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Ordered up stock, but I'll be swapping at least one drive with an SSD. Might swap them both. One will be for Mac OS the other for virtual machines. At various times I will be running windows 7, RHEL or CentOS and Solaris. Not all at once of course. The Unix flavors are for testing / education. I need to keep up to date on my skills.
I also upgraded the RAM (3rd party) to 16GB (Chipset maximum). Memory is Corsair and this is twice the officially supported amount. It should fly for my needs.
It'll be nice getting back to Mac, after an absence for a while. I like having Unix underneath it all and I often open a terminal session to do geek level work.
I just wish parallels desktop had a physical to virtual tool so I could copy the existing desktop win 7 instead of rebuilding. For the short term I might just use RDP.
Fun times.
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I also upgraded the RAM (3rd party) to 16GB (Chipset maximum). Memory is Corsair and this is twice the officially supported amount. It should fly for my needs.
It'll be nice getting back to Mac, after an absence for a while. I like having Unix underneath it all and I often open a terminal session to do geek level work.
I just wish parallels desktop had a physical to virtual tool so I could copy the existing desktop win 7 instead of rebuilding. For the short term I might just use RDP.
Fun times.
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I have to get used to hitting the apple button instead of the control key for a lot of keyboard shortcuts. I haven't used MacOS for a while, but it isn't taking much effort to get back on this bicycle. Forgot how much I like that there's a full featured Unix OS underneath the covers. As a full time Unix geek it's a nice perk. There are somethings that are just easier from a command prompt.
I've decided I'm just going to replace the boot drive with an SSD. The virtuals run fast enough off of the mechanical spindle and most of my work will be done in MacOS. Does anyone know if you can use Time machine to back up 2 drives seperately... I'd like to essentially have off-line mirrors. Copy the 128GB ssd to the other and copy the 500GB to the removed 500GB.
I changed the Downloads to go to the mechanical drive so that I don't have a lot of "junk" collecting on the SSD. I download a boatload o' stuff so it would needlessly fill up the SSD. That's next weekends project, after I get the logic board removal tool. Makes the process much easier.
Quite pleased with my purchase and working on getting a really clean installation. Leaning towards a quad monitor stand with 2 monitors, the laptop and the mini mounted on the various monitor mounts.
Rule of thumb these days, buy the maximum amount of memory your system supports, it's inexpensive and you'll appreciate it in the long run. But don't pay the Apple price$ on ram, buy 3rd party
I've decided I'm just going to replace the boot drive with an SSD. The virtuals run fast enough off of the mechanical spindle and most of my work will be done in MacOS. Does anyone know if you can use Time machine to back up 2 drives seperately... I'd like to essentially have off-line mirrors. Copy the 128GB ssd to the other and copy the 500GB to the removed 500GB.
I changed the Downloads to go to the mechanical drive so that I don't have a lot of "junk" collecting on the SSD. I download a boatload o' stuff so it would needlessly fill up the SSD. That's next weekends project, after I get the logic board removal tool. Makes the process much easier.
Quite pleased with my purchase and working on getting a really clean installation. Leaning towards a quad monitor stand with 2 monitors, the laptop and the mini mounted on the various monitor mounts.
Rule of thumb these days, buy the maximum amount of memory your system supports, it's inexpensive and you'll appreciate it in the long run. But don't pay the Apple price$ on ram, buy 3rd party
I have to get used to hitting the apple button instead of the control key for a lot of keyboard shortcuts. I haven't used MacOS for a while, but it isn't taking much effort to get back on this bicycle. Forgot how much I like that there's a full featured Unix OS underneath the covers. As a full time Unix geek it's a nice perk. There are somethings that are just easier from a command prompt.
I've decided I'm just going to replace the boot drive with an SSD. The virtuals run fast enough off of the mechanical spindle and most of my work will be done in MacOS. Does anyone know if you can use Time machine to back up 2 drives seperately... I'd like to essentially have off-line mirrors. Copy the 128GB ssd to the other and copy the 500GB to the removed 500GB.
I changed the Downloads to go to the mechanical drive so that I don't have a lot of "junk" collecting on the SSD. I download a boatload o' stuff so it would needlessly fill up the SSD. That's next weekends project, after I get the logic board removal tool. Makes the process much easier.
Quite pleased with my purchase and working on getting a really clean installation. Leaning towards a quad monitor stand with 2 monitors, the laptop and the mini mounted on the various monitor mounts.
Rule of thumb these days, buy the maximum amount of memory your system supports, it's inexpensive and you'll appreciate it in the long run. But don't pay the Apple price$ on ram, buy 3rd party
Having NEVER used OSX before I got the mbp, I was surprised how short of a time it took for me to get used to the command-key. Yet, when I go to a PC, I am still able to switch back.
I don't use the terminal much, but I have really loved the way OSX works as a GUI. And I have learned my fair share of keyboard shortcuts. I was amazed by how many shortcuts there are, particularly since my image of apple was ALWAYS about a strange mouse.
And the gestures in OSX on the magic trackpad are probably the most intuitive thing ever. I love it. And have external trackpads at home and at the office. Never use a real mouse anymore. I think you are going to be very pleased with the SSD - it will make that machine FLY. It has been the biggest surprise for me with the Air.
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Direct YouTube Link - AI Agents: Can We Trust Today's LLM Technology? #shorts
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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For the naysayers who did not think this service would make it, just added another 4.9M subscribers and that was after the removal of 1.2M Russia subscribers.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
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So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
Paramount+ has always had the CBS shows on the CBS local channel and yes with commercials. What they are doing now is releasing the OnDemand versions of the show which I believe they don't release until after the shows air on the west coast. And they will be commercial free if you subscribe to the ad free version of Paramount+.So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
I wasn't up at 3:00 am to check but they are there at 8:00 am today.
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
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Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA Told me How to Benchmark RTX Spark
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Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA Told me How to Benchmark RTX Spark
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny