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I don't know if anyone saw this, but in case you haven't (Facebook is at the bottom)

The comments at the end of the WAN show today had me concerned a bit. Linus was surprised that an employee asked for a Mac. And a web developer, no less. I thought I'd jump on the forum to give my opinion.
 
I'm a web developer. Java, Ruby, Perl, Javascript, Sass... the full stack. My preferred IDE is anything JetBrains with the Vim plugin installed. I'm also a command line guy; zsh is my preferred shell.
 
I have developed full-time on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Comparing each machine I'll say, give me a Mac every time. I don't care if it has a slower processor. But before you write me off as a fanboy, here me out...
 
The work flow I use is much more tuned on a unix/linux machine. I'm able to be much more efficient in this environment. Some things are just easier to do on a *nix environment. So many developer tools are written for the *nix environment. And virtually all of them run on the Mac without any sort of emulation. Most of the main ones run on Windows. If I'm given a Windows machine, the first thing I do is install Chrome, the second is install Cygwin. So they will run, but often have limited compatibility. A big one is git. Git is heavily dependent on a *nix environment. Of course it runs on Windows (with a posix backend supporting it), but any advanced git user can tell you about problems that they've had while running on Windows.
 
You might say, "Why run on a Mac? Why not just use Linux? It's *nix and it's free, right?" Yes. Linux is free and will run on a PC, but it's also nice to not have to mess with driver compatibility on the machine you use every day. And there are still rendering problems with some of the modern window management systems in the Centos, Ubuntu, and Mint if you work on a hi-res monitor. Not a problem on a Mac.
 
I hope I'm not written off as a fan boy. I game on an i7-6700k and Nvidia 1080ti. It's one I built myself with hardline watercooling and UV luminescent cables that I sleeved. I'm an enthusiast like the rest of you. Which is why I watch the videos and why I'm on this forum. But I also think that Mac users are treated like 2nd rate citizens in the tech-tips-topia.
 
Linus, if your developer wants a Mac mini, then get him one! He'll be much a happier and better developer for it. And if you do, then don't hide it. You'll attract more talent if you're open to Mac developers.

Very cool. It's worth noting that the time to brute force a password goes up exponentially with length (simply because the number of possible combinations also increases exponentially). Complexity only helps a bit. That's why it's smart to have a long, memorable password with just a few non common substitutions (don't use $ for S) and a few punctuation points in there. 
 
For example: For an 8 character password only including upper and lower case letters (52 characters), that's 52 nPr 8 = 3E13 combinations. Add 10 symbols in there and that's 62 nPr 8 1.3E14 possible combinations.
 
Now, make the password 9 characters long and you get 52 nPr 9 1.33E15 possible combinations and 62 nPr 9 = 7.36E15
 
So a 9 character password that has no special characters is better than an 8 character password with special characters.
 
EDIT: It's also worth noting that using words and sentences, as mentioned in the XKCD may not be entirely safe either. Words can be treated as "units" so instead of saying that a 9 character word is 9 pieces of complexity, it can be treated as 1. A 4 word password can be cracked the same way a 4 character password could with a dictionary attack. (Although words are more secure because there are more of them...)
 
Best advice: Use a memorable combination of words that's long but also has random symbols sprinkled throughout. E.G. Ca#_1UMP;Ov@r[Mo0NN
Cat Jump Over MooNN, easy to remember, then you just need to remember "pound for t, 1 for J (or just remember it as "lump" and laugh every time), the ";" then "Ovar" with @ and a 0 for the 2nd 'o' and double Ns.
 
EDIT: I played around with this once. Remember the game "Balloons tower defense?" Well I wanted to calculate the order to buy buildings to make the most money in the end-game. So I brute forced every action the player could take in relation to a certain building (the farms). Basically the player could either buy another farm, upgrade existing farms, or sell farms. I let this play out for 40 moves. 
 
