<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Chris - hear ya.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Main osx lion server on now-old Mac mini finally died. Perhaps not enjoying being on so constantly. Dunno. Anyway<div class="">Jules and Shaun and Klaus-Peter got me onto a synology approach instead.</div><div class="">It works! Fancy that. <br class="">
<br class="">Did you see the Microsoft surface studio? - stylistically stealing from apple product ads but why is it MS doing this?</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/BzMLA8YIgG0?t=55s" class="">https://youtu.be/BzMLA8YIgG0?t=55s</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(By the way - in terms of history: the dial thing is actually from Autodesk … that got pulled into the surface tables way ago)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Nov 2016, at 12:56, Chris Andrews <<a href="mailto:w@lfie.org" class="">w@lfie.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">With the continued lack of interest in desktop Macs from Apple I shall be switching my home server to a Linux box. I don't see a good alternative to the iPhone or iPad but when it comes to my need for a headless Unix system serving files and running cron jobs...<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris <br class=""><div class=""><br class="">On Thursday, 3 November 2016, Nicholas Gibbins <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nmg@ecs.soton.ac.uk');" target="_blank" class="">nmg@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is probably the best review I've read of the new MacBook Pro:<br class="">
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<a href="https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/" target="_blank" class="">https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/<wbr class="">10/benjamin_button_reviews_the<wbr class="">_new_macbook_pro/</a><br class="">
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Regardless, the new MBP might be the impetus I need to start seriously<br class="">
looking at hackintoshes; some time ago, I came to the conclusion that<br class="">
what I liked was the OS, and not necessarily the hardware.<br class="">
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Nick<br class="">
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> On 3 Nov 2016, at 12:09, mc <<a class="">mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Anyone considering a new MacBook Pro?<br class="">
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> You’re up for the TOTAL adaptor requirements? Like a USB key requiring an adaptor. It beggars belief right now.<br class="">
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> This review so nicely captures at least how I feel about it in terms of<br class="">
> Death of relevant ports for example<br class="">
> Loss of sd card slot (for some of us that really is a blow)<br class="">
> Dongle cost<br class="">
> That the processors aren’t the optimum<br class="">
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> Anyway, read and enjoy/read and weep?<br class="">
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> <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/2/13490774/apple-macbook-pro-review-2016-13-inch-laptop" target="_blank" class="">http://www.theverge.com/2016/1<wbr class="">1/2/13490774/apple-macbook-pro<wbr class="">-review-2016-13-inch-laptop</a><br class="">
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> m.c.<br class="">
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Dr Nicholas Gibbins <a class="">nmg@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br class="">
Web and Internet Science <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~n<wbr class="">mg/</a><br class="">
Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 (0) 23 80598879<br class="">
University of Southampton fax: +44 (0) 23 80592865<br class="">
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