A 17" PowerBook G4 SLSD I just finished setting up 
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Rather large purchase.. new family hauler for the wife, newborn and the two dogs!
Bought myself a new laptop for work but not received it yet. Dell Mobile Precision 7740 CTO Base i9 with back pack, wireless keyboard and mouse and 27” Monitor. A much needed upgrade
Grabbed a refurbished 16 inch from Apple online. Delivers tomorrow. For a family member.
For 10 metres? Bargain! Consider yourself lucky that you don’t need a regular mains cable...
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Gold plated optical cables
I had one of these as a hire car in Germany and Austria over new year. Was very good
Good to hear. I am not expecting any issues, been driving a mercedes for years, so this is just a step up in size.. We'll see! Also having the 300d (239bhp) should be enough to make it bearable for daddy
@Dowjohnny congrats on your new bundle joy (Baby)
I did not need these...but Criterion doesn’t look like they’ll release the individual Godzilla movies digital or on Blu Ray, so I jumped.
I did not need these...but Criterion doesn’t look like they’ll release the individual Godzilla movies digital or on Blu Ray, so I jumped.
There’s a spider cresting your shoulder photobombing you.
It's been an expensive week!
16" MacBook Pro ;
Anker USB C Hub for MacBook
MOSISO Laptop Sleeve
TP-Link Deco S4(3-pack) AC1200 Whole-Home Mesh Wi-Fi System
16" MacBook Pro ;
- 2.3GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 processor
- Turbo Boost up to 4.8GHz
- AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory
- 16GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
- 1TB SSD storage
Anker USB C Hub for MacBook
MOSISO Laptop Sleeve
TP-Link Deco S4(3-pack) AC1200 Whole-Home Mesh Wi-Fi System
A trusty pair of Reebok Classics. The British car thief’s trainer of choice lol 
. Haven’t owned a pair of these since I was about 17 but not suddenly in fashion again.
. Haven’t owned a pair of these since I was about 17 but not suddenly in fashion again.
New television for the family room home theatre. Sony XBR-77A9G
A shade sail, a bunch of fittings to hang it, and a 100m (~328ft) role of wire rope. I figured I might need a few meters of the wire rope to get the sail centered/adjusted to the right location between the fixture points, and the rest would be handy for other projects. So far I've ended up using <checks notes> 2.8m (~9ft), and it's probably too heavy gauge for one other use I had planned (a wet weather clothes line under the carport).... I guess I could make the worlds longest dog leash.
Oh and 2 sets of 15m (49ft) outdoor lighting 'strings' to hang over the garden near the pool.
Oh and 2 sets of 15m (49ft) outdoor lighting 'strings' to hang over the garden near the pool.
Beauty,congrats! Get rid of Catalina and add a couple more HDDs and you’ll have a fantastic machine!
Mom’s early birthday present (Her out of warranty 6th gen died last night)...
128gb WiFi Silver (she hates the space gray one and refuses to take my mine).
Glad I could find one for delivery next week, she uses it constantly.
128gb WiFi Silver (she hates the space gray one and refuses to take my mine).
Glad I could find one for delivery next week, she uses it constantly.
It’s my Mum and Dads birthdays next week. But I’ll not be buying them an iPad! Very generous of you.
I bought my parents an iMac as a Christmas present many years ago (maybe 10? It's an Intel one but an early Intel one). This may seem very generous but I was fed up supporting their rubbish Windows desktop. I've not had to support this Mac in at least 10 years. It still works and does what they want. It's been a great investment!
She uses it for her emotional health as much for pleasure, so it is worth it. I wish she would have taken mine, but she hates the space gray.
Now I know to buy future generations of the iPad with white fronts just in case. That way I can just swap out and I’ll replace mine when they are on sale.
Happy early birthday to your parents. 🥳
I know what you mean! My dad asks for help with his android phone (which I’ve never owned), usually whilst I’m driving! Every time he upgrades I tell him to buy an iPhone. Every year he doesn’t!
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And to yours. We do it the other way. I buy a new one for Mrs AFB and I get the old one.
We don’t really celebrate birthdays in our family. I’ve not seen either of my parents in a few years.
My first PC Build in 20 years!
I think I did OK
Here's a time lapse of that build!
I think I did OK
Here's a time lapse of that build!
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I try to do that too, give mom the older tech, but mom hates black. The nice thing is this iPad is now a present from all of mom’s kids (spent the same amount on mom’s medications and groceries this week - which is fine - but I thought mom would accept this more graciously if it came from all of us.) She did.🥳
LoL about your dad’s phones... hope he converts eventually.
@soulreaver99 nice! Enjoy it.
Me too. But at his age I think he’s stuck in his ways. He’s even worse on a PC. I once spent 30 minutes trying to start a teamviewer session with him!