Do I still need antivirus software to watch porno? I like to, and I never required it with my mac.
Apple products aren't secure through obscurity anymore now that they're mainstream.
New laptop time - NCIX and MSI?
If I'm threadjacking here, feel free to insult me…
I'm looking for a new laptop that will server as part time heavy usage. Something like a MacBook Pro without any of the macness.
Right now, the Dell XPS 15 Touch fits the bill specwise, but looks like a loaf of white bread. Does anyone know of something similar that looks a little better for when I go strolling down Robson looking to pick up chicks?
If I'm threadjacking here, feel free to insult me…
I'm looking for a new laptop that will server as part time heavy usage. Something like a MacBook Pro without any of the macness.
Right now, the Dell XPS 15 Touch fits the bill specwise, but looks like a loaf of white bread. Does anyone know of something similar that looks a little better for when I go strolling down Robson looking to pick up chicks?
The Samsung ultrabooks are nice
Life's tough, it's even tougher if you're stupid.
Guns kill people just like pens cause spelling mistakes, cars create drunk drivers and spoons create fat people.
PM me to learn how to use credit card bonuses to fly for free.
Samsung Series 9. I almost purchased one, but remembered Im hip enough to pull off a MBP
Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:
ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.
What are the things I can do to make Windows 8 awesome? I don't have a touch screen (wasn't willing to shell the extra bucks and look at finger prints all day, and wanted to look at a 17 inch screen when I'm being lazy and watching netflix in bed).
Any helpful anything about windows 8 would be appreciated.
Install Classic Shell - it turns Windows 8 into Win7 or XP.
If you get those annoying full screen Win8 "apps" going into fullscreen, just hold down the Alt key and press Tab key to get them into the background.
Windows Defender for antivirus …
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/how-find-remove-virus
Windows 8.1 is a joke as well. MS just kissed the corporate desktop market goodbye with Win8. Try doing Word processing or manipulating a spreadsheet or editing a Web Page or Photoshopping with touchscreen commands.
You could always wipe and reload your present laptop maybe add some ram and save the coin for bike parts :) 7 and the extra ram could make it run like new or better.Only way I fix win 8 on my wife's laptop was to wipe it and load 7
The raw, primitive, unrefined trails that see little to no maintenance are the kinds of trails that really build skill. What kind of skills do you learn riding a trail that was made by a machine, groomed to perfection and void of any rocks, roots or other obstacles that could send you careening over the handlebars?
If I'm threadjacking here, feel free to insult me…
I'm looking for a new laptop that will server as part time heavy usage. Something like a MacBook Pro without any of the macness.
Right now, the Dell XPS 15 Touch fits the bill specwise, but looks like a loaf of white bread. Does anyone know of something similar that looks a little better for when I go strolling down Robson looking to pick up chicks?
Asus Ultrabook with FHD panel. Beautiful display, built well.
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Asus Ultrabook with FHD panel. Beautiful display, built well.
Any advantage of the UX32VD-DH71 over the zenbook? Looks like it checks all the boxes of functionality and futureproofness.
Do you ever wish you had a screen bigger than 13.3"? I'm thinking of going with the N550 because it has a 15.6" screen.
Since we're derailing this thread anyway, and it's new computer from NCIX related….
I have a new 240 GB SSD coming that I plan to install my Windows 7 operating system and 103 software programs on (the number of folders in my /programs folder).
My current C: WD Caviar Black drive is a has 938 GB used, and 875 GB of those are in my C:/users folder. So, there are 62 GB of programs and operating system I want to get onto the SSD. I have 1 TB free on a Caviar Green E: storage drive, but it's quite a bit slower to read/write.
I'm not really stoked on a new install, and having to find and download all the programs I've installed over the last 3 years.
What's the best way to install the SSD, operating system and programs with the goal of having the same set up as today, but with software running off the SSD and user data on the current C:?
:beer:
You could always wipe and reload your present laptop maybe add some ram and save the coin for bike parts :) 7 and the extra ram could make it run like new or better.Only way I fix win 8 on my wife's laptop was to wipe it and load 7
Try Classic Shell before you wipe … its free, installs/uninstalls in a snap and you have nothing to lose. I use Win8 (Pro edition in a MS Active Directory environment) in a classic shell environment every day it looks and feels exactly like Win7 … no Metro shit to deal with. You can set it up to mimic Windows XP if you are feeling nostalgic.
Since we're derailing this thread anyway, and it's new computer from NCIX related….
I have a new 240 GB SSD coming that I plan to install my Windows 7 operating system and 103 software programs on (the number of folders in my /programs folder).
