much games and software

Irond Will

Organichu wrote: »

like ok i will admit to pirating something

i really wanted to buy rome: total war on osx so i could have a quick casual game to play without booting into windows

this was right before i pulled the trigger on a new mba

i knew i was gonna get a 100 dollar itunes gift card that i could use to buy the game but i wanted to see how smoothly it ran in osx

so i pirated it effortlessly and then ended up not liking it as much as i remembered so i uninstalled and then didn't buy it

:V

<--villain

geth, warn @organichu for being the worst pirate

Geth

Information propagation is slow. Many voices speak at once. We do not understand how you function without consensus, @Organichu.
Warned @Organichu (0 points for 30 days) for "being the worst pirate"

Cinders

So Alan Wake is a very pretty game.

skippydumptruck

japan wrote: »

I'm still vaguely pondering a tablet.

I kind of want to try one out on the cheap by getting a secondhand galaxy tab or something before I need to think seriously about replacing this laptop.

Because I still haven't figured out if I'll actually use one or not.

I love my tablet for cooking (easy wipe off), ebooks, ascension while pooping, and forum from the couch

Organichu

*screams at the heavens*

my hubris signals my apogee

Sarksus

Tav wrote: »

Sarksus wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

I need/want a new laptop

will probably just wait till the end of summer and spring for an ultrabook

they're so great

fuck anything over 3 lbs

freesheck etc etc

mine is like, 2.2kg

i feel like i'm carrying water on my head back to my village every time I have to carry it into college

my previous laptop was like 4.5lbs (~2kg) and i didn't think it was heavy at the time

then i commuted to school on the train and walking everyday with my <3lb (say 1.35kilos?) laptop and i am like OH GOD WHAT WERE THEY DOING TO ME BEFORE

IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A PRISON CAMP

ARBEIT MACHT FREI

my friend handed me his mba and I was like "what the fuck this isn't straining my wrist at all now if I could get this with an os i like the shop will have to shut up and take my money"

You can install Windows and Linux on Macs. Unless you need it to be pre-installed.

i know

i still want a non-apple machine

BUT IT'S SILVER

Ludious

Chu has more pirate cred than the rest of us. He can wear an eyepatch for realsies.

Ludious

also there's the whole jew usury thing

that's like O.G. piracy

Tav

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Man, screw even having that 1TB drive. Uninstall the games you're not playing. SSD-only, no big file collections.

not everyone has a good data plan for streaming music/movies

also gpm only lets you upload 20k songs

I don't wanna go without a third of my collection

Donkey Kong

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Man, screw even having that 1TB drive. Uninstall the games you're not playing. SSD-only, no big file collections.

I think 1tb was same price or cheaper than smaller regular hdds

and you totes need a place to store your files!

shalmelo

Irond Will wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

like ok i will admit to pirating something

i really wanted to buy rome: total war on osx so i could have a quick casual game to play without booting into windows

this was right before i pulled the trigger on a new mba

i knew i was gonna get a 100 dollar itunes gift card that i could use to buy the game but i wanted to see how smoothly it ran in osx

so i pirated it effortlessly and then ended up not liking it as much as i remembered so i uninstalled and then didn't buy it

:V

<--villain

geth, warn @organichu for being the worst pirate

I'm mildly disappointed that Will got his Geth privileges back.

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud

japan wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

japan wrote: »

I'm still vaguely pondering a tablet.

I kind of want to try one out on the cheap by getting a secondhand galaxy tab or something before I need to think seriously about replacing this laptop.

Because I still haven't figured out if I'll actually use one or not.

I use my iPad every day but I also use it as a mobile protocol book at the bench. One day I will drop acid on it or something and ruin it but until then it has been awesome.

Weirdly the thing that's made me think about it the most is that pdfs make the ereader I inherited from Cesca juuuust slow enough to be annoying.

So I'm kind of thinking of it as a colour ereader that I might use for other things, if/when I have the cash to pick one up.

