jslowik

An excellent point. Without solid pricing info we're just speculating obviously, but I think you're spot on there.
 
At this point I have to believe to be successful the product would have to be enticing enough to get people to purchase another console rather than just using what they have. I wonder if this can be successful since there's no way they'd also alienate current owners by allowing games to not be compatible with both SKUs. Then you'd probably irritate the Scorpio owners by not fully utilizing the hardware they paid a premium for. I'm kind of curious to see how this all plays out after reading everyone's thoughts here.

An excellent point. Without solid pricing info we're just speculating obviously, but I think you're spot on there.
 
At this point I have to believe to be successful the product would have to be enticing enough to get people to purchase another console rather than just using what they have. I wonder if this can be successful since there's no way they'd also alienate current owners by allowing games to not be compatible with both SKUs. Then you'd probably irritate the Scorpio owners by not fully utilizing the hardware they paid a premium for. I'm kind of curious to see how this all plays out after reading everyone's thoughts here.

They can be optimized for the hardware, sure. This is kind of the same argument as the Mac/PC one. More optimized for specific hardware does not necessarily mean "made better". Your point is valid though. For someone that just wants gaming, and doesn't mind paying a premium for it while not having the utility of a PC this could be a good seller. I only question how big that market actually is.
 
We only have to look to the PS3 to see that superior hardware doesn't always make for a better gameplay experience. I understand there was more to that issue than the current one, but I think that it's moderately applicable to the situation.

Considering the literal millions of other things you can do with a gaming PC, besides gaming?
 
No. Not at all. Not to mention our games are still cheaper (on average), our machines have expandable storage, a better controller scheme, etc.

One thing that I have been re-iterating over-and-over about 4k is : The text is probably going  to be too small for a computer where you sit about 20"~28" away from your display.
 
The current 4K displays out there are mostly in the size of 28"~30", which makes the DPI is 50% denser than the current one you see in 1920x1080@22" or 2560x1440@26~27".
 
A good size for 4k is about 38"~41", but then again you need to sit further away from your display, unless you are fine with seeing only small portion of your display or you don't mind to swivel your neck a lot.
 
Then there's alternative of DPI scaling. 
DPI scaling is okay, but then defeat the purpose of having higher resolution for extra real estate in the first place. Especially when you opt for 150% DPI scaling. That makes a 4k have a screen real estate of 2560x1440 monitor.
 
I found UltraWide 3440x1440@34" to be the optimum resolution/size for a long time.
the text size is still pleasant to the eyes, there's no bezel obstructing your view like a dual monitor setup. And it takes less horizontal space than dual monitor setup.

I'm using a curved one. 
TBH, I don't feel the display is actually curved at all or add more immersion when sitting right in front of it. Mind you that I never actually use a non-curved ultra wide of the same size before.
If there's some price cut I can get by not opting non-curved, I'd have probably done that. Alas DELL U3415W only have 1 variant.

I''m using an Asus PG348Q. It has a subtle curve but I can't really compare it to a flat screen.

I even italicized the fact that it was my opinion. I went out of my way to say that the opinion you were reading was from the perspective of someone who writes primarily C# and Java. Good reading skills, man. Jeez. Referring to a second OS as a virtual machine on the native OS (Bootcamp, VMWare, Hyper-V, Parallels, you pick). As a Java developer I'm aware of what the JVM is, and what the V stands for. Clearly I wasn't referring to that. Dual boot is something I've tried many different times. Again my OPINION is that I would just rather run the operating system that hits 90% of my requirements on a day to day basis rather than going through the tedium of reboots. For me, that's Windows.  
I made a solid effort to explain what my opinion was, what my circumstances were, and why I arrived at my choice. If the OP's circumstances are completely different, or they do not agree, they are free to disregard. My opinion is clearly "very right" because it is the decision I live with on a daily basis. I thank you for your interest, but please make an effort to contribute to the discussion next time?
 
In the end I think I really believe there is no right choice, OP. You just need to go with whatever makes you the most productive you can be. Again, that's my opinion. YMMV.

Use framework like bootstrap or materialize and you will get scalable website pretty easily. If you want to do scaling yourself you can use @media rules http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_mediaquery.asp ...

Your CPU is somewhat comparable to the minimum required, even exceeding it depending on what benchmark you're talking about. Your GPU is one tier below the minimum requirement if you go by the chart from Tom's Hardware. Which to my understanding means a negligible difference. Everything else exceeds minimum requirements.
 
I say give it a whirl. Worst case you have to dial back the settings a bit.

Your system will run it rather well, you should be able to play on a mix of medium settings at 1080p with solid frame rates. Disregard what @Orboe said.
 
