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  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comtoTechnology@lemmy.worldRIP Mac Pro, I guess.
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    19 hours ago

    On one hand, bummer. But on the other, sort of a waste of hardware anyway.

    I was a big time pro user. G3 tower with DVD card, G5 dual, Mac Pro 5,1 with dual X5690’s and other upgrades. But I had to drag those systems kicking and screaming out of Apple’s walled garden to do what is second nature on the PC side of things. Loved the OS back then, but not all users were braindead drones.

    “Pro” stopped being a moniker for advanced capability, instead the most expensive, least hobbled version.

    I hope whomever replaces Cook (rumor has it) once again remembers what it was like to be a nerd under all that businessman authority.




















  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldEntry-Level NAS recommendations?
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    2 months ago

    Bingo. I’ve used Synology for ages and while they dont last forever, I get a lot of use out of them and re-buy them usually with an upgrade in mind.

    But the new hard drive policy broke that cycle. I don’t put up with that. I replaced one with a UGreen NAS last month. It’s too early to tell how I feel about it. Docker is there and containers spin up pretty easily. Rumor has it there is hardware support for video encoding too, though I haven’t gotten around to testing it.