We've had three generations of Intel releases on the same socket and motherboards. For Intel that's not bad. Despite all the whining about socket longevity, it comes at a cost. The UEFI and microcode situation on AMD boards is often a total...
I'm in the same boat, hence beginning to roll W11 to select users for application testing.
I cannot wait for all the "CHANGE! SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT!!1!!" complaints we're going to get.
TBF, I'm a bit guilty of that myself and have already...
Maybe that will work at home. But in the Business world, and Cyber Insurance world, there is a legal concept called "contributory negligence". If you do something that you know will but you in a spot that could contribute to a cyber attack...
I'm old enough to remember the rage about windows 10 and how it sucked so badly no one would ever switch to it from windows 7... As well as every other windows version in existence going back.
This is no different that Diesel gate with VW. Do WHATEVER you need to do to win. Even if it means doing something ridiculous like zero power limits. It's sad that Intel's last place of dominance was on the upper end desktop CPUs. Now? They...
Just upgraded to the February driver pack for the Ryzen 13 and BIOS 3.05. So far so good. My pre-OS environment times are much shorter now. I used to see the Windows 11 "circle thingie" while booting. Now it barely shows or not at all before...
I've said this out loud and I'm immediately an old crotchety boomer for saying it. VR is like 3d movies. Anytime you need to put something on your face to enjoy it the appeal will diminish quickly.
I'm so effing tired of people always...
If Miami with all it's sketchyness turns out to be a great location I can't fathom Orlando not getting one. Orlando is a solid town with a lot of upper middle class residential.
Microcenter isn't perfect but I try to give them business when I can. Having zero local retail parts available can be a pain at times. My 990 Pro and 7800x3d in my current build were sourced at MC.
I also signed up for the free Proton. I have a vpn at home that tunnels me home. But to access content from other countries VOD services I too am thinking about expanding to the paid option.