orangecurious
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I need some coffee.
Any left please?
just put some on, be ready in a sec
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I need some coffee.
Any left please?
I finished a phone call while sitting in front of my computer, then took a tour to the kitchen. My screen was blank when I got back, which itself isn't surprising, but I couldn't wake it up. Made me worry about ol' Betsy here. A reboot got everything running again and the startup routines didn't post any warnings, but it still makes me think that if I can't remember when I bought the computer then maybe it,'s time to replace it.
My wife had her eyes done last year. It took two surgeries a few weeks apart, but recovery was easy and she has no complaints.Saw the doctor today and he told me I needed to get my cataracts taken care of. I am so not looking forward to that ...
I've looked a couple times. I want something a lot smaller and a lot quieter.Ole Betsy must be near the end, @NotWise. Might think about looking for a new writing mate.
I'm sorry to hear that.Saw the doctor today and he told me I needed to get my cataracts taken care of. I am so not looking forward to that ...
Let us praise the Lord for such conduct.I got a brand new bag of coffee yesterday.
So I'm putting on a pot.
Everyone I know who's had cataract treatment has been really glad of it and wished they'd had it done earlier. Hope it goes as well for you.Saw the doctor today and he told me I needed to get my cataracts taken care of. I am so not looking forward to that ...
I use a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 tablet computer for almost everything.I've looked a couple times. I want something a lot smaller and a lot quieter.
Ole' Betsy was originally a media center/home theater that I repurposed when its predecessor decided to reboot itself every few minutes. It was sized to fit in a stereo component cabinet, so it's big. And it also has something like seven fans, so it's also noisy. And all that to run a fast (for its age) single-core AMD processor. I can do a lot better now.
Or I could just work with my laptop. It's a 7000-series Dell Latitude, so its really capable, but I'd need to get docks for it.
I still have my Surface Pro 3. The world has passed it by but for internet access in a slim, light package, nothing beats it. That hidden port also has a 128GB chip on mine too... My go-to laptop is an MSI Dragon. I always wanted a high-end laptop and I recently stumbled upon some money an got the MSI and I loved it so much I went back to NAS JAX and bought the matching desktop computerI use a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 tablet computer for almost everything.
There's a small, hidden port under the flip-out stand which holds a memory chip for a removable storage drive (I have a 128 GB chip in it, just in case the tablet ever dies). I can connect this to other monitors using the USB-C port and still have the regular USB port for a separate mouse.
For anything which requires a high-end graphics card, I have another VR computer, and I installed a host program on that ("Remote Utilities"). With the Remote Utilities Viewer on my tablet, I can remote into the VR computer and run it as if I'm on that other keyboard, seeing that remote desktop in full screen mode on the tablet.
So, for small and quiet, the Surface Pro tablet is the size of a notebook and thinner. The only sound it makes is from my fingers tapping on the thin keyboard.
(BTW, I'm a geek, and computers were a hobby and job.)
I started with the Surface Pro 3 when it was "state of the art". But I upgraded to the 7, and I've had this one for a LONG time. I might upgrade again in another year or so. But it's still doing everything I need.I still have my Surface Pro 3. The world has passed it by but for internet access in a slim, light package, nothing beats it. That hidden port also has a 128GB chip on mine too... My go-to laptop is an MSI Dragon. I always wanted a high-end laptop and I recently stumbled upon some money an got the MSI and I loved it so much I went back to NAS JAX and bought the matching desktop computer
What app do you use for music on the Roku? I've fallen back in love with Tune In which was one of the first radio apps for Android. It's so hard to find good classical music and Tune In's Sounds of the symphony fills that gap nicely.My writing computer these days is a 7-year-old MacBook Air I picked-up three years ago to have something for up at our cabin. I used to do most everything on my desktop (a Mac Mini); I definitely prefer the big monitor.
However, C and the dog were complaining about never seeing anything more of me than the back of my head in the office. So the laptop (which I am on right now) comes with into the living room, where we are all in one place. C's on her iPad, dog snuggled-up to her on the sofa, and I'm in the loveseat with the MacBook on a TV tray, relaxing music playing on the Roku. Domestic bliss.