• sen@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    I feel like I’m part of the minority when I say I’m highly excited for things like M5, APUs, smaller power efficient machines that barely draw power while doing boring work tasks yet can handle proper gaming loads (waiting for the last part still).

    As soon as one of these checks all my boxes I’m selling my massive PC for it.

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      Yep, I’d really like to stick to SoCs in the future as well. I’m holding off on hardware purchases until 2027 when AMD’s RDNA 5 will be available. Apple Silicon is amazing, but I’d like a less expensive alternative that has broader Linux distro support. RDNA 5 will bring true RTX cores, which is critical for my Blender rendering workloads, and is the main reason why I couldn’t justify AMD GPUs in the past for anything other than a dedicated gaming machine (e.g., Steam Deck).

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              8 hours ago

              Though he does provide a lot of fuel for it, the bubble exists independently of the grifter-in-chief. Also, blot clots are a thing.

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                7 hours ago

                He can easily bail them out like Obama did for the banks. He gave away fuck loads of money when COVID happened and so much of it got pocketed and did nothing for the economy.

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                  7 hours ago

                  That was before his Big Bonkers Bill and crashing the bonds market with his stupid tariffs. The markets have started to call into question whether America can remain solvent. Taking up billions only to pass the money on to the tech bros to keep their AI bubble going a little longer might not be an option, simply because investors won’t have it.

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      Oh I’m right there with you. My machines are a Legion Go, an M2 Mac mini and a MacBook Pro m1. What CPUs are starting to do with such a minute amount of power is amazing.

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        Right? Now just let me push 1440p x2 and play games on high/ultra from the size of half a shoebox please.