Libraries are free. Unlike e-books, their books don't need batteries to work. Even if you have a computer, they're also a lot cheaper and friendlier than KinkoFedex for copying and color printing.
And I have two on my walk home from work. Yay for living in a real city! WOOT!
I may have had to provide an account # initially for autopay, but I could turn it off after setting up the Web account.
Not that auto-pay is so bad -- just link it to an account set up to reject payments in case of insufficient funds instead of charging overdraft fees... essentially same effect as no autopay, since you can still deny VZ their money if you have an issue with service.
Taxes/fees are about $2 per month extra. No auto-pay was required for me this year.
As far as equipment fee, that's only for their wifi router, which is junk anyway, though it's sometimes needed for their cable boxes to work. Not an issue here, since you're not getting cable. The "modem" (fiber to copper, aka optical net terminal) is free and remains as part of the dwelling.
They're more than happy to enable Ethernet on the "modem" if you certi-lie that you have one of their "approved" modems. As long as you certi-lie, there's no equipment fee, and you can connect any router you want to and have it work.
From what I see of university level students in a large US public university, most of the "damn kids" have laptops as well as phones. Even Chromebooks are closer to a laptop form factor than a tablet or phone.
Thinkpad T25. Decent array of ports. Real keyboard. Removable battery. Physical touchpad buttons + pointing stick. Supports two SSD drives, one PCIe, one SATA M.2 in the WWAN slot. Unfortunately only 16:9, not a 4:3 or 16:10 screen, but no product is perfect.
Just buy the 2015 MBP on EBay or Craigslist. Speed isn't actually all that different, since the new "thin" Macbooks/MBPs are throttled to hell and back due to thermal restrictions.
And yes, Apple's desktop/laptop products went to hell after Steve Jobs died.
Smartphones and pills (I mean tablets) are nice toys, but suck for even basic web surfing and emailing. Writing an email on a touch screen vs a real keyboard makes me want to toss the device out of a window.
Tablet + keyboard? Sure. But at that point it's a laptop by another name.
The point is that performance would be EVEN better without the throttling. He's not comparing generations, but actual vs potential performance for a given generation.
The laptop might just be 0.5cm thicker with the proper heat sink and/or fan, but it will be properly cooled. As far as the battery, make it removable. Or just plug the laptop in while gaming.
In the 80s, they also designed the highly flexible Apple IIe and Apple IIgs. The 80s Macs weren't upgradeable or user-fixable but, by the 90s, the Apple II series was replaced with expandable/upgradable Mac units. Apple has never been quite as user-hostile as they are today -- there was always a sealed, consumer product line and a more professional line of computers for those who liked to tinker.
Which airports? In most of the US airports I've seen, the ticket/ID check desk is at the beginning of the line and the x-ray machines are at the other end. There's no check when you dump your bags on the belt, and the order of people doing so isn't really controlled -- some people slooooowly take laptops and liquids out while other people pass them by.
I think a few may do it backwards, with ticket/ID check at the boarding gate, but I haven't seen this recently either.
The old internal HDD is safely at home (obviously), and the laptop is empty because it recently experienced a drive failure and needed to be re-formatted:D Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, like Paul Simon in the Boxer.
Buy a Moto E4 Plus -- low-end Moto phones typically have removable batteries. This one has a 5000 mAh battery which should last quite a while without recharging.
Many computer manufacturers put repair and disassembly instructions on their websites, no secret about it. Not every part of the world even has a convenient Apple store -- what's wrong with people being able to fix their own equipment without damaging it?
Are armed pilots actually useful in a hijacking (assuming that hijackers get past a locked cockpit door)? The pilots already have the ultimate weapon -- the control yoke or stick. If they're strapped in, they can make sure anyone who's NOT strapped in is no longer vertical.
I'd frankly rather see an undercover air marshal that's armed and let the pilots concentrate on their core competency: flying the damn plane.
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Libraries are free. Unlike e-books, their books don't need batteries to work. Even if you have a computer, they're also a lot cheaper and friendlier than KinkoFedex for copying and color printing.
And I have two on my walk home from work. Yay for living in a real city! WOOT!
I may have had to provide an account # initially for autopay, but I could turn it off after setting up the Web account.
Not that auto-pay is so bad -- just link it to an account set up to reject payments in case of insufficient funds instead of charging overdraft fees... essentially same effect as no autopay, since you can still deny VZ their money if you have an issue with service.
What's not on Netflix is typically to be found on a certain Scandinavian site named after rogue sailors.
