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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.28 In reply to 40068.26 
Was it worth the extra thou?
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)     
40068.29 In reply to 40068.28 
I don't think it was that much more TBH, but I can't remember how much it cost back in 2010 (yes, even then OS restore was being shipped on USB).

I mainly bought it for weight, OS X, and "ooooh shiney". And it's not disappointed on any front.

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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.30 In reply to 40068.29 
Apple don't do that any more, since Lion (where you could buy a USB restore stick) they have made a recovery partition on your HDD. With mountain lion they no longer offer a USB stick at all. The expectation is you'll just download it from the apple store in the event of disaster recovery.
 
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.31 In reply to 40068.30 
I assume Macs can fuck up enough to not have internet access?
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.32 In reply to 40068.30 
Well that just sucks.

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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.33 In reply to 40068.31 
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.

I think.

I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.34 In reply to 40068.31 
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.

I think.

I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  ALL
40068.35 
Hey double post, awesome.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
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Hey double post, awesome.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  af (CAER)     
40068.37 In reply to 40068.35 
That's the Apple backup kicking in. It's like having two computers, for the price of three.
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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.38 In reply to 40068.32 
But they just work so you never have to do that, and as Caer says they have a GUI option which connects to the web without an OS installed.
 
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 From:  Dave!!   
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)     
40068.39 In reply to 40068.19 
I felt like PB as well when writing it. Still doesn't change my opinion though of the fact that almost all modern laptops force a fucking shit aspect ratio onto you :-(

But there we go!
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Dave!!      
40068.40 In reply to 40068.39 

I really don't care about the aspect ratio change from 16:10->16:9*, what bothers me more is the prevalence of low resolutions masquerading as high resolutions: 1366x768 screens are everywhere, marketed as "HD ready!" so that consumers think they're getting a nice high-res screen, despite it probably being significantly lower than what they're upgrading from. :@

 

 

 

 

*after all, the difference is approximately fuck all: http://www.master-hard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/16_9_vs_16_10_thumb.jpg

 

 

 

                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  koswix     
40068.41 In reply to 40068.40 
Clear your cache, please.
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.42 In reply to 40068.41 

?

 

 

 

                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  koswix     
40068.43 In reply to 40068.42 
Please.





Clear.






Your.





Cache.
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
40068.44 In reply to 40068.43 
Well all you had to do was say.








Jesus, it's not like I actually read the bollocks I post.





I don't know what it looks like.

 

 

 

                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  koswix     
40068.45 In reply to 40068.44 
Good move! You're very fortunate in that regard (which has got to make up somewhat for the misfortune of not being English)

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 From:  Dave!!   
 To:  koswix     
40068.46 In reply to 40068.40 
The difference is enough - especially on smaller screens. Still, the laptop has arrived and it's bloody lovely. I actually feel a bit jealous that it's not mine...
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Dave!!      
40068.47 In reply to 40068.46 
My current laptop is 1200x800, which is already a bit small height-wise, but the lost 32 pixels going to 1366x768 really isn't going to make that much difference.

I miss my old monitor, with its 1200 vertical pixels :(

 

 

 

                                                
                                                
                                                
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