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- kingsteven3
Built a Hackintosh, cost about £1650 based around an i9 9900k & Vega 64 (so faster single thread speeds than the Xeons in the new Mac Pro line which is better for music/Logic). It's worked perfectly and stuff I expected to cause more issues like Thunderbolt 3 and Bluetooth have caused no issues and has been running and stable for about 2 months.
Recently something totally unexpected has happened, I set up Win 10 as dual-boot to flash some firmware and configure some graphics card settings that weren't available in MacOS but this last fortnight i've found myself drifting further and further in to Windows land and only switching back for Unix shell & Logic...
I've used Windows 10 before but only on shit office computers, on a well spec'd PC + 4k it's the dogs balls. Games (obviously) and Adobe suite running much better... and the level of integration with non-apple hardware (Android, various input peripherals) is fantastic... Now i've installed a quicklook replacement and Win 10 Bash shell it all feels really nice to use. I'm massively tied in to Logic after 20 years and to a lesser degree FCP but starting to consider cross-platform alternatives because of right now, Apple can suck my hole!
- Uh oh, let the bile flow..Nairn
- I understand some of these words.nb
- The more and more I get into 3D the more I start thinking like this. I still feel macOS is a superior file system but windows is far more optimized for hardwaremonospaced
- *Pole, dude, pole....Maaku
- @mono, I feel the same. Considering getting a PC soon because rendering anything on a MAC is shit.Maaku
- Rendering on a Mac is pointless. If even say impossible for any real workflow.monospaced
- Win10 has a full fledged Ubuntu subsystem built in. I use it daily, and it works great. It's terminal is better than the Mac one.section_014
- Sure, but macOS is BUILT on it. Windows isn’t. The difference still gives macs an advantage in some areas.monospaced
- Win10's implementation is full linux, minus the kernel. If you work on servers a lot, the commands and packages are (nearly) identical.section_014
- On mac you have to use homebrew instead of apt, and the bash implementation is outdated because of some licensing apple didn't like.section_014
- ^ yeah it is incredible. was reading about it's implementation yesterday. a full implementation of ubuntu running bash, very similar speeds to native.kingsteven
- and WSL2 is full integrated (not virtualised) linux kernel running within windows. if Apple did this you wouldn't hear the end of it.kingsteven
- As a PC, it's curious for me to see how previously-rabid Mac fans in the designosphere have come around to PCs for productivity over the years.Nairn
- yep, i've been using windows servers, configuring laptops and kiosks for 20 years but my last desktop PC had a 17" CRT and Win 2000 and switched to Apple aroundkingsteven
- the time OS X was announced. The idea of using windows for productivity was absurd until a week ago and now thinking of Win 10 in the same way as I did aboutkingsteven
- OS X back then... really enjoying using a Desktop computer like I haven't in years.kingsteven
- colin_s0
i have an iphone 6 that is beginning to just act like a computer with a dialup modem at this point so it's almost time to change... i don't want a new iphone but being logged into google 24/7 on an android device terrifies me almost as much.
what's everyone's reasoning for getting one vs the other? my phone plan is pay as you go with tmobile so my bill is only $35 a month and that won't be a factor either way, but i'm about ready to get something new but either way the sort of corporate overlords behind both major players just freak me the fuck out.
if it wasn't for the fact my phone is my primary digital camera i'd just go back to a dmb phone, but i hate carrying around like 8 different things for 3 functions
- I have a 6. The last month the battery has degraded to a max 80% capacity and shuts down at 15%. Not to mention slow as hell with new OS. Gonna get a 10XS.Hayzilla
- prophetone1
I'm really happy to introduce... Frogger
- mg332
Who f'ing plays games like these?!?!
- 45+prophetone
- small children and baby boomers. No one wants to play games on a phone (or ipad).section_014
- not me mg33. not me.capn_ron
- 70% of the market is 30-45yr old women.Hayzilla
- section_0140
"A10 Fusion chip, which is 2x faster than the top-selling PC."
Sorry, no.
- Bennn0
The new Apple Watch with the Always On Display technology!
The tag line is "All day battery life"
that means you'll need to recharge it 2 times a day after 6 months
- NBQ00-1
Well, the new Apple watch bands are just... Magical.
- NBQ00-1
"Thank you, Staaaaan." — Tim Cook
- ideaist1
Centered Apple logo.
*head explodes*
- dasohr1
wow. a camera with a phone and dolby surround. Sure we beed this.
- mg331
Night mode is interesting. I often want to take photos of my kids at bedtime and hate using photos with a flash or turning the room lights on.
- ideaist18
I've become a bitter old man at 36. This shit is very cool, but i just can't get into it.
Kids. Wife. Job. Introspection and deep thoughts on mortality, etc.
It's just a phone.
#DeepThoughts
- seems most people are this way these days. phones are just phones. unless go on internet threads, android users obsessed with how apple sucks and vice versa.inteliboy
- Same. I'm still using my iPhone SE. It's fine... or at least good enough. I actually like the small size.nocomply
- Yeah very few adults care about this shit. The few who do are a fucking embarrassment. It's just something to talk about like the weather or TV.nb
- SE for lifescruffics
- Nothing wrong with being interested in tech. Nothing wrong with not either. Do what you want.NBQ00
- I wait for the Pro Max Extra. Oh dear. Wasn't Apple supposed to stand for simplicity?SimonFFM
- iPhone Pro Max, iPhone Max Max Pro, iPhone X Pro XMas, iPhone Xmas Pro-XDR, iPhone XDR Super-Pro Max X, etc.NBQ00
- Don't worry, expensive phones have become a regular thing. Nobody is excited about a phone release anymore.mekk
- I'm happy that i've been alive to see the arriving of all this in the 2000's, it was a great timeBennn
- ^
it's not bitter, it's just more of the same. If these came with some crazy AR/VR implementation or whatever, I'm sure you'd be as erect as a young gun againNairn - I've not given a shit about phones in years - last time I was excited was when I finally got on the smartphone bandwagon and bought the then-new Nexus 5.Nairn
- Their strategy is incremental updates. They know most of their customers upgrade every 2-3 years so they want to have a brand new model available at all times,yuekit
- even if it's only a minor change from the previous year.yuekit
- The upgrades used to be a lot more impressive and a lot less expensive.CyBrainX
- Bennn2
They always present a game that no one really care about
- jmckinno3
The most unfun game demo ever
- NBQ000
Impressive internals but still near 4 year old design with that ugly notch and thick bezels compared to the more fresh looking galaxy S10