Taxes/fees are about $2 per month extra. No auto-pay was required for me this year.
As far as equipment fee, that's only for their wifi router, which is junk anyway, though it's sometimes needed for their cable boxes to work. Not an issue here, since you're not getting cable. The "modem" (fiber to copper, aka optical net terminal) is free and remains as part of the dwelling.
They're more than happy to enable Ethernet on the "modem" if you certi-lie that you have one of their "approved" modems. As long as you certi-lie, there's no equipment fee, and you can connect any router you want to and have it work.
From what I see of university level students in a large US public university, most of the "damn kids" have laptops as well as phones. Even Chromebooks are closer to a laptop form factor than a tablet or phone.
Do you need HBO if you have Netflix -- how much TV can a person realistically watch? Also Netflix Basic is under $10 per month, more like $8.
Given $42 per month for unbundled FiOS, you're at $50 per month, far cheaper than most cable plans.
When did you last check?
Verizon offers 100/100 FiOS for $40 (really $42) per month, unbundled. Price-locked for two years.
Sure we do -- with the money saved from not paying for cable, we can attend actual games :D
I was thinking something that rhymes with that, except "cl" is replaced with "t".
For me, it's irritating as hell as compared to working on a local machine. Yes, I lack patience. No, I'm not going to change.
Thinkpad T25. Decent array of ports. Real keyboard. Removable battery. Physical touchpad buttons + pointing stick. Supports two SSD drives, one PCIe, one SATA M.2 in the WWAN slot. Unfortunately only 16:9, not a 4:3 or 16:10 screen, but no product is perfect.
This assumes a good, fast, low-latency Internet connection, which isn't always a given whilst traveling.
Just buy the 2015 MBP on EBay or Craigslist. Speed isn't actually all that different, since the new "thin" Macbooks/MBPs are throttled to hell and back due to thermal restrictions.
And yes, Apple's desktop/laptop products went to hell after Steve Jobs died.
Smartphones and pills (I mean tablets) are nice toys, but suck for even basic web surfing and emailing. Writing an email on a touch screen vs a real keyboard makes me want to toss the device out of a window.
Tablet + keyboard? Sure. But at that point it's a laptop by another name.
Horse puckey.
The point is that performance would be EVEN better without the throttling. He's not comparing generations, but actual vs potential performance for a given generation.
The laptop might just be 0.5cm thicker with the proper heat sink and/or fan, but it will be properly cooled. As far as the battery, make it removable. Or just plug the laptop in while gaming.
In the 80s, they also designed the highly flexible Apple IIe and Apple IIgs. The 80s Macs weren't upgradeable or user-fixable but, by the 90s, the Apple II series was replaced with expandable/upgradable Mac units. Apple has never been quite as user-hostile as they are today -- there was always a sealed, consumer product line and a more professional line of computers for those who liked to tinker.
Which airports? In most of the US airports I've seen, the ticket/ID check desk is at the beginning of the line and the x-ray machines are at the other end. There's no check when you dump your bags on the belt, and the order of people doing so isn't really controlled -- some people slooooowly take laptops and liquids out while other people pass them by.
I think a few may do it backwards, with ticket/ID check at the boarding gate, but I haven't seen this recently either.
The old internal HDD is safely at home (obviously), and the laptop is empty because it recently experienced a drive failure and needed to be re-formatted :D Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, like Paul Simon in the Boxer.
Buy a Moto E4 Plus -- low-end Moto phones typically have removable batteries. This one has a 5000 mAh battery which should last quite a while without recharging.
Many computer manufacturers put repair and disassembly instructions on their websites, no secret about it. Not every part of the world even has a convenient Apple store -- what's wrong with people being able to fix their own equipment without damaging it?
New Macbooks also had the SD/MicroSD slot removed along with all of the other non-USB-C ports. You'd need another dongle. Have fun!
That's just fucking great advice if you're traveling and don't want to haul around an external HDD.
Yeah, not an issue for anything recent that people are actually likely to buy today, new or used.
Are armed pilots actually useful in a hijacking (assuming that hijackers get past a locked cockpit door)? The pilots already have the ultimate weapon -- the control yoke or stick. If they're strapped in, they can make sure anyone who's NOT strapped in is no longer vertical.
I'd frankly rather see an undercover air marshal that's armed and let the pilots concentrate on their core competency: flying the damn plane.
What I'm saying is that, if they were actually effective, they'd spend less time PRETENDING to be effective.