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DrMacintosh

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  1. Every service based app has a cutoff point. Microsoft no longer supports older builds of Windows 10 and will stop supporting it altogether relatively soon. All the standalone programs will still work because that’s how computers work. Apps on Mojave won’t stop working, Steam, which is a service, is just electing to not let it work on Mojave bc it’s obsolete.
  2. Mojave was released in September of 2018. That was 5+ years ago. A Windows 10 build from 5+ years ago would also not support a lot of things.
  3. My drive home from Knotts Berry Farm tonight just confirmed that the heater actually works. Simply putting the right thermostat in fixed it. I think I actually found an honest and smart mechanic.

  4. DrMacintosh

    Just got the extremely slow coolant leak from t…

    Considering I plan to drive this thing about 300 miles to Arizona during the winter....ensuring that my coolant res won't crack open and that I won't be freezing my ass off for $220 is a steal.
  5. Just got the extremely slow coolant leak from the 2007 Ford Taurus thermostat housing gasket fixed, the mechanic also put the correct thermostat in it (meaning the heater now works). I also had the coolant reservoir replaced because it was opaque as hell and about to crack. Total damage was $220.

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    2. DrMacintosh

      DrMacintosh

      1 minute ago, Skiiwee29 said:

      $220, Not bad overall. 

      Considering I plan to drive this thing about 300 miles to Arizona during the winter....ensuring that my coolant res won't crack open and that I won't be freezing my ass off for $220 is a steal. 

    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      I feel the coolant issues. I'm pretty sure it was around the middle of December last year that my Buick decided it'd be fun to explode the coolant elbows and water pump when it was barely double digits, and now my Focus has a cracked radiator tank. 🙃

    4. TheGlenlivet

      TheGlenlivet

      Money well spent.

      Follow the severe duty maintenance schedule in the manual and cars can last a long time.

       

      Yup, even Fords.  🤯

  6. DrMacintosh

    I am doing vacation in socal its been good. [sp…

    No trip to Disneyland?
  7. Oh yeah, incase you have been living under a rock. The McRib has been back for about a week now.

    1. IkeaGnome

      IkeaGnome

      I actually have been, and I did not know. Thanks for this information!

  8. DrMacintosh

    What do y'all think about the new Honda Accord?…

    Absolutely. Have no intention of just going to a dealer now and buying a new car. But I am lookin at the Taurus like an 80 year old grandma. It’s gonna keep running for a while longer. Exactly how much longer is unclear
  9. There is one main reason to get the shield. That is: You have Dolby Vision content in your Plex library. Otherwise, I don't see a reason to not go with the Apple TV. The performance and software support is unmatched.
  10. Start browsing eBay/FaceBook marketplace for old used laptops. Avoid HDD based boot drives if possible. eBay has useful filter tools. Just set your max price to $400 and start window shopping.
  11. Easy. Get a MacBook Air. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/15-inch-midnight-apple-m2-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-10-core-gpu-256gb
  12. What do y'all think about the new Honda Accord? I've got the 2007 Ford Taurus seen in my new profile pic. It's actually great except for the whopping 23mpg. The AC works (heat does not really work), it shifts nice, and it does not leak. Despite that, I know a 16+ year old car like that can't run forever, especially not when I often put 50 miles a day on it and it already has 185k miles. 

     

    At my current job I've been making $40/h and have been saving a lot of money. If my car died tomorrow, I could do a massive down payment and be at work the next day. The lowest end Accord is something like $28k, I have a little over $10k in free cash at the moment that isn't even in my savings. I have good credit at 760. 

     

    Ideally, this Taurus keeps going for a note 2-3 years and I can pick up a gently used 2024 Accord and pay for most of it up front. Of course I would get a white one. 

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    2. DrMacintosh

      DrMacintosh

      26 minutes ago, BuckGup said:

      New cars are one of the worst financial decisions you can make. The car you own is solid still and routine maintenance can make it easily last years longer. 23mpg isn't bad at all either, for perspective the best selling car in america the 2023 F-150 which almost 600,000 were purchased in 2023 gets 18mpg... Don't live based upon fear, stick with your plan of saving for 2-3 years and getting a used newer car. 

      Absolutely. Have no intention of just going to a dealer now and buying a new car. But I am lookin at the Taurus like an 80 year old grandma. It’s gonna keep running for a while longer. Exactly how much longer is unclear 😂 

    3. RoseLuck462

      RoseLuck462

      Oh wow you changed your avatar!

       

      If you’re set on an Accord then go test drive a few. A vehicle from the 2010’s or later will feel pretty good. I recommend something used btw.

    4. TheGlenlivet

      TheGlenlivet

      2013 accord sport owner here.

      I purchased at 35K and now have 155K on her.  Other than a couple of valve train issues that were about $400 to have repaired, and rebuilding second gear (manual transmission, 100% my fault no-lift shifting it also about $400), the car has been dead reliable and still looks great.  People are always surprised with how old and how many miles are on it.

      That said, I agree with waiting till the Taurus gives up the ghost and I would buy a used accord and save yourself a lot of $$$ on depreciation.

  13. They also have an Apple Devices app in development. Again, all beta stuff. Best option is iCloud backup. The 200GB iCloud plan is not too expensive.
  14. iTunes on Windows is all but deprecated. Apple has had an Apple Music app in development on Windows for a long time now. Still not fully released app. Anyway, you can use the Apple Music website to gain access to your Apple Music library on PC.
  15. Apple sells USB-C EarPods for $19. But if your computer does not have a Type-C port, those won't be of much use to you.
  16. Here is a comparison between the generations: Granted, these are all the Max versions. But M3 Pro is better than M1 Max, by quite a bit in CPU tasks, but by miles in 3D tasks.
  17. Just my 2 cents. For a film production major, I would agree with getting the 36GB of RAM. Especially if you're going to be handling 4K+ content. However, for storage, 1TB will fill up fast and you might be better served getting only the 512GB model to save cash and simply editing off of external storage. I think the M3 would be your best bet. M3 actually adds hardware raytracing support, just fyi.
  18. Is there really anything to relearn though? Excel runs on the Mac. It should simply replace "alt" with "command" ?
  19. DrMacintosh

    YouTube still thinks I have my ad blocker still…

    Ublock Origin, on chrome, will proc the YouTube Adblock screen.
  20. DrMacintosh

    YouTube still thinks I have my ad blocker still…

    Just had a call with my grandpa about this same issue. His Malwarebytes browser guard was causing the problem. I disabled that in browser and whitelisted YouTube, now he can watch videos again.
  21. Seems like macOS still has issues recovering the space from deleted Bootcamp partitions. I used the Bootcamp utility to delete the partition, but it could not merge the free space back into the macOS side. Had to use recovery to format and install macOS again. Thankfully TimeMachine had me up and running just as I had been before. 

    1. captain_to_fire

      captain_to_fire

      1. Open Terminal
      2. Type
        sudo trimforce enable
  22. Thunderbolt is well, Thunderbolt. This baby can fit like, idk, 4 PCIe lanes in it. What can USB do? Some data and some power....maybe. Not a fair comparison, but interesting none the less.
  23. Yep, they are fine. We use 2 Seagate Ironwolf drives in our little 4 bay Synology backup NAS. All it really does is make daily backups of OneDrive/SharePoint and cold store data.
  24. The problem is that people paid real money for these phones. Illegally imported or not, the consumer likely had no part in that and simply purchased a phone from a store/private seller. These people have no phone and are now being graciously given a 30% off coupon to buy a new one.
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