Computery things....................

My wife bought the googly thing as she hated the way her iPad/iCloud took control of her photos. I'm not sure, every time it opens up it tries to get you to buy stuff of Amazon. Will have to sit down and study it at some point.

 

sounds great Dave so is all your docs now kept on the cloud? i imagine you can store importants things on an external hard drive too if you wanted

 

I recently bought a new laptop. Went with Windoze again as sadly that's the system that woks for me.
With my hobby I link my radios to the laptop so that I can control the radio and adjust settings for various things on the fly.
Whilst these chrome books are quite good they are limited.
Before you buy one make sure it's able to do what you need it for. Sadly windoze tends still to be the best supported OS still by other software writers.
If like me you use it for a more unusual purpose rather than for simple web browsing etc then a windoze PC/Laptop may still be your best option.

 

just a word of warning about storing important things in in the cloud,it is not unknown for date to get lost/deleted,my friend had all his books for his business on the cloud (although luckily he also took back ups onto a external hard drive) and for whatever reason he was unable to access it i've resisted storing anything on the cloud but if i do i will put everything on a ext HDD too, as the most common data lose on the cloud seems to be accidently deleating it yourself

 

My wife said she's lost a load of photos that were on cloud, I think I'll have to believe her now

 

Is it still easy to set up a dual boot system on Windows 10? Or were you going to just use Linux?
It used to be easier to use TCP/IP on Linux on the radio ( was easier to configure than using windows along with a couple of other modes.
Just curious rather than intent to use them.

 

Besides my work station which is a Lenovo running Windows 7 I also run a Dell Mil-Spec Latitude laptop on Windows 7. Chose this particular laptop as it has easy access to replacing components i.e. hard drives, boards and such. I prefer Windows 7 as it does all I need reliably. Have a 2nd Gen IPad but only use it for comm checks when traveling.
I don't rely on just "cloud" and back up everything of importance automatically on an external terabyte drive.

 

I have had a chrome book for some time now but only use it for surfing the web. It is refreshingly fast and trouble free - a bit like a big smart phone with a keyboard!

 

Well well well, all this technical expertise on here. So I hope you don't mind if I ask for some advice off all you techno nerds. The thing is after giving it much thought and discussing it with the wife of course I've decided to take the plunge and buy a colour telly. Do you think it's a good move ?

 

depends if you've bought the rose tinted glasses or not

 

Like owning and riding bikes of different types/manufacturers what technology you punt for is equally as much a personal choice. I worked for over 35 years in IT and there are pros and cons for all platforms and operating systems. Just go with what you are comfortable with and what works for you and your application and you won't go far wrong. What ever platform you decide on always back-up your files onto a remote hard drive. Don't rely on the web as it is not as secure or reliable as the providers would have you think. As an added benefit if you have your own backed up copy of your data/photo's you will never be at risk from data scammers or vitrual blackmail. Just my thoughts on the subject.
Wessa

 

Definitely not until you get an electricity supply out in Shaw.

 

Wall to wall Apple myself. IPhone, iPad and iMac. All spreadsheets, text documents, pdf's, music, photos stored on iCloud. Every device talks to each other seamlessly. A joy to use. Expensive - yes, but you get what you pay for.