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I'm working from home for the foreseeable future but our IT won't let us take our monitors home, only our laptops. I've got a dell latitude 7490 with a USB-C output that usually connects to a dock, or an HDMI output. My iMac is a mid-2010 27" model with a mini-DP input for target display mode. From what I've read, target display won't work with HDMI->miniDP, but it might with DP->miniDP. If I get something like this, do you think it'll work to allow the monitor output into the iMac in target display mode?
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:I'm working from home for the foreseeable future but our IT won't let us take our monitors home, only our laptops. I've got a dell latitude 7490 with a USB-C output that usually connects to a dock, or an HDMI output. It should
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Apr 3, 2020 13:49
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:I'm working from home for the foreseeable future but our IT won't let us take our monitors home, only our laptops. I've got a dell latitude 7490 with a USB-C output that usually connects to a dock, or an HDMI output. I don’t have advice for you but I’m wondering why this seems to be a common policy? I’m here squinting at an iPad and a 15” laptop while an office full of 27” 1440p monitors sits empty, humming to itself quietly. What gives!
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tuyop posted:I don’t have advice for you but I’m wondering why this seems to be a common policy? I’m here squinting at an iPad and a 15” laptop while an office full of 27” 1440p monitors sits empty, humming to itself quietly. What gives! They don’t want to have to wrangle the monitor too if they end up having to lay you off remotely.
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Apr 3, 2020 18:54
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Ok Comboomer posted:They don’t want to have to wrangle the monitor too if they end up having to lay you off remotely. Ah, tracks with the standard policy of not treating me like a professional or even a loving adult. Thanks.
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Apr 3, 2020 19:39
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I've heard of places even letting you take the chairs Mine would let you take a monitor or expense a relatively inexpensive one ($200 US), but a former employer is only letting people take docks & things -- because their monitors are all VESA mounted and it would be too big of a headache, I imagine. Your laptop's worth more than the monitor!
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Apr 3, 2020 21:09
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tuyop posted:I don’t have advice for you but I’m wondering why this seems to be a common policy? I’m here squinting at an iPad and a 15” laptop while an office full of 27” 1440p monitors sits empty, humming to itself quietly. What gives! On top of what everyone else has said, in larger organizations IT ends up getting asked to help people set these monitors up at home (it's surprising how many people have trouble with this kind of thing), or provide them with the cables for whatever random connector situation they have for their laptop. Plus, this is when you lose track of monitors if they all walk out the door. On the other hand, I think most people would be respectful and bring the monitor back and figure out how to set things up themselves, so...
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Apr 3, 2020 21:17
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tuyop posted:I don’t have advice for you but I’m wondering why this seems to be a common policy? I’m here squinting at an iPad and a 15” laptop while an office full of 27” 1440p monitors sits empty, humming to itself quietly. What gives! In our case, it's because the movers are union, and only movers are allowed to move monitors explicitly by contract. We'll get sued if someone non-union touches a monitor.
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Apr 3, 2020 21:19
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Pivo posted:I've heard of places even letting you take the chairs Mailing the laptop’s way cheaper. And if it’s like 90% of corporate IT implementations there’s a standardized overnight box they can mail you to send the laptop back (same one used by like repair/recycling services). That doesn’t really happen with displays.
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Apr 3, 2020 21:26
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Picked up a refurb 16” with the i7, 1TB, and 32GB this week. Those things go quick. Made a last-minute decision to go 32GB over 16GB. Hopefully I’m not delusional wanting it to last as long as my 2011 iMac. Also grabbed an open box HP thunderbolt G2 dock on eBay as well. By the way, what is a 21.5” 2011 iMac worth? 12GB RAM and added a Samsung 850 500GB drive a few years back. Still shockingly capable (for my needs at least).
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Apr 4, 2020 03:35
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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beefnoodle posted:I bought it used* and never bought Applecare. Expensive lesson. owned anyway you can still pay for out of warranty repair or try this poo poo: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/454454/Spilled+some+coke+on+the+keyboard,+what+do+to+next
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:By the way, what is a 21.5” 2011 iMac worth? 12GB RAM and added a Samsung 850 500GB drive a few years back. Still shockingly capable (for my needs at least). eBay prices are all over the map but it looks like roughly $250 or so.
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Apr 4, 2020 04:55
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I’ll give you $50 for it.
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https://youtu.be/ftR1q5gKUM4
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I've got a Mac Pro G5 1.8DP that came from the education sector. I've been thinking about getting it set up as an ultimate Classic machine. I found install media for Tiger, but while I was at it I came across a website talking about Mac Pros from that time period being victims of the capacitor plague. Does anyone have any insight into what to look for or do to a Mac of that age to keep it running fine for the foreseeable future? I already pulled the battery when checking out the specs of it a while ago.
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Apr 6, 2020 03:45
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Any recommendations on a good sleeve to protect my laptop from scratches, .etc? Apple's leather sleeves are pricey, although I suppose I'll get one if it's worth it.
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Apr 6, 2020 04:29
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Never had a problem with the $10 AmazonBasics sleeves.
