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Thanks all, very valuable info. Booting directly from a USB device into a Linux variant may be best. I have to keep in mind that the machines I will have access to will be fairly old / low spec, so an OS that is leaner on resources will help. Driver compatibility is a worry, though. Since the...

Yes, you're run of the mill Avis, Hertz, etc. will have only a few mass-market models. How about outfits that are not this big, but rent more models? I know they exist, and may not carry everything you'd want to test, but I would suspect you'd have a better choice than the run of the mill rental...

Thanks all. Using a VM sounds like too much work. And I positively don't want to boot from the host PC. I have to boot from my own USB stick. Why not straight Linux with Truecrypt protecting the sensitive stuff? I know zero about Linux, so You folks will have to tell me which distro to use...

As do torque and power curves ... This is probably the best thing you can do; drive rentals till you find a model you like and then buy it.

Vizio has been in the news a lot lately for spying on the people that use its TVs. I think I read about this on either ARS or News.com

I do a lot of banking and bill paying through the 'net. I travel from time to time, and have the need to do this on the go sometimes. I don't have a laptop and don't intend to buy one; it would sit idle 98% of the time. Almost everywhere I go, I have access to a desktop or laptop but the secure...

Yikes, that looks dangerous. The other 3 wheels are now suspect too. Suggest you get them changed asap.

It is based on the upcoming Miata. But IIRC, the front of the Fiat has been redesigned by Fiat.

I just love the looks of the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider - the front and profile.

TrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes

Apparently MS updated their privacy policy and things are a wee bit better now.

I bought it from Corel direct; found a coupon that took $10 off. Used my brother's address in the US. Two reasons I didn't ask him to buy it for me: 1) He won't take the money, two, he's super busy as he's going to be traveling extensively starting the next few days. Thanks to all for offering...

Thanks Tim, I'll keep your kindness in mind!

I checked Corel's local website and called an outfit that was listed as selling the edu version of Corel sw. Guy says it's only for edu institutions and CorelDraw is a 5-user pack, but will sell it to me if I want it - at $1,700. I asked the price for a single user version: $865. I checked the...

A photo of the mess you have now would be helpful to understand the problem.

This guy on another forum I visit bought this lens and seems to be happy.

Awesome. Where did you buy it from? B&H shows it to be on pre-order.

Cheaper LED with 25 times more power developed Presenty 400 candelas per m2; this technology takes it to 10,000 candelas per m2 If this is true and can be commercialized, it would spark a lighting revolution. Oddly, the only links on the web for this point back to an Indian newspaper. The...

Thank you very much, Merc.

Sorry I didn't tell you what type of Win 7 I have. It's the Ultimate version from my lapsed Technet subscription. So which versions of Win 8.1 will work for me? Based on what you say, I should be able to use the key and media of full Win 8.1 and do an in-place upgrade of my Win 7 installation...

I guess by the time my Technet sub expired, MS hadn't released Win 8, so the only OS sw I have is Win 7. I'm mulling buying a copy of Win 8.1. I create Word docs in some other languages, so I don't know if the SL version will work for me or not, it isn't clear. I'm also running Win 7 Ultimate...

Good to see somebody else thinking like I did.

Sheesh, what a crapfest. Glad I didn't jump on W-10. Thanks for the info guys.

Did you actually use the Spybot tool? If so can you elucidate on "went well" please?

I agree with this bloke here. Apparently the Spybot people have built a tool for disabling telemetry in Win 10, 8.1 and 7.

I saw this at B&H. Don't know if it has shingles or it's been vaccinated against the herpes virus.

I swapped the mouse out for a spare and it's scrolling. Doggone co-incidence. These days mice seem to last at most a year.

Win Update is set to manual. Last night I did the update and shut the machine down. Today the mouse scroll wheel doesn't do anything. I'm on Win 7. Is it just me?

More flogging of a dead horse. From a newsletter I receive, to prevent "Upgrade to Win 10" nagging and auto downloading of Win 10:

I have a Brother laser printer. While it is quite reliable, output quality - both text and images - is nowhere near the earlier HPs I had.

Sorry for being OT. I do support my daughter's Win 8.1, so I can manage. But for my use, there's no way I'd consider it without installing Classic Shell. Windows 7 will remain supported until January 10, 2020. It left mainstream support earlier this year, so it's no longer eligible to receive...

I read somewhere that Win 7 is getting another 2 years of support (good for me). I wonder if I should upgrade from 7 to 8.1 for two reasons: longer support, and some of you here saying it's much faster than 7.

I'm surprised Nikon is giving away Capture NX-D. But why do you convert the RAW to TIFF and then use an older version of PS? Are the editing features of Capture NX-D too dumb / limited?

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Thanks all. I did tell my daughter to ask if PS CS3 or PS Elements would do; she finally nailed him down enough for him to say CS3 would do, so I'm relieved about that. She also needs to have Corel Draw (why that pox is still used, I don't know). I have to call local edu sw distributors on...

Thanks. Was afraid I'd hear that. Unclear about version; her lecturer fobbed her off when she asked the questions I told her to ask him. Incompetent asshole. I do have PS CS3 (version 10); if that will do, I am all set. She will try to talk to him again tomorrow. There are student...

Need to get Photoshop for daughter for the course she's taking at college. I only see PS offered as a CC App. Has adobe completely stopped selling software with a one-time payment?

That the Mac is so bloody difficult to use. I knew about the single button mouse but not the other issues you wrote about. The lack of a middle button is why I hate using laptop trackpads. How bloody hard would it be to add a third middle button?

The link does say a patch has been issued.

This is astonishing, considering the maker prides itself on being user-centric and its user interface. In the past few years, many in the extended family have abandoned windows and gone completely over to the dark side - Macs, ipads, iPhones. Sadly, there is one in the immediate family: daughter...

KeePass hacked. Other password managers may be at risk.

Apartments here have choked electrical connections because the builder wants to save money on the deposit to be given to the electricity company. Typically it is 3kw or 5 kw if one is lucky. Running 2 geysers and an electric iron will trip your MCB. Bastards. I would want at least 15 KW...

A water heater that runs on electricity rather than gas as in the US. In the US, you have whole-house gas water heaters in the garage or basement. Here we have smaller (4 - 12 gallon) electric water heaters in each bathroom. These are called storage water heaters because the entire water in...

That's half of what a typical electric geyser would consume. My apartment complex has a generator to supply power when the mains dies (fairly frequent). But generator power is limited to 1 KW per apartment. I'd be hosed if I had a rig like yours! As is, the fridge, washing machine / TV, my...

Yikes! How much power is the rig consuming?

Great advice. Thanks Tannin.

New toys for DD! Drones that auto-follow and auto video shoot you. Links go to Youtube. Lily ($799) AirDog ($1599 but without a camera)

You guys in US live in a world of your own. The rest of the world lives very differently. A Philips Hue Starter Kit consisting of 3 Hue bulbs with E27 base, 1 bridge, 1 power adaptor sells here for ~ USD 265. One must be absolutely nuts or absolutely filty rich to spend that kind of money in...

Back in 2007, my employer migrated from an older version of Exchange to the then current version; 2007, I thing. They hired a consultant and paid big bucks, but the migration was screwed up anyway and was a major disaster with customer emails lost and what not. I hope it went well for Coug.

Those same bulbs DD linked to might be available on Amazon.uk which would be voltage compatible for you. I'd order from there too, except for frickin red tape customs and such.