Yeah, mines doing the same too. and my car buttfucked me for $826 this morning for a major brake repair.

🪦

What does that mean?

It's the Headstone emoji. It goes with ⚰️ (coffin) and ☠️ (Skull and Crossbones).

The ultimate reference, Emojipedia.

Apologies, didn’t mean to cause any confusion. Sorry to see that happen man, but, it’ll be cool to see what you bring out in your art again. I miss seeing your style around. :)

It's the d'Alembert operator.

...hope you know vector calculus.

Your computer died because you didn't Alan didn't crave that mineral!

I blame Biden!!

Brawndo would've solved that....

Wrong! Climate change broke your computer. The only solution is to add a power supply that runs exclusively on those little rainbow colored spinny wheel things you have to blow on. And don't tell me that won't generate enough power to light a micro Led let alone a computer. Because then you are being a science holocaust denier! For asking too many questions. Snopes has fact checked that a rainbow spinnywheel thingy can power anything and denying that is sexism and transhpobia!

What's really funny about that is how little power is used by computers. xD

You had me at "blow".

Thanks, Biden!

Open up those commissions and do some art for the mons, my dude. You got the skill, make that bread!

Yeah, my job screwed me so I am going full gonzo furry artist!

Get a ten year old Mac.

Avoid Windows 11. It's still very glitchy.

I will try!

is there a way to make my lap top go back to 10?

Not sure really. I'm sure there is, but you'd have to do some digging on google.

If you're running Windows 8 or later on the replacement machine, you may have driver issues with the scanner. My girlfriend's neighbors gave me an old Canon scanner, which works great. Unfortunately, I have to run it on my old Windows 7 NetBook. (* shrugs *) No biggie for me, that was always my scanner machine, anyway.

I have a feeling a new scanner will be needed!😝

There are workarounds; my brother uses a 1998 scanner with a Windows 11 machine, but I think you need W11 Pro. He's a techno-geek like me, so he can make it work.

Donate the old scanner to Goodwill or some other thrift rather than trashing it. There are places that recycle computer goodies, too.

My crazy scanner is some 17 years old, still works, using Windows 10, thing was built to last!

Ooof. Drunk off my ass atm. but if you need commissions or donations to get a replacement rig I'll be sober tomorrow.

Keep me in mind when I get rolling in art again!!

Have a drink 🥃 for me!

well that's what you get for downloading all that german dungeon porn on the poor thing

but ya, that sucks

Bunter Hiden could sell you a used Lap Top cheap. Might be a little sticky but I'm SURE it's "OK"! ;D

Nah just follow him around, he drops so many of those...

microcenter has good rigs for decent prices.

I think 🤔 that’s where I am going!

https://www.microcenter.com/product.....2u-27-2k-wqhd-(2560-x-1440)-170hz-gaming-monitor pair this
https://www.microcenter.com/product.....g230-gaming-pc with this and you got yourself a VERY good all around setup. the monitor is color calibrated from factory :) and even comes with a calibration qa sheet, PLUS it has 90degree rotate for portrait mode drawing if your so inclined.

Macs are much better for images.

And warranty. Not sure about post-warranty lifespan, (they sure as fuck want me buying new phones all the time) and the price is higher.

So mixed bag; do more research before final decision.

Stay away from the MBP's though... They're a bear for reliability. Check out the Rossmann group videos where he shows their just unfair failure modes.

I am going to grow into digital.

Have you considered buying your own components? Adult legos. Take your time, watch a couple build guides. Far better, longer lasting computer for your money.

Yeah we’re going to a computer store that builds and comes with a warranty!

Microcenter? Niiiice.

Here's a nice build with upgradability / 1080p gaming (if you do sometimes) in mind,

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9wRwqm

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($169.94 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 GAMING X AX DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($88.85 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 8 GB PULSE Video Card ($299.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA G1+ 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $982.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-16 11:16 EDT-0400

If it is microcenter, you can get a bundle discount for CPU+Motherboard to drop it another $30 I believe.

I am hoping to keep everything under 2500.

This is under $1000 and perfect for what you'd like to do, though you could add more storage if you are in fact, a data hoarder.

Advice from someone who works for Dell: Don’t get another Dell.

A friend of mine said that if he went on the internet and said . He knows someone that has a Dell computer to hat lasted more hours then ten years no one would believe him.😛

A huge part of that is that after 10 years, none of the replacement parts are worth paying for. Good money after bad if the motherboard you get for nearly same cost as brand new one made in last year only takes chips made 10 years ago. XD

And yes, my current Dell is a N7010 rocking a 640m CPU, so it's definitely about 10 years old. Laptops and desktops and tablets and phones all seem to be entirely different worlds when it comes to fixing/upgrading them. This one I just took some screws out, swapped CPUs, cleaned the heatsink, regreased with the special white/gray/whatever junk (Thermal joint compound), and reverse my way back out. Rebooted to faster CPU! :-D

Jeez....

Alex, I am perhaps not the best person to post a view here, I hung out with a gaggle of engineers, and they taught me to assemble a PC from parts. So I don't like paying 2k for a working box when I can just buy the parts and assemble it myself. Case>Motherboard>processor>CPU Fan>Memory> Video Card> Power supply Assemble together and go. Operating systems are what you like. Windows/Linux Apple, what ever strikes your fancy.

Don’t worry just look for something cheap prebuilt and most likely used. Don’t toss it till you know what you might need

Actually a friend of mine is going to help me set up a computer ready for digital art.

Two more car payments and then I am going to end my other two loans. Then i am going to invest in a monster digital art board of some kind.

Price ain’t everything but good luck

Yer gonna need a lot of money. You gotta remember to adjust for inflation!!!

That and a lot of things are in short supply.

Yeah, luckily I have some savings and credit.

You have savings? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!!

I'm probably gonna need a new computer since I think thesis the last year I'll be able to update my 9-year old 2013 Mac Pro's Mac OS. I wanna get the new Mac Studio with it's M1 chip and new Apple Display but other financial reasons prevent me from getting it. That and with the job staking time from me, is it worth getting a new computer when it would just sit there sleeping so much?

Thankfully the Biden Economic Plan will make it cheaper to get a new one soon since the cost of everything is going down and is in plentiful supply.

LOL, I have been reusing the same case since 90's, so technically still the 'same' computer? *theseus ship moment there*
Man, I used to fix these for people. Most brands like Dell or HP have cases that don't quite work right on standard ATX boards. I mean, the Dell cases are generally _nice_, but only for boards and power supplies that fit them. :(
I am currently using an circa 2012-era laptop and have tower PC just sitting there because it makes too much heat for air conditioner. Sigh, it might be my last board for it. Glad to see you got your PC issues fixed in the later journal!

Wow!!