What Kind Of Computer Are You Using? Desktop Or Laptop?

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  1. Don Alaska

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    I am getting confused betweeen the Zoom social media and the zoom as it applies to magnifying the screen image. I wonder if the papyrus scrolls in Hal's basement have a zoom function.;)
     
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  2. Al Amoling

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    Please don't asl
     
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    He'll let us know as soon as he gets more paste.
     
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  4. Faye Fox

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    Old dementia fighting HP Pavilion laptop with letters worn off keys. It keeps my highschool typing lessons fresh. I can look at the keys but that is about as useful as a blank cheat sheet. New Ipad 8th generation with attachable wifi keyboard to come soon.
     
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  5. Kate Ellery

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    iPad 6 ...

    I have a very old laptop I rarely use because it’s so slow ,I only keep it because I have a 21 year old embroidery sewing machine , if I want to do any embroidery ( rare occasion ) the programs to make the embroidery possible are all on that old laptop I can’t update , by buying a different laptop due to the embroidery programs wont run on anything higher than XP so I’m stuck with the old LT ..or replace the programs at the cost of $1.500 then they wouldn't be compatible with the machine .

    If I ever the replace the machine ( highly unlikely) Id look into a different brand as Husqvarna stopped adding online updates for the programs or the machine about a year after I bought it in 2000
     
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  6. Jeff Elohim

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    I just web searched for running xp on new computer - it is possible with low cost apparently.

    There are (or were ) emulators to run on win10, or on linux or mac computers, to run xp just as if it was on an older computer.

    Would that work for the Husqvarna embroidery stuff ? (I never saw embroidery down, manually nor by computer)
     
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  7. Kate Ellery

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    @Jeff Elohim
    Thanks for that info I will look further into it
    How the system works for me to do an embroidery design
    I go into a program on my computer called disk manager , there I click on a little camera icon to bring up my entire library of designs , I choose
    a Design (s) I can put up to 30 designs on a floppy disk ....yep a bit on the dinosaur age technology now ....
    I put that floppy into my machine and set my fabric up in a hoop and it sees out what a want
    stopping so I can
    Change to different colour threads or choose to see our all in one colour .
    If I was to replace my machine it would cost me
    6-8 thousand $$$ let alone the extra programs
    I mentioned .

    It’s just not worth it I don’t use the machine very often for the embroidery side ..and only sew if I really have to now days
     
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  8. Ken Anderson

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    I just ordered a Mac Mini.
     
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  9. Hal Pollner

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    What basement?

    I live in a California Ranch; single-story and no basement!

    Harold
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  10. Ken Anderson

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    My Mac Mini came today - well, actually it came yesterday but Thursday is the last day of my work week so I didn't want to get involved in what always has the potential of being a problem. I set it up this morning and, except for a couple of minor hiccups, it went pretty easy. I bought a Mac Mini because I wanted to use a larger monitor and was having trouble getting my Macbook to accept a second monitor. I opted for the Mac Mini rather than another iMac because the Mac Mini and the new 13" Macbook Pro uses a new chip, rather than the Intel chip, that was supposed to be faster. The new 17" Macbook Pro and the new iMacs still use the Intel chip, or I would have either gotten a larger Macbook or another iMac.

    This sucker is fast, and it seems to have imported all of my login passwords from my Macbook account so I don't have that headache to worry about. My Macbook didn't do that, although it was supposed to. Instead, it synced everything that I didn't want synced but left me scrambling for passwords. The Mac Mini starts at about $700, but I got one that was a step up from there, but not their most expensive Mac Mini because that uses an Intel chip, and if I was going to spend that much and have an Intel chip, I'd get an iMac. I wanted to try the M1 chip because I had heard good things about it.

    The Mac Mini is an 8" square, about an inch thick. Actually, it has curved edges so it's not technically a square, but pretty much. I also bought a curved monitor, and I think I like it. I know I don't hate it.
     
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  11. Faye Fox

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    I recently received my new I pad 8th generation with an optional attachable keyboard/case. I really like it and that keyboard is better than I expected.
     
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  12. Hedi Mitchell

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    What model and etc of Dell are you using. Want to buy one.
     
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  13. Beth Gallagher

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    The Inspiron 15 5000 series. I bought it in 2019.
     
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  14. Hedi Mitchell

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    Thank you !
     
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  15. Hedi Mitchell

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    Guess what I did not have to buy a laptop. My BIL gave me a Dell and I have been playing on it all day.
    Taking some time to get use to all this, but really like this . :D @Beth Gallagher and @Yvonne Smith
     
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