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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

So need an opinion from some people - maybe some advice as well.

Currently I have a desktop I built a few years ago that hasn't given me any trouble lately, but I am thinking about moving away from the desktop and going back to the laptop way of life, just for portability and such. I have two 22" monitors but lately the second one hasn't been getting much use lately.

My thought is to sell my monitors and get a nice 15-17" laptop and if I need to use a big monitor I can plug the laptop into the TV and use a wireless keyboard / mouse for things. My only concern is storage - so maybe buying a Network Attached storage device and throwing my old drives into that and accessing them if need be.

My desk right now is my two monitors and a TON of paper so I just feel its useless and causing clutter. Any ideas, thoughts, advice? Has anyone moved from the desktop to laptop solution?

I did exactly that - I went from an old custom-built gaming desktop to a laptop. I bought an aforementioned Alienware. Not like I really need gaming power anymore, but I did want the most powerful laptop I could buy (hardware-wise) and went with Alienware. Intel I7 2nd-gen CPU, 16GB RAM, Nvidia 560M video card, 180GB SSD (boot) and 7200 RPM 750GB drive (storage). The laptop didn't come with the SSD; I added that on about two weeks after I received the laptop. My desktop had two monitors attached - a 19" and 17". The laptop has a beautiful 17.3" screen and honestly, I haven't had the need to connect a 2nd monitor.

The amount of storage I have with the two drives is plenty for me. And the other hardware is strong enough to handle anything I may throw at it, which nowadays, isn't much more than some video editing and the occasional game.

I wanted to downsize and I went from a large desktop tower, two monitors, external speakers, keyboard, mouse, and N52 Speedpad to the laptop, speakers, and mouse... and I only plug the mouse in as needed. I got rid of A LOT of clutter.
 
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Evening all, I finally had time today to flash back to stock and un-root so that I could download the IMM76k. I was getting ready to flash IMM76K but decided to wait as we have no cell phone signal here in the mountains and we use an extender. I recall the last time I started after a complete device reset I had to drive until I found a real signal for the phone to activate. Anyway, we ran into Asheville this afternoon now on the completely stock 4.02 and un-rooted and as soon as I got down the mountain and hit Verizon service, Nexie notified me an update was available and I was able to OTA to the new build. Just got home and re-rooted, connected to the extender and all is well. Now to install titanium to restore my back-ups...so far, it has been easy as pie. Anxious to see if this new build has fixed the ever troublesome one way audio issues, so far it does not seem to be any different from the original leaked build IMM30B with the leaked radios.
 
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Alright, I'll double post.
We're coming up on our 1 year anniversary next week. I'm actually working that night so we'll have to celebrate on a different night. What did you all married folks do? (or Chief, can you even remember? ;))
I'm a little strapped for cash these days, so not sure if much of a gift is an option.

Massage and facial for the lady. That's what I did. I spent a lot but you can find the same experience cheaper than the 700 I paid. For the record, I also got a massage, so that was part of the price.

jmar
 
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Help! I've been stuck in meetings with lawyers all day. They're still going strong, but my earballs are bleeding. And we need to meet again tomorrow. Lord give me strength! Can someone do a beer run for me?

Gag, lawyers!! Why would a nice pilot such as yourself be locked up with lawyers all day? (Plead the Fifth if you must) :p

I know I told this joke (about my own profession) about 10,000 posts ago, but people seem to like it for some reason :rolleyes:

What do you call a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with two empty seats? A waste of two good seats.

"It is interesting to note that criminals have multiplied of late, and lawyers have also; but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain
 
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Gag, lawyers!! Why would a nice pilot such as yourself be locked up with lawyers all day? (Plead the Fifth if you must) :p

I know I told this joke (about my own profession) about 10,000 posts ago, but people seem to like it for some reason :rolleyes:

What do you call a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with two empty seats? A waste of two good seats.

"It is interesting to note that criminals have multiplied of late, and lawyers have also; but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

Tell me about it. I'd rather be flying into hurricanes. Oh well, I volunteered to be on this committee so I have no one to blame but myself.
 
