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    Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone - happens on both clean installs and reinstalls

    It's good for a portable device carrying corporate secrets. I don't need bitlocker at home on a desktop.
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    Windows 11 Market Share Keeps Declining

    F it. I just switched to Win11. On my "fully compliant" gaming rig, the update process was a total shit show. Among other things, broke Windows Defender so badly I had to install clean. On my "unsupported" 5820K HTPC without TPM, the upgrade was perfect using Rufus. Figure that one out.
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    Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone - happens on both clean installs and reinstalls

    Thanks for letting us know. I finally took the Win11 Pro plunge last night and see I have to stay on my toes now.
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    Windows 11 Market Share Keeps Declining

    If the option to extend Win10 support past October 2025 is cheap enough for individual users, I might just stick with it. Have a long time yet before I have to worry about it.
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    The GPU Nvidia would rather forget – GeForce FX

    I would like to give an honorable mention to HD 4850/4870. The GTX 260/280 were another NVIDIA blunder from a price : performance standpoint and ATI made them pay. When was the last time NVIDIA had to reduce prices 23% just a couple weeks after launching a product? Those were the days! It's...
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    Remembering the Nvidia GeForce 256 – the first PC gaming GPU

    It was awesome, but at the time was severely starved of memory bandwidth (even with DDR). The GF2 opened the floodgates with crappy compression but was still starved. I think that's why it has more longevity but it's not like the GF3 didn't destroy the GF2 as well. We're talking about a time...
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    Remembering the Nvidia GeForce 256 – the first PC gaming GPU

    I was one of madmen who waited on the delayed DDR at launch. SDR pft. 🤣
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    Every GPU I owned since 2007 (Fun Topic)

    Pretty sure my 3080 will be my last ride given trends in GPU prices. Just being honest with myself given how slow my upgrade cycles are now. Thanks for the memories [H]. Guillemot Voodoo Banshee VisionTek GeForce256 DDR Creative GeForce2 GTS 64MB Creative GeForce2 Ultra VisionTek GeForce 3 Ti...
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    The Division 2

    TD2 is another example of art direction beating pixels. I wish more devs would take note. I walked away from this one yet again after the disappearing weapon bug hit me badly, but it's always been beautiful.
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    HP wants more of your money

    Gen Z doesn't even know what a printer is and this is HP's response? They are going to have to pay a generation to even use one soon. When I say I have a printer at home, I get lots of looks but at least it's not an HP.
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    Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th

    Once they started adding strings to all of the benefits that used to be premium, the clock was ticking for us. We canceled Prime and have started to lump our orders for $35+ for free shipping. They kick and scream and even try to trick you into signing back up for Prime on every order, or trick...
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    Kioxia reportedly kills off 30-year-old Plextor brand — icon of the optical drive days spins up its last SSD

    I owned several Plextor burners but never actually bought a Plextor. The trick was finding rebranded gems on the cheap after rebate (of course). RIP.
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    LG - 48" Class A2 Series OLED $550 at best buy

    Like with HDD->SSD, the leap to OLED itself is what matters. People get way too hung up on bells and whistles and Rtings feeds these insecurities.
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    Assassin’s Creed Mirage

    Got this for free with my A380 that's not being used for gaming. Not sure if it will make it out of the backlog if I'm being honest.
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    Too good to be true? 7900xt 639 on aliexpress

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/zw5l6l/rx_7900_xt_flickering/
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