When I let the program run.... it eventually came up with a 20 GB text file. Yes, you read that correctly. A 20..... GB.... text file. I had to find a program to even open the damn thing let alone read it. (Vim works great for large files btw). Eventually, by including more strict conditions, (like not allowing the player to buy a farm then immediately sell it.) I got the file down to something more manageable (like 7 GB or so), then I ran my analysis program on it to determine which combination of moves was the best. That took all night, but eventually I solved it, and it made me so happy. But the scale of the whole project just amazed me. These dictionaries for passwords can be freaking MASSIVE. Turns out the answer was exactly the strategy that most people in the game already used. But I got  a lot of similar strategies so I was still happy.

the new benchmark for hashcat means that now the entire keyspace or every possible combination of upper, lower, numbers, symbols of an 8 character password can be guessed in 2.5 hours using x8 2080 ti´s they now can do more than 100GH/s with a single compute unit, for comparison, a 1080ti can't even do half of that.
 

 
this now means that is within the realm of possibilities that any attacker that get his hands on any of the big site password leaks can churn you hashed password and get it within in days(or less depending on hardware) if your using a perfectly random password, if you use a name or a word within your password means they pretty much can get it instantly.
 
so if you have a complex save password of 8 characters or less is now time to go and change it everywhere as is no longer save especially given the latest password leaks (https://www.cnet.com/news/massive-breach-leaks-773-million-emails-21-million-passwords/)
source: 
the source code for this is now available on github

I signed a contract to NOT damage the reputation and image of TH with my publications under the TH brand logo. That's fine and self-evident. And I still believe in objective journalism, which refers to facts and real test results and not to speculation and click-baiting. I have always represented my opinion publicly, because whoever ducks away also sells his own ideals.
 
But this guy is damaging my current work and all, what we built in the past. I'm also in contact with Thomas the founder and it's a shame what happened. All this shit falls back also to my own business. And not only. I'm not sure that he read his contract carefully. I run here a complete independent site and pay only for the brand and domain (ok, I changed it from the begin to an own to be safe).
 
It is my great hope that everyone involved will remember what once distinguished this website. I am the last person who would not support this with all his strength, time and also his own money. My hope is entirely with the new owners, who will hopefully implement what was stated in the letter of intent. It will be my pleasure to be able to continue to offer all those loyal readers exactly the content they have received for years and whose right it is to demand exactly this standard also in the future.
 
The handling of this controverse is not poor, it is a real suicide. The whole staff is in panic mode, because the new owners will visit the NY office this week. Nothing was better timed, than this "article" from the "geekingchief" himself. Bravo!

So you have the single fan variant for smaller cases. This is a reference card.
You have the SC and SSC which are reference cards with a factory overclock
Then you have the FTW, and FTW+ which are non reference cards with factory overclock and better power delivery
Then you have the FTW DW, which are FTW cards that are of lesser quality and do not have the factory overclock due to bad overclock potential.

I mean, if it's between them having the money to expand and keep making videos or them not making enough, I'll take the former. It's not like you can't just ignore them either or anything. Just go grab a snack or something when they come up if they bother you that much.

it's less of a "hey look at this cool exclusive video that you floatplaners get" and more of FP getting access to whats happening at LTT first...like look at this cool thing, video soon...look at this new set. It's meant to be a quick thing linus can immediately upload. 
His own editors are cheaper lol 

As much as I do enjoy watching YouTube videos, it would also be awesome if the audio from TechLinked episodes were available on podcast apps too. I'd love to have it play whenever I ask Google for daily news. 

A bit of a tangent but we have definitely got to the point now that a user friendly and stable modern Linux distro is better for an average computer user than windows 10.
 
My grandma uses her computer only for word processing, internet banking, printing and scanning documents,  watching videos on YouTube, browsing  and video calling. As a completely non-tech savvy person obviously she relied on me for every issue.
 
I converted her from windows 10 to Linux mint. She is very happy with the PC and doesn't even realize what OS she is using because she has her start menu, still has chrome for internet, Skype for video calls, vlc for videos etc.
 
But for me life is better now and headache free, less support burden. Things don't randomly break now because of system updates etc and she is not getting random malware, her system is very fast without a virus guard. And life is easier for me, things have just been working since I set it up.
 
I installed teamviewer also on her PC so once in a while when she has a question I just log in remotely and help out.
 
We need more laptops and desktops for general average consumers shipping with Linux. Not the hardcore stuff like arch etc but the easy to use ones for beginners like Linux Mint, Ubuntu which come setup with everything a general PC user needs. It's just easier than windows.
 
 

that is pretty budget already, me thinks
 
1. the X4 sucks because faildozer - please avoid. 
2. you sell your AM4 system and want to build another AM4 system ? where is the logic in that?
 
i guess you may have more money left if you sell your R9 and the Ryzen 5 1600, keep the mainboard and ram and just drop a 2200G on it so the system can still be used

Microsoft will soon release a new Windows 10 update. This new update is called April Update. This new version of Windows 10 which was code name Redstone 4 will bring you to version 1803 Build 17134.
 
