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Post by insanecooker on Jul 18, 2020 8:55:27 GMT -5
Buying a Mac now when Apple is moving from Intel to ARM is not a very good idea, IMO. It’s guaranteed to become a doorstop not that far into the future.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jul 18, 2020 14:28:51 GMT -5
Buying a Mac now when Apple is moving from Intel to ARM is not a very good idea, IMO. It’s guaranteed to become a doorstop not that far into the future. How do you figure? Because the next ones will be so much better, or because you think the support for the old ones is going to be terrible?
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Post by insanecooker on Jul 18, 2020 14:56:40 GMT -5
The latter, based on what happened when they moved from PowerPC to Intel.
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Post by Mike the marksman on Jul 20, 2020 6:56:21 GMT -5
If you've backed up your files I'd replace the hard drive with an SSD and do a clean Windows install. Just start over. That's what I did with the old PC I built in 2012- didn't change anything but the drive. it was a mess, and now it's like a new machine.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jul 27, 2020 9:41:47 GMT -5
Update: Been using the PC at my normal rate, maybe a bit more doing some book keeping, and it is working fine now. No crashes on start up since running those utilities, and the rest seems to be a bit smoother. I'd still like to see it perform a bit better and I get the impression that something is awfully bloated on it, but I can't find any evidence. In any case, since the replacements I was in the market for weren't that much more powerful, it makes no sense to keep shopping. Thanks for the tips. I would 100% recommend those utilities mentioned earlier. They were as mentioned: If it were me I would open it up, vacuum all dust and crud out of the insides, disconnect and reconnect all power supply connectors and data links - several times. Then I would run the following integrity checks (I assume you have all important files backed up off-line somewhere) on the OS: Go to start>Type CMD Right click and run as Administrator type: sfc /scannow you may need to execute this up to 3 times then: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth after running this run the sfc /scannow one more time If none of this helps, start researching a new machine. And when my USB thumb drive wouldn't work: USB Drive wouldn't work. Doesn't really get recognized, says it can't install a driver and is vague. Internet instructions say to run a hardware troubleshooter, but it isn't where any of the sites say where it is. Turns out the troubleshooter I want is still there but not on any menus and has to be run from the command prompt... because, why make it easy? For anyone curious, the command line is: "msdt.exe -id DeviceDiagnostic" . It ran, saw the problem with the drive, and fixed it. I'm backing stuff up now. It is bizarre and frustrating to me that basic system maintenance tools are so hidden you need to use the command prompt to use them while all sorts of other crap is shoved under my nose, but I am glad that it is there and that it works so well. Saved me a cool $400-$500.
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