I actually bought the newest iPad because it had the most amazing clarity I had ever seen for scientific literature in pdf form. I have an entire library of papers and protocols and I can zoom in on anything when I want and it is wonderful and not slow as fuck like most ereaders that I have seen.

Ludious

shalmelo wrote: »

Irond Will wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

like ok i will admit to pirating something

i really wanted to buy rome: total war on osx so i could have a quick casual game to play without booting into windows

this was right before i pulled the trigger on a new mba

i knew i was gonna get a 100 dollar itunes gift card that i could use to buy the game but i wanted to see how smoothly it ran in osx

so i pirated it effortlessly and then ended up not liking it as much as i remembered so i uninstalled and then didn't buy it

:V

<--villain

geth, warn @organichu for being the worst pirate

I'm mildly disappointed that Will got his Geth privileges back.

as far as I know, he never lost them, he just didn't know how to use them without like, shutting down the NYC power grid

which was a feat unto itself seeing as PA is west coast

Tav

also the fucking effort of uploading songs to the cloud jesus

and just fuck spotify

music collections are still the way forward

shalmelo

I really need to mow the lawn before it starts raining again tomorrow.

But I don't wanna

skippydumptruck

I think I will also take this opportunity to update my router, I have an old apple one because it played nice with my other little airport thingie

I wonder if I should get a fancy one with network storage so I can stream stuff from it

Sarksus

one day I will own a synology

and it will be like a second puberty where I get a complimentary handy

Donkey Kong

Tav wrote: »

also the fucking effort of uploading songs to the cloud jesus

and just fuck spotify

music collections are still the way forward

iTunes Match doesn't make you upload 8-)

Tav

Sarksus wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Sarksus wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

I need/want a new laptop

will probably just wait till the end of summer and spring for an ultrabook

they're so great

fuck anything over 3 lbs

freesheck etc etc

mine is like, 2.2kg

i feel like i'm carrying water on my head back to my village every time I have to carry it into college

my previous laptop was like 4.5lbs (~2kg) and i didn't think it was heavy at the time

then i commuted to school on the train and walking everyday with my <3lb (say 1.35kilos?) laptop and i am like OH GOD WHAT WERE THEY DOING TO ME BEFORE

IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A PRISON CAMP

ARBEIT MACHT FREI

my friend handed me his mba and I was like "what the fuck this isn't straining my wrist at all now if I could get this with an os i like the shop will have to shut up and take my money"

You can install Windows and Linux on Macs. Unless you need it to be pre-installed.

i know

i still want a non-apple machine

BUT IT'S SILVER

so tacky

japan

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

japan wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

japan wrote: »

I'm still vaguely pondering a tablet.

I kind of want to try one out on the cheap by getting a secondhand galaxy tab or something before I need to think seriously about replacing this laptop.

Because I still haven't figured out if I'll actually use one or not.

I use my iPad every day but I also use it as a mobile protocol book at the bench. One day I will drop acid on it or something and ruin it but until then it has been awesome.

Weirdly the thing that's made me think about it the most is that pdfs make the ereader I inherited from Cesca juuuust slow enough to be annoying.

So I'm kind of thinking of it as a colour ereader that I might use for other things, if/when I have the cash to pick one up.

I actually bought the newest iPad because it had the most amazing clarity I had ever seen for scientific literature in pdf form. I have an entire library of papers and protocols and I can zoom in on anything when I want and it is wonderful and not slow as fuck like most ereaders that I have seen.

Oh yeah, something that will not maul the typesetting of equations and tables would be nice.

RiemannLives

that surface RT that work gave me is a kickass color pdf reader.

It chews through even high res full color scanned pages PDF without slowing or being annoying when scrolling.

