[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52162359]What I wouldn't give for an X220 with a 1440p IPS screen and a Kaby/Sky Lake or Ryzen processor and Thunderbolt replacing ExpressCard[/QUOTE]
Both a Dell Latitude 7270 and 7470 get you pretty close.
[QUOTE=garychencool;52162418][video=youtube;znKAod257aE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znKAod257aE[/video]
:buckteeth:[/QUOTE]
That has to be one of the most gimmicky laptops I've ever seen
Has anyone ever worked with COM stuff? The pre-.NET Microsoft tech? Is it particularly hard/easy to work with? I've never used it before but I'm writing up an hours estimate for a contract bid that would be using a COM-based API, want to know if I need to double all my numbers again.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52162565]Has anyone ever worked with COM stuff? The pre-.NET Microsoft tech? Is it particularly hard/easy to work with? I've never used it before but I'm writing up an hours estimate for a contract bid that would be using a COM-based API, want to know if I need to double all my numbers again.[/QUOTE]
DON'T.
Seriously. COM is the 100% justifiable reason microsoft gets the hate their do from older devs. I'm dead serious you will be pulling your hair out at how you need to REINSTALL YOUR OS because you activated a service wrong. Just... don't.
[QUOTE=wingless;52162572]DON'T.
Seriously. COM is the 100% justifiable reason microsoft gets the hate their do from older devs. I'm dead serious you will be pulling your hair out at how you need to REINSTALL YOUR OS because you activated a service wrong. Just... don't.[/QUOTE]
So you're saying I should triple, maybe quadruple, my hours estimate, and then tack 25% onto my hourly rate to make up for the frustration. And also that I should do this in a VM with a saved good image, to avoid reinstalling.
It's already outlined as a two-month project to do what would take me probably two hours to do in a software ecosystem I'm familiar with. It's a project with no firm deadline and I will be doing it hourly-rate, not fixed-bid. If they want to pay me six times my current hourly salary to make this thing work, I will make it work, and then cash the biggest goddamn check they've ever written. And that would STILL be cheaper than the competing bid.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52162615]So you're saying I should triple, maybe quadruple, my hours estimate, and then tack 25% onto my hourly rate to make up for the frustration. And also that I should do this in a VM with a saved good image, to avoid reinstalling.
It's already outlined as a two-month project to do what would take me probably two hours to do in a software ecosystem I'm familiar with. It's a project with no firm deadline and I will be doing it hourly-rate, not fixed-bid. If they want to pay me six times my current hourly salary to make this thing work, I will make it work, and then cash the biggest goddamn check they've ever written. And that would STILL be cheaper than the competing bid.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, as a minimum. COM is hell. Honestly be warned, it will be hell.
[QUOTE=wingless;52162618]Yeah, as a minimum. COM is hell. Honestly be warned, it will be hell.[/QUOTE]
I'm a PHP developer. I live in hell, and make Satan do my bidding.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52162628]I'm a PHP developer. I live in hell, and make Satan do my bidding.[/QUOTE]
COM is worse.
[QUOTE=wingless;52162631]COM is worse.[/QUOTE]
What's so bad about it? I'm only going to be using it to call a couple functions in a locally-running application - no DCOM, no OS-level stuff, just a simple "hey program, tell me about the currently-selected thing" and "hey program, do this thing to the currently-selected thing". It will even be on fixed hardware.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52162650]What's so bad about it? I'm only going to be using it to call a couple functions in a locally-running application - no DCOM, no OS-level stuff, just a simple "hey program, tell me about the currently-selected thing" and "hey program, do this thing to the currently-selected thing". It will even be on fixed hardware.[/QUOTE]
In .NET is like 2 compiler flags and a class attribute and you have a COM api that is callable from another application, keep the api flat and the data simple and you won't have to deal with it much.
Out of process servers and DCOM both have pretty much the same struggles. So if you want to do something like that i would advice to just keep it a simple in-process server, and communicate over anything you want between the actual host process and client.
[QUOTE=Kiwi;52163324]Only gimmick thing I see is the track pad.[/QUOTE]
I hate it when acer puts the track pad at the top, it's not the first time
Not only so, the gigantic bezel is a huge turn off for me
Acer has always been hit and miss with their products, more often on the miss.
[QUOTE=Kiwi;52163324]Only gimmick thing I see is the track pad.[/QUOTE]
Speaking of trackpads, the best trackpads you can get for Windows 10 are Precision compatible trackpads. Any laptop without them are probably really shit and won't have separate mouse movement sensitivities. Soo if you actually plan on using the trackpad a lot, either get a Macbook or get a laptop with Precision trackpads. Typically it's the higher end and business end laptops that have them tho. They typically don't put it in gaming laptops because they assume you will use a mouse for everything.
Also that Acer laptop has a neat little USB 2 port specifically for your USB wireless dongles, so that's actually pretty neat.
imo every laptop should just have a clitmouse instead, business or non-business
The only situation where I ever use my touchpad is two finger scrolling
Gonna be contrarian, and say I don't really get the appeal of the nub. It feels pretty awful and imprecise, like a joystick.
[QUOTE=Demache;52163721]Gonna be contrarian, and say I don't really get the appeal of the nub. It feels pretty awful and imprecise, like a joystick.[/QUOTE]
I find them worse than joysticks in some cases.
Soo what's a good renaming program for Windows? I dungoofed on a Lightroom export and named hundreds of files wrong
i.e. event name-1.jpg, I just want to change event name and leave -1.jpg (and the other ones) alone
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;52163965]Bulk Rename Utility
UI might be a scary at first.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it looked pretty complex but I just looked at it and figured how it was supposed to work, and you can preview what the names will become so yeah, very neat program. Solved my misnamed stuff just fine.
I just bought one of those fucking huge mousepads that covers the entire desk, it's pretty nice
[QUOTE=garychencool;52163963]Soo what's a good renaming program for Windows? I dungoofed on a Lightroom export and named hundreds of files wrong
i.e. event name-1.jpg, I just want to change event name and leave -1.jpg (and the other ones) alone[/QUOTE]
SpaceTornado renamer.
[QUOTE=garychencool;52162418][video=youtube;znKAod257aE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znKAod257aE[/video]
:buckteeth:[/QUOTE]
jfc nevermind the layout why did they give the touchpad a glossy finish? It's going to look absolutely disgusting after it's been used for five minutes
[QUOTE=Demache;52163721]Gonna be contrarian, and say I don't really get the appeal of the nub. It feels pretty awful and imprecise, like a joystick.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, aside from trackpoint drift, I find it more accurate with practise than any other laptop input method.
It's something you have to really get used to and then it's pretty great
Doesn't beat macbook trackpads in terms of functionality but sadly you only get good pads on macbooks anyway
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;52164354]I just bought one of those fucking huge mousepads that covers the entire desk, it's pretty nice[/QUOTE]
I want one of those gun cleaning mats that a lot of people use as mousepads, but Finland isn't exactly America where you can roll into the nearest Walmart and buy a gun, so I haven't seen any on sale and I don't feel like ordering something that big straight from America.
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;52163965]Bulk Rename Utility
UI might be a scary at first.[/QUOTE]
Or if you're a masochist like me, learn powershell and regex
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/3iFnXSo.jpg[/t]
Legit question, but why are you guys still refuse to move on from a 5+ year old laptops?
I just did? My previous laptop was a ThinkPad Edge E325 purchased in 2012.
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