Before switching from a prepaid carrier to an MVNO, make sure you read the MVNO's plan closely.
Some don't allow roaming at all, or only allow a minimal amount (like say, 25 megs of data). Some don't allow tethering/hotspot use, or charge an extra fee for it. Some shut off data when you hit the cap instead of throttling.
You can save money with an MVNO, but make sure you're actually getting the services you need.
64 bit Windows 8 will run 32 bit Windows 95/98 software just fine.
It's the 16 bit Windows 3.1 era stuff it craps out on.
(Okay, there is some 16 bit Win9x software. But most of what I have is 32 bit. The obnoxious exceptions are game installers. TIE Fighter for Windows? 32 bit. TIE Fighter's installer program? 16 bit.)
Did you know that for $30 you can get a floppy-to-USB device?
It's the size of a floppy drive, installs in a floppy bay, plugs up to the floppy and power connectors, and provides a USB port, a couple of buttons, and a numeric display.
You plug in a USB stick, use the buttons to select which diskette image you want to use, and it presents it to the host machine like a floppy disk.
You often see them advertised for Roland keyboards, but they should work with most floppy applications.
And I know people who use IMs on their PC but not their phone. An IM doesn't necessarily get read any faster than an email.
None of the IMs I've used will actually tell me a message is read. It'll let me know if it fails to deliver, but that doesn't mean Jim is actually at his desk and saw it.
It doesn't take many of those to fill up a 'small' SSD, and copying things back and forth between an SSD and a hard drive when you want to play a game gets annoying fast.
And yes, games benefit from being on an SSD. Besides the levels loading faster, I get much smoother framerates in games with large textures when playing from SSD. Seek times matter.
(This is especially visible in games that stream loading, like MMOs. Lord of the Rings Online, in particular, benefits from fast seek times; the framerate is visibly better on an SSD, particularly when riding a horse.)
You really don't have a choice about upgrading the Steam client. It installs its updates in the background.
I'm using the latest version, on Snow Leopard, and it works. If you're having problems on Lion, I'd suggest uninstalling, cleaning its preferences, and reinstalling perhaps?
There was an entry in the update notes that the latest patch was re-released on 11/25 due to a Mac problem.Maybe try updating it before anything else.
Beats me. I don't usually game on my Mac, but I just installed a random game from my list (The Binding of Isaac) and it ran just fine, and I'm on 10.6 Snow Leopard.
The GBA did support a Suspend feature, but the games had to deliberately support it also, and few did.
I prefer the Micro to the GBA SP for one simple reason: The micro is wider. The SP is so narrow that I wind up with finger cramps from using the shoulder buttons. The Micro's easier to hold.
But they're not tested much before they're given a license and allowed to drive.
And I honestly don't think I've been tested 'tens of thousands of times' by pedestrian traffic. I've had someone step out in front of me three or four times, maybe? Perhaps a hundred or so walk behind me while I'm backing up in parking lots?
You can use a bootable DOS disk/USB stick to update the firmware.
The 'performance restoration' part just rewrites all the data on the disk. You can get the same effect by backing up the disk, formatting, and copying all the data back.
(Brief summary: The problem makes data slower to read as it sits there. The firmware fix prevents that from recurring, rewriting the data fixes it on already-existing data. There's no data loss associated with this, just speed.)
I have an Epson WF-7510 and the drivers for OSX, Windows, and Android seem solid. There's a lot of stupid optional cruft, but there's a just-the-driver option.
That really depends on what fills it up and how. I've had my torrent client glitch out and completely fill my drive a couple times, to the point where the UI was too slow to even move a window.
Fortunately I was able to ssh in and kill the program and delete the offending temp files, but the first warning I had was 'oh hey, trying to type locks the system.'
(And the other pain in the butt is that completely filling an OSX volume will tend to horridly fragment things, and defragging it isn't free.)
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Before switching from a prepaid carrier to an MVNO, make sure you read the MVNO's plan closely.
Some don't allow roaming at all, or only allow a minimal amount (like say, 25 megs of data). Some don't allow tethering/hotspot use, or charge an extra fee for it. Some shut off data when you hit the cap instead of throttling.
You can save money with an MVNO, but make sure you're actually getting the services you need.
64 bit Windows 8 will run 32 bit Windows 95/98 software just fine.
It's the 16 bit Windows 3.1 era stuff it craps out on.
(Okay, there is some 16 bit Win9x software. But most of what I have is 32 bit. The obnoxious exceptions are game installers. TIE Fighter for Windows? 32 bit. TIE Fighter's installer program? 16 bit.)
Actually, it was only supported when the GUEST was OS X Server in 10.6 and earlier. And it's only supported when the host is -some- form of Mac.
This is why Apple still sells MacOS 10.6 Server; so people can buy a version that will run in a VM that has Rosetta, for PPC apps.
(They charge about twenty bucks for it, and you need to call them and give the part number. But they have it.)
Me, I use OS X on my Mac because the ways that it sucks piss me off less than the ways Windows sucks or the ways Linux sucks.
They all suck. They just suck in different ways.
Did you know that for $30 you can get a floppy-to-USB device?
