Yep, gluing a glass panel over the screen and the rest of the computer's internal parts is just an evil design choice. The older iMacs, held on by magnets, were much better.
You're 18. Keep living with mum and dad for another few years while you go to university. Work part-time. Pay for food/rent if needed. That's the way many people in NYC do it since housing is expensive and university is cheap/free.
Time Capsule would be problematic for that application, but why the hate of Airport hardware in general -- seems it would work fine as a router even for a 100 member firm.
Problem was the Time Capsule "tower" (the latest one) was an abysmal design for a NAS. Next to no cooling for the HDD, and critical cables routed in such a way so as to make replacing the HDD a royal pain. If the cables were 6 inches longer and routed around the drive, it would just slide out, but Apple either designed to save 10 cents, or to deliberately frustrate repairs.
Their routers were always mediocre -- the lack of a Web configuration control panel was a major negative. They always needed a specific Apple/Windows/iOS only application, and Apple removed functionality from the Airport Utility over time. Dumbed it down, instead of providing an expert mode for "power" users.
Also, the recent "tower" Time Capsules were an asinine design. The hard drive would have been easy enough to slide out and replace, but Apple routed critical cables with fiddly, hard-to-reach, easy-to-break connectors under the drive, in the way of removing it. Also, it had next to no cooling for a spinner 3TB hard drive. Stupid all around.
But I wonder if the goal is to discontinue routers with built-in storage or external storage, so as to nudge people to use Apple's pay-as-a-servide iClown backups instead of (free except for hardware) Time Machine. I doubt it though, because they could have just sold a "redesigned" line of routers without USB or storage built in.
I went to school at a well-known university, and a machine shop class was all but required for engineering and some physics majors. This was circa 1999-2000. The reasoning was that senior thesis projects often required building hardware, and no one had time to hold students' hands in that respect.
He should have gone to law school at a public university or gotten a gov't job as a paralegal/researcher. Med school outside the US at a reputable program ($10-15000/yr in Eastern Europe) can also be a good choice.
Have you considered university I.T. jobs? Take a few classes at the local university as a master's/second-degree student, and you might well get connected with a job. Public university I.T. can pay surprisingly well. Especially if you get a job involving supporting specialized scientific equipment that's also networked and can be a jack of all trades.
Physical labor can be healthy, but there's also the issue of occupational exposure to toxins. Solvents, lead from plumbing, oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, fuel.
It cuts years off the amount of time you need to be a master electrician. Master electrician + PE in engineering would be the way to go, fast route to starting your own firm and being independent.
CUNY, off-campus, you take the subway, but you probably have an unlimited Metrocard anyway. "Other" fees are about $200/semester. Books, you can buy used or get bootleg.pdfs.
Yeah, tuition and fees are about $7500-$8500/yr. What's the big deal about living at home and commuting or renting a cheap room? No one needs to live on campus.
Public universities are cheap in the states that care more about education than sports. You can go to CUNY or SUNY for about $7500/yr, less if you get an Empire Scholarship. Given a job for a year or two out of college, this pays off quickly.
Or at least get good enough at IT to be a freelance contractor. Problem is that you'll still probably be putting out other people's fires/cleaning up messes vs doing your own designs or conduction original research.
Get an electrical, civil, or mechanical engineering degree. Best of all worlds...
In some states, this cuts years off the apprenticeship time needed to become a tradesman like an electrician, plumber, or general contractor. You can also go for a PE certification and eventually manage building/renovation sites.
You mean "Onstar-cursed" cars. Any car where a 3rd party (the manufacturer/Onstar) has control over the locks, ignition cutout, etc is damaged by design. Give me a good, old-fashioned key lock and a car alarm.
I just bought a REAL Lenovo, X-series slightly used on EBay for under $200. Under $100 in fact. The 110S is a glorified eeePC. If I were forced to use one, I'd run a lean Linux on it, not Win 10.
Taking out useful stuff like the Registry Editor and MMC saves a few MB, but doesn't really address RAM usage or speed.
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Which is why many CUNY students live with mom and dad until they're done... and nothing wrong with that.
Yep, gluing a glass panel over the screen and the rest of the computer's internal parts is just an evil design choice. The older iMacs, held on by magnets, were much better.
You're 18. Keep living with mum and dad for another few years while you go to university. Work part-time. Pay for food/rent if needed. That's the way many people in NYC do it since housing is expensive and university is cheap/free.
