00:04:49 Chris Taylor: Good evening all. We will get started in about 10 minutes 00:06:00 Chris Taylor: Guests, as always are welcome. If you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 00:07:27 Alan German: Our next Q&A session will commence at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 19th. Questions on any computer-related issues are welcome, as are mini-presentations of your favourite computer program or on an interesting topic that you would like to share with the group? Similarly, if you have a question about anything that would fit into one of our "Computer Basics" or "Smartphone Basics" segments send that along too. No question is too basic. If you don't know the answer, it is practically certain that there are others who also don't know. But, if nobody asks the question, we won't know to provide the answer... Send your questions or the details of what you would like to share to: SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:07:29 Bob Herres: I love the Book Store Cartoon! "What would look smart on the shelf behind me on a Zoom Call?" 00:09:27 Bob Gowan: Hard to hear our speakers ??? 00:10:39 Bob Gowan: Can their mike be moved closer 00:10:52 Alan German: Suspect they are some distance from the mike. Sound a bit muffled to me. But, when we get started, we can crank up the volume. 00:12:46 Stew Bruce: He's a little uglier.... 00:19:46 Jocelyn Doire: The demo effect! 00:35:04 Lawrence Patterson: What's the practical difference between a HDMI and Display Port connectors? 00:40:35 Bob Herres: How many Monitors would you suggest the average desktop user should have ? 00:42:36 Harvey Hope: Recently seen a 34" monitor that can be partitioned up to 4 displays on the monitor. 00:44:30 Mark Cayer: Not every HDMI connection is the same ... HDCP HDMI cable has builtin digital content protection ...Whatever that is?? 00:44:53 Chris Taylor: I used to go multi-monitor and at one point had 3. Then I discovered the joy of having a single VERY big 4K monitor and just go with the one monitor. At 4K you can have lots of windows on-screen, all partitioned up using PowerToys Fancy Zones 00:46:08 Alan German: If you have a small laptop, a large secondary monitor is really nice! 00:46:19 Chris Taylor: The benefit of a single, big, hi res screen rather than multi-monitor is for those cases when you want to use all the disk real estate for one program 00:46:34 Bill: does your computer run a little cooler with a SD drive? 00:48:10 Chris Taylor: I had a 43" 4K monitor at one point 00:48:40 Maria Middelveen: Wow that's big Chris! 00:50:04 Jocelyn Doire: Which USB port Europe adopted to power devices? 00:50:21 Chris Taylor: @Maria - that monitor died and I replaced it with a 32" 4K monitor. I miss the extra size :-) But the monitor I have is really nice, just a bit smaller physically than I would really like. I didn't have a lot fo choices in my snack bracket for larger than 32" 00:50:22 Timothy: type c 00:50:40 Timothy: is the one for Europe. 00:51:21 Bill: what is the fireport? only associated with Apple? 00:53:34 Alan German: @Bill Apple also uses Thunderbolt - which is their problem for the EU reg. 00:53:35 Chris Taylor: Isn't Firewire just IEEE 1394 in the PC world? Or are there dfferences? 00:55:31 Chris Taylor: Not that anyone uses IEE1394 or Firewire any more! 00:56:09 Stew Bruce: Years ago I bought the first Asus Chromebox as I realized PC's didn't need the bulk they were carrying. Is there a reason the Windows form factor equivalents are priced so high? 00:57:10 Chris Taylor: Gawd, that's expensive on the ThinkPad Carbon 00:57:57 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: Your Lenovo ThinkPad: descriptio says 6GB Video Card. Does that mean it processes 6GB at a time? 00:58:31 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: I'm trying to connect the GB in RAM to the GB of the video card. 01:03:46 Chris Taylor: You don't list a Core-i5 - where would it fit? Is it something you recommend for someone who might have light needs, but wants some future proofing? 01:04:28 Natalie: I have both HDD & SSD in my PC. The O/S is on the HDD. 1) Would it be better to have everything on the SSD (longevity, heat, etc.)? 2) If that's the case, would only the SSD be in use? 01:04:29 Timothy: Was TTER under your banner? 01:05:22 Mark Cayer: Much to my chagrin I learned that not all Bluetooth devices (like my old headphones) can work with the most modern release of Bluetooth. 01:06:58 Alan German: @Natalie Having the OS and apps on the SSD gives faster boot and load times. The high capacity HDD is great for archival storage and/or for multiple , large files (e.g. digital photos). 