Posts made by kamidon

Why Virt-manager over Hyper-V? For Windows 10 Home users?

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@kamidon said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I suggest Libreoffice start doing the same thing, launch a subscription platform, the money would be put to good use in development of an even better product. This may seem counter intuitive, but "free" software doesn't get the love and attention as paid products.

It does when people value the support - and buy that support.. they just get the software for free.

But to become more successful, especially with Microsoft around, they'll need to figure something out.
Hell $5 per month and you get the suite? Lol...something.

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

That's why the wrk accounts give so many installs. That is the expectation.

Yeah exactly.
Honestly I see this all as a good thing. Yes in the long run we will be paying more, but there are benefits to it as well.
With one sub, you do get a bevy of features and the five different machines you can install Office on.

You could hop on to any machine in the world and use your Office suite and cloud storage and continue working. (So many ands...need moar coffee)

I also like the quicker updating process too, I can't tell you how many times our users would have a bug while on the deferred track and we'd fix it just by updating. Sure you also get bugs by updating so quickly, but after a few years we stopped seeing game breakers.

I suggest Libreoffice start doing the same thing, launch a subscription platform, the money would be put to good use in development of an even better product. This may seem counter intuitive, but "free" software doesn't get the love and attention as paid products.

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

Dolemite Is My Name
Youtube Video

EDDIE MURPHY?!?!!??! YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Oh I'm watchin' it!

@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft cuts Office 2019 one-time licenses through Home Use Program

Microsoft's march through subscription land continues apace.
Another one bites the dust. Microsoft has been shifting much of its software to a subscription model, and the latest Office 2019 news heralds another change on that front. The suite of Microsoft programs had been available for purchase as one-off perpetual licenses through the company’s Home Use Program. HUP lets select businesses offer employees discounted rates on the software from their workplaces to use at home. Both Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office Home and Business 2019 have been removed as options for one-off licenses under the program. Instead, HUP will give a 30% discount on annual subscriptions to Office software. Office 365 Personal will run HUP members $48.99 a year, and Office 365 Home will cost them $69.99 annually. The feature sets of the two subscriptions are the same, including premium versions of Microsoft programs, 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage, and OneDrive ransomware detection. The Home version supports up to six people, and Personal is for an individual.

This is going to drive a lot of people away from MS Office.

Naaaah, just a few techie people. They might lose a couple of customers, but I can't imagine this having a big impact.

@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@kamidon said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Cheeseburger, homemade.
Wife mixed it with porkrinds instead of bread crumbs and mixed in worcheshire sauce. Burgers came out incredible.

I saw a burger recipe that had "bacon paste" added in... basically, chop up some bacon and toss it in a blender or food processor and pastify it. Add to burgers, meatloaf, use as a coating for wings, etc.

OMG, I've gotta try that!

Cheeseburger, homemade.
Wife mixed it with porkrinds instead of bread crumbs and mixed in worcheshire sauce. Burgers came out incredible.

@hobbit666 Yeah for light stuff I can see that.
For me, I noticed the difference because I'd have dozens of Chrome tabs open, Server Manager, Remote Desktop Manager...I'm already forgetting...Whatever, several other programs lol. Over 8GB of ram usage. For me, going from the Core 2 duo they gave me at work, to then the i5 SP4 with 8GB of ram to then the 7470, 7480 and 7490 (i7s, 16GB ram) made a huge difference. (Err...not between the latitudes though, those of course felt the same despite the 7470/7480 having the i7 gen 7 proc.
Oh right, actually I went to a better SP5 before switching to the Dells. Went through a ton of machines haha. The Latitudes we got in kept having dock issues, so dell would come out to fix the issues, well I'd give my computer to the person affected, Dell fixed the machine, I'd then use it...then another person would have issues, I'd give my computer, etc.
At the time, Dell had a big waiting list, so getting an additional machine or machines took months.
Annnnnyway, yeah, that's enough morning rambling haha

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!

This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)

yeah - I agree with that.

Sadly - sometimes it's due to the fact that they are trying for SUPER thin and SUPER light.. so making things modular costs both thickness and weight.

Yeah I get that, but I'm talking about the same model. A great example is the Latitude series, Dell does this crap with their different builds.
i7 and i5 latitudes are the same shape and size. It's literally the same chassis.

The whole i5/i7 is just a bunch of marketing that creates confusion. There is no real difference between i5 and i7 on mobile CPUs. Usually the i7 can run on a slightly higher clock frequency so it's about 10-15% faster when pushed. Which is not enough for the user to actually notice.

So it's better to take the i5, save a bunch of $$$ and buy memory for that instead. Seeing Dell selling new laptops in 2019 with spinning rust and 4GB RAM - that should be criminal.

Depending on the year it made a huge difference. Mainly hyperthreading and of course the amount of cores.
Imo, having used both extensively, there's a huge difference between an i5 and i7.

I call BS on that because they have all been 2 cores for a long, long time, up until 8th gen. Only the gaming CPUs (end in H/HQ/HK) have been 4 cores.

So the difference you noticed has been psychological or a change of generations or other components in the system, not i5 versus i7.

No. i7 blows the shit out of i5. i5s I THINK barely have hyperthreading as of now starting with Gen 8.
They've always been slower than the i7s and had less cores.
It's like comparing a S-10 to a Silverado and saying the S-10 is just as fast and can haul more.

Are you talking about the desktop CPUs? You do know that they are completely different compared to the mobile CPUs right?
i5 mobile != i5 desktop

I'm aware lol.
Fuck can't find older systems to show you.
Not all i5s had hyperthreading, I recall looking into ordering machines for our company a couple years ago, the i5s for the laptops were just 4 cores with four threads. Then the i7 had 4 cores with 8 threads.