My current C: WD Caviar Black drive is a has 938 GB used, and 875 GB of those are in my C:/users folder. So, there are 62 GB of programs and operating system I want to get onto the SSD. I have 1 TB free on a Caviar Green E: storage drive, but it's quite a bit slower to read/write.
I'm not really stoked on a new install, and having to find and download all the programs I've installed over the last 3 years.
What's the best way to install the SSD, operating system and programs with the goal of having the same set up as today, but with software running off the SSD and user data on the current C:?
:beer:
I have a similar setup in Win7. 256 Gb C: drive 750 Gb D: drive. I have the Windows OS system directories on the C drives (C:\Windows).
- Any programs and data you want/need to load fast go on the C: drive. Everything else (including home folder and a second copy of Program Files, Program Files (x86)) go on the D: drive.
- For Win7, I set up the default Users folder to be the D drive (750 Gb) instead of C drive (256 Gb) of the new machine. I can remember the exact procedure, but it was something like this
When you are installing software, remember to choose D:\Program Files or D:\Program Files (x86) as appropriate, unless you want something to run fast. If you want data to load fast, install the program on C: and copy the data to the C: drive (remember you will have [HTML_REMOVED] 200 Gb on it when all is said and done) and you should have it load faster. Everything else should go onto D:. Have fun!
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Since we're derailing this thread anyway, and it's new computer from NCIX related….
I have a new 240 GB SSD coming that I plan to install my Windows 7 operating system and 103 software programs on (the number of folders in my /programs folder).
My current C: WD Caviar Black drive is a has 938 GB used, and 875 GB of those are in my C:/users folder. So, there are 62 GB of programs and operating system I want to get onto the SSD. I have 1 TB free on a Caviar Green E: storage drive, but it's quite a bit slower to read/write.
I'm not really stoked on a new install, and having to find and download all the programs I've installed over the last 3 years.
What's the best way to install the SSD, operating system and programs with the goal of having the same set up as today, but with software running off the SSD and user data on the current C:?
:beer:
I know a guy that does this stuff - but he charges $$
Since we're derailing this thread anyway, and it's new computer from NCIX related….
I have a new 240 GB SSD coming that I plan to install my Windows 7 operating system and 103 software programs on (the number of folders in my /programs folder).
My current C: WD Caviar Black drive is a has 938 GB used, and 875 GB of those are in my C:/users folder. So, there are 62 GB of programs and operating system I want to get onto the SSD. I have 1 TB free on a Caviar Green E: storage drive, but it's quite a bit slower to read/write.
I'm not really stoked on a new install, and having to find and download all the programs I've installed over the last 3 years.
What's the best way to install the SSD, operating system and programs with the goal of having the same set up as today, but with software running off the SSD and user data on the current C:?
:beer:
Paragon Migrate OS to SSD get hold of me Sven if you need a copy
The raw, primitive, unrefined trails that see little to no maintenance are the kinds of trails that really build skill. What kind of skills do you learn riding a trail that was made by a machine, groomed to perfection and void of any rocks, roots or other obstacles that could send you careening over the handlebars?
Any advantage of the UX32VD-DH71 over the zenbook? Looks like it checks all the boxes of functionality and futureproofness.
Do you ever wish you had a screen bigger than 13.3"? I'm thinking of going with the N550 because it has a 15.6" screen.
I bought that exact same laptop for my daughter. Nice system. She's fine with the screen size, but it's a bit small for me.
My brother bought a similar Asus with the 15.6 FHD display, and for me it would be perfect. His has a quad core processor, and the processing performance is excellent. The Zenbook uses a lower power processor so it's about half the speed.
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Since we're derailing this thread anyway, and it's new computer from NCIX related….
I have a new 240 GB SSD coming that I plan to install my Windows 7 operating system and 103 software programs on (the number of folders in my /programs folder).
My current C: WD Caviar Black drive is a has 938 GB used, and 875 GB of those are in my C:/users folder. So, there are 62 GB of programs and operating system I want to get onto the SSD. I have 1 TB free on a Caviar Green E: storage drive, but it's quite a bit slower to read/write.
I'm not really stoked on a new install, and having to find and download all the programs I've installed over the last 3 years.
What's the best way to install the SSD, operating system and programs with the goal of having the same set up as today, but with software running off the SSD and user data on the current C:?
:beer:
Move what you can from your users folder to the other drive. For example, create a folder on the other drive called photos and move all your photos there. When your system drive is down to a couple hundred gigabytes our less, mirror it to your SSD and then swap in SSD.
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Move what you can from your users folder to the other drive. For example, create a folder on the other drive called photos and move all your photos there. When your system drive is down to a couple hundred gigabytes our less, mirror it to your SSD and then swap in SSD.
that's what I was thinking. How best to mirror it? Copy/pasting all the data wouldn't move the critical system files, would it?
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