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I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless
Post #434,406
by
drook
6/10/20 10:02:43 AM
6/10/20 10:02:43 AM
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I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless
--
Drew
Things you forget about desktop computers
- (
drook
)
- (33)
- June 9, 2020, 10:33:16 PM EDT
Are you sure?
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- (4)
- June 9, 2020, 10:56:34 PM EDT
The part that goes "beep"?
- (
scoenye
)
- (3)
- June 10, 2020, 07:51:09 AM EDT
I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless
-NT
- (
drook
)
- June 10, 2020, 10:02:43 AM EDT
Microsoft had a PC Speaker driver at one point.
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 12:05:31 PM EDT
Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing.
- (
static
)
- June 11, 2020, 11:46:06 PM EDT
Desktop computers? Is there some other kind?
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (27)
- June 9, 2020, 11:02:17 PM EDT
Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds.
-NT
- (
drook
)
- (4)
- June 10, 2020, 12:52:16 AM EDT
Re: Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds.
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (3)
- June 10, 2020, 01:47:27 AM EDT
Most browsing and media consumption is on handheld devices these days, afaik
- (
pwhysall
)
- (2)
- June 10, 2020, 02:36:57 AM EDT
Google says . . .
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 11:27:31 PM EDT
Try BrowserStack for testing.
- (
malraux
)
- June 11, 2020, 12:48:41 PM EDT
With desktop peripherals, laptops/notebooks ARE desktops.
- (
CRConrad
)
- (21)
- June 11, 2020, 05:56:18 AM EDT
As long as there's a dock so I only need to fiddle with one plug
-NT
- (
drook
)
- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 06:18:05 PM EDT
Yeah, that would be even nicer.
- (
CRConrad
)
- June 10, 2020, 07:10:01 PM EDT
Well, my (remaining) clients mostly perfer . . .
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (18)
- June 10, 2020, 11:33:36 PM EDT
"install a dual monitor video card"... When was this, in 1987?
- (
CRConrad
)
- (17)
- June 11, 2020, 05:59:45 AM EDT
A lot of desktops have embedded video.
- (
static
)
- (16)
- June 11, 2020, 11:49:31 PM EDT
Which was the case here.
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (5)
- June 12, 2020, 01:37:54 AM EDT
Utterly fucking weird.
- (
CRConrad
)
- (4)
- June 12, 2020, 05:10:04 AM EDT
Hey, I'm using one of those low-profile HP desktops
- (
drook
)
- June 12, 2020, 12:20:04 PM EDT
It wouldn't have mattered much
- (
scoenye
)
- (2)
- June 12, 2020, 05:51:03 PM EDT
Preach it
- (
pwhysall
)
- (1)
- June 13, 2020, 02:31:52 AM EDT
Note on USB3/TB and Macs
- (
drook
)
- June 13, 2020, 09:28:40 AM EDT
What's "embedded" video, if not what laptops have had since... Idunno, the Bronze Age?
- (
CRConrad
)
- (9)
- June 12, 2020, 05:04:16 AM EDT
Looking at the back of mine ...
- (
drook
)
- (7)
- June 12, 2020, 12:22:26 PM EDT
OK, no USB Type C, of course... But no DisplayPort (2007) or HDMI (2003)? Or even DVI (1999)?!?
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (6)
- June 12, 2020, 05:19:07 PM EDT
Notebooks here are starting to come with HDMI . . .
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (4)
- June 12, 2020, 07:08:16 PM EDT
My work laptop has only one HDMI port
- (
pwhysall
)
- (3)
- June 13, 2020, 02:27:24 AM EDT
I got J a new Mac Mini and a 4K LG display recently.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (2)
- June 15, 2020, 12:25:10 AM EDT
USB-C "docks" and adapters... *sigh*
- (
static
)
- (1)
- June 15, 2020, 04:17:39 AM EDT
Insert standard XKCD reference here
-NT
- (
drook
)
- June 15, 2020, 09:01:28 AM EDT
Nope, nope, and nope
-NT
- (
drook
)
- June 13, 2020, 12:29:03 AM EDT
Not just the processor.
- (
static
)
- June 14, 2020, 06:14:39 AM EDT
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> We didn't need to have you spouting Yoda quotes to know that you're sad... but thanks for the extra effort...
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