I've been lucky that my company issued laptop (a Dell Latitude) has been largely problem free for the last 2.5 years running O365 and Windows 10. I'm due for replacement in the next 6-8 months but am not rushing it since I have not had any problems.
My personal Surface Pro 4 has been a different story - has not played nicely at all with Windows 10.
Authorities claim to enforce these rules - with the volume of LLCs I see especially on 405 and 167, I sometimes have doubts, but I trust the WSP more than other brave warrior professions.
Just keep right, people, take the high road, check the ego at the door, and let speeders pass, if they are going fast enough, you'll get the last laugh when they blow through a speed trap. It works in more developed societies.
256 on both, I think. I don't store movies on these machines, so there is still plenty of room - mostly pictures and dashcam videos on the personal machine. If it ever got full, I'd just move the stuff to SD or maybe get a cheap portable HD.
Booting up and shutting down is so much faster with a SSD.
Speaking of Macs. I just heard on the radio that Apple will be refreshing their top line Mac pro desktop which couldn't be expanded internally in its earlier morphology with a new model. This around $8 to $10K but expandable. If expanded fully up to $65000. But it will be "made" in the US mostly.
I was a Mac afficianado through the 90s from Mac Plus to Macintosh whatever. I was the lone holdout using the Mac and drove the naive IT guy nuts because he wanted everything to be PCs.
SiriusXM I received an email reminder a week ahead, for the first time in all my trial subscriptions.
It does NOT contain the telephone number you are told you have to call to cancel. I did find a number in the Agreement they linked for the terms of so called "service."
I do not envy the WSP Troopers. They have an impossible task on roads handling traffic far greater than they were ever designed or expected to handle with largely incompetent drivers. I've found them to be courteous and reasonable in my few random encounters with them. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had been pulled over by them.
2025 Jetta GLI Autobahn, 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xE
SiriusXM I received an email reminder a week ahead, for the first time in all my trial subscriptions.
It does NOT contain the telephone number you are told you have to call to cancel. I did find a number in the Agreement they linked for the terms of so called "service."
I love my USB Stick....no longer have to try and outsmart Sirius every few months. And, every song is a good one because I chose it.
But you don’t get to hear anything different. That’s why I like Sirius even tho I hate their business model. Which my Cable/Internet provider emulates now too.
SiriusXM I received an email reminder a week ahead, for the first time in all my trial subscriptions.
It does NOT contain the telephone number you are told you have to call to cancel. I did find a number in the Agreement they linked for the terms of so called "service."
I love my USB Stick....no longer have to try and outsmart Sirius every few months. And, every song is a good one because I chose it.
Same! I never want to have to deal with that miserable company again.
As for the variety, it can be whatever you want it to be. I found with XM I used to listen to only 2 or 3 stations regularly and their playlists were quite small. On a long road trip you would hear the same stuff several times.
But you don’t get to hear anything different. That’s why I like Sirius even tho I hate their business model. Which my Cable/Internet provider emulates now too.
800 songs, 20 songs an hour, 40 hours of music, by the time a song comes around again I am glad to hear it over again. On the drive to Florida.....which was 9 hours of driving a day for 2 days, I would hear the same song about 3 times a day on Sirius.
By the way, we FLY to Florida on October 23rd this year, the Halloween Party is early this year on Saturday the 26th before Halloween. Did I already post this years costumes? I'll try to remember to do that!
I agree 100%. They also seem to receive less adulation than other LEOs, while dealing with just as much of a steamy mess. They don't serve in a mental health capacity like most local police have been relegated to in this devolving order, but they still handle a lot of dangerous idiocy. They also seem to give some leeway - you won't get nabbed for going 5 over, for sure.
I do not envy the WSP Troopers. They have an impossible task on roads handling traffic far greater than they were ever designed or expected to handle with largely incompetent drivers. I've found them to be courteous and reasonable in my few random encounters with them. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had been pulled over by them.
After spending 9 days and ~1500 miles in a rental without satellite radio, I am glad to have it back in my own car. I have hundreds of songs I can stream in the car, but have had them for so long that I even have the playlist orders memorized. I use TuneIn for streaming radio, but in areas without service, it is tough. I have 19 presets, some better than others, but I can always find something.
800 songs, 20 songs an hour, 40 hours of music, by the time a song comes around again I am glad to hear it over again. On the drive to Florida.....which was 9 hours of driving a day for 2 days, I would hear the same song about 3 times a day on Sirius.
By the way, we FLY to Florida on October 23rd this year, the Halloween Party is early this year on Saturday the 26th before Halloween. Did I already post this years costumes? I'll try to remember to do that!
I guess I am just lazy. XM is much easier. And I know there is no chance my wife would ever deal with trying to stream. especially in the old fashioned RDX!
Well we got the car, got financing through USAA and dropped off the paperwork for it at the dealership. All we have to do is show up Wednesday evening with insurance, sign some paperwork and drive it home. She is sitting in the dealerships lot with a sold sign on it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Well we got the car, got financing through USAA and dropped off the paperwork for it at the dealership. All we have to do is show up Wednesday evening with insurance, sign some paperwork and drive it home. She is sitting in the dealerships lot with a sold sign on it.
