I don't need it for anything, I don't really trust that there isn't someone at MS that could tap into these "free" machines so I shut it off, just me LoL.
I don't need it for anything, I don't really trust that there isn't someone at MS that could tap into these "free" machines so I shut it off, just me LoL.
When it comes to computers a lot of you guys are way above my level. I spent my life as an auto tech, if I can't get a wrench on it....
Flawless? Really? I never met a VM I liked yet. It requires more processor power, RAM, and other resources than running one OS every time.
I much prefer running multiple OS on multiple machines. I always did.
Works for what I need, no complaints here.
16GB SSD drive or just memory?I have 3 machines with Intel Optane with 16GB and I hate them. If you are going that route, get a large enough one.
The one I spoke of is a 960GB SSD drive, fastest one on the market today.
Google or Alexa will tell them when it's ok to log in.
That was the big thing about Kaspersky a while ago, possible Russian back doors into PCs, but that could also be with any program.
Yes I know. And no, not 16GB of RAM (although 2 of them do incidentally do have 16GB of RAM). All 3 of my Intel Optane 16GB also uses 1TB hard drives in a RAID configuration. It is supposed to act like a poor man's 1TB SSD. Does it work? Sometimes! As sometimes it is blazing fast. And sometimes it needs to make room for more data and it becomes slower than the hard drive itself.
Can't really compare spinning platters to a 100% solid state drive though.Yes I know. And no, not 16GB of RAM (although 2 of them do incidentally do have 16GB of RAM). All 3 of my Intel Optane 16GB also uses 1TB hard drives in a RAID configuration. It is supposed to act like a poor man's 1TB SSD. Does it work? Sometimes! As sometimes it is blazing fast. And sometimes it needs to make room for more data and it becomes slower than the hard drive itself.
I've only ever installed RAID in mirrored with spare configurations, data integrity was always the key with customer units. Played around with the others though and they were much quicker but one or two failures and you were busy the whole weekend putting data back.
I enjoyed swapping out the failed drive adding in the new spare and walking away more.
True for most people, except for some like me.Works for what I need, no complaints here.
Except for cost and the ability to write trillions of times more so than SSD.Can't really compare spinning platters to a 100% solid state drive though.
In terms of restoring from a backup I'd say either a full image or a full clone of the drive are the safest and fastest methods. I've gotten into the habit of cloning my desktop machine on a weekly basis and the machine that runs my backups automagically runs an image and a full clone of itself each time I run a backup cycle which is twice weekly. I've got a dedicated 500GB platter drive in the desktop just for that and a duplicate of the boot drive in the backup machine just for its clone.
I don't use remote desktop at all, never liked it. I have fooled with Teamviewer but it's a resource hog so I don't really use it much at all. It's there "just in case". VM isn't on my list, either. The video software I run works best on an honest install.
I've got a 500GB SSD drive for boot purposes, until it fails, and everything else is platters. Storing terabytes of video on SSD is too rich for my blood. The backup machine is platter only. Yeah, it's slower booting but, again, storing terabytes of backups makes platters necessary.
I don't use remote desktop at all, never liked it. I have fooled with Teamviewer but it's a resource hog so I don't really use it much at all. It's there "just in case". VM isn't on my list, either. The video software I run works best on an honest install.
I've got a 500GB SSD drive for boot purposes, until it fails, and everything else is platters. Storing terabytes of video on SSD is too rich for my blood. The backup machine is platter only. Yeah, it's slower booting but, again, storing terabytes of backups makes platters necessary.
Horses for courses, I boot my Windows 10 and have all programs on the SSD, the user directories and all written data goes to platters.
A little OT ramblings.
Had patch some screw holes in one of our vacant apartments today to advertise it for rent. Lots of furniture scuff marks on the walls and really didn't want to get the whole apartment painted or have that conversation with the property manager (apartment should have been ready last week)... So I tried one of those Magic Eraser sponges and I am really impressed at how easy the marks came off.
What a great invention those are.
Had patch some screw holes in one of our vacant apartments today to advertise it for rent. Lots of furniture scuff marks on the walls and really didn't want to get the whole apartment painted or have that conversation with the property manager (apartment should have been ready last week)... So I tried one of those Magic Eraser sponges and I am really impressed at how easy the marks came off.
What a great invention those are.
Can I get better Wi-Fi speeds with a newer Modem/ Router? I have a Motorola SBG6580, I cant even remember how long we have had it? (Long Time) The kids are all ways complaining about their WiFi speed/connection I'm wired in & get speeds of 120 Mbps down & 10 Mbps Up. The kids aren't getting any were near that, on WiFi
What are you getting by going to:
Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test
If you can test wired vs. WiFi too, that would be helpful.
On my mac that is wired in I get 120 down & 10 Mbps up on my Phone (WiFi) I can only get 15 down But still 10 up, quite the difference D/L speed on WiFi
I am not saying it can't be WiFi/router, as it very well could be. But you need to look at the machine (computer, phone, etc) too. As the machine might be pushing it as fast as it can and never get 120 down ever. And having the world's fastest connection and world class WiFi/router isn't going to change anything if the bottleneck is the device itself.On my mac that is wired in I get 120 down & 10 Mbps up on my Phone (WiFi) I can only get 15 down But still 10 up, quite the difference D/L speed on WiFi
So how do I look at the devices? The Kids lap tops are fairly new & our phones are iPhone 8's . My youngest has a gaming PC (Windows) it to is wired in & his speeds are good, I never tested it but he don't complain about it. It's just the WiFi connection that is slow.
Well you have convinced me enough wired machines are working fine and no WiFi device are getting enough bandwidth.
Well you have convinced me enough wired machines are working fine and no WiFi device are getting enough bandwidth.
How do I fix it? Is my Modem / Router out dated? Or some thing else?
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