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+1!

It was great, once again. See you next year!

After reading much of the comments (and some of the personal attacks) in this thread, I took the liberty of inspecting the f&f on a few Spydies I had lying around. I tested the following knives:
- Delica 4 FFG Blue (VG10)
- Stretch 2 BRG (ZDP-189)
- Military Orange G10 (S30V)
- UKPK G10 (S30V ...

No offense taken.

I still hold that iTunes layout/UI is not intuitive for most . This is agreed by my bro who owns a Mac and a PC (but that's just 2 people). I would love to talk to the Genius squad to confirm this as its likely they have people daily with update/backup problems who are non ...

dark gray FRN UKPK with the improved backspring (is that one in production yet?) with CTS-XHP blade. Preferably FFG, but I'd be fine with the current hollow grind. Anyone in? :p

iTunes is first and foremost a commerce application. That means its better at letting you buy stuff than proper functionality. I'm not the only one who has deleted all my songs through a seemingly "simple" phone upgrade. I've been around computers long enough for basic common sense too.

It's a UI ...

I think it's called super easy to fix. Being a network admin I kinda thought you might already know where the un-install feature is in Windows. In case you forgot, it's in your controll panel. :p . I can tell you from experience, I would much rather un-install a few programs upfront, than deal with ...

There is a third option which should be your first choice in a desktop, a hard drive with a really big buffer. In tests that I've seen, a 2 gig buffer makes a hard drive almost as fast as an SSD for most applications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_drive

If you're doing lots of random ...

And power adapters: Apple versus the competition:

Can someone explain the differences between an SSD and a disc-based harddrive?

SSD = Solid State Drive. An SSD has no moving parts. A regular harddrive has spinning 'platters' (usually 2 or 3) and heads that search for 'sectors' on those platters. You can look at it as an old vinyl record player ...

I have a Lenovo idea pad (y560) what a hunk of garbage! Build quality is bad. I get the blue screen almost everyday because the amd radeon thing fails and shuts the computer down. You can't game on it regardless of the supposedly good specs. Battery life is a joke. Would never buy it again. And it ...

PS: In the event it wasn't made clear enough, laptops suck but are tolerable as a necessary evil. Expensive laptops suck more. Gaming laptops suck so bad that makers should be imprisoned for extorting money from n00bs with more credit line than sense.

Were all the laptops you've worked with that ...

Yay, a fellow Unix admin :) (Linux, Mac, BSD over here)

If I compare my -similarly priced- Thinkpad and MacBook Pro, here's what comes out:

Specifications and build-quality:
The Thinkpad is well-equipped. It has a slightly slower CPU than my MacBook Pro, but a beefier GPU, more USB ports, it has eSATA, it has both VGA and Displayport, it has a matte ...

Macs are too low value for what they provide. If you already have a gaming PC, you should consider getting a Chromebook.

- Nearly instant booting
- Extremely secure OS, very little chance of ever getting any kind of malware
- Cheap

That said, there are quite a few limitations to Chrome OS. Do ...

The fun thing is that I can create a picture on which the PC is about as expensive as the Mac Pro. It's just a matter of what hardware you pick.

Does the PC mentioned above have a 'normal' Core i7 CPU, or does it have the Xeon processor which the Mac Pro has? Is it possible to add a second CPU? Is ...

Yay! :D

Since both are locking AND one-hand opening they're illegal for EDC in Germany,,, I don't know if they make a difference for carry in the pocket or in a bag,,,

ps: you're good for the Netherlands however,,,

Do you have a source for that? As far as I know both one-hand opening and locks are ...

Ted wrote:I think the Spyderco crew is sound asleep after their New Year celebrations, so I suggest you wait till monday evening (dutch time) before getting worried.

Ted

There is that I'll give it some time.

I have a question on the members from Germany and Netherlands. Are there any knife carry restrictions in your countries??? I'm going to travel on Spyderco Amsterdam Meet and I want to avoid problems.Thank you.

If you're sticking to german legislation, you're mostly safe in the Netherlands. Dutch ...