The stuff I hope we get to talk about are things like the discussion we had in JTOR today where mikey wants to buy a machine but is so busy watching all the hockey in North America he can't tell the different between an Intel i7 processor and an AMD A8-7600.
Do come back when you're ready to spec out that system.mikey287 wrote:Nice, thanks again for all the help. I'm going to draw up a game plan over the coming weeks and see what kind of money we're talking about...dodint wrote:Sure, it's very easy. I do it with my laptop pretty often. Just get a card that has HDMI out, it'll even carry sound to the TV for you. When I moved to WI I would watch/listen to Pens feeds on the TV while doing GDTs on the primary monitor.mikey287 wrote:
So, come Stanley Cup Playoffs time...could I have one game streamed through my television and another stream through a single computer monitor? Is it possible to have a dual-monitor setup with one being a standard monitor and the other being a TV...besides the fact that your head would explode trying to use a computer normally under that setup, for strictly multimedia purposes, is that possible?
In the meantime I'll probably post here when I find something new or compelling as I work that I think at least one person here might find interesting. Plus it will keep the JTOR Thread Police at bay.
I originally planned to open this thread with a discussion about Windows 10. Before we start, why Windows 10 and not 9? Because the code if(version,startswith("windows 9") would be our version of the Y2K bug, so thanks to Windows95/98 MS has to politely step over Windows9.
Windows 10 is a free upgrade later this year for anyone that has a valid copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8. I finally moved to Win8.1P just last month so moving to Win10 won't be a trainwreck for me. In fact, as someone that really enjoys Windows 7 the upgrade will be a welcome one. The more traditional partial screen Start menu returns and the interface is supposed to be more like Windows7 than Windows8. This is the first Windows release I've been excited for since...Win98SE.
The catch? You have one year to upgrade to Win10 for free, and when you do your license is only good for that device. Microsoft as a company is transitioning to a Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) pricing model where you'll be subscribing rather than purchasing. This is already out there with some of the Office 365 pricing models, I actually had to hunt around to find where to purchase a straight Office 2013 key. I'm not a fan of subscribing to an OS, and with Linux being so user friendly these days and Apple always there, I may have to reconsider my future with Microsoft products if they really do go to the SaaS subscription model across the board.
I think Microsoft saw the writing on the wall that Win8 will never be a great Enterprise solution thanks to its poor launch and it looks like Windows10 will be much friendlier in that regard. Oddly, I personally like administrating Windows Server 2012R2 which is basically a stripped version of Windows 8, but if I recall correctly some sysadmins like shmenguin abhor the blocky interface on a server platform. I'm curious to see what Server "2016" will look like.
Also, Office 2016 is due out this Fall. I can't imagine it will be much of an interface change after how subtly the shift from 2010 to 2013 went. Maybe they'll find some even cooler things to do with OneDrive.
Anyway, if you have any IT stuff you don't quite understand or have something to share, fire away. For instance, I'd love to know the correct upper limit of RAM to install on my next machine.
