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Just tried this on my new laptop. It only has a 2GB graphics chip (minimum is supposed to be 4GB??), and using the AI Denoise feature in Photoshop CC actually worked! Produced the .DNG denoised file in very roughly 80 seconds, after telling me that it would take 19 minutes. Someone is...

Lots of film cameras. Six functional digital cameras, three of them in use, all three are Olympus mFTs.

Thanks. It appears to be a real ripper. Great. To quote that Nazi sympathiser, Henry Ford, "Ask the man who drives one." One simply cannot ask for better than that. It sure ain't for sissies, mate! As you're aware, on top of my back issues, total colectomy in 2001, open heart surgery in...

These are just lovely, Melanie. Superb, mate. Number 3, in particular.

Just to finish this thread off. The laptop arrived on 17 April 2024. It is literally in as new condition, with zero marks on the case, screen or keyboard. I suspect it might even be a new one, sold off as a superseded model. Although it didn't have any sort of documentation or manuals with it...

One thing that I've worked out, Andrew: If you type the server name into the W11 Explorer address bar, in the format "\\server_name", W11 shows you all the network shares on the target PC. It is then a simple, if somewhat time consuming, process to: right click on the target share, select...

I know it well, Ian. Mine dried up well over a decade ago.

Thanks, Melanie. Very much appreciated.

Now finished installing: Acrobat 11 Pro Photoshop CC Bridge CC Setting Virtual Memory File to the right, fixed size (4096/4096) for a computer with 32 GB RAM Setting up my ancient laptop mouse These in addition to Microsoft Office Pro 2003 (full install, with all service packs and updates...

Of course. It merely takes four or five mouse clicks, plus a search, in order to find the same dialogue box as has existed since the 1990s, so same underlying code, just more crap on top of it. I've just finished installing Microsoft Office Pro 2003, with the "proper" Outlook desktop client...

I could not agree more, Melanie. However, my divorce some 44 years ago, and loss of my job of some 20 years, 34 years ago, have both left scars that occasionally split open and hurt like hell when they do. Both were extremely unpleasant. Just watching a TV show the other night triggered me, as...

My Mother gave me a Parker 61 when I first went to university, back in 1966, which some bastard promptly stole! I immediately bought another one which I still have. I grew up using both dip nib pens with inkwells, and fountain pens, and vividly remember receiving a "liquid lead" pen (ball...

I will keep persisting with it FTM, Ron. But, FCOL, someone with my experience should NOT have problems setting up a brand new computer! Or getting it to talk to other computers on the same network, belonging to the same workgroup name. Windows 11 Pro is worse than Vista, IME and IMNSHO! I...

That is so sad, Melanie. These significant life events leave their muddy footprints all over our lives. In one way, they are part of what makes us what we are, but terribly sad, nonetheless.

This showed up at the door at about 0900H yesterday! The laptop is excellent, but Windows 11 Pro is a right royal PITA! It took me ALL DAY just to get it connected to my other computers, and the only way I can get it to access my main workstation is to map network drives to the shares on the...

I'm looking forward to following your trip, mate.

What a wonderful talent you have, Melanie! I'm deeply envious ...

Sad end to a beautiful old instrument, Bobby.

Maybe you should start one, Melanie? BTW, I just love your drawings you have been doing. I wish I had half the talent you have for that!

And another very warm :Welcome: to this very friendly forum, Deb. Glad that you are liking it, so far.

We had dachshunds like that when I was growing up. Ambrose would wolf down anything, before considering whether it was even edible, or not ... Not the sharpest knife in the drawer!

My beautifully built 2001 IBM laptop still works perfectly; but extremely slowly (54 Mbps network chip, Pentium CPU, 2 GB RAM and a slow 300 GB HDD). It certainly will not run anything like modern software. It is more than well past its prime! Fundamentally, I am finding it difficult to sit in...

William, how do you find the build quality of the Acer? I went with Dell Latitude because of their current reputation for high build quality, and that their factory refurbished machines are well regarded. A new Acer with similar specifications would have cost me at least 30% more, with less...

Delivery is supposed to be around 24 April 24. Then it will take some time to install necessary software.

I just love pondering old rocks. Puts us young upstarts in our rightful place - humility in the face of the great age of this planet ...

Just heading into winter here, with mostly pleasant autumn days and cool nights, down to ~12°C. I've switched the pool heater onto its winter program, i.e. runs for ten minutes in the middle of the day, each day.