OUT NOW!
 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Download:
It will start coming out through Windows 10 Update starting May 8. If you want to get it now: You can use Microsoft Download Assistance: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Update Now") You can use Media Creation Tool: (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 - Pick "Download tool now")  
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What’s New?
 
The Exciting Stuff:
Fluent Design
 
Pushing forward with resigning and polishing the user interface of Windows 10, Microosft continues the implementation of the Fluent design language. Previously we only had a hint of it, but now it is more prominent, where you have glass frosted effect on the start menu, task bar, calendar (from the clock on the task bar), and so on. There is also a reveal effect which I can’t show properly via screen shots, but you’ll notice when you get the build. Basically, button edges reveal itself around the cursor. It is on everything UWP, so basically the Settings panels, Start menu, and so on.
 
Nearby Share
 
With Nearby Share enabled on your PC (Bluetooth required) from the Action Center, you can send via the Share menu a link or file to a PC near you. Simply hit the Share button and pick the PC from the list, and boom that selected PC will get it. The option is also found in the right-click menu when you right-click on a file on your system. This is a great way to send something to someone next to you without the need to use a USB flash

 
Quick Bluetooth Pairing

Windows 10 will now show a notification when it detects a Bluetooth device that is trying to be paired to, and from a quick press to the 'Connect' button on the notification, it will connect to it as expected. No need to go through the Settings panels, navigate to Devices, pick add Bluetooth, pick the type of Bluetooth devices it is, and wait for Windows to search for it. This should make connecting to your Bluetooth device for the first time much simpler.

(image source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/30/17301142/microsoft-windows-10-april-2018-update-features-review)
 
PWA - Progressive Web Apps
 
Joining Google, Microsoft introduces Progressive Web Apps (PWA) support. PWA are web apps, but is a big step forwards compared to the old web apps models. It is more than just a direct link in a web browser. The idea of PWA is to allow developers to make 1 app and be availible on all platform without having any limitations as if it were be a standard dedicated app with the same level of responsiveness, at least that is the idea.

To achieve this goal, PWA supports:
Offline mode (no internet connection to access the app and view its content.. of course the content won't be updated if it never has internet connectivity) Notification support. It can send notification even if the app is running on the background. Access sensor (assuming you give it permission) Access to Microphone and Webcam (permission required) Access to Contacts and other information (permission required) Access to Share menu Installable like normal apps Twitter is the first big app working on a PWA version for Windows 10. It will be available in the Store app soon. Please note that currently, Twitter app that is available now, is not the PWA version. It is expected that this same app, once complete, will be available on Android for those with the supported version, and replace the dedicated app.
 
 
Multi-GPU performance control on a per game/app basis.
 
If your system has a system with 2 non-identical GPUs, say a laptop with an Intel integrated graphics and a dedicated one, or external GPU (yes, it supports that) that you plug. You can tell Windows which graphics card to use game or application to use, for both UWP games/apps and Win32 games/programs.  The option is found under Settings > Display > Graphics settings (bottom of the page). All you have to do, is pick if you want to add a “Classic app” (standard Win32 game or application) or “Universal app” (a UWP), then pick on Browse, pick your executable file (for Universal apps, you’ll have a list of install UWP apps on your system instead), pick it, and add it. Now you can select the game or application in question, and select “Options”, and now you can pick which GPU you want it to use.
 
If you have the option in the Nvidia and AMD driver panel, those will remain and still works, however the Windows one (if defined) will take precedent. This was added to have an easier time in select UWP apps, and have a central, common location to set this up no matter the GPU setup you have.


Activity History (Timeline) in Task View
 
Task View now feature a new feature called: Timeline. When you Win+Tab or hit the Task View button, you now not only get the currently running program you can switch as normal, but also past programs used (up to the past 30 days). Picking one of the past programs will open program (if it is not running already) and load the project file that was worked on, or what article you were viewing last, if it is something like the News app. It can even resume where you left off if the program supports that.
Timeline also sync between your PCs running Windows 10 with this new update. You can add multiple accounts too if you want or use a different account than the one you are using now. Up to you. You can also disable it as well. You can also clear the history, and remove an individual app, and you can set it to keep all activity to this PC only, and not sync it to MS cloud to reach your other systems.


