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Re: Thinking of going to dark side - deckeda - 06-11-2020
more:
You have an app’s window configured for size and location and close it when done. You open another document of the same kind (so, same app) and it assumes the same window dimensions and location as the previous. More often than not this is irrelevant, which makes it dumb.
Lately the company-shared network drive has been working great. It’s secure and must be accessed thru VPN. But you’ll die a thousand deaths if the cache or whatever decides the path should be going through something akin to .local first, which sends your access to the drive through a Byzantine journey of nearly endless lifetimes, reducing speed to less than a crawl. Google “re-map shared drive” — an actual Windows feature — and enjoy years’ worth of insights into how people regain access to networked drives.
I fixed mine by not having File Explorer remember recently-used directories until the freakin .local pathway for everything non-local disappeared, something Google did NOT show me. I figured the two days’ loss of productivity was a wash for the time I would have spent watching the 3rd party IT helpdesk poke around.
Re: Thinking of going to dark side - abevilac - 06-11-2020
rich in distress wrote:
Hey abevilac!
I remember an art project of your daughter, it involved placing objects and snapping photos. I though it deep and fun.
I wanted to offer my participation so bad, but at the time my life was changing too fast to consider.
At any rate, a small/light computer or tablet can be kept in some sort of pouch around the torso.
I keep a cinch bag for a mbp, but I’m sure there are more specific solutions.
Anyway...
Yup. She’s the one. That project took 3 years to complete although many of butterflies got lost along the way, she did manage to get them to every continent. Here’s a link to the project.
http://tashalewis.info/TheSwarm.html
As for the original question, she definitely won’t be going the iPad Pro route. She needs Illustrator and photoshop to run fully. I’ll pass your comments along to her.
Thanks all.
Re: Thinking of going to dark side - testcase - 06-11-2020
jdc wrote:
[quote=testcase]
If somebody made a Chromebook with a 17" (or larger) screen, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Dell has a brand new 17" https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-17-9700-laptop?~ck=mn
Looks sweet. Nvida 2060 too. Starts at $1900 w 8/512 -- $2500 with 32/1TB.
Now if would only run OS X. =(
$1900 and up????
miley-shocked003: One of the GREAT things about a Chromebook is that it does all the "basics" at a basic price. I paid LESS THAN $200 for the 15.6" HD screen Acer refurb (which, at that price, was a no brainer). The only issues I've encountered are printing and watching DVDs can be a kludge. Otherwise, it spanks Windows and Mac OSes for basic computing needs.