It's the size of a floppy drive, installs in a floppy bay, plugs up to the floppy and power connectors, and provides a USB port, a couple of buttons, and a numeric display.
You plug in a USB stick, use the buttons to select which diskette image you want to use, and it presents it to the host machine like a floppy disk.
You often see them advertised for Roland keyboards, but they should work with most floppy applications.
You can still get motherboards with floppy connectors, though you have to shop around a bit.
Usually not 'gamer class' boards, but some workstation and server boards have 'em.
Alternately, you can use an IDE or SCSI floppy drive, though those are getting hard to find too. (And they're all old.)
And I know people who use IMs on their PC but not their phone. An IM doesn't necessarily get read any faster than an email.
None of the IMs I've used will actually tell me a message is read. It'll let me know if it fails to deliver, but that doesn't mean Jim is actually at his desk and saw it.
I wasn't claiming there aren't uses for IMs.
My claim was that email isn't useless.
Not everyone's use case is the same as yours.
IM is a pain in the ass. Of any group of three people or more I want to send a message to, it's dead certain they're not all on the same IM network.
It's a nice theory, but it's nowhere near universal. Email is.
Define 'small'.
I have games that are pushing 50 gigs each.
It doesn't take many of those to fill up a 'small' SSD, and copying things back and forth between an SSD and a hard drive when you want to play a game gets annoying fast.
And yes, games benefit from being on an SSD. Besides the levels loading faster, I get much smoother framerates in games with large textures when playing from SSD. Seek times matter.
(This is especially visible in games that stream loading, like MMOs. Lord of the Rings Online, in particular, benefits from fast seek times; the framerate is visibly better on an SSD, particularly when riding a horse.)
You really don't have a choice about upgrading the Steam client. It installs its updates in the background.
I'm using the latest version, on Snow Leopard, and it works. If you're having problems on Lion, I'd suggest uninstalling, cleaning its preferences, and reinstalling perhaps?
There was an entry in the update notes that the latest patch was re-released on 11/25 due to a Mac problem.Maybe try updating it before anything else.
Beats me. I don't usually game on my Mac, but I just installed a random game from my list (The Binding of Isaac) and it ran just fine, and I'm on 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Seasonic sells fanless power supplies up to 850 watts. That's enough for GeForce Titan in SLI.
How much power do you NEED?
The GBA did support a Suspend feature, but the games had to deliberately support it also, and few did.
I prefer the Micro to the GBA SP for one simple reason: The micro is wider. The SP is so narrow that I wind up with finger cramps from using the shoulder buttons. The Micro's easier to hold.
Where are the pirate servers for City of Heroes/City of Villains?
I've looked, and haven't found any. There was a server emulator project, but it never seems to have gotten very far.
I don't know that there are apps I *need* that I can't get through the Apple app store, but there are apps I *want* that Apple doesn't permit.
Emulators, for instance.
I get out of work at 6 AM, you insensitive clod!
But they're not tested much before they're given a license and allowed to drive.
And I honestly don't think I've been tested 'tens of thousands of times' by pedestrian traffic. I've had someone step out in front of me three or four times, maybe? Perhaps a hundred or so walk behind me while I'm backing up in parking lots?
You go through fifteen NEW, PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN traffic lights every day?
I call bullshit. I don't think most city DOTs could manage to hang fifteen traffic lights a day.
That's what we're talking about here. NEW lights. Not existing, mapped lights. Those aren't a problem.
You can use a bootable DOS disk/USB stick to update the firmware.
The 'performance restoration' part just rewrites all the data on the disk. You can get the same effect by backing up the disk, formatting, and copying all the data back.
(Brief summary: The problem makes data slower to read as it sits there. The firmware fix prevents that from recurring, rewriting the data fixes it on already-existing data. There's no data loss associated with this, just speed.)
I have an Epson WF-7510 and the drivers for OSX, Windows, and Android seem solid. There's a lot of stupid optional cruft, but there's a just-the-driver option.
That really depends on what fills it up and how. I've had my torrent client glitch out and completely fill my drive a couple times, to the point where the UI was too slow to even move a window.
Fortunately I was able to ssh in and kill the program and delete the offending temp files, but the first warning I had was 'oh hey, trying to type locks the system.'
(And the other pain in the butt is that completely filling an OSX volume will tend to horridly fragment things, and defragging it isn't free.)
What DRM?
iTunes music has no DRM. Hasn't for years and years and years.
You can't get a DRM'd music file from Apple even if you beg them for one.
There are plenty of legit reasons to bitch about iTunes and the iTMS, but DRM isn't one of them.
Serious question: How? Whenever I try to access it through Chrome, the only option I get is 'Join Google+!'
If you need to support old scanners, try VueScan.
On the other hand, with the price of scanners these days, it may be cheaper to buy a new scanner.
If you had the original version, your login still works.
And I think you get a free month for returning. That promo might be over.
If so, it wouldn't cost anything to check it out.
It's been included as an 'exhibition sport' at the Olympics, though - in 2000 at least, and I think earlier.
That usually means 'This isn't really in the Olympics, but we're strongly considering it.'