A search button at the top right is there to allow you to search for an app in your activity history/timeline.
 
DPI scaling improvements
 
A new setting called “Fix scaling for apps” found under Settings > System > Display > Advanced scaling, can be enabled, to give you pop-up notification on apps that are already opened when you do a display scaring change (which can occur when you do a remote desktop on a PC, or change the display scaling on the fly without logging out and back in), which detects blurry apps and can restart the app in such a way to appear no more blurry

 
Notification that will show will look like this:
 

 
Another feature added to help improve DPI scaling of apps, is an option to override defined global settings on a per app basis. Simply go to the properties of a program executable or its shortcuts. Then under “Compatibility” tab, hit the “Change High DPI Settings” button, and in this panel you’ll find an option to override the scaring for that specific application.
 

 
 
Per application audio output and input
 
You can now set each program you have the audio source you want to use coming in and out of your system. So, if you have 2x sound card, and you want 1 app to use Sound card 1 and the other sound card 2, but you want both to use the same microphone. Well, you now can! A better example, is that you have a USB headset and speakers, and you can have your games go through your USB headset, but use your Blue Yeti Microsoft instead of the one from your headset, and all other programs use your speakers of your system. The list shows you currently running programs that outputted audio or registered itself to output audio. The app/game will disappear once it is closed, but the settings is kept in memory.
 

 
Swipe to type on the large keyboard layout
 
The on-screen touch keyboard of Windows now supports shape-writing. Now you can swipe your finger on letters as you do with WordFlow or Swift Keyboard on your mobile device, to type. This features was only available on the tiny thumb keyboard, now it is available on the big one.
 
More privacy options
 
          New options for Windows           Can now give permission rights to apps for access to the Picture, Video and Document folder. By default, apps no longer have access to these folders.           Delete diagnostic data collected. You can now delete diagnostic data collected within Windows at the press of a button. The new option is found under Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.

What else has changed:
Windows Update.
 
o   Not going to sleep on you anymore. When Windows Update kicks in, and you are away, you will no longer need to fear that your system will go to sleep by itself, only to resume, and see that the system is updating (and have the update be corrupted). Windows will disable Sleep on idle timeout during this time. Please note that you can manually sleep your system at this time. It will not prevent this. This only occurs when you leave your system idle. Once the update is complete the computer will go to sleep as normal when idle after the specified time.
o   Reduce downtime. Microsoft has re-worked partially the Windows update process to reduce system downtime to apply an update. Once you have the Spring Creator Update, in the future, the next OS update will be faster. Basically, Microsoft was able to move operations it does during the update process from the actual update phase to the “installing update” phase while being in Windows. This means that the time the system need to restart to apply the update will be reduced dramatically than before., allowing you to be back up and running far quicker, reducing your down time.
 
Game Bar layout improvements.
Game Bar has a new look to be easier to use, nicer looking, and support dark and light theme.


 
Bye-Bye HomeGroup
 
Microsoft pulled the plug on the Home Group feature that introduced back in Windows 7 as a way to make it easier to network share between computer in a home environment. This was removed as now you have OneDrive, OneDrive Files On-Demand, Nearby Share, and Share feature, which all together makes HomeGroup not needed. As Microsoft put it

 "HomeGroup was terrific for the pre-cloud and pre-mobile era, but today this functionality is built right into Windows 10 and apps"
 
Calibrate your display for HDR.
For some displays, in order to have HDR support, the display needs to be calibrated at the factory. Microosft added a new option in Windows, which, if you have the tools, allows you to calibrate your display to make it HDR ready.

Startup Settings in Settings panel
 
The Settings panel now have the ability to manage your startup apps. You can find the option under: Settings > Apps > Startup
 
Adjust the brightness of SDR content on your HDR display
 
Windows now lets you adjust how bright SDR content appears when running in HDR mode on the desktop. On an HDR capable system, you will see a slider in the “HDR and advanced color settings” page under Settings > System > Display. This is one of the improvements to HDR image quality that we have planned based on feedback from Insiders.
 

 
 
Dictation
Win+H on your keyboard will show the new dictation bar which you can use with any app. Use it to enter text in any program text field or Word document.
 
File Explorer
 
Cloud state icon on Navigation Pane.

