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Comment Re:Another solution. (Score 1) 193

X over SSH - doesn't that kill your apps if the SSH connection goes down? If so, also not suitable for a shared remote desktop.

RDP is connecting to a remote session and more like doing VNC over SSH. To this day, RDP works better than any other solution like VNC. Try them over a slow or high latency link to really see RDP shine.

Comment Re:It's honestly puzzling... (Score 1) 81

Another feature I'm excited about: they finally fixed the window layout implementation. If you want side-by-side windows, you no longer have to go full screen and you don't need to try to find the second window from a bunch of small unreadable thumbnails.

Comment Re:Use a raspberry Pi or other SFF PC (Score 2) 44

You are not going to consume TV content with privacy, getting that content involves compromised privacy, always.

Over the air seems to work fine for privacy. As does my dumb TV from 2009. No ads on the BBC either. I also use a real radio in the morning when I'm getting ready for work, also very private.

That said, I do have an Apple TV box, which obviously has less privacy. Unlike my DVD player. Something good about old skool.

Comment Re:It's honestly puzzling... (Score 1) 81

Not me: iPhone Mirroring is my favourite feature. Now I'm not getting annoyed multiple times per day by Face ID and whenever there's a Microsoft Authenticator request, I can keep my hands on the keyboard and mouse and eyes without having to care where my phone is.

Comment Re: The “Busiest” Bragging Problem (Score 1) 70

Thameslink is shit in my experience, but it's still not better than the Tube to get to Heathrow. My point was more that it's 70 km and one hour's drive further away at 70 mph for a lot of people.

If you want to talk about convenience and cost, Heathrow hands down. For our family of three:
Tube off-peak to Heathrow: £4.60 (£9.20 round trip)
Tube peak to Heathrow: £6.40 (£12.80 round trip)

Tube and rail off-peak to Gatwick (contactless): £24 (£48 round trip)
Tube and rail peak to Gatwick: £37.25 (£74.50 round trip)

Local taxi firm (15-20% cheaper than Uber and more reliable):
Heathrow: £27.30 (£54.60 roundtrip)

Uber (25% cheaper than local taxi co.):
Gatwick: £72 (£144 roundtrip)

Rail to Heathrow is 40-60 mins and 60-80 mins for Gatwick. Arrive at Gatwick on a Sunday evening and the line to Clapham Junction is closed for engineering works, then 150+ mins on a train that goes out past Crawley and loops through Surrey and back in (yes this happened to us). Better, cheaper and quicker options from Heathrow when things go wrong.

Heathrow annoys me because there's so much retail obstacle course after security (this is problem in many airports these days) and they've sacrified a lot of seating for it. Last time I was at Gatwick, I couldn't find any water fountains after security, and lack of free drinking water prejudices me against any airport.

BTW, I don't use the Lizzie line to get to Heathrow as that would require going out of my way to Ealing Broadway. It's District and Piccadilly Lines all the way. I realise experiences differ depending on where you come from. I know you're somewhere south London, and I'm SW near the South Circular and District Line. But, Gatwick just doesn't stack up for me and the cheaper airlines rarely work much cheaper once baggage and additional ground transportation costs are factored in, but they do tend to be more aggravating and their destinations less convenient or they're less resilient when a flight is delayed or cancelled.

Comment Re: The “Busiest” Bragging Problem (Score 1) 70

This is my beef with Gatwick: itâ(TM)s the wrong side of the city to most of its passengers, which adds up to a lot of extra miles travelled by millions of people. The government should mandate all ground transportation at Heathrow is electric or other zero emission and find ways to reduce the number of people who need to drive to it.

Comment Re:Yeah Macs are great .. (Score 2) 220

Or just keep using it! I have a MBP from 2007 and another from 2015. Great little machines, although the older one is beginning to feel a little geriatric. I've also played around with OpenCore Legacy Patcher/ to run a newer version of macOS on an external SSD on my 2015 MBP.

Seriously, people are just going to ignore Microsoft on this. My experience with Windows 7 is that they still provide updates to the security software, even if there aren't any security patches.

Comment Re: legit question... (Score 0) 184

How about you try to talk like an adult?

I'm perfectly capable of reading but comparing Apple's business to a completely unrelated one (Shopify) is in irrelevant. It's not a sound basis for arguing that Apple charges too much. Furthermore, it also ignores that doesn't charge 30% in all cases. The case put was that Apple abused their dominant position, but they don't have a dominant position. Don't like an iPhone, go with something else.

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