Wouldn’t it be nice to enhance your PC’s performance “with just one click?” Microsoft's PC Manager is a single, streamlined utility app that collects all of Windows’ performance optimization settings. So, how’s it work? @PCMag’s Michael Muchmore took it for a spin:
#PCs
des petites nouvelles du #POC @GerMaCrise #ouils de Gestion de Crise
#emcom #crise #diy #opensource #colleter #collectivitées #territoriales #PCS #PICS #AASC
Venda de computadores cresce, mas preço da memória dispara com alta de até 70%
Obviously the #zeebo flopped, espechally due to #Qualcomm's #BREW #OS ¹ which is basically '#JavaMobile but worse in order to circumvent #SoftwarePatents' whilst also having dogshit performance and being hard to develop for or even port games to, making it even worse than #Gizmondo or #NGage which used #J2ME.
- Making the #OUYA look like a piece of perfection in comparison, because that #cube didn't cost 20x more to port games to but merely demanded the (OUYA-exclusive) #GameController #API (which predates the later #Android-Standardized one!) to be supported, which is closer to a #patch than a #redevelopment!
But even in a starved market like #Brazil most households weren't gonna dump over 1 month minimum wage on an aging #3G-#Cellphone with composite video and 6-button #USB #controllers.
- Also who thought that announcing a price cut before launch was a good idea in a time the "Osbourne Effect" was already well known?
So yeah, blame Qualcomm for this shitshow...
- To add insult to injury, #piracy on it is rampant... and the #PS2 whipped it's ass around town cuz it even as #import #console like the #PlayStation2 could shaft them in spite of #tariffs because by that point #Sony closed their books on that platform and didn't give a fuck about #piracy, only allowing pre-agreed licensees like #EA to still shove out their games for it.
And lets be honest, #Edutainment is not a cash cow because in places like #Mexico it's way easier to get even cheaper #PC|s due to #NAFTA #FreeTrade (i.e. all the stuff #refurbishers couldn't sell in the #USA anymore got offered there before being sold further south...
- Really sad, cuz if the Zeebo was like a €50 box, it could've been a smash hit, so it died due to lack of resources...
Needless to say the Zeebo is the strongest argument for #StopKillingGames as these devices are nearly useless these days and piracy is the only way to get / change games on it and play them these days.
- Also respect to Derek from #SSFF for playing the entire Zeebo catalogue tho there's nothing to ride home about...
Nowadays the nieche of the zeebo is served by cheap #PCs for #gaming even cheaper #Android devices and (aside from few stores like #Steam that managed to upstell a #DRM as a #feature), rampant #piracy to the point that #MobileGaming outside of #iOS is basically dead unless we account #PayToLoose #Shovelware of the "#DisguisedGambingGame" kind as "#Gaming" which is an insult even for #gambling, because there at least in theory, with a honest operator the chance of winning is greater than zero (tho I'd still disrecommend it because no gambling game is *"fair" beyond the theoretical chance of winning by the rules)...
Hyte X50 PC Case Review: Computers Should Be Cute
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/hyte-x50/
The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/solving-the-pc-memory-crisis/
Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable Gaming Laptop Goes Ultrawide at the Press of a Key
Framework Laptop 16 (RTX 5070) Review: A Dream Come True
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/framework-laptop-16/
@andreas@social.krserv.de
Für mich geht's bei der #Nextcloud gar nicht darum, unterwegs auf alles zugreifen zu können. Deshalb liegt auch nicht alles in der #Cloud. #Musik und wichtige #Dateien sind direkt auf dem #Smartphone (Dateien verschlüsselt) gespeichert.
Aber der automatische #Sync von #Kalender, #Kontakte, #Joplin #Notizen über alle Geräte hinweg - und bei den #PCs und #Notebooks auch der "Arbeitsdokumente" ist für mich schon ein must have.
Und dass auf meinem mit #LUKS verschlüsselten #RootServer zusätzlich eine Nextcloud läuft, spielt keine Rolle. Der #Server ist eh für diese #Sharkey #Instanz, #Peertube, #Collabora, #Matrix und #Wanderer da.
Troubleshooting PCs for Dummies by Dan Gookin, 2025
Safeguard your sanity with this step-by-step walkthrough for troubleshooting your Windows PC What do you do when “turning it off and on again” doesn't solve your problem? Google something? Throw your keyboard? Pray? In Troubleshooting PCs For Dummies, bestselling author Dan Gookin delivers an easy-to-follow and practical guide to solving the most common problems that PC users encounter on a daily basis.
roubleshooting PCs for Dummies by Dan Gookin, 2025
Safeguard your sanity with this step-by-step walkthrough for troubleshooting your Windows PC What do you do when “turning it off and on again” doesn't solve your problem? Google something? Throw your keyboard? Pray? In Troubleshooting PCs For Dummies, bestselling author Dan Gookin delivers an easy-to-follow and practical guide to solving the most common problems that PC users encounter on a daily basis.
Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing, now it's PCs
#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #PrivateOwnership #Housing #PCs #TechNews
Free doesn’t necessarily mean cheap. PC World compiles this list of free software for your PC. Plus, when it’s worth it to upgrade to paid:
HP ZBook 8 Gli 14-Inch Review: An Unimpressive Workstation
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/hp-zbook-8-gli-14-inch/
Okay, hot take coming in
Any computer monitor over 32 inches ceases to an effective computer monitor. If the monitor is so big that I have to pan my head significantly, there's no point to it. Just get multiple monitors at that point.
Such a large monitor is nice when you are sitting far enough away, but at a typical desk setup I simply fail to see the point of them.
#tech #monitors #computers #PCs #PC
Any computer monitor over 32 inches ceases to an effective computer monitor. If the monitor is so big that I have to pan my head significantly, there's no point to it. Just get multiple monitors at that point.
Such a large monitor is nice when you are sitting far enough away, but at a typical desk setup I simply fail to see the point of them.
#tech #monitors #computers #PCs #PC
iBuyPower RDY Slate 9MP R01 Gaming PC Review: Great Value
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/ibuypower-rdy-slate-9mp-r01/
Have plastic laptops been getting a bum rap? Tech writer Chris Hoffman lays out a convincing defense for them. PC World has the story:
5 Best Monitors for the Mac Mini (2025), Tested and Reviewed
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-monitors-for-mac-mini/
@stman @azonenberg basically LGA but without a socket.
- In fact, it is possible for a lot of #mobile #CPU|s that are #BGA only to convert them to #LGA sockets like #LGA1151, and there are companies that do this to #upcycle or rather #reuse new-old-stock #laptop #CPUs for cheap #Desktop #PCs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtU8pGspj0 video via #LinusTechTips.
Tho granted this one isn't a drop-in replacement but necessitates to partially remove the socket holding bracket and screw on a custom metal shim that enshures the bare die doesn't get cracked by a desktop cooler mounted on it. But still...
- IMHO the only reason BGA is being used is to save about 1cm thickness compared to LGA and about 2cm compared to PGA sockets...
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