Congrats, snake. Hope you have long and satisfying ownership experience. 😛
Even with free satellite in the bimmer, I would get tired of flipping through the dozen stations that even play stuff I like, and often switch to streaming Amazon Music instead.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
“I noticed that too. It looks like he's putting his farm subsidies to good use. In the past he has denied receiving any government handouts but the pics prove otherwise. He may still deny it and say it's the result of his lucrative Enterprise position but I doubt any of us in here is going to fall for that line. “
I don’t know, with my lucrative 401k plan I’m already a hundredaire. I can afford the good gravel now.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Well we got the car, got financing through USAA and dropped off the paperwork for it at the dealership. All we have to do is show up Wednesday evening with insurance, sign some paperwork and drive it home. She is sitting in the dealerships lot with a sold sign on it.
I don't think you had to leave Mrs S at the dealership holding a SOLD sign next to the car! Hope you love your new car...it sounds like a winner.
RWD is a big plus for me. Servicing should be fairly easy; oil change every 12 months/10k miles, brake fluid and coolant every 24 months, plugs every 60k, and(optionally) ATF /filter every 60k. The https://www.thebmwminipartstore.com/ and FCP Euro are your friends for filters, plugs, fluids, etc. if your local dealer won't give you a CCA discount.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
The CHP Officers I've encountered in more normal social situations have indeed been more human, likable, and better overall people.
As I've said, a CHP Officer pulling someone over on a perfect bright sunny day with little traffic where the speed limit just dropped from 70 to 65 for no legitimate reason so they can generate revenue at 15 over is the kind of scummy human you don't want to have to interact with.
Of course, in CA.... 15 over has become about the median average speed driven during free flowing periods. This means the 85th percentile might be justifying 85 or 90.
But why let an objective standard like the 85th percentile ruin a good money making scheme.
Arbitrary, unjustified, and unsubstantiated subjective speed limits rule the day in California.
'18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
Fabulous looking car. Be sure to get your own license plate holders....unless you like the Autonation pink ones. If you are having plates put on buy chrome ones ahead of time to take with.....if you buy them in their store they will be about $40.
RWD is a big plus for me. Servicing should be fairly easy; oil change every 12 months/10k miles, brake fluid and coolant every 24 months, plugs every 60k, and(optionally) ATF /filter every 60k. The https://www.thebmwminipartstore.com/ and FCP Euro are your friends for filters, plugs, fluids, etc. if your local dealer won't give you a CCA discount.
Good advice....one more. Great car, you will probably need snow tires in the winter. My 2008 328 Cabriolet couldn't move in snow with regular tires. Love that car though. BMW does a good job of keeping the design the same, so it always looks like a new car.
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Work uses Lenovo ThinkPads, we get a new one every 3 years, latest one is ~2 years old, Win10, SSD, no issues.
How large is the SSD? What kind of storage do you use it for? Movies? Pictures? Has the size of the SSD been a constraint?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Authorities claim to enforce these rules - with the volume of LLCs I see especially on 405 and 167, I sometimes have doubts, but I trust the WSP more than other brave warrior professions.
And when useless drones challenge them, they lose
Just keep right, people, take the high road, check the ego at the door, and let speeders pass, if they are going fast enough, you'll get the last laugh when they blow through a speed trap. It works in more developed societies.
Booting up and shutting down is so much faster with a SSD.
I was a Mac afficianado through the 90s from Mac Plus to Macintosh whatever. I was the lone holdout using the Mac and drove the naive IT guy nuts because he wanted everything to be PCs.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I received an email reminder a week ahead, for the first time in all my trial subscriptions.
It does NOT contain the telephone number you are told you have to call to cancel. I did
find a number in the Agreement they linked for the terms of so called "service."
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
There's talk of restricting their export to certain countries for security reasons.
As for the variety, it can be whatever you want it to be. I found with XM I used to listen to only 2 or 3 stations regularly and their playlists were quite small. On a long road trip you would hear the same stuff several times.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Also have an Intellivision with the voice module for those games that can TALK!
On the drive to Florida.....which was 9 hours of driving a day for 2 days, I would hear the same song about 3 times a day on Sirius.
By the way, we FLY to Florida on October 23rd this year, the Halloween Party is early this year on Saturday the 26th before Halloween. Did I already post this years costumes? I'll try to remember to do that!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Just ordered one of these so I can stream to the home stereo
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/bluetooth-audio-adapter
Much cheaper on Amazon too!
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
This is more difficult than other times she needed a new car.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
One of the car mags, C & D I think, has a long term Ascent. They don't like the driver assist pkg.
Might be something you don't want anyway.
Could be wrong.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
You have a link to the car?
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I don’t know, with my lucrative 401k plan I’m already a hundredaire. I can afford the good gravel now.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Hope you love your new car...it sounds like a winner.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Beauty!!!!!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Sweet! I like the wheels a lot.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Good luck with it.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
As I've said, a CHP Officer pulling someone over on a perfect bright sunny day with little traffic where the speed limit just dropped from 70 to 65 for no legitimate reason so they can generate revenue at 15 over is the kind of scummy human you don't want to have to interact with.
Of course, in CA.... 15 over has become about the median average speed driven during free flowing periods. This means the 85th percentile might be justifying 85 or 90.
But why let an objective standard like the 85th percentile ruin a good money making scheme.
Arbitrary, unjustified, and unsubstantiated subjective speed limits rule the day in California.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
Apparently the ticket was real, but the rest was made for publicity.....(35 seconds)
*Lesson: If something is only shown for 30 seconds....assume a lot has been left out.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Or just run without them. I always take off the dealers and run naked plates. Looks cleaner that way to me.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Congratulations on the new car!
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,