Brian McKee

That's usually the standard yes. I wouldn't run a single Molex to 8 pin for anything that requires actual powerdraw.

Sure but people should really be using a larger Molex connection and not Sata for an ad hock PCIE connection. Molex is rated up to 8.5 amps per wire.

Apple silicon is cool from a performance per watt perspective I guess, but they're nothing that wild. But then again I'm not one to care about mobile gaming so what do I know. At the end of the day this is Tim Apple's issue and nobody else's. Apple heavily supported Vulkan's creation but doesn't use it?

The biggest disadvantage of Linux to most users will just be the fact that Linux isn't Windows/Mac. You will have to find alternatives to some of the software you currently use. If you use proprietary hardware that isn't supported in Linux you'll either have to find a community solution or find a different hardware solution. When people say Linux is for people who tinker that may have been true years ago. However, Linux today is just as capable as Windows or Mac for most workflows and even for leisure like gaming. You just must temper your expectations, you will not be able to jump into another OS and expect everything to just work or be the same. It'd be the same if you went from Windows to Mac or vice versa. The good thing about Linux is despite the small userbase there usually is a solution to your problem. It just goes to show how dedicated the userbase really is. I'd say historically the biggest weakness of Linux software wise is probably the artistic side. Linux lacks the Adobe suite and even with something like Davinci you're locked into specific hardware/software to get it to work exactly how you'd expect. But still, stuff like Krita/Opentoonz/Darktable/etc... still have been improving rapidly for artists, and just the fact that Davinci is available does mean more workflows are available to people. I think the reason this weakness sticks out so much in people's heads is because the people most likely to report on this (youtubers/other content creators) rely on these pieces of software for their work on a daily basis.

Has nothing to do with the port. Some usb drives just simply do not work on some systems. Had a corporate mini machine I repurposed into a server that simply just refused to work with any USB drive I had besides an old 8 GB HP drive.

As good as Nobara is for gaming I'd always suggest something with a Debian base. Most guides online are for Debian OS's and you'll find support much more easily. I'm currently just using vanilla Debian with KDE Plasma. Rock solid and drama free, at least for my use case.

I don't see what incentive valve would have to do this. Mac gaming market is incredibly small to put the effort in, while Proton for Linux directly benefits their ecosystem with the Steamdeck.

Some older systems don't like booting from a usb 3.0 flash drive. Do you have a 2.0?

Quicksync is certainly more efficient for the use case. My plex server only uses igpu and does plenty of 4k movies.

Why isn't the CPU transcoding to begin with? Quicksync is extremely good for that, especially since it's only doing 1080p content. I think a better question is why don't you get a small rig just for Plex, the demands on it are not high.

USB protocol only supports 6 key rollover. Companies basically hack together N-key rollover by emulating multiple usb interfaces. There's usually a way to turn off nkey rollover for bios compatibility on older/finicky boards which it seems is what happened here. The only true native way to get n-key rollover is with PS/2.

If you mean eneloops then no. You just need to cycle them with your eneloop charger. But if you're hardwiring why does bluetooth matter?

It's a kind of reverse switch? Don't think this product exists, at least hardware wise. Maybe there's a software solution for this. But realistically I don't think running 4 monitors would be an issue since as long as the game isn't playing on the 2 desktop monitors they're not actually pushing any throughput.

I feel like I remember recently of some peripheral being taken off Amazon for malware lol. There was also those weird emulation consoles that had built in malware in their filesystems. But of course that's buying sketchy stuff from sketchy sellers/bad actors.

Don't need 3500 dollar headgear either.

I mean I agree that it should be free if the end user is already the product. With the data they collect even on their paying customers they more than make up for license fees. This is why imo they don't really hound users anymore about keys and just put a little annoying watermark. However I do think if one is paying it's unacceptable that ads are involved, which is why personally I've moved mainly to Linux. As far as Chromebooks are involved, I'd be surprised if Google isn't taking some sort of loss on it to make sure they get a huge install base.

Having worked with plenty of kids in my line of work this is pretty insulting. You'd need to have a pretty severe disability for this to be the case. And if it were the case you'd be giving them an ipad wrapped in foam not a Chromebook. Not discussing this line of reasoning any further.

Why are we moving the goal posts? So ChromeOS is an OS for special needs? Not to mention even that is a poor generalization as if other operating systems are simply too hard for someone who has special needs lol. I don't get this reply, ask a special needs kid how to install a game on ChromeOS, I'm sure he'd have a good time. I mean yeah, Windows is absolutely becoming dystopian. Don't think I argued otherwise. However Windows at least isn't offering meager support and essentially making good hardware into e-waste for the layperson. I wouldn't either, just saying that even what is considered an advanced OS like Debian would be very easy to grasp for most people at a basic level. A more polished experience like Ubuntu would be very easy indeed.

For basically any office task you could think of even an Distro like Debian is ready to serve most people out of the box. Office suite, browser, etc... And extra programs are in what are essentially an "App store" on something like GNOME or KDE. One click and install. People who say Linux is hard are dealing with proprietary gamer hardware or are trying to work around other advanced issues, the baseline experience of Linux is easy and has been for years. Installing something on a regular distribution of Linux is actually far easier than what was described in the video by LTT. If I want to install Blender for 3d work on a project all I have to do is go to Discover, type in "Blender" and install it. But obviously this isn't just a Linux thing, any OS would be easier in this regard than ChromeOS.

You don't need Google spyware baked in for an easy to use Linux experience eh? Plus they're not selling this to Grandmas, they're trying to raise a generation of kids on Google services like how Microsoft raised a generation on Windows and Microsoft products.

It's absolutely dystopian. It is still a machine dedicated to stealing your information by one of the most evil companies on the planet lol. Apple would be/currently is lambasted for similar hardware/software decisions, and they support devices much longer than Google does... Just cause you use Linux as a backbone doesn't mean you should get brownie points, if they felt it was feasible they'd have made their own OS from the ground up. In fact they are/were, but the project has been severely crippled by layoffs and probably will never see the light of day on consumer PCs.

I don't understand the point of this video. It seems eerily positive for what is essentially dystopian hardware. Don't locked down laptops with limited support that only exist to collect all your information with hardware that you essentially don't own fly in the face of what LTT stands for? What exactly is the message anyways? Get ready for the end?

I just want to be clear that I'm not defending HP. It should have been advertised as "gaming optimized matrix" or other such lingo I've seen other keyboards use. I'm saying that the video should be clear and specify that 10kro should always hit 10 keys at the very least. The way they explain it leaves it up to interpretation and is more confusing.

Isn't there a way to see the battery wear on macs? Depends on if that's enough for your usecase if you need a battery replacement, certainly sounds a bit low to me though.

I understand your point, however the concept is not hard enough to think that people wouldn't understand explaining the concept correctly. When you describe it as 'up to' it feels like any keyboard that can hit up to 10 keys at the same time is 10kro which it is not. I have many 2KRO keyboards that can hit over 10 for example. Simply saying that "this keyboard should be able to always press 10 keys at the same time no matter the combination" and showing that it doesn't isn't exactly a difficult concept. It's extremely surface level stuff. No kidding keyboards can press lower combos, I'm pretty sure no one would think "oh so it CAN ONLY PRESS 10 KEYS AT ONCE??? HOW DO I TYPE????".