You should be comparing the $500 hooker to actually having a girlfriend. Meeting a nice girl with good code quality is free. Maybe she doesn't always wear makeup and doesn't some of the big flashy features,but that can be a good thing too. She has nothing to hide, she won't tell you you have...
I used DispCalGui yesterday with success. Yes it asked me to do a manual calibration first because your screen at least has to be in the right vicinity for a proper calibration.
This was on Linux so I can't tell you what the Windows experience is like.
I did the eye-bal calibration on...
I've had both but Inkscape is by far my preference, not including price cause Illustrator isn't that expensive if you actually use it.
Between the two, you have what you need for logos. If you're more comfortable knocking something out in a raster program then do so and trace to vector after...
Might be the part where you explain what you want AFTER finding someone. Not to sound grumpy, but that's a bit like asking you to promise you won't get mad if I tell you something. ;-)
13.1 with KDE. I like XFCE as well but use a few of the KDE apps so thought "hey why not". Once I have it all configured how I like it, they are within a couple hundred megs of each other anyway. Yeah SUSE is pretty solid and BTRFS Snapshots are nice. I run Arch on my laptop with the same setup.
A note about the Keycool. I ordered one (Kc84) from MK and promptly returned it. The quality of the keys was very poor and it had a loose switch. I tend to avoid them now.
Edit: I should have said that the keys were backlit. I've read good things about their PBT keys.
Also look for Huion on Amazon. They are very similar to the Monoprice but I like the pen a bit more. They are usually sold under the Tursion or Turcom brand but they are Huion.
It was my joke cause they are going in a similar direction to Ubuntu. I didn't read the release date and didn't care to. 14.11 Blue Ballmer sounds just as good though.
I tried out a 12" cintiq and hated it. You can't mirror the screen so you essentially have to have the 3d app on a low res minuscule screen with your hand in front of it. In my opinion its either one of the larger digitizer screens or the separate digitizer. Portable tablets are interesting...
Some bold predictions in the opening post. I don't think it will be that easy. It seems as though the 3 companies (perhaps 5 if you include Qualcomm and Samsung) are all converging on a similar point of performance. ARMv8 based Tegra and Exynos are likely to compete at this level as well.
I just got the Huion H610 ($55 shipped from Amazon). It's pretty similar to the monoprice but the pen seems a bit nicer (I don't own a monoprice). So far it's been a pretty good tablet and quite comparable to my Intuos3 if not better on some areas. The build quality of the tablet and pen is...
I believe there is an Intuos5 without the touch capability. Saves $50 or so off the price. I was recently in a similar situation but decided to go with a Huion H610 instead ($55 shipped). So far it's been pretty decent. There are some areas where it is better and some where it's slightly beaten...
It's funny seeing the buck-tooth hillbillies making fun of Belize when they know nothing about the place. You read a story about McAfee and know all about it right? That guy had a bad reputation long before any of this happened.
Start a movie on your HTPC, stop it and head upstairs, resume it on the roku, head to bed and finish the movie on your phone.
Just one usage scenario for Plex.
I bought it from 1saleaday.com a couple weeks ago and it came looking brand new minus the fancy box. So far it's been a great device and I use it in conjunction with my Plex server.
I run my 3930k @4.5Ghz for everyday use and people here run em higher. What you mentioned is already surpassed. As for IB-E well whenever the enthusiast version comes out, likely 8 or 10 core if the XEON base is 12, just a moderate overclock will put it most of the way to what you want.