Posts made by PenguinWrangler

@Kelly What you said makes sense. They rise in popularity so more people buy them. They have to ramp up production, which resulted in lower quality.

@scottalanmiller said in iMac Pro:

@fuznutz04 said in iMac Pro:

@Francesco-Provino said in iMac Pro:

@RojoLoco said in iMac Pro:

@Francesco-Provino said in iMac Pro:

Cannot find a purpose.

It's too pricey to be a graphic/video workstation, still lack performance vs the many multi-socket workstation/workstation, use AMD instead or Nvidia (CUDA!!!), non upgradable, non modular design with integrated display… any high-end workstation from Dell/HP/Supermicro can easily destroy it in any benchmark for a fraction of price, and with much better ROI, also.

So it's just like every other mac in that regard. Useless unless you buy into the "coolness".

I disagree. The macbook family (in baseline config) were and maybe are still great unix machines to work with. I had Dell XPS and other cool laptops, but with my macbook I had ZERO and I mean ZERO issue in six years. Still run like a charm.

Ok, Dell precision workstation maybe are even better and with great Linux support, but… guess what? They aren't that portable. The whole current XPS line is plagued with coil whine and other issues. The Thinkpad X1 is pricey and it's Lenovo… and maybe is the better alternatives. The mac just works, in my experience. I'm not a fanboy at all (apart about Linux :D), but I recognize good products when I use it… for years, without an hiccup.

I agree fully. I'm not a fanboy in the least, but I got a good deal on a 2012 MBP, and have been using it for the past 2 years without any issues. Used all day, like 6 days a week, thrown in and out of bags, taken to dirty work areas, etc. No issues at all. However, the first thing I did when I got it was maxed the memory and put in an SSD. I don't see myself needing to upgrade for quite some time. I feel like the "older" MBPs (2011-2012ish era) were the last "IT pro friendly" ones. The things are just tanks.

When it comes time to need a new one, will I get a newer model MPB? Probably not, unless I get a slamming deal.

If they were cheap(ish) they'd be generally great buys. Pop some Linux on there and you have a great option. But the prices are crazy. It's priced like a premium but it's only a mediocre system.

Exactly my point. I can't justify the cost when you can get better specs 30% cheaper!

@scottalanmiller I was signed up for a Star Trek Trivia night last Saturday. Then they canceled it. I was so bummed.

@fuznutz04 Yes, that is what I do. I don't run their NVR. I would get this server https://www.theserverstore.com/content/supermicro-6016t-ntrf4-server. It hardly taxes the CPU or Memory, as long as you stay with a server distro, I perfer Debian or Ubuntu server. It will tax the hard drives if you start getting a lot of cameras because of IOPS.

@fuznutz04 Oh it works. I have 60 of them deployed at an industrial hog farm. That is not a place you enjoy servicing the equipment.

@RojoLoco You must have Gen 1 cameras. Those are the ones that causes you to not be able to upgrade the NVR to 3.2.0 or above. I have Gen 2 cameras on the latest NVR Software.

I have used them. The Gen 3 cameras, which I believe are the current model and the newest version of their NVR Version 3.7.1 are good, now don't get me wrong there are better camera and systems out there. However, for the cost and quality Unifi Cameras and NVR are great. I like using them in places that might have issues with cameras breaking. A huge industrial hog farm. A big metal fabrication shop that has metal dust, forklifts, etc. If they break a camera it is not a big cost on them to replace it.

It is Friday....where is my beer?

@DustinB3403 said in IT is the Opposite of Doctors:

Yeah I know I'd be a bit offended if someone attempted that relationship.

My goal is to always do the best possible thing for the business in the long term, almost regardless of the upfront costs or risks.

I can always backup data and applications to restore with. Can a doctor backup your life to restore it?

Maybe eventually...backup your consciousness....then put it in a cloned body.... honestly it doesn't seem as far fetch as it did 15 years ago.

@guyinpv What did you go with?

I stay away from Toshiba Desktop Drives. I have had bad luck with them. I like WD , HGST or Seagate.

@coliver We don't, if it was my decision we would.

Let's not get hung up on the iPhone. We have the configuration profile for that and it works great. We send the iPhone people a link and it walks them through putting in there username and password and adding the account to the iPhone. We use Exchange 2013 and host our own email. Is there anything similar to a configuration profile that the iPhones have for an Android.

We have an email configuration profile that we use to install company email onto iPhones. Is there a similar thing with Android phones?

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm wondering why someone would ask this question . . . . "What happens if we don't activate windows server 2012?"

You have to wonder why someone would ask that? They are cheap and don't want to pay for it.

@JaredBusch You can't beat T-Mo on pricing imho.

Trying to get in the right mood to answer tickets. I have had my broken ankle for only four days now and I am already stir crazy. I can't do like I normally do. I am really frustrated and grumpy. I don't want to deal with stupid users today.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Whew... Family kept me busy all weekend. Wedding, post-wedding revelry, and killing buts at my house. What fun!

killing buts? I am not familiar with that slang... please elaborate?

Strawberry slushy from Sonic with a little vodka.

@dbeato they put a 'soft cast' on it which was a interesting thing. They brought a rectangle piece of what looked cloth in. They ran water over it and formed it to my foot and calf to immobilize it. Then wrapped it.