Posts made by Obsolesce

Excellent post. It's not often one really thinks about things like this, and it's true.

@scottalanmiller Yup, this is why you use Vendors for one thing, and one thing only: purchasing things. That's it. The furthest you should go is asking what features the product has, and how it works. Their goal isn't to make as little money as possible from you because they are taking the interests of your business first. You won't get the best solution if you leave it up to the vendor and let them do your job for you.

@scottalanmiller There's a button in your "My Profile".

I'm curious and thought it would be interesting to see what others in the MangoLassi.it community are doing on Spiceworks.

I'll start:

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Einstein

(... although there is argument it wasn't reallysaid by him, see:)

http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8742/did-einstein-say-if-you-cant-explain-it-simply-you-dont-understand-it-well-en

Ohh they updated it!

@Tim_G I can't recommend that enough... I'll probably never outgrow it (until software specs require more than it has at least).

For my workstation at work, I'm very happy with my Dell Precision T3610. It's got a great Xeon in it, 16bg RAM (upgraded from 8 since I was always running out), and a nice Nvidia Quadro... dual monitor set-up.

Here's mine!

https://www.duolingo.com/tjgruber

@scottalanmiller That's a bit mind-twisting...

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft Admit Failure On Mobile Phones:

@Tim_G said in Microsoft Admit Failure On Mobile Phones:

It makes me think that all the haters of Win10 Mobile have never given it a real shot, and just jump on the anti-Win10 Mobile band wagon right away to fit in and feel good with their iPhone and Android buddies.

Of course not, after WIndows Mobile 8 I'll never trust them on mobile again. That was so bad. Everything about it was bad. The interface, the apps, the way that things worked, the crap that they tried to state was impressive. Fool me once, and all that. Gave it an honest try and it was just garbage. And that was when it was doing "well" and people thought that it might take off. Now that it is dying and they are killing off support I'm even less inclined to try it.

I gave both Android and Windows Mobile a try for a long time. But in the end, I need a reliable device that works. Both failed to deliver that.

Hmm, I don't see any of that negative stuff with it right now. I never tried Windows Mobile 8, but I know it's great now (in Win10 Mobile). I'm not sure what would make anything else better. I have all the apps I need if that's still the thing everyone says.

Personally, I don't see how Win10 Mobile doesn't take off.

I was a crazy Android fanboy. And before that, iPhone.

So last year I bought a Microsoft 950XL (lumia), which was my first experience with Win10 mobile... or any Win Mobile for that matter.

And there is no possible way I could EVER go back to Android or iOS now... I'm spoiled. I love every single thing about this phone and Win10 Mobile. It just flows so well. And believe me, I was a total die-hard Google and Android everything for personal use just under a year ago. Now I'm completely changed around to all thanks to Win10 Mobile and the 950 XL.

I feel like one of those fake success stories right now... but I'm serious.

It makes me think that all the haters of Win10 Mobile have never given it a real shot, and just jump on the anti-Win10 Mobile band wagon right away to fit in and feel good with their iPhone and Android buddies.

/endrant

@scottalanmiller SWEET write up SAM!

Now I don't have to type it out every time the question is brought up... I'll just link to this.

Will save me so much time.

@scottalanmiller said in User to IT ratio:

Here is an example of why this makes no sense to use equipment as the guide:

Company 1: 100 employees, buys Scale hyperconverged appliances, does VDI with WorkSpot, uses enterprise thin clients. All hardware is 100% under vendor management and support. All desktops are identical. Backups are to a Datto appliance, hosted. All network gear is Meraki and managed by a VAR. All software is Office 365 and other major SaaS applications. Ratio 100:1

Company 2: 100 employees. Servers are custom built by the IT department. Every desktop is made in house. Each machine is high performance and very unique. Replacement parts are stocked locally and IT does all swaps. Turn over is high. All main applications are written, tested and deployed internally. Mix of hypervisors, operating systems, hardware and apps are used. Backups are done by custom tools. Ratio 100:15

Totally different situations and approaches requiring totally different numbers of IT per user. The IT departments do very different tasks, too.

Yes this is pretty much what I was trying to get at... That it depends because it's totally different from place ti place and industry.

I think a much better question is Hardware + users : IT staff.

You could have a warehouse of 2000 workers and only 10 pcs. Who cares.

I'm at a company with roughly 250 "local" users and 3.5 it staff. But we support probably 700 or more computers and servers just locally.

We are constantly busy and have a ticketing system. We could really use two more it staff, tier 1or 2, to be optimal.

@travisdh1 said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

@Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

Just me?

Lenovo is one of a select few companies that spend lots and lots of money on advertising with Spiceworks. They seem to get special treatment from that. Also makes me question weather I can continue to trust anything Spiceworks related

Maybe Spiceworks is running on Superfish infested Lenovo servers... stealing all your infoz!

@RojoLoco said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

@Tim_G said in Pentagon Warns Against Using Lenovo Equipment:

I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

Just me?

If you install uBlock Origin, ads will all go away. If you still see ads, just right-click and choose "block element", and that ad will go away as well.

The answer to your question, however, is MONEY. Money is why you still see Lenovo ads on SW. They will advertise anything they get paid to advertise.

I did have adblock plus installed in Edge... "did"... I have no idea what happened to it! I did not uninstall it, and I don't see it in the menu anymore.

...nice one Microsoft!

I see Lenovo adds ALL over the place on spiceworks. No idea why.

Just me?

@DustinB3403 said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

@Tim_G said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

@DustinB3403 said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

Wow! That's like, EU speeds! How is that possible here?

Residential fiber, and I'm thinking of moving up to the 1Gb connection, it's only $25 more per month. . .

Ah, so good internet speeds require light to carry the data here. How do they do it so well there with just typical coax?

@DustinB3403 said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

Wow! That's like, EU speeds! How is that possible here?