The words 'twisted' and 'little finger' come to mind....
And it's turned you into Sean Connery.
Thanks John gave me a chuckle!
The words 'twisted' and 'little finger' come to mind....
And it's turned you into Sean Connery.
Absolutely. The only Intel processor I ever bought was a very early Socket 7 P100. Ever since I've bought AMD. They've always had Intel beat on price, and now they are beating them on performance. If AMD hadn't been a competitor to Intel then today we'd have processors that cost a fortune and would have half the performance of current parts. The AMD Ryzen family are cracking processors.Very pleased to see AMD are finally giving Intel a kicking. CPUs have stagnated too long as Intel had no competition but they do now!
Astonished that no-one has mentioned Nilfisk yet in connection with vacuum cleaners. When I was a computer operator back in the 1970s/early 80s we had to vacuum out the printers at the end of every shift (fanfold paper left masses of little circular pieces around that clogged up the print heads otherwise), and for that we used a Nilfisk. I was gobsmacked at just how much better that was than anything I'd ever used before. Ever since that time I've only ever bought Nilfisks; unfortunately they seem almost impossible to get hold of in the UK these days.As to Henry. I aquired one when I moved house. Always hated bagged cleaners. Wanted a Dyson. Until I learnt that the bag is part of a filtration system. Bags cheap as cheap online as well. Henry went right up in my esteem when the Rayburn leaked loads of smoke. Henry actually filtered the smoke out of the air
The words 'twisted' and 'little finger' come to mind....
And it's turned you into Sean Connery.
Mines a 1950s Nilfisk , its like a little Darlek , a small industrial thing , Ive had it thirty years or more and wont be changing it in the foreseeable future ,, one of the little blue rings on the hose broke twenty years ago , but its doing ok without it , no point in rushing to replace the wee blue ring , time enough when it stops working.Absolutely. The only Intel processor I ever bought was a very early Socket 7 P100. Ever since I've bought AMD. They've always had Intel beat on price, and now they are beating them on performance. If AMD hadn't been a competitor to Intel then today we'd have processors that cost a fortune and would have half the performance of current parts. The AMD Ryzen family are cracking processors.
Astonished that no-one has mentioned Nilfisk yet in connection with vacuum cleaners. When I was a computer operator back in the 1970s/early 80s we had to vacuum out the printers at the end of every shift (fanfold paper left masses of little circular pieces around that clogged up the print heads otherwise), and for that we used a Nilfisk. I was gobsmacked at just how much better that was than anything I'd ever used before. Ever since that time I've only ever bought Nilfisks; unfortunately they seem almost impossible to get hold of in the UK these days.
If you're not having another MB Pro, and you won't go back to Windows, are you making the jump to Linux, Kim?I’ve owned my MacBook Pro for years now. I’d not have another. My only shortfall was not buying one with enough storage. I won’t be going back to windows. Cannot stand it. Oh and I hate Dyson, I have three Henry hoovers, all different models.
*any other it should’ve said.If you're not having another MB Pro, and you won't go back to Windows, are you making the jump to Linux, Kim?
Unless you go for an Ultrabook. It may have changed but I thought Intel trademarked it and in order to apply the name "Ultrabook" to a laptop it had to meet minimum performance specs. I bought one of the first ones (an ASUS Zenbook) and that thing lasted me 10 years and wasn't particularly well looked after. Would, running all cores flat out, still last the best part of 9h on the battery. Battery eventually died.Manufacturers always quote the best possible figures, you have to know to take them with a (often fairly hefty) pinch of salt.
There be the problem - you need sparesInfinitely repairable, all the spares readily available
I hate scratchpads, but it’s impossible to use a mouse when laying on the sofa, so.....
I’m actually typing this on an iPad, whilst lazing on the sofa, greatest invention since sliced bread, the iPad Mini.
And that's the reason I don't use them.I think it's because the OS is designed exclusively for Apple products. Windows has to be all things to all machines.
Have you tried Kubuntu? It's a flavour of Ubuntu, but uses a different graphical environment. It's one of the easier Linux distros for a Windows user to get on with.though i am looking for an easier version of linux that can run the games and programs as an operating system not found one yet though otherwise id jump at using a linux system over windows 10 usage
I had this problem when trying to build a Ryzen system for Windows 7. The only motherboard manufacturer I could find who supported Win 7 on an AM4 platform was Biostar. I've been using that system for over 18 months now and it's been fine. Not sure if the latest AM4 Biostar boards support Win 7, but my X370GT5 does, and they are still a current Biostar board.however microsoft has got to amd with windows 10
Microsoft has acknowledged intended to force users with newer 7th generation processor chips to move to Windows 10
cpus and mainboards are being locked out of lower os systems so buy an unlocked mainboard cpu
I had this problem when trying to build a Ryzen system for Windows 7. The only motherboard manufacturer I could find who supported Win 7 on an AM4 platform was Biostar. I've been using that system for over 18 months now and it's been fine. Not sure if the latest AM4 Biostar boards support Win 7, but my X370GT5 does, and they are still a current Biostar board.
Took me an hour to strip out all the crap I neither wanted or caused issues with my music gear then I cloned the drive for ease of reinstallingTo be fair, I wouldn't call that a "problem" when the OS in question is obselete.
Honestly, if you haven't already, you should try windows 10 it's got almost the same performance/power/utility increase over win7, that win7 had over XP.
I escaped the world of IT after 20 years and IMO Apple stuff is ok but not worth the premium cost
I HATE Windows 10
It appears there are a number of us on here who were really into computing at quite a high level and have some real system experience. Without wanting to speak for others, I get the distinct impression we are all pleased to be out of it. I had quite an experience once in a printing firm, the Mac users all derided the PC users and all the PC users just seemed to get on with it. Weird.
Well, it was launched five years ago next month and it is quite a mature OS now. I am on record, more than once, saying I would die on the cross before I used Windows 10.
This, my new laptop, is running Windows 10. Okay, it is not the version that came with the machine, I spent two days installing (more than once) Windows how I wanted it to be installed. This is not for everyone and beyond some users but I now have a machine good for the next four years, at least. It is everything I want, fast, powerful and lightweight. I also have a new Thunderbolt port. With absolutely nothing to plug into it!