It's now a done deal. Order placed. Delivery sometime ... Then the joys of coping with Windows 11 Pro, and installing my image management software. I needed something that had a manufacturer's warranty, and that will possibly see me out. Thanks to everyone for your input.

I just checked with Dell Australia (somewhere in India or the Philippines ... ). The refurbished devices come in an "as is" configuration, with no alterations possible - WYSIWYG. This is what I thought would be the case. Overwriting Windows 11 Pro with Windows 10 Pro would void their 3 year...

@gryphon1911 Andrew, it looks as if the last one is a valid comment on the general level of public political discussion in the USA ATM. And that's just sad.

Thanks, Ken. I just discovered that the refurbished laptop is roughly 48% the price of the same model new, but the refurb has 32 GB RAM vs only 16 GB standard in a new one. Good feedback, mate.

Lovely doggie, Deb, and a warm :Welcome: to this very friendly forum.

She's beautiful, Ovi.

Thanks, Jens. Again, exactly the real world user experience that I'm looking for. While what I'm looking at can take a maximum of 64 GB, 32 should be far and away sufficient for my needs. It comes with a 512 GB NVME.2 SSD, with a second slot available for up to a 2 TB one. It can also have up...

As per my reply above, the screen is appalling for colour gamut! However, it will only rarely be used for actual editing, if at all. I've got a Spyder calibrator, and will calibrate the screen as best it can be. Thanks for reminding me.

That's good to hear. Thanks, Chris. I had to look up DAMHIKT. Yeah, been there, done that! I have 2x licences for Adobe CS5 and 2x for CS6 and 2x for CC. Currently running CS5 Premium on the IBM. The new laptop will have my second licence for my CC subscription running on it. But point taken...

That's exactly the sort of feedback I'm looking for, Ron. Thanks. Ditto. While I won't be asking much of this computer, the administrative stuff I will be doing needs a lot of RAM and decent speed. The display only has to be "good enough". My old IBM's display is quite good, but everything else...

It won't be used for editing, unless it's connected to one of my 100% aRGB desktop monitors using the HDMI port. Its screen is only good for about 50-60% of an sRGB colour space, which is awful! I will be using it for keywording and other general organisation tasks using Adobe Bridge. For...

Running Photoshop, ACR and Bridge CC over a full duplex gigabit ethernet, so that I can browse and update files on my main workstation. Looks like a racehorse! Mine is a Celeron with 2 GB RAM and a 300~ GB HDD. I've got a house full of computers, one running XP Pro.

As may be, Irene. When you have been through the process I have for implanted devices which are all certified as MRI compatible , one gets leery about things like this.

My beautifully built 2001 IBM laptop still works, perfectly; but extremely slowly (54 Mbps network chip). It certainly will not run anything like modern software. It is more than well past its prime! I was thinking of getting a refurbished Dell laptop. Something along these lines. ***** Dell...

Most modern music is garbage, IMHO. BUT, the main reason that most classical music is excellent is that most of the crap has mercifully been forgotten (or at least consigned to history). The very first time I heard Mozart's "Musical Joke", where he takes the piss out of many of his...

Extra points for the amazing catch, Matt. As an aside, some of us just like bigger nests (houses) than others!

Chris, reminds me, for some strange reason, of the five minute drum solo in the Dave Brubeck quartet's "Take Five". Nice, easy listening.

My hat's off to you both, Mel and Linda (in memoriam). Even behind the details you have given, I can recognise a huge amount of time, effort and commitment by you both. Congratulations to you both in achieving something so valuable to your community.

Just re-reading this thread, Edd and thought I would add a photo of my faithful, 21 y.o. heart and knee cushion, which I use to this day when sleeping (between my knees). I very much hope that your nasty after effects are ameliorating, but I realise that these things can take a very long time...

Just love this cool cat, David.

Off-load to where, Tony? Another program I have on all my Android devices is "File Manager Pro" aka "File Manager +". The paid version allows me to connect to any of my PC network drives in any of our computers, via the moderately fast WiFi chip in our tablets and phones. They vary from ~500...

Memory card/stick? Or maybe use "MyPhoneExplorer" from Google Play store?

We should have had that on our car. The corrugations on rough outback roads left me with a sub-dural haematoma ...

Maybe, just maybe, (wishful thinking?) it's a battery problem, Chris. Have you got another BLS-5/50 (?) to try in it? I had a brand new battery (not OEM) for my E-PM2 that charged and worked once, then failed completely. The other off-brand battery from the same place works fine. Batteries can...