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I just continue to decline the upgrade to Windows 11.
Its not like it will provide me with anything I actually need...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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Hi Steve, I suggest Win 11's improvements to WSL might be worth looking at:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/the-best-part-of-windows-11-is-a-revamped-windows-subsystem-for-linux/
It's all about your use cases, of course. Given I spec/built my own tower, Win11 works well for me (except for the now fixed Ryzen 5600-TPM stuttering). What I *do* like about it is the relentless Fluent UI integration, which Just Works.
- BTW, I'm an ex-MS 25+ year Senior Escalation Engineer (Win9x/NT services/Open Spec Team). Win 11 has more abstraction in the shell, which is good. There is more *fun* in the registry for the shell, not all of which is exposed in Settings, which is not so good. Time for some git gists.
What would be great features for Win 10/11 would be tear-off tabs and preset tab sets in File Explorer.
Bill Wesse
Bill Wesse
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I just got a brand new XPS 8950 and powered up for the first time on May 11. After connecting to the internet, Windows started to check for updates -- and hung! (The little blue arc on the circle just stopped) Finally Dell told me to do a clean shutdown and restart. Lo! Windows11 came up with no further difficulty, except that it is really ugly after ten years of Windows 7.
Joan F Silverston
jsilverston@cox.net
nhswinc.com
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Trim this French guy to confused endless nothing! Is the best! (9)
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Paramount ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Thank goodness for that - it's a very complicated clue
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It's a nice word... not very common, I guess. Came across it in the papers yesterday after a long time.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Paradisal?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Nope.
OT: OriginalGriff wrote: Paradisal isn't a word we see in the papers lately
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Yay! YAUT
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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You'll have to explain it, though. I had none for endless nothing and guessed from Is the best! I assume that confused is an anagram indicator, but I don't know how to get pareil from Trim this French guy, even if anagrammed.
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OK.
Trim: PARE
this French guy: IL
endless nothing: NON
confused - indicator for the above sets jumbled up
Is the best! - NONPAREIL
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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I think you've used this word in the past ?
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kinky alien porn is unsurpassed (9)
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 10-May-23 6:42am.
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My ten year old PC is becoming a bit flaky, and wont support Windows 11; time to replace it. The last time I purchased a store-bought PC was in 1994, and it didn't work out real well. I've built all of them since, but I'm getting older and getting the configuration just right isn't quite as fun as it used to be. If I land the job I'm currently pursuing, Manager of Generation, with an Indian tribe on a vast reservation hosting multiple mixed-source micro-grids in diverse geographical locations spread across a million acres, I anticipate doing a lot of administrative stuff, along with a bunch of graphics-intensive AutoCAD things and computation-intense electrical system simulation functions.
I know we have people here who do these sorts of things - what do you recommend? Buy or Build? If Buy, what should I buy?
Will Rogers never met me.
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If you want to save space and Full HD suffices, this all-in-one might be interesting:
DELL Inspiron 7000 All-in-One Desktop, 27" FHD Touchscreen, 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U, GeForce MX550, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD.
Another option might be to purchase a PC with an AMD Ryzen 9 processor, it's integrated Radeon graphics are probably more than enough for AutoCad and you won't need to buy an expensive graphics card.
I would also recommend a monitor with a higher resolution than Full HD.
modified 10-May-23 5:04am.
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If you have access to Microcenter (or something similar), you can choose the parts and then have them build it for you.
I decided to build my own cough cough gaming computer because I love to live dangerously.
It's completely mismatched, over powered in some aspects, underpowered in others, but it's my computer and it's kinda fun.
For work, I've always had my computers pre-build (dell) and shipped as per company specs.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maybe a nice laptop with a docking station and a couple big displays?
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I've got a nice laptop, but I detest them. They're useful for connecting to relays in the field, though...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger, I'm 74 and just build a PC last year. Go to Custom PC Builder | Newegg[^]. They will match the pieces for you and it is easier to assemble as it used to be.
Never to old my friend!
Good luck on the new gig.
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine for those I can not!
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Thanks for the suggestion, Mike! I buy all my components from them, but I've never tried the Builder. I'll check it out!
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've been building my own since the late 90's, since I cannot get a pre-built unit that has everything I want at a price I'm willing to pay.
I built my current desktop a year ago January, and spent 3 months researching before buying. It's not like the 90's where the CPU choice was Intel or AMD, and then pick speed. There are dozens of CPUs, and figuring out which to buy can push one towards insanity.
For that reason, try the builder since you have nothing to lose.
Crypto mining pushed up demand for GPU, and with that the prices. You'll spend far more than you expect on a decent GPU, but in the end you'll be unhappy if you don't.
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I would buy a Dell XPS. I have bought dozens of Dells over the years for myself, family members and a former employer. I have never been disappointed. I know the Dell XPS desktops are a bit expensive, but they are well worth the price. If you buy directly from Dell, you can configure your purchase on their website and they will build it to your specs. It works great!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 10-May-23 9:25am.
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The age-old question... What do you value more, your time or your money?
If it were me, I haven't used a desktop in a looooooong time. You can get gaming laptops now that are beefy enough to do most things. Ironically, I wouldn't use one for gaming, but for photoshop, CAD, etc. they do great. Just buy one and be done with it. Can't say which brand I'd recommend, but I can say don't get a Gigabyte Aero laptop. It's always been wonky for me and the vents make it so you can't close the lid while using it.
If you used to build PCs for years back in the day and you want to go desktop, not much has changed. Really. Sure, instead of IDE or SATA drives you go NVMe, etc. these days. But, the basic principles are still the same, except for some reason everything comes with LED lights now. If you've never really got into the building part then just buy one. But, as nerds, we all know you'll never get the exact bang for your buck or configuration you really want with a prebuilt one.
But, if you know you're about to get the job, then just buying one will free up some time to help prep for the job. Only person that can say which is most important or how much time you got is you man.
Anywho, unless you're a gamer ironically, getting a gaming laptop is plenty powerful enough to do your work.
Jeremy Falcon
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