Though it's rather pricey for a reader if you aren't getting it for free.

redx

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wm2K here fcc

if you have a monitor or case or something it would be cheaper

you could go with a smaller ssd to save money

I went back and forth so much on the graphics card

.25 TB seems like not very much
is that weird?
thank you so much for this though

so I think you pot the os and like a few games/programs on the ssd for like, instant bootups and game performance

and then all your porns and mp3s and pictures and shit you put on the other hdd

yeah I just frantically googled this because apparently I missed this phase in COMPUTER ADVANCEMENTATIONING

I guess the new macs have a hybrid drive that automatically moves the shit you use most to the ssd

how much extra do you pay for that single point of failure?

syndalis

Tav wrote: »

also the fucking effort of uploading songs to the cloud jesus

and just fuck spotify

music collections are still the way forward

1: legal music collection either ripped from CDs you own or purchased through amazon / apple / etc
2: iTunes Match for 25/yr
3: seamless, awesome access to every song you own on all of your devices. You only have to upload weird Indy shit or song unidentified by apple, which are few.

Henroid

Here guys, before I go to bed, here's how I've been wasting the final parts of my afternoon.

http://www.geoguessr.com/

Donkey Kong

Sarksus wrote: »

one day I will own a synology

and it will be like a second puberty where I get a complimentary handy

It remains one of my favorite things that I own. There are lots of electronics I barely use but I use and appreciate the synology every day.

shalmelo

Henroid wrote: »

Here guys, before I go to bed, here's how I've been wasting the final parts of my afternoon.

http://www.geoguessr.com/

That is a lot of fun.

Protip: when in doubt, it's always Australia.

Tav

syndalis wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

also the fucking effort of uploading songs to the cloud jesus

and just fuck spotify

music collections are still the way forward

1: legal music collection either ripped from CDs you own or purchased through amazon / apple / etc
2: iTunes Match for 25/yr
3: seamless, awesome access to every song you own on all of your devices. You only have to upload weird Indy shit or song unidentified by apple, which are few.

by the cloud, i meant gpm

like I said, not erryone has a huge dataplan

also lolapple :bz

Sarksus

Donkey Kong wrote: »

Sarksus wrote: »

one day I will own a synology

and it will be like a second puberty where I get a complimentary handy

It remains one of my favorite things that I own. There are lots of electronics I barely use but I use and appreciate the synology every day.

I might just get one with fewer bays. I don't need a trillion terabytes of space and it's mostly the software I want.

syndalis

redx wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wm2K here fcc

if you have a monitor or case or something it would be cheaper

you could go with a smaller ssd to save money

I went back and forth so much on the graphics card

.25 TB seems like not very much
is that weird?
thank you so much for this though

so I think you pot the os and like a few games/programs on the ssd for like, instant bootups and game performance

and then all your porns and mp3s and pictures and shit you put on the other hdd

yeah I just frantically googled this because apparently I missed this phase in COMPUTER ADVANCEMENTATIONING

I guess the new macs have a hybrid drive that automatically moves the shit you use most to the ssd

how much extra do you pay for that single point of failure?

50-100 more than a PC user, but it acts differently, takes the effort of you figuring out what needs to go where out of your hands, and it's pretty damn sweet.

The tech world has been generally praise-filled regarding it

Ludious

I swear to God if we have another PC/Mac discussion I will petition the Gods to strike each one of you down.

If I have to sacrifice one of my testicles and promise my first born to the spice mines of Kessel as Jesus Lich Lord Christ as my witness, I will sunder each of you.

Tav

syndalis wrote: »

redx wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wm2K here fcc

if you have a monitor or case or something it would be cheaper

you could go with a smaller ssd to save money

I went back and forth so much on the graphics card

.25 TB seems like not very much
is that weird?
thank you so much for this though

so I think you pot the os and like a few games/programs on the ssd for like, instant bootups and game performance

and then all your porns and mp3s and pictures and shit you put on the other hdd

yeah I just frantically googled this because apparently I missed this phase in COMPUTER ADVANCEMENTATIONING

I guess the new macs have a hybrid drive that automatically moves the shit you use most to the ssd

how much extra do you pay for that single point of failure?