01:09:15 Jocelyn Doire: what is involve to transfer the OS? 01:09:26 Maria Middelveen: Agreed @Alan! 01:09:43 Natalie: Thanks! 01:10:28 Natalie: 1TB HDD, 256 GB SSD 01:10:29 Bill: Thank you very much Paul & Maria. lots of great information. 01:11:09 Alan German: Store the data on an external USB drive, then image the HDD and restore it to the SSD (or clone it). Then, clean out the OS from the HDD and move the data back. 01:11:34 Jocelyn Doire: yes 01:11:36 Natalie: Yes, I will check 01:11:38 Jocelyn Doire: thanks 01:11:44 Alan German: @Natalie 256GB is lots for the OS. 01:12:13 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Bill for attending! 01:12:28 Alan German: Does The Trailing Edge have a service department? If so, are the main problems hardware or software related? What are the main problems that people bring to your store and could these be avoided through better user practices? 01:12:50 Natalie: I could move the data to an external HD before cloning 01:13:24 Natalie: I actually store most things on 2 external HDs 01:14:10 Maria Middelveen: Perfect Natalie, that would work well. 01:15:50 Eldon Gaw: Over the years I have had a number of great experiences with the TTE service department. Great people and amazing service. 01:16:34 Harvey Hope: TTE service dept is the best in Ottawa. 01:18:03 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Harvey! 01:20:03 Stew Bruce: I use a small ssd for OS & apps. All data is stored off system on my network or in the cloud. 01:20:39 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Eldon! 01:21:08 faber ichelle’s iPad: Thanks. Very informative. 01:21:38 Natalie: Great info!! 01:22:05 Harvey Hope: I use a Synology NAS for all files, storage is Western Digital 2 TB HDD … in use since 2011. 01:22:17 micheline: Alan, - Maria said (to me): Mostly hardware these days upgrading machines to SSD but we also do our fair share of virus removal as well. 01:24:10 Maria Middelveen: @Mark yes we learned this too with respect to Bluetooth devices. 01:26:40 Timothy: I used to get some old drives there at TTER. Plus a few laptops. I always wonder why it closed down. Thanks. 01:26:47 Robert Benson: Thank you folks. Great meeting and good info. 01:26:59 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Robert! 01:27:09 Alan German: When Windows 10 reaches end of life will you be selling any older machines using Linux as the OS? 01:27:21 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Natalie! 01:27:30 Wayne: Great presentation tonight, Thanks Paul & Maria 01:27:39 Denis Therrien: Was able to just join now. Looking forward to the recording 01:28:01 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Wayne! 01:28:14 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: What is a chipset again? 01:28:27 Harvey Hope: Thank you Paul and Maria, very informative! 01:29:11 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: I'm Zoom...sorry...realname is Elizabeth. 01:29:24 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: I really wanted to know what a chipset is. 01:29:36 Gail: Thank you, Paul and Maria. Very informative. 01:30:32 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: Thanks for a great presentation! 01:30:39 Mark Cayer: Does TTE deal in MAC computers as well?? 01:31:56 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Gail and Elizabeth! 01:32:05 Natalie: I assume we need to check other hardware driver compatibility as well for WIN 11. Had a big problem when I switched to WIN 8. 01:32:46 Timothy: Greenbank Square is the location. 01:33:24 Bob Herres: Thank you Maria & Paul, Great Presentation!! And, Thank you Lawrence for setting up this super event! /Let's all visit: tte.ca 01:33:44 Chris Taylor: Thanks Paul and Maria! Great info. 01:34:11 Eldon Gaw: OR!!! Just go in to the store in person..! They will treat you like you are the only person in the store. 01:34:13 Mark Cayer: Thanks for all the Info!! 01:34:22 Allison: Thank you - wonderful presentation and info! 01:34:30 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Eldon, we always try to do that! 01:34:39 Maria Middelveen: Thanks Allison! 01:34:42 bea: REALLY INTERESTED IN THE RECYCLING INFO 01:34:44 Edward Morawski: Really good presentation! 01:34:45 Natalie: Thanks!! 01:34:46 Timothy: Thanks for the presentation. 01:34:52 zoom.ece9z@ncf.ca: Please come back! 01:35:21 Timothy: I've been there many times over the years. 01:35:22 Mark Cayer: And a freee OPCUG membership for TTE!! 01:35:22 bea: opps didn't mean caps