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Comment Re:Windows 11 = fail (Score 2) 76

So... Is there any way of disabling it? I cycle through hard drives regularly so that I have a ready backup in case of failure, but if I have to get on the phone with Microsoft customer support constantly to activate, this is just dumb.

Probably but it involves sailing on the high seas.

Comment Re:Windows 11 = fail (Score 2) 76

I have moved my windows install a number of times to from an hdd to an ssd to another ssd to another laptop and it doesn't ask me to reactive. I just login with my account and it works.

It's suppose to be lock to your motherboard. But previously, I remember moving from HDD to a larger HDD/SSD would cause an activation requirement. At least, that was the case with early Windows 7. I noticed with Windows 10 that wasn't an issue as long as I didn't change the motherboard.

Comment Re:Windows 11 = fail (Score 2) 76

So, I wanted to move my Windows installation to an SSD, but now it says "Activation required in 3 days." WTF? Why can't I just dd my old HDD to my SSD and have it all work just like before? Linux never gives me any problems when I move it from drive to drive.

Anti-piracy measure. It was like that for awhile and then they removed it. I guess it's back.

Comment Re:What a crisis ... (Score 1) 210

Damn!! That's $8.80/gal in freedom units. We made the switch to EV when it was $3/gal (€0.68/L) in SoCal. Cost difference between a Tesla Model Y and Acura RDX was $6K but the RDX cost $0.14/mile and the Tesla was $0.04/miles in energy. Breakeven for us would have been 60,000 miles. Now, gas is $4.5/gal. After a year, real cost to drive the Tesla is $0.05/mile due to me turning on everything (Sentry Mode, cabin overheat protection, and vampire drain).

Comment Re:He does make some wrong bets from time to time. (Score 1) 86

Such as supporting the Rendition Vérité cards
But when he get it right, he gets it quite right.

Oh hell no, you didn't say that. I still have my Integraph Rendition Verite V1000 in the garage somewhere. 2D performance was OK, not the best but works fine. 3D performance was only second to the Voodoo 1. And because of the pass-through setup of the Voodoo 1, image quality was clearer on the Rendition. VQuake was great. I was getting better frame rate than Pentium Pro 200 Mhz on my Pentium 133Mhz with bilinear filtering. Tomb Raider, Mech Warrior 2, MDK, and NASCAR (bundled game) were good and ran well. I eventually got a Voodoo 1, but that was a $250 card vs $150 for the Verite.

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