I'd love to upgrade to a newer Mac, but Apple doesn't seem to care about the low-end Macs anymore. MacBook Air would be my first pick, but it still has a TN display in 2017 and there's no 16GB RAM option. The Mac mini would be my second pick, but you can't even upgrade RAM anymore, which is ridiculous for a desktop machine especially given the prices Apple ask for the RAM upgrades. And there's still no quad-core option.
A updated MacBook Air with an IPS display, 16GB RAM option, a good keyboard, both USB-A and USB-C ports, headphone jack and an SD card reader/writer would be nice, but Apple seems to think the future is already here and is dropping USB-A and headphone jacks from their hardware.
Free tip: disable any "image enhancing" crap on your TV. Yes, video compression does destroy the image somehow (that's how it works) but all the "enhancing" done by the TV only makes the compression even more visible than it should.
And make sure your TV is not stuck in "demonstration mode" otherwise all your settings will revert to the "it looks great for the showroom" with all that crap enabled.
Depends on what you watch. Since I've signed up for Netflix I've watched a lot of enjoyable shows. What's on cable or satellite mostly sucks, the good shows are made by private networks such as HBO, Showcase, Sy-Fy (hate that name), Netflix, etc.
And make sure the TV isn't set in "demonstration mode" because all the changes you make will revert back to the crap settings after a set period of time.
Which specifications were used to arrive at that number? I remember VideoCD used MPEG-1 at a resolution of 352x240 pixels (a total of 84480 pixels) and while it looked a bit pixelated on a CRT it didn't look four times worst than usual.
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You mean like spending 10 million on advertising budget to let the world know they donated 1 million on relief efforts?
Shut up, Mouse.
Look, just because the iMac Pro costs as much as 50% of a low-end car doesn't mean Macs are only for the rich. /Sort-of-quote-from-Tim-Cook
BSD is still free, but also still dying. Just like Apple.
I'd love to upgrade to a newer Mac, but Apple doesn't seem to care about the low-end Macs anymore. MacBook Air would be my first pick, but it still has a TN display in 2017 and there's no 16GB RAM option. The Mac mini would be my second pick, but you can't even upgrade RAM anymore, which is ridiculous for a desktop machine especially given the prices Apple ask for the RAM upgrades. And there's still no quad-core option.
A updated MacBook Air with an IPS display, 16GB RAM option, a good keyboard, both USB-A and USB-C ports, headphone jack and an SD card reader/writer would be nice, but Apple seems to think the future is already here and is dropping USB-A and headphone jacks from their hardware.
They just made Macs look a bit less expensive by comparison.
A chip capable of self-driving a car but yet not powerful enough to mine a single block of Bitcoins on its own.
Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a transporter!
No! Damnit Jim, not that kind of transporter!
The source numbers can't be in inches, is it really that hard to quote the actual metric numbers from Japan and put inches in brackets?
Where did I hear that before... Oh yeah, something along the lines of "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
And is this "Torrents" thing limited to the U.S.A. like Hulu, or is it available world-wide?
Free with ads, or monthly fee with no ads.
Lowering prices means lower prices for everyone. That is clearing not the case here.
I 'member! /Memberberries
We have nice weather while Americans have tornados! The Cold War is over but The Warm War is working!
No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked, sayin' somethin' like that, man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The Expanse?
Is that a VR joke? I don't know anymore.
Free tip: disable any "image enhancing" crap on your TV. Yes, video compression does destroy the image somehow (that's how it works) but all the "enhancing" done by the TV only makes the compression even more visible than it should.
And make sure your TV is not stuck in "demonstration mode" otherwise all your settings will revert to the "it looks great for the showroom" with all that crap enabled.
Depends on what you watch. Since I've signed up for Netflix I've watched a lot of enjoyable shows. What's on cable or satellite mostly sucks, the good shows are made by private networks such as HBO, Showcase, Sy-Fy (hate that name), Netflix, etc.
Nothing like the crisp details of nasal, monotonous human voices on AM radio. Makes me glad I held onto my newspapers.
And make sure the TV isn't set in "demonstration mode" because all the changes you make will revert back to the crap settings after a set period of time.
The easiest and fastest way to disable any "image processing" crap is to set the TV in "computer monitor" mode.
Which specifications were used to arrive at that number? I remember VideoCD used MPEG-1 at a resolution of 352x240 pixels (a total of 84480 pixels) and while it looked a bit pixelated on a CRT it didn't look four times worst than usual.