Apple wants to sell you HomePods and noose you to their cloud for $200+ a pop. $30 isn't enough pound of flesh for them.
Time Capsule would be problematic for that application, but why the hate of Airport hardware in general -- seems it would work fine as a router even for a 100 member firm.
Problem was the Time Capsule "tower" (the latest one) was an abysmal design for a NAS. Next to no cooling for the HDD, and critical cables routed in such a way so as to make replacing the HDD a royal pain. If the cables were 6 inches longer and routed around the drive, it would just slide out, but Apple either designed to save 10 cents, or to deliberately frustrate repairs.
Their routers were always mediocre -- the lack of a Web configuration control panel was a major negative. They always needed a specific Apple/Windows/iOS only application, and Apple removed functionality from the Airport Utility over time. Dumbed it down, instead of providing an expert mode for "power" users.
Also, the recent "tower" Time Capsules were an asinine design. The hard drive would have been easy enough to slide out and replace, but Apple routed critical cables with fiddly, hard-to-reach, easy-to-break connectors under the drive, in the way of removing it. Also, it had next to no cooling for a spinner 3TB hard drive. Stupid all around.
But I wonder if the goal is to discontinue routers with built-in storage or external storage, so as to nudge people to use Apple's pay-as-a-servide iClown backups instead of (free except for hardware) Time Machine. I doubt it though, because they could have just sold a "redesigned" line of routers without USB or storage built in.
I went to school at a well-known university, and a machine shop class was all but required for engineering and some physics majors. This was circa 1999-2000. The reasoning was that senior thesis projects often required building hardware, and no one had time to hold students' hands in that respect.
He should have gone to law school at a public university or gotten a gov't job as a paralegal/researcher. Med school outside the US at a reputable program ($10-15000/yr in Eastern Europe) can also be a good choice.
Have you considered university I.T. jobs? Take a few classes at the local university as a master's/second-degree student, and you might well get connected with a job. Public university I.T. can pay surprisingly well. Especially if you get a job involving supporting specialized scientific equipment that's also networked and can be a jack of all trades.
Unless we move to self-driving cars where everything is done by factory-owned shops, and the automakers may even own the fleets.
Physical labor can be healthy, but there's also the issue of occupational exposure to toxins. Solvents, lead from plumbing, oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, fuel.
It cuts years off the amount of time you need to be a master electrician. Master electrician + PE in engineering would be the way to go, fast route to starting your own firm and being independent.
CUNY, off-campus, you take the subway, but you probably have an unlimited Metrocard anyway. "Other" fees are about $200/semester. Books, you can buy used or get bootleg .pdfs.
I'm assuming other states have similar public school tuitions. U of Maryland is known to be cheap in-state. Also, NY is a big state.
Yeah, tuition and fees are about $7500-$8500/yr. What's the big deal about living at home and commuting or renting a cheap room? No one needs to live on campus.
Public universities are cheap in the states that care more about education than sports. You can go to CUNY or SUNY for about $7500/yr, less if you get an Empire Scholarship. Given a job for a year or two out of college, this pays off quickly.
Do it! But do it soon, lest you put it off and find yourself as a 50-year-old with a family to take care of.
Or at least get good enough at IT to be a freelance contractor. Problem is that you'll still probably be putting out other people's fires/cleaning up messes vs doing your own designs or conduction original research.
Get an electrical, civil, or mechanical engineering degree. Best of all worlds... In some states, this cuts years off the apprenticeship time needed to become a tradesman like an electrician, plumber, or general contractor. You can also go for a PE certification and eventually manage building/renovation sites.
People who don't want to unload everything after every trip. Which is most people, contrary to what the techbros at Uber would like to think.
Better yet, put a one-way door like a postal package drop or library book drop on the box.
You mean "Onstar-cursed" cars. Any car where a 3rd party (the manufacturer/Onstar) has control over the locks, ignition cutout, etc is damaged by design. Give me a good, old-fashioned key lock and a car alarm.
I just bought a REAL Lenovo, X-series slightly used on EBay for under $200. Under $100 in fact. The 110S is a glorified eeePC. If I were forced to use one, I'd run a lean Linux on it, not Win 10.
Taking out useful stuff like the Registry Editor and MMC saves a few MB, but doesn't really address RAM usage or speed.
Ha!! Did Win 95 even support RDP?