50-100 more than a PC user, but it acts differently, takes the effort of you figuring out what needs to go where out of your hands, and it's pretty damn sweet.

The tech world has been generally praise-filled regarding it

basically all entry level ultrabooks come with this

i'd rather an ssd

Organichu

i feel like having total access to all of my files wherever i am is a convenience but kind of an absurd indulgence, and i can't complain that i don't have it

if i want to watch something i don't keep on my ssd or in the cloud naturally (without associated hardware, i mean) i just use an external harddrive. if i don't have it with me that is ok because i can live without having everything i've ever downloaded or created at my fingertips always.

i am ok living in a world with some scarcity!

Sarksus

Ludious wrote: »

I swear to God if we have another PC/Mac discussion I will petition the Gods to strike each one of you down.

If I have to sacrifice one of my testicles and promise my first born to the spice mines of Kessel as Jesus Lich Lord Christ as my witness, I will sunder each of you.

aluminum mined by children > plastic assembled by children

syndalis

Tav wrote: »

syndalis wrote: »

redx wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wm2K here fcc

if you have a monitor or case or something it would be cheaper

you could go with a smaller ssd to save money

I went back and forth so much on the graphics card

.25 TB seems like not very much
is that weird?
thank you so much for this though

so I think you pot the os and like a few games/programs on the ssd for like, instant bootups and game performance

and then all your porns and mp3s and pictures and shit you put on the other hdd

yeah I just frantically googled this because apparently I missed this phase in COMPUTER ADVANCEMENTATIONING

I guess the new macs have a hybrid drive that automatically moves the shit you use most to the ssd

how much extra do you pay for that single point of failure?

50-100 more than a PC user, but it acts differently, takes the effort of you figuring out what needs to go where out of your hands, and it's pretty damn sweet.

The tech world has been generally praise-filled regarding it

basically all entry level ultrabooks come with this

i'd rather an ssd

Basically isn't the same thing as "they do"

Seriously, fusion drives are great and when the PC world finally gets them and embraces the ease of use and how nice they are ill be all

8->

Eddy

@y2jake215 eprom's "metahuman" is so good fffuu

Sarksus

Organichu wrote: »

i feel like having total access to all of my files wherever i am is a convenience but kind of an absurd indulgence, and i can't complain that i don't have it

if i want to watch something i don't keep on my ssd or in the cloud naturally (without associated hardware, i mean) i just use an external harddrive. if i don't have it with me that is ok because i can live without having everything i've ever downloaded or created at my fingertips always.

i am ok living in a world with some scarcity!

It annoys me. I don't always want something, but sometimes I do, and I don't have it!

Tav

syndalis wrote: »

Tav wrote: »

syndalis wrote: »

redx wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wm2K here fcc

if you have a monitor or case or something it would be cheaper

you could go with a smaller ssd to save money

I went back and forth so much on the graphics card

.25 TB seems like not very much
is that weird?
thank you so much for this though

so I think you pot the os and like a few games/programs on the ssd for like, instant bootups and game performance

and then all your porns and mp3s and pictures and shit you put on the other hdd

yeah I just frantically googled this because apparently I missed this phase in COMPUTER ADVANCEMENTATIONING

I guess the new macs have a hybrid drive that automatically moves the shit you use most to the ssd

how much extra do you pay for that single point of failure?

50-100 more than a PC user, but it acts differently, takes the effort of you figuring out what needs to go where out of your hands, and it's pretty damn sweet.

The tech world has been generally praise-filled regarding it

basically all entry level ultrabooks come with this

i'd rather an ssd

Basically isn't the same thing as "they do"

Seriously, fusion drives are great and when the PC world finally gets them and embraces the ease of use and how nice they are ill be all

8->

what price is your pc user paying

because i think your wealth privilage is showing

8->

japan

Oh hey those synology boxes are set up to allow you to just ssh into them and start fiddling. Their apache installation is apparently fairly non-standard, though.