You should have a separate partition, because then you don't have a layer of emulation when playing games. Games take up a lot of Hard disk space, and sometimes don't play nice when they're not on the same partition as the OS, so you want a sizable partition. Another problem you'll encounter is that Windows and OS X won't be able to share data easily because they don't read each others file system. You can use a FAT partition to be the lowest common denominator of shared data, but that has limits on the size of a partition. You want as few partitions as you can to achieve your needs. I cannot guess how much room you need for your mac partition, especially if you want to be able to store music or videos that you want to access on OS X.
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Everything you have on either partition can be accessed through OSX. I pull up fraps screenies & vids from Bootcamp all the time. Of course, you can't edit and resave them in the same spot, but they're accessible. Windows can access a limited amount of Mac items as well.
Mise
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I currently pay £13 per month for ~15mbit ADSL. Is it worth paying £25 per month for 100mbit fibre optic broadband? Or £50 per month for 1000mbit?
I'm not sure what I'd do with a whole gigabits' worth of bandwidth, but it would just be really cool to say that I have gigabit internet. "You mean gigabit ethernet, right?" -- "No, I have gigabit internet
" -- "You mean you get 1 gigabyte in download allowance per month?" -- "No, I have unlimited download allowance, and 1 gigabit in bandwidth "
I'm not sure what'd be most satisfying, the look on their face or the look on mine.
I'm not sure what I'd do with a whole gigabits' worth of bandwidth, but it would just be really cool to say that I have gigabit internet. "You mean gigabit ethernet, right?" -- "No, I have gigabit internet
" -- "You mean you get 1 gigabyte in download allowance per month?" -- "No, I have unlimited download allowance, and 1 gigabit in bandwidth "I'm not sure what'd be most satisfying, the look on their face or the look on mine.
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I currently pay £13 per month for ~15mbit ADSL. Is it worth paying £25 per month for 100mbit fibre optic broadband? Or £50 per month for 1000mbit?
I'm not sure what I'd do with a whole gigabits' worth of bandwidth, but it would just be really cool to say that I have gigabit internet. "You mean gigabit ethernet, right?" -- "No, I have gigabit internet
I'm not sure what'd be most satisfying, the look on their face or the look on mine.
For myself, I'd go with what you have now. I only have 3 Mbps, but have found it generally sufficient, although it's about double what you're paying (Internet in the U.S. tends to be slow and expensive). But with 3 Mbps being sufficient for streaming video, usually in HD, 15 Mbps would be enough for pretty much anything I'd have a use for, at least as long as the upload wasn't terrible. 100 Mbps would give you uber-fast downloads of games, Linux distros, and anything else large you tend to download. If you have to play a game as soon as you buy it, that might be good. Or possibly if you have lots of people sharing your Internet that might help. Otherwise, 15 Mbps seems perfectly adequate.
Gigabit, I feel like, would be just for the bragging rights. If I lived somewhere with Google Fiber, I might get it just for that, as well as supporting faster Internet in general. And I don't blame people who have it to bragging to everyone they know who isn't in Kansas City about how fast their Internet is. I'm jealous, too. But as a practical standpoint? Good for restoring from cloud backups, but otherwise I'm not sure what the advantage there'd be over 100 Mbps. Not really enough for the £25 per month, unless you want to make all your friends jealous.
I've got a 50mbit connection, I wouldn't want to go much slower. A movie or TV show I've purchased will download in about the time it takes me to prepare a snack. Haven't bothered upgrading to 100mbit for $15/m extra. (Though I'd get 3 vs 1.5 up, which is more tempting than the download speed.)
Mise
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Yeah, that's the other thing: it's 100mbit up and down.
I stream a lot of football, I think that would be the only real benefit, but then if I'm spending that much I might as well get Sky Sports or BT Infinity (38-70mbit fibre to exchange). I think the 100mbit is the most sensible. I'd have bragging rights for that anyway...
I stream a lot of football, I think that would be the only real benefit, but then if I'm spending that much I might as well get Sky Sports or BT Infinity (38-70mbit fibre to exchange). I think the 100mbit is the most sensible. I'd have bragging rights for that anyway...
I'm on 10mb broadband at the moment and haven't been convinced yet to switch to fibre as ultimately my current connection is fine for streaming music and playing online games at the same time. If I downloaded films then I would switch.
@Mise, out of interest which provider is that?
@Mise, out of interest which provider is that?
Mise
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Hyperoptic. They sent me a direct mail, telling me my apartment building was on the list of potential sites, and to register my interest. So it may never happen anyway......
I currently pay £13 per month for ~15mbit ADSL. Is it worth paying £25 per month for 100mbit fibre optic broadband? Or £50 per month for 1000mbit?
I'm not sure what I'd do with a whole gigabits' worth of bandwidth, but it would just be really cool to say that I have gigabit internet. "You mean gigabit ethernet, right?" -- "No, I have gigabit internet
I'm not sure what'd be most satisfying, the look on their face or the look on mine.
Just in case you don't realize how good you have it, we currently pay 38GBP (I'm converting from US$) for 12MBdown/1.5 up cable internet We're considering going to 50MBdown/12up for 48GBP fiber.
So I'd say you already have bragging rights.
I remember the days of the 56.6k modem.
Those days ended only a year and a half ago for my parents. That doesn't take much remembering.
PlutonianEmpire
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So, umm. My laptop's monitor just flickered. How will I know if it's just a blip or a death knell? Its an HP, bought online in 2008.
aimeeandbeatles
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I wouldn't worry unless it happens again.
PlutonianEmpire
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In that case, see my post in rants. It flickered repeatedly yesterday. 
aimeeandbeatles
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Just keep very frequent backups.
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You can get the screen replaced at PC repair shops for a decently reasonable price. However, I have a similar issue with a laptop I have and I took it in and they replaced the screen but the problem came back. It turned out the internal chord from the motherboard was basically fried and they can't replace that for a worthwhile. They did refund my purchase though and I kept the new (but worthless) screen. It's now hooked up to my TV so I can browse the web on my TV - so the laptop's not useless. You may consider a secondary use yourself if the problem is intractable.
PlutonianEmpire
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Doesnt matter because I just now got home from work, and it fizzled. the entire laptop won't even turn on and I'm not seeing the indicator light turn on when I plug it in. So yeah. It's dead now. 
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You can still take it into a repair shop and have it diagnosed, though the bench fee is in my experience pretty steep (at least $50 just for them to look at it without guarantee they can fix it) compared to the cost of a cheap new laptop so you may be better off getting a new one. Best of luck.
