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grab a Wombat too, that thing is awesome https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/ sadly out of stock at the moment, but it is super useful to stick your old macs behind a KVM switch and it even works in both directions
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One of my first early computer memories is having that blue cat background and playing a Peanuts edutainment game or Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. What an amazing keyboard this was, even if it got rear end nasty. I love transparent case electronics and man I’m hoping companies can cash in on my sad millennial nostalgia. Would I buy a M1 MacBook Air if it had the see through blueberry iBook plastic? With a ton of shame and credit card debt yes. I want to be able to see my computer on the inside, goddamnit.
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teen witch posted:One of my first early computer memories is having that blue cat background and playing a Peanuts edutainment game or Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. That scene in Hackers with the clear laptop still gives me a boner. I also have a thing for clear videogame consoles.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:01
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See also the related "transparent side panel in gaming PCs" trend.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:31
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The fact that Nintendo hasn't put out an atomic purple switch is proof that they just fuckin hate money for some reason
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flavor.flv posted:The fact that Nintendo hasn't put out an atomic purple switch is proof that they just fuckin hate money for some reason Isn't the switch the best selling console of all time?
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Apr 15, 2021 14:36
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Slimy Hog posted:Isn't the switch the best selling console of all time? Fastest. Unseating the PS2 in terms of units is going to take some doing.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:42
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I'm going to get arrested just so I can go to jail and get a see through TV.
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Apr 15, 2021 16:01
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The mouse discussion reminded me that this thing exists
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Apr 15, 2021 16:53
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The thing you hate on your laptop can now be the thing you hate on your desktop! Progress!
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Apr 15, 2021 17:08
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EL BROMANCE posted:The thing you hate on your laptop can now be the thing you hate on your desktop! Progress! But enough about the Magic Trackpad!  (Tragic Macpad)
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Apr 15, 2021 18:00
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So many tech relics from the the "Upcoming Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Apocalypse" industry
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teen witch posted:I love transparent case electronics and man I’m hoping companies can cash in on my sad millennial nostalgia. Would I buy a M1 MacBook Air if it had the see through blueberry iBook plastic? With a ton of shame and credit card debt yes. I want to be able to see my computer on the inside, goddamnit. Same, I used to hate it at the time but now I’m oddly nostalgic for it. Same with most old Apple things really.
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My current PC has a glass side so I look in and revel at the lack of RGB. I like that it's shadowy and mildy ominous in there. It also gives me an easy way to know I really need to blow the loving dust out, which I keep meaning to get around to. Speaking of old but good Apple designs, the G3 Powerbooks were fantastic. They were powerful, and easy to work on. Everything made sense and was well-designed.  Then they went to G4 and the apparent laptop design philosophy shifted from "friendly to use and maintain" to "gently caress you forever." The G4 towers were still fine, but the laptops and iMacs became hateful.
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Everybody wanted a TiBook because it was just so cool "Yeah but the finish is just paint that wears off, and it's all sharp corners now instead of nice rou"SHUT UP
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Apr 16, 2021 00:42
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Was it the G4 icebooks that would cook themselves and bloat in the middle, giving a curve to the keyboard?
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Apr 16, 2021 00:45
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G3 icebook was amazing because you could remove the top lid panel (the main back with the lit Apple logo), dunk it in an alcohol bath to remove the internal white paint, and be left with a perfectly clear acrylic lid. Then you could get a dragon poster from walmart, cut it to size, and sandwich it under the acrylic cover, leading to the most badass laptop in college ever
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Apr 16, 2021 00:59
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Did you cut out the dragons eyes and position it right over the glowing logo?
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Apr 16, 2021 01:15
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Nah, it was kind of curled around it. I'll see if I can find a picture later on, but I'll have to dig in the deep deep backups to have any chance
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the cheese grater mac pro 4,1 and 5,1 series from 2009 and 2010 was the absolute pinnacle of modern apple design and they were idiot assholes for not just making new revisions of it forever. RIP Xserve too  i like all the apple tower machines though, maybe with the exception of the water cooled G5 models that spill their liquid guts all over the power supply and end up as a pile of rust
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Booourns posted:The mouse discussion reminded me that this thing exists More like requires stressful repetitive motion.
