Personal computing discussed
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SpotTheCat wrote:I want AMD and Intel to start selling CPUs outside of the current LGA/socket setup and do non-removable integrations with board partners without a need for chipsets and replaceable RAM... sort of like buying a graphics card. This would enable cheaper devices, fewer purchased components and compatibility issues for the user, less user-handling, and smaller/cheaper desktops could be built by leveraging mechanical advantages over legacy (~1993) system designs.
HERETIC wrote:There is ONE glaring trend over recent years,in homes and offices-Desktops are being replaced with Laptops.....
HERETIC wrote:"Don't need optical drives" Be difficult to rip and encode Blue ray and DVD's to HEVC without them.
HERETIC wrote:Going to store those encodes on SSD-haha-NO-3.5"spinning rust will be with us for a long time yet.
HERETIC wrote:One of the wonderful things about this world is "We are all different"(excluding apple sheep of course)
and all have different needs.........................................
just brew it! wrote:This costs a fortune to provide significantly worse performance than a desktop PC would.HERETIC wrote:Yeah, we don't have desktop systems at work. Standard issue computing device for everyone (including developers) is a MacBook Pro.There is ONE glaring trend over recent years,in homes and offices-Desktops are being replaced with Laptops.....
just brew it! wrote:They work, but they're slower than built-in drives and they clutter your desk.HERETIC wrote:External USB optical drives work reasonably well."Don't need optical drives" Be difficult to rip and encode Blue ray and DVD's to HEVC without them.
just brew it wrote:You can also put your spinning drives in a NAS box in an out-of-the way closet. In a business environment, the desktops should have SSDs and your large shared storage goes to a server.HERETIC wrote:Most people just stream everything these days.Going to store those encodes on SSD-haha-NO-3.5"spinning rust will be with us for a long time yet.
JustAnEngineer wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yeah, we don't have desktop systems at work. Standard issue computing device for everyone (including developers) is a MacBook Pro.
This costs a fortune to provide significantly worse performance than a desktop PC would.
JBI wrote:(can't get onto the corporate intranet from home unless you've got an IT-blessed device that's allowed to connect to the VPN).
Glorious wrote:JBI wrote:(can't get onto the corporate intranet from home unless you've got an IT-blessed device that's allowed to connect to the VPN).
That seems to be the way of things these days. In the just the past month I can't even get email anymore without an officially-provisioned device/computer.
JustAnEngineer wrote:just brew it! wrote:They work, but they're slower than built-in drives and they clutter your desk.External USB optical drives work reasonably well.
ludi wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:just brew it! wrote:External USB optical drives work reasonably well.
They work, but they're slower than built-in drives and they clutter your desk.
You just named the one irritation I've encountered with my HTPC rebuild -- the Define Nano S has no 5.25 bays, so I'll have to rely on an external USB unit whenever there's another DVD or BRD to rip. This happens more often than one might think, since we tend to pick up stuff cheaply at the local thrift stores and the semi-annual library book sale.
Chrispy_ wrote:I know it's wrong but I just pirate the movies that I own physical copies of. It's easier than ripping them myself and given that I'm out of practice it's probably better quality than me ripping my own discs.
Glorious wrote:JBI wrote:(can't get onto the corporate intranet from home unless you've got an IT-blessed device that's allowed to connect to the VPN).
That seems to be the way of things these days. In the just the past month I can't even get email anymore without an officially-provisioned device/computer.
Chrispy_ wrote:I know it's wrong but I just pirate the movies that I own physical copies of. It's easier than ripping them myself and given that I'm out of practice it's probably better quality than me ripping my own discs.
Since the MPAA and greedy distributors are complete scum I have no ethical problem doing whatever the hell I please once I've already paid them money for a physical copy/license/whatever-they-call-it..
JustAnEngineer wrote:Your HTPC's awesome Silverstone Temjin TJ08-E is a compact 30.2 liters. The Cooler Master Cosmos II in TR's system guide is 160.8 liters!
f0d wrote:unless you live in a tiny room or an apartment or its a htpc i never saw the point of making computers super small
i have plenty of room for a big atx case that can hold a whole bunchload of harddrives and custom watercooling, infact my htpc is starting to show its limitations by only being able to hold 5 hdd's (silverstone tj08-e)
i guess its now "cool" to have a tiny computer but screw it i like my big massive box with 3 radiators and 9 hdd's and sli graphics cards and a sound card
just brew it! wrote:Yeah, we don't have desktop systems at work. Standard issue computing device for everyone (including developers) is a MacBook Pro. I spend quite a bit of time in a Debian VM, since our product is Linux-based. At least they also gave us 4K monitors!
SpotTheCat wrote:I don't want the ability to replace components because I don't want to have to replace components... Do you want a car with easy access to repairs and common parts, or a car that doesn't need repairs?
Airmantharp wrote:But 5.25" bays? My next case, a Define R5 White, will have those removed. I do have a full-size Blu-ray burner in a USB3/eSATA enclosure for the ifs and whens.