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1. about 1 hour ago on FoxTrot Classics

   The only soured experience I had with Apple is with a MacBook Pro mid-2010 15 inch. There’s a known issue regarding both of the video graphics cards on the logic board; one is Intel HD Graphics and the other is nVidia Mobile 330 graphics.

   OS X employs a feature called “automatic dynamic switching”. Most of the time, the MacBook uses the Intel graphics to display video. But if you play a video game, watch YouTube, work in a video editor or use PhotoShop, auto dynamic switching kicks in and uses the nVidia graphics instead. It then switches back when you do a less involved task.

   But there’s a problem with that feature: the switching causes the whole laptop to crash. Your screen goes dark, you wait a while, then it reboots and generates a crash report to send to Apple.

   Now, there was a Repair Extension Program to fix this and was very quietly announced to the public. By the time we found out about it, it was already too late. The program and also the AppleCare had expired by then.

2. about 16 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   XP wasn’t THAT bad. 7 was better; basically taking the look-and-feel of XP and layering it on top of a repaired Vista. You got the best of both worlds.

3. about 16 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Macs are good, but they’ve blurred the lines with MS Windows. Not to mention, you choose either side and you work within their walled garden. Gaming on Windows is pretty dominant. Apple sadly fell a bit behind on that.

   Linux is a learning curve, since there’s lots of powerful things you can do within the OS.; that, and you’re playing in their walled garden too. (rolls eyes)

   You can get Windows apps to work in Linux. WINE is one choice, but I prefer “Bottles” instead. It’s based on WINE, but much easier to set up. I’ve been able to get MS Office to run on Linux Mint using Bottles with little to no issues.

   After over 30 years using computers, I like Linux better. I didn’t go 100 percent into it early on because I felt it needed more maturity. People need a product that’s easy to install and work with. Linux is there, but it took a while.

4. 1 day ago on FoxTrot Classics

   I also work in the world of Ubuntu. I’m glad overall the distros have gotten much more mature and are ready for prime time.

5. 1 day ago on FoxTrot Classics

   10 print “K-ll all humans!”

   20 goto 10

   30 run

6. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   “Duck season. FIRE!”

7. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   He should substitute “Dear Rhetta” with “Dear Ndugu”. (About Schmidt reference)

8. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I’m still trying to figure which make and model machine that was. It looks like a Sun workstation; if not, it could be a Mac.

9. 3 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Linux for the win!

   Micro$oft and Apple are like any other competitors out there. They look over the other’s shoulders to copy their product and see how they compare. In the end, very little excitement for what there is to offer, it’s all hasn’t been implemented right or not gone through quality control. Not to mention that both have their own “walled garden” and YOU WILL conform and assimilate to their platform whether you like it or not. No thank you.

10. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    I got called the “R” word a lot in school, from both teachers and students. 6 years of it. Not my fault. Just because I was born with ADD and had to take Ritalin? (This was back in the 1990s…)