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Small White Dragon posted:Any recommendations on a good sleeve to protect my laptop from scratches, .etc? Apple's leather sleeves are pricey, although I suppose I'll get one if it's worth it. Booq
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Apr 6, 2020 13:06
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Small White Dragon posted:Any recommendations on a good sleeve to protect my laptop from scratches, .etc? Apple's leather sleeves are pricey, although I suppose I'll get one if it's worth it. Herschel. Often can be had at deep discount, but MSRP tops out at like $45 I think. Super padded and soft on the inside. Zippered and tough nylon exterior. Lots of funky colors and patterns.
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Apr 6, 2020 14:51
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Ok Comboomer posted:Herschel. Often can be had at deep discount, but MSRP tops out at like $45 I think. Super padded and soft on the inside. Zippered and tough nylon exterior. Lots of funky colors and patterns. Personally, I like Belroy in that price range. Their tech pouches are nice too.
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Small White Dragon posted:Any recommendations on a good sleeve to protect my laptop from scratches, .etc? Apple's leather sleeves are pricey, although I suppose I'll get one if it's worth it. I’ve been putting mine in padded envelopes that I salvage from packages for like six years now. Do that, it works great.
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tuyop posted:I’ve been putting mine in padded envelopes that I salvage from packages for like six years now. Do that, it works great. You'll forgive us if we don't take your crazy bait once again, right? Not being mean, just saying people might not find that satisfactory.
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nitsuga posted:You'll forgive us if we don't take your crazy bait once again, right? Not being mean, just saying people might not find that satisfactory. I never do it with my laptop, but I’ve used them for stuff like Kindles/3ds that way long term with good results. There are lifehacker articles about it, it’s not that weird.
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Apr 6, 2020 17:40
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Reminds me of a past employer. Owner of the company would put his laptop + power cord in a grocery bag. Not even a new one, but a well used plastic grocery bag, from some old store chain that didn't even exist anymore.
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Bob Morales posted:Reminds me of a past employer. Owner of the company would put his laptop + power cord in a grocery bag. Not even a new one, but a well used plastic grocery bag, from some old store chain that didn't even exist anymore. Louis Armstrong carried his cornet in a paper bag before he got famous
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nitsuga posted:You'll forgive us if we don't take your crazy bait once again, right? Not being mean, just saying people might not find that satisfactory. Question comes up a couple of times a month, they want recommendations, I recommend what’s working for me. They can drop $$ on a glorified padded envelope if they want, but this has been working great for the better part of a decade. 
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Just cover the outside in some cotton cloth, no one will ever know.
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tuyop posted:Question comes up a couple of times a month, they want recommendations, I recommend what’s working for me. They can drop $$ on a glorified padded envelope if they want, but this has been working great for the better part of a decade. if it worked for the original macbook air it's good enough for me
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ItBreathes posted:I've got a Mac Pro G5 1.8DP that came from the education sector. I've been thinking about getting it set up as an ultimate Classic machine. I found install media for Tiger, but while I was at it I came across a website talking about Mac Pros from that time period being victims of the capacitor plague. Does anyone have any insight into what to look for or do to a Mac of that age to keep it running fine for the foreseeable future? I already pulled the battery when checking out the specs of it a while ago. Power Mac G5s are generally pretty reliable if they're air cooled (which yours is). The iMac G5 is the one that has basically a 100% failure rate due to bad caps. One problem for G5s is that there are a couple places dust can collect that are impossible to clean without taking the whole thing apart (in the power supply and behind the logic board, where a massive heatsink is hidden).
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Apr 6, 2020 20:11
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Found these in a box looking for something else.
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Shaocaholica posted:Found these in a box looking for something else. We still keep an iPod classic in the car with tons of music for long trips.
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I had a first model 5 gig firewire iPod and it was a sad day when the battery stopped holding a charge. The click wheel with physically moving wheel never broke.
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I’m using a 2nd gen iPod touch and a Bluetooth speaker as white noise machine so me and wife can work from home, works great.
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Mu Zeta posted:I had a first model 5 gig firewire iPod and it was a sad day when the battery stopped holding a charge. The click wheel with physically moving wheel never broke.  the physical wheel, the only iteration of it where the metaphor made perfect sense
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God I went down the deep end trying to fix old iPod classics. Got a few working sorta... but then I bought AirPods and realized I can’t really go back to a wired lifestyle. May still grab an iPod touch for airpods though, and for car device.
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LionArcher posted:God I went down the deep end trying to fix old iPod classics. Got a few working sorta... but then I bought AirPods and realized I can’t really go back to a wired lifestyle. May still grab an iPod touch for airpods though, and for car device. I just kinda want one. When iPod Classics/other clickwheel iPods were still readily available I told myself I’d grab some good exemplars before they went away for good, and then I never did.
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I still have a fifth-gen (Video?) Classic hanging around, and the original 10GB I owned almost twenty years ago (yes, the specific serial number) is in the mail heading back to me.
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Upgraded from a 2014 13”MacBook Air to a 2020 13” edition! Initial thought? Holy poo poo did they send me an 11inch instead?? I was not expecting the case on the 2014 to be longer. I’m going to give it a few days but I was really shocked. When did they do this form redesign?
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