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Post Your Last Purchase XXVIII

An_Excelent_Username said:
My wife is an RN, and her current scope is running on being 5-6 years old (I want to say it's a Littmann Classic II?). Looks like something I'm going to file away for her.
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That thing is a huge step up from my previous master classic II SE! I got almost scared when i examined a case of aortic valve stenosis the other day ;) But all my resident colleagues are jealous, bet your wife would love it! Also it is simply hygienic to get a new one once in a while. Although the price is steep and it is maybe a little overkill for the nurse staff (no offense!), most nurses in my department don't carry a Littmann. But as i said i bet your wife would freak out :) there is some really cool new color schemes

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Life hit hard during finals week last semester with my 2010 MacBook Pro logic board failing. Figured since school was around the corner it was time to upgrade the setup.

  • 2016 MacBook Pro 15" TouchBar (Base)
  • 27" LG 4K 27UD68-P
  • Apple Watch Series 2 Space Grey
  • USB-C -> USB-A Apple Adapter
  • USB-C -> Displayport
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Wife is hellbent on doing cloth diapers for our next baby, so I bought her a trial kit to try on our current 17 month old to see if she likes them enough to use and buy $400 worth of for a set.

NO plans for a baby just yet, maybe sometime later this year. :)
 
Dowjohnny said:
That thing is a huge step up from my previous master classic II SE! I got almost scared when i examined a case of aortic valve stenosis the other day ;) But all my resident colleagues are jealous, bet your wife would love it! Also it is simply hygienic to get a new one once in a while. Although the price is steep and it is maybe a little overkill for the nurse staff (no offense!), most nurses in my department don't carry a Littmann. But as i said i bet your wife would freak out :) there is some really cool new color schemes

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All she's ever carried is a Littmann, and she's a stickler for her "tools". For the work she does I never begrudge getting her something she needs/wants even if it's pricey. I might try and sneak one in for her birthday coming up soon.
 
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Picked up a new small external drive.
Samsung T3.
The read/write is pretty good, definitely for a tiny external I can have in my pocket or go bag.
I threw in some pics of the drive and compared to the size of a normal size SSD in the smallest external enclosure I have.
The T3 is a USB-C drive. The connection to the drive itself is USB-C, the cable that comes with the drive is USB-C on one end and USB-A on the opposite end.
Also mileage may very with cables.
I thought this drive would have come with a USB-C - USB-C cable. It didn't so I used the only strictly USB-C cable I have with me which is the one that came with my retina 12" MacBook.
This one only allowed transfer at around 34MB/s....no good.
The second was just another USB-C cable I had lying around. It also only transferred at roughly 34MB/s.
Ok by now I'm thinking the drive my be the issue.
Finally I found my USB-C to USB-A adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013FGW5US/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and used the cable that came with the T3.
So USB-C into the T3, USB-A into the adapter then the USB-C end of the adapter into the new MacBook Pro.
Finally I got 300+MB/s from the drive.

So, I'm going to need to do some shopping around to find some true USB-C 3.0 actual speed capable cables.
It's crazy to me not all of them are even capable of the speeds advertised by USB-C.

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mmomega said:
Picked up a new small external drive.
Samsung T3.
The read/write is pretty good, definitely for a tiny external I can have in my pocket or go bag.
I threw in some pics of the drive and compared to the size of a normal size SSD in the smallest external enclosure I have.
The T3 is a USB-C drive. The connection to the drive itself is USB-C, the cable that comes with the drive is USB-C on one end and USB-A on the opposite end.
Also mileage may very with cables.
I thought this drive would have come with a USB-C - USB-C cable. It didn't so I used the only strictly USB-C cable I have with me which is the one that came with my retina 12" MacBook.
This one only allowed transfer at around 34MB/s....no good.
The second was just another USB-C cable I had lying around. It also only transferred at roughly 34MB/s.
Ok by now I'm thinking the drive my be the issue.
Finally I found my USB-C to USB-A adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013FGW5US/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and used the cable that came with the T3.
So USB-C into the T3, USB-A into the adapter then the USB-C end of the adapter into the new MacBook Pro.
Finally I got 300+MB/s from the drive.

So, I'm going to need to do some shopping around to find some true USB-C 3.0 actual speed capable cables.
It's crazy to me not all of them are even capable of the speeds advertised by USB-C.

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I got a Sandisk extreme 900 980gb last year for a good price. Fastest you'll get I think when used on a TB3 port.

Also, apparently it's not a good idea to run this disk speed checks on an SSD. And remembered to enable Trim.
 
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mmomega said:
Picked up a new small external drive.
Samsung T3.
The read/write is pretty good, definitely for a tiny external I can have in my pocket or go bag.
I threw in some pics of the drive and compared to the size of a normal size SSD in the smallest external enclosure I have.
The T3 is a USB-C drive. The connection to the drive itself is USB-C, the cable that comes with the drive is USB-C on one end and USB-A on the opposite end.
Also mileage may very with cables.
I thought this drive would have come with a USB-C - USB-C cable. It didn't so I used the only strictly USB-C cable I have with me which is the one that came with my retina 12" MacBook.
This one only allowed transfer at around 34MB/s....no good.
The second was just another USB-C cable I had lying around. It also only transferred at roughly 34MB/s.
Ok by now I'm thinking the drive my be the issue.
Finally I found my USB-C to USB-A adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013FGW5US/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and used the cable that came with the T3.
So USB-C into the T3, USB-A into the adapter then the USB-C end of the adapter into the new MacBook Pro.
Finally I got 300+MB/s from the drive.

So, I'm going to need to do some shopping around to find some true USB-C 3.0 actual speed capable cables.
It's crazy to me not all of them are even capable of the speeds advertised by USB-C.
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what made you get the Samsung T3 instead of the glyph atom? i can't decided which to get
 
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puckhead193 said:
what made you get the Samsung T3 instead of the glyph atom? i can't decided which to get
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I just like Samsung SSD's really. Been using them religiously since the 830Pro.
The SSD is small, looks nice and is quick enough for what I use it for.
And I could walk into BestBuy and buy one immediately, take it back if I didn't like it.
 
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My precious. Picked up an old S6 (International variant void of any carrier cruft). Very few phones made it the past year have wireless charging and an IR blaster :cool:.
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Picked up these tumblers the other day when they were on sale. The fiance uses the one I got her for Christmas everyday so figured it be good to pick up a couple more.

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TheDoubler55 said:
Never heard of him. Please do tell...
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Never heard of him? wow thats a first. Plastic man is a super hero from DC comics who was a criminal but one day a robbery of his got botched due to Batman and he fell in a big tub of chemicals, when he came out he became Plastic man and became good instead of being a bad criminal. he is an old school super hero from the 80's. Alot of people dont know this but Plastic man was the first "superhero with a mouth" it wasnt d'pool. he is a wise-cracking superhero with alot of humor. If you wanna compare him, he is like Mr. Fantastic or Elongated man but stronger, i think the only person that can match his powers would be MetaMorpho
 
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