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I want to be able to read some information and see some pictures. I don't need that to try to be a futuristic experience.
Get off my lawn!
This is a black Macbook Pro.
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> 8GB is the minimum for useful work I can do a hell of a lot of useful work with far less than that
Every once in a while, I have a wistful desire to take a notebook with a modern high-capacity battery, pull out everything except those batteries, and slap in an e-ink display, a single flash card for storage, and something less powerful than a Raspberry Pi for processing. And then write just enough operating system for it to boot to Emacs. That , in my mind, would be a programmer's computer. (Or a writer's computer.…
I actually had one of these, http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=alpha... but the first edition that ran off of AA which looks a little rare (good thing because the keyboard started to stick, oh and dump the contents as everything is stored in RAM).
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> My dev server has 128GB ...when you say 'dev server', is that a computer in your home/office, or something hosted somewhere? And, if it's hosted--who are you using for hosting that makes 128GB-memory machines available cheaply enough that it's at-all-sensible to use one for a dev server?
It is a used machine hosted at a friends colo. For something similar http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-SunFire-X4600-M2-8x-AMD-Opteron-... The only reason to use hosting providers is to provide instant provisioning/scaling. Otherwise, money burned. Colo space is fairly cheap, so are old but still totally serviceable bad-ass machines.
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It is a used machine hosted at a friends colo. For something similar http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-SunFire-X4600-M2-8x-AMD-Opteron-... The only reason to use hosting providers is to provide instant provisioning/scaling. Otherwise, money burned. Colo space is fairly cheap, so are old but still totally serviceable bad-ass machines.
Is that ad for real? Seems to good to be true? What is the catch?
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> My dev server has 128GB ...when you say 'dev server', is that a computer in your home/office, or something hosted somewhere? And, if it's hosted--who are you using for hosting that makes 128GB-memory machines available cheaply enough that it's at-all-sensible to use one for a dev server?
It is a used machine hosted at a friends colo. For something similar http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-SunFire-X4600-M2-8x-AMD-Opteron-... The only reason to use hosting providers is to provide instant provisioning/scaling. Otherwise, money burned. Colo space is fairly cheap, so are old but still totally serviceable bad-ass machines.
I'm not sure you have the same definition of "cheap" as I do. $5/mo for a 1GB DigitalOcean droplet is cheap.
Buying old-but-badass hardware seems to be similarly cost-effective for that purpose (if that link is to be believed), but where (other than "a friend in ops") can you get 1U/2U of colo hosting for anywhere near that price?
I guess, if you're talking about the marginal price of an extra 1U/2U on top of your existing production rack, it can be negligible. For non-business-affiliated goofing-around, though?
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It is a used machine hosted at a friends colo. For something similar http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-SunFire-X4600-M2-8x-AMD-Opteron-... The only reason to use hosting providers is to provide instant provisioning/scaling. Otherwise, money burned. Colo space is fairly cheap, so are old but still totally serviceable bad-ass machines.
> Colo space is fairly cheap I'm not sure you have the same definition of "cheap" as I do. $5/mo for a 1GB DigitalOcean droplet is cheap. Buying old-but-badass hardware seems to be similarly cost-effective for that purpose (if that link is to be believed), but where (other than "a friend in ops") can you get 1U/2U of colo hosting for anywhere near that price? I guess, if you're talking about the marginal price of an…
Both are "cheap" just along different axis.
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> Colo space is fairly cheap I'm not sure you have the same definition of "cheap" as I do. $5/mo for a 1GB DigitalOcean droplet is cheap. Buying old-but-badass hardware seems to be similarly cost-effective for that purpose (if that link is to be believed), but where (other than "a friend in ops") can you get 1U/2U of colo hosting for anywhere near that price? I guess, if you're talking about the marginal price of an…
I mean actual colo space, like you just pay for 4u, 8u, bandwidth and power. No machines, just space. Both are "cheap" just along different axis.
is it wrong that I want one for the screen, but to run OSX so I can write code? I don't game on a laptop.
What about dual booting or using Virtual Box and installing your favorite Linux flavor?
Hackintosh is close enough, but if there isn't support for the hardware I would rather try wiping off windows and putting arch/freebsd on there.
I feel quite old and stupid that I clicked on this expecting shave technology.
I assumed that's what it was too. If that's what you're looking for, though, Bevel[0] was just launched. (I used to get terrible razor burn - switching to a double edge razor has made a huge difference. Bevel didn't invent the concept, obviously, but they do make it very convenient.). [0] https://getbevel.com/
Their shaver looks very similar to a Merkur Futur [0], which has existed for ages and isn't considered by many to be the best safety razor. The cost for the razor is fair at $60, but they want to extract $30 a month afterwards! Insane! Their lineup consists of a priming oil, badger hair brush, shaving cream and aftershave balm. None of this is out of the ordinary for well equipped wet shavers, and costs nowhere near $30 a month to supply.
Oh well, if it's worth it to someone to subscribe and forget, what do I care. I would rather keep the money in my pocket. You only need to order wet shaving supplies perhaps once a year anyway, even less if you know what you like and stock up.
Notice the bullshit copy on their website: they conveniently leave standard single blade double edge razors out of their comparison matrix so that only the Bevel Razor gets the 6/6 checkmarks.
[0] http://www.shaving101.com/index.php/product-reviews/safety-r...