travelover
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I'm having a USB port installed in the back of my head, as a back up. For when I can't telepathically download my Facebook page.
6 TB of music? Wow.My current desktop PC probably has a few more years left in it. If I make the move to full-time RV living in a few years, then I'll most likely get a laptop - with an external drive(s), for the 6-7 TB of music that I always want to hang on to.
It's compressed, but to the lossless FLAC format. I also scan the entire CD booklet, jewel case tray insert, and even the CD. All these images are scanned at 300dpi and stored as lossless PNG files.6 TB of music? Wow.
Uncompressed CD quality, that's about 10000 hours of music.
Do you listen to most of it? How do you organize it?
It's compressed, but to the lossless FLAC format. I also scan the entire CD booklet, jewel case tray insert, and even the CD. All these images are scanned at 300dpi and stored as lossless PNG files.
It represents my CD collection, which used to number ~10,000 but is now down to about half of that. ....
No, I haven't listened to all of it yet. The funny thing is that when listening, I keep coming back to the same old albums, despite having a fairly sizable collection.
I want to replace my almost 8 yo PC desktop soon due to XP support ending and am leaning toward a 21.5" iMac with the newer processor, but pricing this out at MacMall is causing me to pause. I was hoping to dodge some of the malware encountered over the years on my PC, and it would be kind of fun to learn a new OS, but the cost differential is hard for me to justify. Feeling the same as Midpack.
I want to replace my almost 8 yo PC desktop soon due to XP support ending and am leaning toward a 21.5" iMac with the newer processor, but pricing this out at MacMall is causing me to pause. I was hoping to dodge some of the malware encountered over the years on my PC, and it would be kind of fun to learn a new OS, but the cost differential is hard for me to justify. Feeling the same as Midpack.
I also scan the entire CD booklet, jewel case tray insert, and even the CD.
You can see what conclusion I came to in post #32 FWIW. I had myself talked into a 21.5" iMac, but it really didn't make sense for us. Maybe next time in 5-6 years if desktops really reinvent themselves as some folks suggest (gestures, voice recognition, etc.). Seems unlikely to me...I want to replace my almost 8 yo PC desktop soon due to XP support ending and am leaning toward a 21.5" iMac with the newer processor, but pricing this out at MacMall is causing me to pause. I was hoping to dodge some of the malware encountered over the years on my PC, and it would be kind of fun to learn a new OS, but the cost differential is hard for me to justify. Feeling the same as Midpack.
I wanted a 1.1TB fusion drive, but hybrids are still newer technology, some experts are refraining for now and managing SSD and HDD manually/separately. And failure modes for HHDs and SSDs are different, could get tricky near the end. As for how much better it performs, would be a function of how much filespace you use. If somehow everything you had fit within 128GB, you'd have SSD performance. If however, you had closer to 1TB and way more than 128GB in OS and apps, ever diminishing returns in terms of performance.The other option to consider if you do get a Mac is to upgrade to a fusion drive, which is a 128 GB SSD paired with a 2 TB disk and the OS will move your system files and your most frequently accessed files into the SSD portion.
I wouldn't necessarily get the RAM upgrade through Apple, though the 16 GB RAM upgrade for my iMac is $140 at Amazon.
So they decided to archive the data in a more permanent format. All the millions of punch cards were scanned, and the scans recorded on microfilm.
Not surprised as it follows the sales trends, but I find all the laptops instead of desktops for those who have tablets puzzling. I thought I'd buy a laptop to replace the old desktop. But you get a lot more for your $ with a desktop vs a laptop AND you can use the tablet when you need mobility. I don't see any advantage to a laptop unless you use it outside the home a lot.
It appears I'm going to have a desktop and tablet for the foreseeable future.
Again, not a criticism, I'm just different...