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There was a period when the aluminium macbooks were easy to work on, too - apart from the pentalobe screws, it was just a case of removing a handful of screws and doing normal laptop things under the lid. I don't know how easy the M1 machines are to open, but at the current level of integration you can't upgrade anything and I doubt there are that many replaceable parts either. Edit: though I did saw a MB Pro 2013 battery loose from the super aggressive glue they use with dental floss not too long ago. That probably counts against "easy to work on". Computer viking has a new favorite as of 11:14 on Apr 16, 2021 |
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Apr 16, 2021 11:12
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CaptainSarcastic posted:My current PC has a glass side so I look in and revel at the lack of RGB. I like that it's shadowy and mildy ominous in there. It also gives me an easy way to know I really need to blow the loving dust out, which I keep meaning to get around to. My grandpa had the G3 Wall Street (I think I could be off slightly) and it was the first laptop I ever learned how to use. What an absolute beast and I thought it was so cool I could lay down and still play a game! Up until my 09 MBP I’ve been able to do some nice minor hardware fixes with no issue but now, thanks Apple.
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Speaking of beastly laptops, I found a barely used XT class laptop from 1989 at one of the schools I used to work at. I’ll post it here once I have a moment to set it up on the kitchen bench.
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I'm currently posting on a M1 Macbook Air and I love this thing so much, the amount of power is incredible for the price and I have grown to take the battery life as a given, I don't think I could go back to a 'regular' laptop after getting used to this. At the same time I'm kinda sad knowing that all the advantages this thing has are bought at the expense of making it completely impossible to do any maintenance on.
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Apr 16, 2021 12:11
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When will the M1 machines be able to run iOS apps? That’s what I’m interested in
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:When will the M1 machines be able to run iOS apps? That’s what I’m interested in It sounds an intriguing idea that I just think will have horrible usability issues based on such different interactions. Neat for developers though, I'm sure. And people who like to browse this forum, as Awful.app is the goddamned best.
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Apr 16, 2021 20:40
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:When will the M1 machines be able to run iOS apps? That’s what I’m interested in It already does, since it was released. It's on the app developer to enable it though for their app. You could sideload apps that didn't directly support it at first, but Apple enabled service side checks to prevent that from happening anymore. Awful.app is on the allow list though.
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EL BROMANCE posted:It sounds an intriguing idea that I just think will have horrible usability issues based on such different interactions. Neat for developers though, I'm sure. And people who like to browse this forum, as Awful.app is the goddamned best. I'm pretty sure Chromebooks do this with android apps just fine, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
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Apr 16, 2021 20:51
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Isn't Windows 10 getting an official Android emulator soon?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:When will the M1 machines be able to run iOS apps? That’s what I’m interested in That Mini also ran Disco Elysium in 3440x1440 at 40 fps. I'm seriously impressed.
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Slimy Hog posted:I'm pretty sure Chromebooks do this with android apps just fine, but I'm not 100% sure about that. Chromebooks are also all touchscreen devices whereas Apple laptops aren't.
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ishikabibble posted:Chromebooks are also all touchscreen devices whereas Apple laptops aren't. Oh are they? I haven't had one since like v2 or something
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CaptainSarcastic posted:My current PC has a glass side so I look in and revel at the lack of RGB. I like that it's shadowy and mildy ominous in there. It also gives me an easy way to know I really need to blow the loving dust out, which I keep meaning to get around to. The annoying thing about those G3 and Titanium PowerBooks is how springy the keyboard is, as it is meant to be pulled out easily (same with iBook keyboards). The Aluminium PBs had far better keyboard feel. Still, I'd love to get my hands on a Titanium PB with the DVI connector. Gave a 1GHz model to a co worker years ago. Bargearse posted:Speaking of beastly laptops, I found a barely used XT class laptop from 1989 at one of the schools I used to work at. I’ll post it here once I have a moment to set it up on the kitchen bench. Nice, that thing will weigh a ton, hopefully no batteries have exploded inside it
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ishikabibble posted:Chromebooks are also all touchscreen devices whereas Apple laptops aren't. Most Chromebooks don't have touchscreens, you just get a cursor on the screen. Multitouch stuff all passes through from the trackpad fine, and a surprising number of games have keyboard controls.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf39mEPUuJA
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This is fairly rad, as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD1wWY1YD-M
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Got some software for my Apple //e Platinum from the US yesterday Other than a diagnostic disk, this is the first boxed software I have for it. I also have a Booti card in it which is loaded with about 300 games.  Sadly Carmen fails to read side B of the first disk, however AppleWorks and California Games seem to load up fine. The monitor is fine, my iPhone hates taking photos of it
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I remember Epyx Summer Games being the trial by fire for joysticks on the C64. I think Winter Games might have been rough on them, too, but I mostly remember being able to cheese one of the events by just randomly flailing at high speed. Never had California Games, but I assume it was similar.
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I've never played any other Epyx game besides Impossible Mission so in my head, all of their games star the Running Screaming Guy
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