IT Nerd of 30yrs and avid hobbiest of genealogy, geology and science in general.
My uncle retired and shut down his CNC factory which supplied parts to Boeing and others.
The reason? Boeing and the others kept undercutting him, threatening to find another supplier if he didn’t keep reducing his price. Add that to the bullshit greed and fuckery they’re pulling.
Idaho, lovingly referred to as Utah-lite or Mormon-ho by neighboring States is sincerely just as fucked as Utah for Women.
San Diego? That happened here too lol. They gave out Tropical Milkweed mixed with wild flowers lol.
SoCal most common native milkweeds below with links inside to nurseries carrying it, plant in January:
California Milkweed:
https://calscape.org/Asclepias-californica-(California-Milkweed)
Showy Milkweed:
https://calscape.org/Asclepias-speciosa-(Showy-Milkweed)
Mexican Narrow Leaf Milkweed
https://calscape.org/Asclepias-fascicularis-(Narrow-Leaf-Milkweed)
That and the last thing you want to do is destroy your gut bacteria colonies. That’s why fecal transplants are still a thing, many already lack gut bacteria.
Hurray and fuck Albertsons for destroying their last merger.
I have a monarch habitat in my yard here in So CA where I grow milkweed annually. I saw 4 today in my yard. They’re not gone, but their habitats are declining.
Windows 10 Enterprise is probably the least bloated version, it’s a company version after all and lacks a lot of the crap. Windows 10 debloater is a nice powershell app that does a good job too though.
16GB is easily comfortable and can even game on with zero issues.
Let me know how it goes.
Zero chance. ltsc is a per license subscription cost. no company or person would give those out to anyone for free no different than giving a stranger your Netflix account.
You’ll find that Kingwin to be useful at multiple things, I promise.
I have something like 20,000 Windows 10 keys, send me a private message and I’ll set you up with a legit iso and key if needed. Otherwise, have fun nerding out with your new toys!
Just ignore anything that says it’s for one hdd and one ssd as you can use those trays to make a 2.5" ssd appear as a 3.5" hdd any day of the week.
If your intent is just one os and one data drive, get 2 small ssd drives for different OS’ if you want and one 4TB drive for data.
As for good cheap drives, there’s none better than the Crucial MX500 for 1/2TB
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-NAND-SATA-Internal/dp/B078211KBB/
When it comes to quality cheap 4TB, the following brands are best:
edit: Note that the MX is higher quality, but older, which means more reliable at the cost of speed whereas the BX is less reliable but cheap and faster. The team group is pretty much the same as the BX, but has a better cache system and thus a bit more reliable than the BX
“No drivers or software required, supports hot swap, plug and play.”
Meaning, it’s OS irrelevant. The reason it shows “support up to windows 7” is just because it’s an older unit, but will be perfect for your older rig.
Edit: Buy it, never look back, enjoy swapping operating systems!
as an alternative, here’s one that you just push the drive into and eject out, plus it supports newer sata modes:
https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Universal-Tray-Less-Backplane-Enclosure/dp/B00M3WNWB2
or like the one we are discussing
https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Universal-Tray-Less-Backplane-Enclosure/dp/B00475DQ6Y
Note the reason these are more rare now a days is because of higher capacity drives. No need for most so now these are usually geared towards system integration and testing beds. Still, it’s perfect for dual boot.
sed -i -e ‘s/coco/brew/g’ $some_guy_post
Bonus if they have porcelain tiles above lol.
I would bypass all that and try to find a removable caddy like this one, they’re just not as popular as they used to be:
While possible, the issue is the molex connectors from your power supply as they often have an overlap which would butt up against the data cable and it may not fit snuggly.
You’re better off either using esata (most systems have an estata connector) with an external esata caddy, but if you do not then I would actually recommend a sata to usb caddy like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Tool-free-Enclosure-Optimized-EC-UASP/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S
Basically just install any 2.5" SSD into it and plugin into the back of your pc usb port. It’s not as fast as esata or direct sata, but great for backup and archive.
Edited again and added a corsair cheap option that I personally use on mine. Works with any sata power and data cables.
SSD trays are your friend
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Dual-Mounting-Bracket-CSSD-BRKT2/dp/B016498CK0
https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Adapter-Mounting-Bracket-Interface/dp/B01LZWX6PD
https://www.amazon.com/General-Drive-HDD-Adapter-CADDY/dp/B00F3QFKNS
Buy any 2.5" ssd and install it in any number of 2.5 to 3.5 trays available.
EDIT: And yes, your sata connection will work fine.
I can see the future: Republicans scream unmercifully, then Trump gains office and pardons everyone charged during his previous administration followed by Republican cheers.
IDGAF anymore, there’s no accountability left on either side of the aisle.
Then a hunter shoots the victor… /facepalm.