1 Apr
2018
1 Apr
'18
3:43 a.m.
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 04:26:44PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
[...]
But that is the old fly in the ointment, other
software may not be avilable.
I do run windows and real text screen UNIX is not aviable anymore. All I
know it is same $$$ cycle as always, BUY the new machine
for faster software, but you need buy the software that has bug fixes and
patches for the new system and the software slows down again.
GUI's gave us 8x bloat and streaming media another 8x bloat.
Decades of being nickel-and-dimed by the Microsoft ecosystem has taught you
that you need to pay for a lot of software. This is far less common on other
platforms.
I'm watching the MNT Reform with some interest as they're much more
user-repairable and -upgradable than typical notebooks, but it's nowhere near
ready yet. The small-run prototype is also an eyewatering ?599, so I'll pass on
it for now.
It is about time NEW notebook computers to come out to
let you use them to
take NOTEs rather than some ap for your phone for notes.
I use a fountain pen and some old file cards for that :)
PS: Do I need a VALVE computer for the best sounding
digital music?
You *could* buy one of those ricer PCs which have a valve amplifier fitted
right there on the PCB, nice and close to all those sharp digital signals and
noisy ground plane. The target market is hipsters who don't understand
electronics.
PPS: Notice how records are selling again.
There's a lot of talk from the same hipsters about a vinyl resurgence, but the
impressive-sounding percentge issues are against a tiny baselines that's pretty
much an accounting error.
In absolute rather than relative terms, the only growing market for music is
streaming. Spotify is one of those appalling bloated web-wrapper apps I was
railing against. I'm sticking with CDs; they'll even play on my old Amiga.