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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)     
40068.21 In reply to 40068.19 
Someone has to fill in for him.  I'm trying, but I need help!


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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.22 In reply to 40068.20 
I think it's extremely thoughtful of laptop manufacturers to make sure that you can easily restore all the CuntingFuckware™ they supplied, and I would gladly see at least 50% of the advertised capacity of the barely-large-enough SSD dedicated to such a restore volume. Saves you having to write down a list of all the CuntingFuckware™ so you can download and re-install it after a repave of your PC (and that's assuming the right version of CORELshop Pro Elements Lite 2011 OEM is even available for download anymore).

Happy now?

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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)     
40068.23 In reply to 40068.22 
Helpfully the software wasn't all that crap, and they offer a software manager which you can download to put things like the hotkey functions back on anyway, so if you have an internet connection there's no need to have a 30gb restore image on a 128gb SSD. Whatever happened to the days they just supplied a DVD with the machine!
 
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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.24 In reply to 40068.23 
In fact why don't they just supply a 32Gb "restore" USB key in this day and age?
 
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.25 In reply to 40068.24 
I was going to say because they've removed optical drives from a lot of laptops. But the 32GB USB drive is what should happen these days.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.26 In reply to 40068.25 
My MBA came with the OS and iLife on a USB stick.

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.27 In reply to 40068.26 
Apple are doing it correctly then!
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.28 In reply to 40068.26 
Was it worth the extra thou?
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)     
40068.29 In reply to 40068.28 
I don't think it was that much more TBH, but I can't remember how much it cost back in 2010 (yes, even then OS restore was being shipped on USB).

I mainly bought it for weight, OS X, and "ooooh shiney". And it's not disappointed on any front.

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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.30 In reply to 40068.29 
Apple don't do that any more, since Lion (where you could buy a USB restore stick) they have made a recovery partition on your HDD. With mountain lion they no longer offer a USB stick at all. The expectation is you'll just download it from the apple store in the event of disaster recovery.
 
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.31 In reply to 40068.30 
I assume Macs can fuck up enough to not have internet access?
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Ixion     
40068.32 In reply to 40068.30 
Well that just sucks.

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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.33 In reply to 40068.31 
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.

I think.

I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
40068.34 In reply to 40068.31 
I think they have some sort of GUI recovery mode thing that can connect to the internet, which implies that if a Mac can't access the net (assuming a connection is available), something is really badly wrong.

I think.

I should probably find this stuff out, in case my MBP gets ill.
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 From:  af (CAER)  
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40068.35 
Hey double post, awesome.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
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40068.36 
Hey double post, awesome.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)  
 To:  af (CAER)     
40068.37 In reply to 40068.35 
That's the Apple backup kicking in. It's like having two computers, for the price of three.
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 From:  Ixion  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
40068.38 In reply to 40068.32 
But they just work so you never have to do that, and as Caer says they have a GUI option which connects to the web without an OS installed.
 
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 From:  Dave!!   
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)     
40068.39 In reply to 40068.19 
I felt like PB as well when writing it. Still doesn't change my opinion though of the fact that almost all modern laptops force a fucking shit aspect ratio onto you :-(

But there we go!
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Dave!!      
40068.40 In reply to 40068.39 

I really don't care about the aspect ratio change from 16:10->16:9*, what bothers me more is the prevalence of low resolutions masquerading as high resolutions: 1366x768 screens are everywhere, marketed as "HD ready!" so that consumers think they're getting a nice high-res screen, despite it probably being significantly lower than what they're upgrading from. :@

 

 

 

 

*after all, the difference is approximately fuck all: http://www.master-hard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/16_9_vs_16_10_thumb.jpg

 

 

 

                                                
                                                
                                                
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