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Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Very proud of my sisters, who both had their graduation ceremonies and looked splendid in their caps and gowns.
I just heard about this! My grandmother is in town for the graduation party; she lives in NJ, and was saying that she's now forced to buckle up her poor little Bichon Frise, Oliver, when he goes on car rides with her.
I don't get it.
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Is that an ultrasound app? Does that actually work?
So, since the wifey is out, I can make the one thing she hates, fish, so did cedar plank salmon, with wild rice and green beans saut
 
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Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Very proud of my sisters, who both had their graduation ceremonies and looked splendid in their caps and gowns.

I just heard about this! My grandmother is in town for the graduation party; she lives in NJ, and was saying that she's now forced to buckle up her poor little Bichon Frise, Oliver, when he goes on car rides with her.

Is that an ultrasound app? Does that actually work?

Can I get in on that? My girlfriend can't stand seafood of any sort, I never get to have it, haha.

My wife likes shrimp, crab, and lobster, but not fish. I like to joke with her that crustaceans are the bugs of the sea, but doesn't phase her ;)
 
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Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Can I get in on that? My girlfriend can't stand seafood of any sort, I never get to have it, haha.

I feel sorry for you guys. My best friends wife is the same so whenever she's out of town we invite him over for salmon. I grill a killer salmon!

BTW, on my second beverage and starting to destress. I was hoping to fly home tomorrow, but it doesn't look like we'll get done in time. Say lah v. :)
 
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Alright, I'll double post.
We're coming up on our 1 year anniversary next week. I'm actually working that night so we'll have to celebrate on a different night. What did you all married folks do? (or Chief, can you even remember? ;))
I'm a little strapped for cash these days, so not sure if much of a gift is an option.

I gave Pam a whole day spa. Even though it took her about 6 months to use it, she loved it.

Gag, lawyers!! Why would a nice pilot such as yourself be locked up with lawyers all day? (Plead the Fifth if you must) :p

I know I told this joke (about my own profession) about 10,000 posts ago, but people seem to like it for some reason :rolleyes:

What do you call a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with two empty seats? A waste of two good seats.

"It is interesting to note that criminals have multiplied of late, and lawyers have also; but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

Lawyeer joke from my lawyer cousin...

What do lawyers and sperm have in commom?

One in a million turn out to be human.

I say BBQ at your house, we will all go to our nearest airport for our ride there. :D

I'm hungry.

I'll be smoking ~40 pounds of pork and ~30 pounds of ribs for Ryan's party this weekend if anyone wants to crash the party.
 
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Cap'n Ron, here are some aviation shots to keep you from nodding off with the lawyers.

From the tail of a C-130:

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Sure hope the crew is strapped in. Those air intakes look a little dangerous.

Damn Treo, I don't know what excites me more. BabyBlues offering to bring her hot baked goodies to my house or your aviation pics.
 
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Well, Apple put out some minor refreshments in their PC line up (No mac minis that I have seen?). Not much of an upgrade, the only thing perhaps is the retina display, but pfftt... never needed that for my photos or video before. They should have just went with a 4K display :eek: since that seems to be all the rage.

Kind of bummed about the lack of an iPhone5 announcement, but, meh, its all good I guess :)
 
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Well, Apple put out some minor refreshments in their PC line up (No mac minis that I have seen?). Not much of an upgrade, the only thing perhaps is the retina display, but pfftt... never needed that for my photos or video before. They should have just went with a 4K display :eek: since that seems to be all the rage.

Kind of bummed about the lack of an iPhone5 announcement, but, meh, its all good I guess :)

Actually I was drooling about the retina display MacBook Pro - right up to I got the call from the auto service department today that it was going to cost $1100 to replace the leaky struts on my 9 year old car. Ouch.

Maybe if I can get Stigy to paint my wheels I'll feel better about keeping the car?
 
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I'll be smoking ~40 pounds of pork and ~30 pounds of ribs for Ryan's party this weekend if anyone wants to crash the party.

Wow sounds like a plan...and its my birthday to boot on Sunday!!! Oh wait, wrong Ryan.....
Cap'n our airport is only 5 min from the house, SBA, so that's all the warning I need before you land....and I will bring the Figueroa Mtn Brewery beers.....
Or kegs...can we fly with kegs??

On the computer note...I recently built a new desktop, with AMD A8 and 23" Samsung TV for a monitor....but the goal was to use WHS 2011 on a storage server case as our home media server.(32 TB of storage as of right now)..add in the blue ray, kids gaming desktop, laptop and phones....I use the laptop and nexy the most, but stream to the TV for other media. Love having fast cable internet and a brand new router!!!
 
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