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What the law in the EU - doesn't like Is a company abusing its dominant market position (anti-competitive practices) It ultimately leads to higher prices to consumers. Hence it is ILLEGAL. Monopolies themselves are not inherently illegal in Europe. Its abusive and restrictive trade practices that are by dominant market position companies. Also when companies under take concerted practices (i.e. anti-competitive agreements). This is what Google have been fined (again) for. Its hard for people in north America to understand this. Because they're being told by US politicians that this is a political attack, when its simply an correction against abusive market behaviour. Its all about not allowing companies to abuse consumers. US anti-trust law and EU competition law (which covers anti-trust and other behaviours) are slightly different. Competition law in Europe is much broader than 'anti-trust'. It means if a company is a dominant position or a monopoly they have even more reason to not behave to restrict potential competition due to their size, because if they do they will be fined 10% global turnover until the activity ceases. If I set up a software system that everyone must go through me to get, and I stop any one else I consider a competitor from accessing it, whilst paying sellers to prioritise me to keep out everyone else - I should expect to be fined. Its the action of restriction, plus paying third parties to prioritise me - that is illegal.

Intel didn't put the i9 chip into the MacBook. Apple did.

I'm in Cheshire and get 72 MB/sec download and 20 MB/sec upload. If you go out a bit further to rural Cheshire, its patchy but getting better. north Wales will be the same. Patchy based on locations. If you're in a populated area of north Wales like Mold, Bangor, or similar you'll get decent line-speeds but if you're on a farm in Snowdonia then you'll be looking at alternatives. Its no different in England. On the outskirts of a major town my business gets 40 MB/sec download via a satellite connection. But we pay through the nose. 1 mile away in the town itself you're talking 20 to 100 MB/sec speeds without that. Lines go where populations are generally. If you're a small business owner - line speed is a primary consideration on where to locate a business, if you need data connections like we do.

In our small company we favour productivity Therefore always go for high performance equipment. I'm using a 2013 i7 3770k overclocked 16 GB DDR3. But which is running fine. Larger companies really do need to tailor hardware to staff needs. In my case we do in silico modelling. Therefore need a computer with grunt.

When you have 64GB of DRAM on a desktop (and RAM to spare) not an issue. If you're using a laptop. More of an issue. Maybe. If you have an old laptop.

Any laptop manufacturer that is supposedly: 1. Providing a high end performance level laptop - with high tier CPU/GPU etc 2. Not considering advanced cooling Without undermining said 'high end performance' - e.g. throttling/energy management that basically makes the high end components worthless Frankly, shouldn't be selling laptops at all. They've ignored both the chicken and the egg - in how to design said 'high end performance level laptop'. WIth a design that simply does not work. People. You can go out and get a rock, that makes a better paper-weight than one of these Macbooks.

Another reason I don't buy Apple.

Sounds about right. The more builds you do the more you get used to that type of thing.

In short. ICUE is a crock of sh** I'm not "upgrading" to that. Its about fifteen steps backwards. All I want it is to control a VOID headset. Everything else is fine on CORSAIR LINK. Instead its seizing control of my H115i cooler and other components.

In terms of the IO shield - send photos as the IO shield is a standardised dimension. Normally. You DO need to have it 'click' in to place in the case, then you mount the motherboard into the IO - and gently on the standoffs in the case.

Don't try and mount a motherboard without ALL the needed screws. If you look on the case manufacturer website you can obtain spares. Also if there is missing parts file a complaint to the case supplier. They'll send you them for free. Don't try and do a build without all the needed parts. You'll end up damaging the motherboard. As it won't be mounted properly.

I've just uninstalled ICUE Because frankly it started taking over my Corsair products I didn't want it to. Corsair Link was far better and frankly I'm pretty shocked and frightened Corsair released such a poor piece of software. To me it looks like a means of marketing games to users (e.g. Farcry 5) rather than what it should be - a piece of hardware control software.

I love Justine. Just need her to see the light and get a PC.

Did this ever get fixed by the way?

That's why I say the law might of been unenforceable and even thrown out by the ECJ. Due to 'on the other hand' nature. You can't stop people discussing or linking news. You can't stop parody. Which is what a meme is.

Even if the law passed. It could have been deemed incompatible with other laws by the ECJ Or the treaties of the European Union. That guarantee rights of individuals such as freedom of expression

It was rejected because it was unworkable. News can't be copyrighted.

Price inflexibility (no to little price drops) when supply outstrips demand Whilst observing rampant price increases when demand outstrips supply : Is a clear indication of potential competition law issues and price fixing in markets. If I were a competition regulator I'd be looking very closely at the GPU market. Right now.

Doing that is ILLEGAL under competition/anti trust law. Especially if more than one company in a market does a 'concerted practice' which causes consumers to pay more than they otherwise would.

Nvidia should face a EU/US competition inquiry. The price of GPUs is +100% RRP/MRRP in some quarters like Amazon Yet they are artificially restricting supply. Clearly. Which is detrimental for the consumer. Its utterly outrageous.

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Super-Tower-and-Full-Tower-Cases/Obsidian-Series-1000D-Super-Tower-Case/p/CC-9011148-WW Speaking from experience it's a false claim by a case manufacturer to say usb 3.1 and 3.0 ports are "backward compatible" This is entirely motherboard dependent and alot of legacy devices at usb 2.0 struggle with newer connectors. Even if you mount a hub in between. Speaking as a 900D owner who had similar issues. A USB2 front panel socket as option might of been nice. I guess however no one will mount this 18 fan monster close to you on a desk. It'll be one to connect a desk USB hub to rear I/O to get some space.

I'm a 900d owner. Considering getting a 1000D when I buy a house. ... I had to brace my desk with galvanised steel brackets due to its weight. So God only knows how much the 1000D weighs. I can barely lift the 900D full system for cleaning with Compu Cleaner air blower. It's not easy. 1000D would need it's own desk.

Totally agree. As a businessman myself, agree. Linus didn't go out on his own (at great risk to his family I might add) and build his business to literally throw it away in such a stupid manner is ludicrous. Linus is in it for the long game. Or long haul. Linus customers are his audience. He knows this. The revenue he gets he's been fully upfront about needs to be in accordance with the law. He told his audience about the FTC regs in the USA being massively stricter than Canada. I didn't know this and my business is the law. Linus just needs to keep doing what he's doing. Prempt it with transparency 'state of the union' videos. From time to time he'll get attacks on his reputation. He'll resist them by doing what he's doing being transparent. Which is why he's so popular.