[PLUG] Replace the CPU

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote:

>> You have a newly assembled desktop which I assume has plenty of
>> DDR4 RAM.
>
> No, only 16GB, although easily upgraded.

   And at lower cost than a new laptop.

> I built the new desktop because its predecessor was 11 years old and
> starting to have issues. And yes, I went to great lengths to ensure that
> it had USB 3.1 Gen 2 and a fast CPU, but only to future-proof it. I do not
> currently own any 3.1 Gen 2 devices, but I'm sure that someday I will.

   OK, the USB ports are not a concern.

> As for why I do not use it for my video work, sometimes I do. But my main
> storage is in a 16TB USB 3.0 enclosure, and I don't know how to connect it
> simultaneously to two computers. When I use the desktop for video work I
> output to USB sticks and physically move them to the laptop. I have done
> so a few times and it takes about half the time that the task would have
> taken on the laptop.

   There are solutions for this. For example, do your video work on the
desktop and store results on the external 16T drive. Then, at your
convenience, connect that drive to your laptop and do your laptop stuff this
way. While I've not used the 'tee' command this way, it might send output
from, for example, the desktop to both the external hard drive and the
laptop, yet I suspect that it would.

   I would mount the external hard drive using samba (or NFS) so it's just
another drive on the network and accessible everywhere.

   Those more expert than I can guide you to no-cost solutions using what you
already have.

Rich