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    Overlord of Music keloooe's Avatar
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    Dave, Microsoft are giving Win10 away to anyone who tests it, I think they scrapped the original plan of a completely free update, even to non-legit installs.
    The only time a Mac would be "in budget" for anyone would be as you hit Uni.... Damn I still gotta wait over a damn year!!! And KB, yeah I did that to my PC, works great being able to pick either one, but mine is now setup so that I can also boot to Linux off another SSD of mine

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    Dave, Microsoft are giving Win10 away to anyone who tests it,
    That's the scary bit, although I did click on the upgrade when available option when I was downloading & installing the various Win 8.1 patches today.

    Are you supposed to get some sort of notification when you click the link because I got no response ??
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    Overlord of Music keloooe's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by dave.king1 View Post
    That's the scary bit, although I did click on the upgrade when available option when I was downloading & installing the various Win 8.1 patches today.

    Are you supposed to get some sort of notification when you click the link because I go to response ??
    It isn't out yet Dave, comes out next month. When it is out it will automatically be downloaded to your hard drive and I don't know what happens after that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    It isn't out yet Dave, comes out next month. When it is out it will automatically be downloaded to your hard drive and I don't know what happens after that!
    Your pc shits itself......

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    It isn't out yet Dave, comes out next month. When it is out it will automatically be downloaded to your hard drive and I don't know what happens after that!
    Yep, I'm aware of that Pest and also fearful of DBs prediction because over the years I have met Murphy and every last one of his misbegotten relos.

    Bring back OS/2 Warp I say or better still CPM

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    Quote Originally Posted by dingobass View Post
    Your pc shits itself......
    Most definitely! Can't wait for Windows Iceman to be released!

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    Most definitely! Can't wait for Windows Iceman to be released!
    haha thats it Pest, they will be beta testing it on DB's PC for sure
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    Quote Originally Posted by wokkaboy View Post
    haha thats it Pest, they will be beta testing it on DB's PC for sure
    Nah Apple should do OSX 10.11.x dubbed "Iceman" and test it on his iThing!

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    I run Linux on my pc....

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Lol....

    Anyway, time for an update......


    I've got my new laptop at home now (bought it from JB Hi-Fi), it's a Dell Inspiron 15 with the following specs:


    CPU: Intel Core i7 4510U @2.0Ghz (3.1Ghz in turbo mode).

    Ram: X1 8Gb DDR 3 Ram Module Installed.

    OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit.

    Hard Drive Capacity: 1Tb (1000Gb).

    Display: 15.6 inch Widescreen.

    Graphics: 2047Mb Nvidia Geforce.

    Connectivity:

    X3 USB Ports.

    X1 HDMI.

    Optical Drive:

    HL-DT-ST DVD +-RW GU90N (Means I can burn disks).

    Audio:

    Realtek High Definition Audio.


    The laptop was originally retailing for $874.00, but the sales assistant gave me a good deal on it and I ended up paying only $805.00 for it, I had enough money left over to buy a Focusrite Scarlett Studio USB audio interface bundle ($399.00 from Top End Sounds) ,included in the bundle was a pair of headphones, a condenser mic, mic stand fitting, a Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface, an XLR lead, a USB lead, manual, registration card etc.

    I'm happy with what I've bought so far, using my new laptop right now to post the update in this thread.
    Last edited by DrNomis_44; 25-06-2015 at 01:19 AM.

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