[Ipg-smz] Apple Lease

[Christine Hall]

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Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 5/31/19 10:29 PM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
> On 5/31/19 9:10 AM, Christine Hall wrote:
>> I don't have the same needs as you have, but I've only bought one
>> brand-new-in-the-box computer in my life. For the last ten years or so,
>> I only purchase factory refurbished desktops and laptops, and have only
>> had one problem machine, which was promptly returned for a refund from
>> the vendor.
> 
> I also tend to buy not-used computers.  There is a store here in Reno
> that sells lease returns, for about 30% of list.  Desktops and laptops.
> 
> I have purchased laptops from the pawn shops here, too.
> 
> But then again...I hit on a huge sale at Costco on a Samsumg 54" curved
> monitor.  None of the computers at chez Satchell could drive the UHD at
> any significant frame rate.  So my option was to build a computer, or
> something else.
> 
> So I did the unthinkable, bought a mid-range gaming computer from Best
> Buy.  It came with an AMD video card, which is excellent for CentOS.
> When I got the 1 TB SSD, it worked better than expected.  I'm still
> tweaking it so I won't go blind, but it's really nice to have the screen
> real estate of four 27" monitors, and without the ugly bezels.
> 
> Overkill?  You bet.  The thing is, I'm in the process of refactoring
> about 12,000 lines of Python code, and being able to have six editing
> sessions on screen at a time is really speeding things up.  Not to
> mention the LibreWriter screen so I can document as I go.
> 
> Happy birthday to me...
>