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!

This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)

yeah - I agree with that.

Sadly - sometimes it's due to the fact that they are trying for SUPER thin and SUPER light.. so making things modular costs both thickness and weight.

Yeah I get that, but I'm talking about the same model. A great example is the Latitude series, Dell does this crap with their different builds.
i7 and i5 latitudes are the same shape and size. It's literally the same chassis.

The whole i5/i7 is just a bunch of marketing that creates confusion. There is no real difference between i5 and i7 on mobile CPUs. Usually the i7 can run on a slightly higher clock frequency so it's about 10-15% faster when pushed. Which is not enough for the user to actually notice.

So it's better to take the i5, save a bunch of $$$ and buy memory for that instead. Seeing Dell selling new laptops in 2019 with spinning rust and 4GB RAM - that should be criminal.

Depending on the year it made a huge difference. Mainly hyperthreading and of course the amount of cores.
Imo, having used both extensively, there's a huge difference between an i5 and i7.

I call BS on that because they have all been 2 cores for a long, long time, up until 8th gen. Only the gaming CPUs (end in H/HQ/HK) have been 4 cores.

So the difference you noticed has been psychological or a change of generations or other components in the system, not i5 versus i7.

No. i7 blows the shit out of i5. i5s I THINK barely have hyperthreading as of now starting with Gen 8.
They've always been slower than the i7s and had less cores.
It's like comparing a S-10 to a Silverado and saying the S-10 is just as fast and can haul more.

@DustinB3403 said in Any Way to Automate Adding a New Computer to an AD Group?:

@kamidon Man I miss PDQ, haven't had the need for it at this place.

But making a tool hasn't been so bad. .

So do I
I'm in a whole different role, a different state and organization now lol.

You do NOT need RSAT on the end target system to run Powershell scripts on a remote system using PDQ...I used PDQ for years and this is untrue.
However, using Active Directory based commands will require RSAT on whatever has PDQ installed on.

You do however need to have the prerequisites enabled for running scripts or commands in general remotely.
Mainly WMI in local client firewalls need opening.

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!

This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)

yeah - I agree with that.

Sadly - sometimes it's due to the fact that they are trying for SUPER thin and SUPER light.. so making things modular costs both thickness and weight.

Yeah I get that, but I'm talking about the same model. A great example is the Latitude series, Dell does this crap with their different builds.
i7 and i5 latitudes are the same shape and size. It's literally the same chassis.

The whole i5/i7 is just a bunch of marketing that creates confusion. There is no real difference between i5 and i7 on mobile CPUs. Usually the i7 can run on a slightly higher clock frequency so it's about 10-15% faster when pushed. Which is not enough for the user to actually notice.

So it's better to take the i5, save a bunch of $$$ and buy memory for that instead. Seeing Dell selling new laptops in 2019 with spinning rust and 4GB RAM - that should be criminal.

Depending on the year it made a huge difference. Mainly hyperthreading and of course the amount of cores.
Imo, having used both extensively, there's a huge difference between an i5 and i7.

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!

This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)

yeah - I agree with that.

Sadly - sometimes it's due to the fact that they are trying for SUPER thin and SUPER light.. so making things modular costs both thickness and weight.

Yeah I get that, but I'm talking about the same model. A great example is the Latitude series, Dell does this crap with their different builds.
i7 and i5 latitudes are the same shape and size. It's literally the same chassis.

Chicken and dumplings from home. So damn full...ughhhhh

@krisleslie said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

some of the systems they sell can come with 4-8 GB of RAM and NOT give you an option to add more ram (intentionally) because they removed the slot! So if you want brand new, BE WISE AND READ!

This sort of crap pisses me off.
This and: "Oh you want the i5? Well that only comes with 8GB of RAM sorry, you need to order the i7 to get the 16GB of RAM. Evil laugh ensues (probably)

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

Liesl and I watched Independence Day last night.

"I COULD'VE BEEN HOME EATIN' BBQ!!!!"

That's extremely helpful, first time hearing about this tool.

Thanks for sharing

@JaredBusch said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@kamidon said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@JaredBusch said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@Obsolesce said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@kamidon said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@marcinozga said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

The title is nothing but a click-bait. Apple is not locking down batteries, it's displaying a message that it's unable to diagnose battery health, which is not surprising, since replacement batteries are probably lacking diagnostic chip that's present in original batteries. Your replacement battery will continue to work just fine.

Haha thanks, yeah I have 0 interest in reading an article about iPhones.

So we can assume most of your replies are ignorant?

Pretty much yes.

Niiiiiiice burn

Just fucking stop. Almost zero things that have come out of your account today have been in anyway intelligent or helpful.

If you want to spew random shit on the forum, we have a thread for that.

But keep it out of actual threads where people want to actually have a conversation.

Grow the fuck up.

Ohhhhh ok, you got it my friend.

@JaredBusch said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@Obsolesce said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@kamidon said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

@marcinozga said in Apple locking down iPhone batteries:

The title is nothing but a click-bait. Apple is not locking down batteries, it's displaying a message that it's unable to diagnose battery health, which is not surprising, since replacement batteries are probably lacking diagnostic chip that's present in original batteries. Your replacement battery will continue to work just fine.

Haha thanks, yeah I have 0 interest in reading an article about iPhones.

So we can assume most of your replies are ignorant?

Pretty much yes.

Niiiiiiice burn