Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
It's InterCity Express here... Much nicer.
Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned
- Thread starter Blue Hills
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It's InterCity Express here... Much nicer.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Or the Institute of Civil Engineers!
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Although I have seen the latest version of them and they look more like 3rd place in a Lego building contest. 🙄
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Internal Combustion Engine
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Aha... 'Pro' is not 'Pro', but 'Pro' is 'Pro Pro'!! 
I am looking at switching from an old ailing Windows 10 laptop, to a decent new Macbook.
It took me ages to realise why I was getting confused by reviewers suggesting it might be better to buy the M4 Pro version rather than just the Pro M4 version...
Many of you non-Macbook users will be as confused as I was! People familiar with Apple's daft product naming will possibly be nodding in agreement.
To put you out of your misery - there is a product line named 'Pro', a processor line named 'M4', and 3 levels of processor power - '', 'Pro', and 'Max'. No I didn't forget to name the first level of processor power - Apple didn't bother!! Basically, I (and lots of other people) got confused between the MacBook Pro M4 and the MacBook Pro M4 Pro!
Naming the product line 'Pro' makes sense - it is an upmarket/more powerful range of laptops than the 'Air'. Why not call the processor levels something less confusing, like 'Base', 'Plus', and 'Max'?
I am looking at switching from an old ailing Windows 10 laptop, to a decent new Macbook.
It took me ages to realise why I was getting confused by reviewers suggesting it might be better to buy the M4 Pro version rather than just the Pro M4 version...
Many of you non-Macbook users will be as confused as I was! People familiar with Apple's daft product naming will possibly be nodding in agreement.
To put you out of your misery - there is a product line named 'Pro', a processor line named 'M4', and 3 levels of processor power - '', 'Pro', and 'Max'. No I didn't forget to name the first level of processor power - Apple didn't bother!! Basically, I (and lots of other people) got confused between the MacBook Pro M4 and the MacBook Pro M4 Pro!
Naming the product line 'Pro' makes sense - it is an upmarket/more powerful range of laptops than the 'Air'. Why not call the processor levels something less confusing, like 'Base', 'Plus', and 'Max'?
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I thought I was seeing the Northern Lights in Birmingham. It's actually the floodlights from Birmingham City football ground being refracted by ice crystals in the air.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
Karate didn't emerge as a separate discipline until the 1920s.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I today discovered you can move a lit fire from one room to another using a saucepan!
I'd lit a fire in our dining room as a bit of luxury to accompany our sunday roast, then we later adjourned upstairs to the sitting room. I ummed and arr'd about lighting another but that seemed a waste since there was another still burning in an empty room and joked about brining the jot coals up. "I know you're joking but don't even think about it" then after a pause "you could use a saucepan" which I can confirm works fine.
This should not be taken as advice or good practice
I'd lit a fire in our dining room as a bit of luxury to accompany our sunday roast, then we later adjourned upstairs to the sitting room. I ummed and arr'd about lighting another but that seemed a waste since there was another still burning in an empty room and joked about brining the jot coals up. "I know you're joking but don't even think about it" then after a pause "you could use a saucepan" which I can confirm works fine.
This should not be taken as advice or good practice
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
What do you think 'Coal Scuttles' were for, not for storing fresh coal in but rather for moving lit coal from one room to another. Do you remember those tiny grates in Victorian bedrooms, you didn't light a fire in those, just carried a lit coal or two upstairs and plonked it in that little grate
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I discovered that there are patient, relaxed police officers in Norway with a great sense of humour!
lazybloke
Chocolate eclairs: the peak of human endeavour
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Aha... 'Pro' is not 'Pro', but 'Pro' is 'Pro Pro'!!
I am looking at switching from an old ailing Windows 10 laptop, to a decent new Macbook.
It took me ages to realise why I was getting confused by reviewers suggesting it might be better to buy the M4 Pro version rather than just the Pro M4 version...
Many of you non-Macbook users will be as confused as I was! People familiar with Apple's daft product naming will possibly be nodding in agreement.
To put you out of your misery - there is a product line named 'Pro', a processor line named 'M4', and 3 levels of processor power - '', 'Pro', and 'Max'. No I didn't forget to name the first level of processor power - Apple didn't bother!! Basically, I (and lots of other people) got confused between the MacBook Pro M4 and the MacBook Pro M4 Pro!
Naming the product line 'Pro' makes sense - it is an upmarket/more powerful range of laptops than the 'Air'. Why not call the processor levels something less confusing, like 'Base', 'Plus', and 'Max'?
WTAF
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
Air brakes are on by default. Compressed air is used to move the brake shoes away from the drums so that the wheel can rotate.
