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So here's my dilemma: my parents are classic Bad At Computers parents. It's cute, you know? Everything is always breaking, and sometimes things have gone so hilariously wrong that I can't even figure out what they did to get there. It's not that they aren't brilliant -- they are both doctors! -- but more that they don't really care to figure it out. And why should they? They have me.
Anyway, right now their computing situation is basically one of my old iMacs, a couple of iPads, and their iPhones. My mother wants a MacBook to replace the iMac, but I'm thinking about replacing the iMac and buying her a Chromebook instead. There's something fundamentally terrifying to me about making their primary computer a laptop, especially since that's where they back up all of their photos and so on. And that way I can keep remotely administering the iMac (since it stays put) and they can have a fuller browsing experience while mobile and have a keyboard for the charting and email stuff they want to do.
But I'm worried about the Chromebook as well: they both work for huge hospital systems that sometimes send weird filetypes across, or need special apps to run, or sometimes just need Flash on an old website. Should I just suck it up and buy both a new iMac and a MacBook? Or will a Chromebook work?
Help!
>>51946279
Chromebooks are locked-down computers, really not a recommended buy.
Build your parents a hackintosh.
ThinkPad T420 with Ubuntu GNOME or another babby tier distro.
Buy them a tablet.
/g/ I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP
I'm fairly positive my GPU has died see pic related
When I startup, I get those blue bars and when I'm supposed to be at my desktop I get a black screen with "falling snowflakes"
Is my video card finally kill?
I have a powercooler hd Radeon 8670 in
Please let me know is this is the problem! I'd like to buy another one if that's the case this weekend!!!
I live in NYC so I was thinking of going to B&H and picking one up
>>51946271
Here are a few I saw in B&H
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1110616-REG/asus_gtx750ti_oc_2gd5_nvidia_geforce_gtx_750.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1032844-REG/evga_02g_p4_3751_kr_geforce_gtx750ti_2048mb_gddr5.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1180626-REG/gigabyte_gv_n950wf2oc_2gd_gtx_950_oc_2gddr5.html
>>51946296
I don't know much about video cards (if this is indeed tha case)
Are those that I listed good?
I do very light gaming but the one game I play is rather intense (I think)
I have two 120hz monitors and would like (if possible) a GPU that would be compatible with both monitors
I would like to keep it under $200 if possible!
>>51946271
OP your GPU's memory is kill
>The US Government has pinpointed some of the largest piracy websites and other copyright infringing venues. The USTR calls on foreign countries to take action against popular piracy sites such as KickassTorrents, as well as Canadian domain registrar Rebel and Swiss hosting service Private Layer.
>https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-govt-targets-torrent-sites-and-other-piracy-havens-151218
How long until the retards make a tracker and client p2p so there is no more websites to take down? just make it able to add addons to it and "subscribe" or something to different sources, is that hard?
You mean like magnet links and DHT?
>>51946195
How long until trackers move to Tor? Why hasn't this been done yet.
>>51946911
because its slow as fuck
>captcha says 333
>types 333
>you got it wrong
>>51946024
Educate yourself on CAPTCHA, faggot.
>he fell for the legacy captcha meme
>>51946051
>captcha asks for cars
>2 cars, 3 pizzas, 1 ocean, 3 random toys
>pick cars
>you got it wrong
Who are your favourite /g/ related youtubers
Pewds!
>>51945974
PhotonicInduction
EEVBlog
Applied Science
ashens
Do companies sell their old PCs?
Do they sell it with the original hard drive?
How common would you say the use of encryption is on these machines if they are within the walls of the business/corp. ?
Could someone just data recover the HD from a corporate machine for some info?
Another thing that has me worried is GOP candidates legitimately believing building a backdoor into encryption is a good idea.
Depends on the company. I know some technology companies literally just throw their computers in the dumpster because their shit is supposed to be so secretive that once it's done for work use it's never supposed to be used again.
We usually pull the drives and throw them in our grinder that we use to destroy expired drugs, then donate what's left to a charity. We give them a check once a quarter to buy new drives so they can do something with the machines. We used to use DBAN on the original drives, but after crunching the numbers, we realized just giving them some money was more economical.
Also, if you seriously believe only the GOP wants a backdoor into all encryption schemes, do the country a favor and never vote again.
Post your poorfag specs.
Winter Edition
>update firefox
>mfw newtab override plugin stops working
Why the fuck does Mozilla insist on me using their shitty recent tabs layout?
How do I get this back to google.com everytime I open a tab? The plugin doesn't work anymore.
idk. i replace newTab.xhtml every time firefox updates
Same issue, I "fixed" it by installing an extension specifically for this purpose. Google it if you need to
>>51945906
Extension doesn't work. FUCK YOU, FIREFOX!
closed source software is in 99% of the cases better than open sores software. agree with this statement?
>>51945320
>sores
underage detected
define 'better'
>>51945344
more features, better support, more stability.
Anyone know if there's a good webpage image extractor that will work on iCloud.com/#photos page?
F12 key
>>51945175
nah, iCloud will block most of that stuff
say what you will about Apple, but since the celeb pic release, icloud security is pretty intense
>>51945232
>icloud security is pretty intense
the average iTard
How's the 9.2 final working on 4S? I've been watching some comparative vids and the newest ios seems to have some major speed improvements from what I've noticed. Is it worth it? I miss a lot of apps that I was using but are now set for ios's from 8 and up. I'm currently on 7.1.2.
Did anyone upped their 4S? And yes, there's a jb out there already.
>>51945090
>4S
Enjoy your lag, buy the latest iMeme goy.
>>51945262
xDDDDD
i luv yur awesuuue meeemes :DDD
bump though, any noncunts care to answer?
Sorry another one of these threads is here but I'm just wondering, Has windows 10 actually been improved somewhat since it's release? Is there any changes that would make the OS more tolerable to upgrade to?
>>51945050
How is it may I ask?
>>51945054
You may not
>>51945063
Well then. If you are going to be that way. Not that difficult answering a quick question is it?
Is the Dell XPS 15 good?
>>51944852
yep.
NEXT
>>51944852
how about you just read a review?
>>51944852
>dat tiny keyboard
sure, "good".
Hey guys, so basically I wanna learn some more advanced "stuff" about Linux, well I've been wanting to do this for a while now but I've been noticing my windows 7 getting progressively slower and more painful to boot up, so I've been thinking about installing some Linux distro that's a bit more advanced/harder to use as I like to learn more about computers in general as much as I can.
I have already tried Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Kali Linux on multiple occasions in the past year (had to use a less demanding OS to do anything on a laptop I had, Vista couldn't run jack shit) and liked dealing with the challenges that Linux can bring you.
If any of you can suggest a distro that is a step up (or maybe a couple) from the distros I've listed that will let me mess around a little and not completely destroy my system, thanks anon[s]!
Linux isn't a special retard OS. If you want to mess around: do it on the computer of a guy you hate.
>If any of you can suggest a distro that is a step up (or maybe a couple) from the distros I've listed that will let me mess around a little and not completely destroy my system, thanks anon[s]!
>...let me mess around... and not completely destroy my system...
> Implying fucking you system isn't Linux way of doing things.
>>51944672
backup, reformat, reinstall your windows.
then run linux in a VM.
Which Linux distribution is the best for watching anime?
Whichever you manage to get your video drivers to get running in.
>>51944662
Any
Gentoo
