softeky

Muuss… my hero (RIP). Ping plus traceroute were *NIX network diagnostic apps I relied on to find network faults. I would run ping in parallel on multiple windows with each ping targeted at a different traceroute host on the way to a target. This would pinpoint a connection fault even if the fault was intermittent. More recently poor WiFi locations could be diagnosed by walking around while pinging (menu-bar WiFi strength meters have been made useless long ago, but ping packet throughput measure is instant). Then along came “mtr” https://www.tecmint.com/mtr-a-network-diagnostic-tool-for-linux/ (works on most *NIX). When run as super-user, mtr combines ping with traceroute and does the job all in one terminal window.

Mtr source: https://github.com/traviscross/mtr

Thank you so much for the helpful instructions to get the personal, free version of VMWare Fusion (esp the "download page" link). Some of the instructions did not exactly match the web-page presentation but they were close enough to figure out what was needed.

The major (fundamental) difference between Parallels and VMWare Fusion is the Fusion requirement to only run ARM software on ARM engines. When I upgraded from Intel MacBook Pro to ARM (M1 then) kit I could no longer run previously VMWare-hosted operating systems, which were all Intel code. I had to find various ARM implementations of Linux and Windows operating systems to carry on working in VMWare. In those days (ahhh, so long ago) Windows ARM was even more experimental and it was not clear that Microsoft would actually properly support ARM architecture. I switched to Parallels to avoid alpha testing Windows-ARM for MS on ARM architecture.

It is still the case that Parallels runs Intel code but VMWare does not. Linux is certainly stable enough on both  Intel and ARM architectures, running in both Parallels and VMWare virtual hosting environments, but I'll have to spend some time seeing how much Windows-ARM has improved in VMWare as Windows-Intel still appears to only be an option in Parallels.

But hey... free is pretty cheap :-)

Reading between the lines...

They meant Apple should upgrade its security so that "special access" could be provided to those who are going to ask for^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hdemand it.

philboogie said:

damacguy said:

That's a floppy DISK. A floppy DRIVE is what you put a DISK in. Kids today. ;-)

And the writers here call themselves 'journalists'.

Perhaps they're confused because they don't DRIVE into work any more but use DISKs to work from home? (ps :-) ).

"Step Backwards"? Apple have been using push-plugs rather than screws to fasten the keyboards to the top of the bottom case for years. Usually I pull out the old, faulty keyboard, discard it, and replace it with a new keyboard, attached with tiny screws (80 of them). Pulling the old keyboard out (with most of the plugs) destroys it. New keyboards are roughly $40 (including screws). The scissors keyboard should be more repairable than butterfly version. Key caps are removable on the "scissors" and dirt should be more easily cleaned out (if that is still a problem). I'm more concerned with other issues. How well is the heat removed when the CPU is used intensively. How well will the Mac work in the summer without air conditioning. Does leaving the Mac plugged in to a power-supplying dock or a monitor that provides power reduce the lifetime of the internal battery (I've had 2 batteries become pillows in two years because the connected external monitor provides charging 24/7 through its data connection). Must buy more popcorn!