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As long as the passwords are the same, it would certainly re-connect once the devices remember a particular secure hotspot.
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Well, I should have been more open minded about Win10. It really isn't that bad apart from the flat-looking UI. I upgraded Ruby, and she is still performing rather well for an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ from 2008. I also went ahead and upgraded Greta to Win10.
I been mulling over various upgrade options for Patsy, and I have decided to upgrade her to Win10 as well. Since she has Vista, a free upgrade is not available. I lost my other Win7 disc, and the only free Windows copies I have are XP and another copy of Vista. I will have to use my credit card to buy the upgrade. It's $119, and I should be able to pay it back in about two months with help from a part-time job. I hate having to use it, but I should have reconsidered buying that Sega CDX during my summer road trip. :/ It was hard to resist, being a retro gamer. I could sell it off to another collector though.... hmm.
As for other upgrades, I have a 500gb hard disk I can use to replace her current 160gb disk, and I shall re-install the GeForce 210 card. After talking with Blake about a suitable GPU for Steam games, I settled on a GeForce GTX 750. It's normally way out of my league, but Steam has some rather good games that appeal to me, but have more intense graphics than say Chuzzle or Zuma. I have also been driven by my recent addiction to Pinball sims, which naturally require a decent GPU to play alright, but a beefy card if you want max AA and ball reflections. I shall acquire it either through this years Christmas list, or by saving up my work money. I am not using a credit card for that.
In short, I should have been more open minded about Win10. I am still a bit critical over how MS is using Windows Update to push Win10, but Win10 in itself is far from bad. It's actually rather nice. If they could just reintroduce a way to color the window titlebars without resorting to third party tools, then it would be perfect. Microsoft Edge could use some work though. More on that later.
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Palit sells an equivalent dual-fan variant of the 750/750ti as the StormX Dual. Given the rather enigmatic nature of the aforementioned company, it had me wondering if it's a shell division of PNY or something similar, as stuff under the PNY brand tends to be marketed as Palit parts here in Asia.
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In other news, it sure is a pain in the rear when you have a doll with no identifying info, and yet there's a similar-looking doll that AG sold under the modern line, i.e. Molly McIntire and JLY 9. There are subtle differences namely in the hair, but on paper it's as if Pleasant Company took existing Molly SKUs and sold it as a generic modern doll.
Then again when they first started out, initial Samantha SKUs were actually rebadged Götz Romina dolls.
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Looks like it's pretty much on the same league as the E7400-based rig I had before. Had to update the BIOS as any Windows version later than 8 would complain about CMPXCHG16B as missing, despite the processor supporting it. It's a different story with early AMD64 chips though - they're basically locked out of installing 8.1 and up.
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It has been awfully quiet here lately. Without David, it's hard to keep this place active.
Anyway, Dollar General had one of those AtGames portable Sega Genesis consoles for sale. Normally $40, it was reduced to $28. I already had an older version of the handheld, and I was going to play it a few days ago. Turns out a small piece of plastic broke on the Li-ion battery cover, and it won't stay on anymore. I never even abused the handheld or subjected it to rough treatment, AFAIK.
So, I went out and got the newer handheld. Only differences is that Mega Man and Street Fighter II games were swapped out for all three Genesis Mortal Kombat games, and the unit is White-on-gray colors. It's the same in all other aspects. The sound emulation hasn't even been improved. Ah well.
I'm just waiting now for the Menards Black Friday ad leak. Any day now.... I hope.
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Dregs died in my arms on Wednesday. I am beyond heartbroken. I cry myself sick every night.