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Ditto all around. TR workstation for home stuff and games, M3 Max 16” for work and carry-around, and a bunch of virtualized Linux containers for various server apps. iPhones and iPads but also various Android devices. A complicated mix of HomeKit, Alexa and Google stuff. Subscription to GPT...

Nobody is stopping you.

This is definitely not true. I think people have forgotten iPhone with its pokey performance and 2g radio. Was it an amazing peek into the future and sign of things to come? Yes. Was it ideal out of the box? Not a chance. It was two generations later with the 3GS, with a faster modem and...

Agreed. Sorry it didn’t work out for you. I do see that glare as well, and I can’t help but wonder how much better this would be with say another 15 degrees of FOV. That said, the pipeline and software is the killer differentiator here, like multitouch on the first iPhone, and like the iPhone...

I noticed SAP and other clients in the App Store.

I played a bit more and can answer a bit more. In a word, mixed. For example, there is a fruit ninja game. Some elements about it are mind blowing. For example, when you chop a fruit, it leaves colorful, vivid splatter… on a random surface… the carpet at my feet, dripping from the coffee...

I’ve watched a couple of two hour movies with it now and it’s not too bad. That said, we’re not in complete disagreement. I would not get rid of any of our televisions since beyond a movie my eyes and face are too tired to continue. And, usually I’m watching movies or television with my wife...

It’s a pricey toy for certain. On top of the 1TB there is AppleCare (strongly recommended for something this expensive), the Zeiss inserts and $200 case which is definitely the largest and puffiest carrying case for an electronic device that I’ve ever seen or used. (It works well, although I’m...

Hard to say. I don’t think it’s comfortable enough to replace televisions in its current state. Rather, what it gives you is the ability to simply drop a 90” state of the art OLED anywhere you want, for 30 minutes to 2 hours or so. In terms of work and productivity, I put in a few hours...

It’s a superlative solo movie watching experience in my opinion. What I’m really liking is the ability to do work while having a large television positioned wherever I want it. Having an impromptu movie theater whenever I’m doing dishes, folding laundry, cooking, watering plants etc. is quite...

Not sure yet - I haven’t tried many (well, any) VR games yet. I tried some slower paced puzzle games for which hand lag was a non-issue and surprisingly intuitive - e.g. I was reaching for things with my hands, and just pulling them toward me and positioning them - but I don’t think that would...

A few more observations: 1. The FOV is not outstanding, but the resolution and latency are so outstanding that I don’t necessarily feel like it’s compromised. 2. This is hands down the best single-person movie watching device I have experienced. I have a 77” LG G3 and prefer this for movies...

Well, after a few hours with mine, I am… stunned. This is in some ways the single most impressive visualization device that I’ve ever used. Its ability to lock objects in place is simply amazing. I can use my phone, wash dishes or read books while wearing this - the resolution is that good. It...

This is an artifact of how compensation works for large tech here in the Bay Area. Let’s say hypothetically you join and the starting package includes restricted stock in the $300k range that vests over say 4 years. If the vesting schedule were say twice a year, then you’d get $300k/8 = $32.5k...

Do all other phone manufacturers—Xaomei, Samsung, Huawei, Asus, etc.—pay these same royalties? I keep hearing Apple Apple Apple and not a word about everyone else on 5g.

I bought the 1TB deck and love it. I skipped the first gen. I have tended toward desktop gaming, we already had a Switch that doesn’t get much use and the screen on the first deck was at least to me an obvious “do not buy this” qualifier since even at its launch there were superior options to...

These are amazing feats of engineering. I’ve been trying a different use case - I picked up one of the 20tb x16s on its ~$250 sale, put all our photos/videos/scans/family data on it, then placed it in a safety deposit box at the bank.

I’ve long favored space (one machine, one display, one desk, no shuffle) as my priority but that appears to be something I am increasingly likely to give up.

Great post. My thoughts exactly.

I am quite mixed on these. As another multi-generation TR owner still using a 3960x as a primary system, I’ve been extremely delighted with the longevity of this platform. I view these as “do everything pretty well, for many years” platforms that trace their lineage all the way back to chips...

Why did the two of you decide to fight, and what did you end up doing to that person?

I have one 20TB in my desktop and it's admittedly a heck of a drive. Gobs of storage and about as fast as we'll get from spinning rust.

The performance is good but at these prices I want to start seeing more GaN switching.

I've been using Cyberpower pure sine wave units in almost every room for a decade now, with surprises and no dead equipment at the tail end of a brownout or blackout. I am to get about 6-7 years out of a battery.

Steep prices; that said, my TX 1000 has proven to be one heck of a power supply, handily keeping an OC 4090 and an OC TR3 happy. I love it.

Still have all my oldies, Millennium, Millennium 2, Gxxx, Parhelia 256/512 etc. fantastic cards. I’ll always have a sweet spot for Matrox.

I used a Fractal Node 804 as a NAS case for a while - 8 bays, quite compact. https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/node/node-804/black/

I've noticed some with my MSI Suprim X Liquid. Currently it's a bit annoying because I have the rear of the case facing forward for easy access to I/O, given what I am doing with the computer, so the sound is somewhat noticeable. When I position the PC with the rear facing backwards (as is...

This is great but I'm really hoping to see any UE5 next gen game other than Fortnite, before adoption of the new-for-2023 APIs begins in earnest...

X58 has held up longer than any other platform I've used since 8088. I agree that P3 had a good run, but it lived in a time where hardware capability was almost always lagging software demand, with even the operating systems (Windows 2000, ME, XP...) quickly taxing hardware released even months...

386 P90 P4 Northwoods C2D Q6xxx i7-920 Athlon X2 TR3 3960/3970 5800 X3D M1 Max, M1 Ultra

Define 7 XL got the job done. Probably the single most pleasant, flexible, clever and high quality case I’ve ever worked with. There is no configuration I can think of that it could not support.

Thank you. I realized the consumer units I am using are alarming around 1000W so I may need to upsize.

My memory is a bit weak here but I think the Samsung 860 Pro may have been at or near the tippy top of the SATA SSD pile in terms of performance + reliability and life, being a fast MLC unit. No longer available I think. MX500 seems like a safe bet in 2023 if you're limited to SATA. Fast...

4K/120 OLED. In CP2077 with DLSS3 frame interpolation and DLSS Quality on--and every possible graphics setting maxed including RT--it's running over 100fps. And that's on a 3960x system that's probably not ideal for this card. So yeah I'm delighted :)

Well, after some time with it, the Suprim X Liquid is... fantastic! I love it - crazy powerful, runs cool, OCs well, and thanks to the form factor it actually fits perfectly in a "normal" case. I'm delighted. The only issue is that I don't have any games that particularly stress it.

What software do you use?

I don’t see much use case for them. The near future appears to be M.2 and 3.5”.

Well, this is why professionals should not deign to engage in debate with "gamer" or "fanboy" types like him. There's a fundamental impedance mismatch and no amount of rational debate is going to cross that divide between their biases and objective reality. For the bulk of humanity it's a...

Yeah not going to worry about it. After 20 years researching battery chemistry I'm pretty sure this is an UV alarm due to voltage collapse as a result of an old battery. I'm just going to replace it or swap to something hand-built.