EDIT: I own a 750ti, and I play The Witcher 3 with those settings.

A lot of the stuff you mentioned was our first semester Java class in school. Our degree program had a requirement of three semesters of Java. I would say things like working with other classes, and simpler loops took a few weeks of solid practice to get really comfortable with. Talking it through with classmates when things got tough really helped.
 
At least personally I kind of noticed that if I just kept working at it, reading a bit online and in my textbooks, I would eventually experience a moment of clarity when things started to fall into place. For some people that moment seemed to take significantly longer than for others, however (assuming they were diligent in their practice) everyone eventually got there.
 
I will agree with the folks that say you should get comfortable with an IDE and using it's debugger if you aren't already using one. My personal preference right now is for Netbeans, but that is mostly because I like some of the things it does for web applications which is what I primarily write currently. IntelliJ is excellent, and if you have no preference already it'd probably be best to start with that one. My understanding is that's the one used most often in the industry, and Android Studio is based on that. In a couple years that might not mean much, but right now you'll be that much more comfortable when/if you decide to try your Java skills on a mobile platform.
 
I'd also like to address the idea that you need to have a reason to learn a new skill. The only reason you ever need to learn anything is "just because". Never stop learning. Never stop growing as a person.
 
Anyway I'll try to summarize a little:
 
Get yourself an IDE IntelliJ, Netbeans, Eclipse Keep practicing Some people just take longer to "get" things. Don't get discouraged Learn everywhere There are resources around every corner. Buy a book, watch some videos (learn to love YouTube for more than cat videos), talk to others Have fun Start a "pet project". Something you find entertaining. It doesn't have to be out of this world, just something to get you coding.

In my honest opinion I think you're overall better off with a Windows machine for development. The only exception would be if you were exclusively developing iOS applications.
 
I do most of my work in Java and C#. It's just easier to have a native Windows system rather than having to add a layer of virtualization to be productive.
 
I've occasionally dabbled in the Linux world, but since my desktop is not only my primary development machine, but also my down time and gaming device I just prefer to stick with the OS that covers all of my requirements.
 
In the interest of full disclosure I do use a Macbook Pro as my primary portable development machine, or on the rare occasion when I need to do something for iOS. I also don't think there's a wrong answer really, this is just what I'm comfortable and most productive with.

Even the article itself kind of occasionally flirts with saying "correlation does not imply causation" without actually saying it, so I'll say it. Correlation does not imply causation.
 
With the way hardware has been lately there aren't a lot of compelling reasons to completely upgrade a PC when simple upgrades like more RAM and a SSD can make your 5 year old system feel like new.
 
If you're an "average" user, or a business user you'll have better things to spend your money on than an incremental PC upgrade.
 
Any effect Windows 10 has on the market is likely negligible. The market was doing this before the OS was released.

Lol im in the same boat as you, im 16 years old and im rarely at Best Buy, but the last time i was there, some person said to an employee that they wanted to store a bunch of pictures on something that he could transfer to his laptop and his wife's laptop and that they have 10,000 pictures. The employee proceeds to hand him 4 32gb flash drives and tells him to store it on those, at this point i couldn't resist pointing him and the employee to a few aisles over where they had 1tb external hard drives that cost less than the recommend 4 flash drives. It completely baffles me how anyone working sales in the electronics section wouldn't know what an Ext. HDD is, so im inclined to believe that the employee was attempting to extort money from the costumer.

I worked retail at a hardware store. Like nuts and bolts. So I know that the front line workers can often have no idea what they're talking about, and just regurgitate whatever comes to mind. I did that regularly. The ones, like yourselves, that do know what's going on are usually vastly overqualified and move on to bigger and better things fairly quickly.
 
I just remember browsing through the job requirements for the Geek Squad (and I also applied to one of those spots a few years back) and seeing there were some decent education requirements. Hearing someone refer to Chrome as a search engine is still baffling.
 
That being said getting banned from all the local Best Buys for assisting people is probably something we should all aspire to.

I considered it, but she was wearing a shirt that said "Geek Squad", doesn't that disqualify the story?
 
@ShaithEateryI definitely understand communicating on the customer's level. However I also firmly believe that you also have to do right by them. In the course of the day during my "regular" job in an office IT department I am sometimes called away to provide basic desktop support and answer general troubleshooting issues like you would see at a Geek Squad desk. I make it a point to try to read the "customer's" knowledge level and communicate in a way that will make anything they should know clear. What I will not do is put them in a position where their ability to help themselves in the future is hampered by a misunderstanding of basic terms. 
 
If a person walked into an auto garage and said "I want my tires changed" when they meant "I want my oil changed" as professionals (both in the automotive industry and the technology industry) we are duty bound to do right by the client and gently educate them. If they choose to not listen that's on them, but I don't want to be the one that contributes to the ignorance.
 
The way I look at it is in the best case the customer never tries to learn more on their own, and the difference is never noted. Worst case their interest is piqued by the discussion and they begin researching the topic at hand. Gradually they begin to wonder in what ways you're pulling the wool over their eyes by trying to sell you another "search engine" when you were very clearly discussing web browsers. Kind of like the old stories about garage owners selling blinker fluid, and rust inhibitors.
 
It is my belief that you have to tactfully approach all situations where you're assisting someone with something that is outside their area of expertise. My overall goal is to help my customer fully understand their choices and options. This includes imparting at least a general knowledge of the roughly correct terminology. Again, as tactfully as possible.
 
That's all just my personal philosophy. Take it for what it's worth, and thanks for your insight as well!

When I'm at Bestbuy I frequently help customers because the staff is either not there or know very little about what they are supposed to........mind you I'm 16. 

I thought it was already known that Geek Squad is a joke.

I have a fun story to tell. Quick background, I picked up a part time job at Best Buy as a register jockey while I finish up the internship requirement for my software development degree with another company. Just for some extra money, and to fill the hours. I mention that only to establish I work in a related industry, and at least pretend to know what I'm talking about. Today was my first day of training. While I was waiting for the individual from HR I was seated near the Geek Squad desk, and had the wonderful (mis)fortune of overhearing a wonderful exchange.
 
An older gentleman appeared to have just purchased a laptop, and was looking to get some stuff set up (I couldn't really hear his side of the conversation). What caught my attention was when the employee he was dealing with informed him that the only way to get security software was to pay for it. I was intrigued, but rationalized it to myself by saying she was just trying to keep it simple for him. Then it continued.
 
Next she asked him if he wanted Google Chrome installed. He seemed to be unsure of what that was. She explained to him that there are "a couple different kinds of search engines, we recommend Chrome, but Edge will also be on there". At this point it's all I can do to not laugh.
 
For most people this might be enough, but she wasn't done. The gentleman also wanted a password on the system. She asked him to write it down. After he wrote it down she proceeds to READ THE PASSWORD ALOUD.
 
I know expecting something like the Geek Squad to be staffed by top tier talent is unrealistic, but I feel like referring to a web browser as a search engine should be something that gets you sent to the back to unload trucks.
 
Anyway just wanted to share that with you guys. Maybe that's kind of par for the course for them, but I haven't really spent much time in any Best Buy in the last 10 years or so.
 
Thanks for listening!

I applied to work at geeksquad
they told me I wasn't qualified enough

Go to bestbuy and make them mad by helping people  

Blue shirt: "Sir you don't work here" 
 
Me: "It doesn't look like you do either" 
*drops mic*

I have a fun story to tell. Quick background, I picked up a part time job at Best Buy as a register jockey while I finish up the internship requirement for my software development degree with another company. Just for some extra money, and to fill the hours. I mention that only to establish I work in a related industry, and at least pretend to know what I'm talking about. Today was my first day of training. While I was waiting for the individual from HR I was seated near the Geek Squad desk, and had the wonderful (mis)fortune of overhearing a wonderful exchange.
 
An older gentleman appeared to have just purchased a laptop, and was looking to get some stuff set up (I couldn't really hear his side of the conversation). What caught my attention was when the employee he was dealing with informed him that the only way to get security software was to pay for it. I was intrigued, but rationalized it to myself by saying she was just trying to keep it simple for him. Then it continued.
 
Next she asked him if he wanted Google Chrome installed. He seemed to be unsure of what that was. She explained to him that there are "a couple different kinds of search engines, we recommend Chrome, but Edge will also be on there". At this point it's all I can do to not laugh.
 
For most people this might be enough, but she wasn't done. The gentleman also wanted a password on the system. She asked him to write it down. After he wrote it down she proceeds to READ THE PASSWORD ALOUD.
 
I know expecting something like the Geek Squad to be staffed by top tier talent is unrealistic, but I feel like referring to a web browser as a search engine should be something that gets you sent to the back to unload trucks.
 
Anyway just wanted to share that with you guys. Maybe that's kind of par for the course for them, but I haven't really spent much time in any Best Buy in the last 10 years or so.
 
Thanks for listening!

Nah, you're not being unreasonable. I don't expect people working at tech stores to know nothing. I expect them to know more than your average consumer. Meaning that I don't expect them to know how to build a pc or use a soldering iron, but I do expect them to know the difference between a browser and a search engine, and i3 and an i5, or know basic pc security. I'll expect them to know how to do a decent job of picking out a laptop (or other electronic) for someone.