 
 
 
 
 
Focus Assist
 
                Quiet Hours is now called Focus Assist  
                It will automatically turn on once you connect your system to a second display, so you will no longer be getting pop-up notifications when you do a presentation.                 It will also automatically turn on when you play a full screen exclusive DirectX game.
Cortana improvements
Cortana notifications and pop-ups are now all regrouped in the Action Center. No longer split between Cortana panel and Action Center. Notebook area got a cleanup and new look:

  New Cortana commands to control your music: Play Christmas music on Spotify Play my discover weekly playlist on Spotify Play <Artist/Track/Title/Genre/Mood> on <AppName> Play some Drake Play focus music Play rock music Play my tracks What’s playing?  
 
My People
 
        You can now pin more contacts on the task bar               You can now drag and drop a contact from the People list to the task bar               You can now re-arrange people in the task bar Settings
 
Settings panel home screen got redesigned

 
 
Disk Clean up now in Settings panel (old one still there, for now)
Under Storage Settings, you can now clean your disk freeing up storage. You can clean, like the old Disk Cleaner utility of Windows, old Windows installs, Temp files, Thumbnail cache, Recycling Bin, Temp. Internet Files (for IE and Edge), etc.
 
Fonts
 
 
Font management has been added to the Settings panel under Personalization > Fonts.
Designed for developers, the Font preview panel allows you to preview your own text, and not some generic one, by typing what you want to see in the preview in a box, and you can adjust the width and size via sliders.
You can also now download and purchase fonts from the Store app.
 
Revamp Ease of Access Settings
 
Ease of Access section of the Settings panels got revamp and reorganized, with the inclusion of group separation in the menu navigation. The changes reflect the ongoing effort to implement Fluent Design language that the company is going with, and to have the Settings panel be the central to manage all OS options. Expect more of this in the future.

Chinese text appears better than ever.
 
Microsoft has reworked the Microsoft Yahei Font to improve readability of simplified Chinese.
 
Touch Keyboard
             Touch screen keyboard Fluent Design  
        The on-screen touch keyboard got the Fluent Design treatment              More language  
         Over 190 keyboard layouts have been added to the OS
Handwriting panel Improvements
 
             Streamlined text insertion and removal           You can now insert/remove spaces and commit an entry via new pen gestures. Draw a “split” gesture between two words in the handwriting panel by drawing a vertical line between them. More space will be created where you drew the line so that you can write more in the newly-created space. As a reminder you can also draw a split gesture inside a word to break apart the word and ink more characters in the new space.

   

 
 
         Improved re-recognition of words including Hindi         Embedded Handwriting panel on UWP apps, as you tap a text box with your pen, the text box will grow and allow you to write inside.            Improved Text suggestions for Japanese language   You can now choose a different font for the text being displayed in the input panel. The choices are now: Segoe UI (default), Segoe Print, and Segoe Script  
Text suggestions as you type on a physical keyboard
 
Text suggestion on supported apps used to be only for touch screen keyboard. Now it is coming even if you use an actual keyboard. To enable the feature, make sure English (United States) language is added in Settings > Time & languages > Region & languages, then set this feature to “On” by enabling the “Show text suggestions as I type on hardware keyboard” setting under Settings > Devices > Typing.
 

Emoji Panel
 
You can now insert multiple emoji’s at once from the emoji panel, and supports more languages
 
 

 
Start menu
 
            Jump to the UWP app Settings from the right-click menu
           
 
 
 
Data settings for cellular usage
 
A variety of options has been added to Windows 10 to improve data management of LTE powered devices. Like your cellphone, you can now make your system switch to LTE if Wi-Fi is poor, force switch to Wi-Fi if you are close to your limit on your data plan, and more.
From there you can directly configure the app Privacy options related to it, force terminate it, Reset, manage the app DLC and add-ons if any, and Uninstall the app.

 
 
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF).
 
Windows now support HEIF formatted image. This means that now the Photo app can view them.
 
Edge
Edge isn't left out, of course, and got a nice set of features
You can now mute a tab from the right-clicking on the tab, or hitting the speaker icon on the tab. Auto Fill forms (here is a demo video of it: ) Push notification. Edge now support Service Workers and push notifications Offline website. Edge finally support offline websites. Ability to adjust the text spacing like on eBooks in Reading View Ability to save free EPUB (eBooks) books on your system. Managed acquired EPUB books in Edge by right-clicking on them:
Fluent Design Redesigned Favorites/History/Download/Reading List/Books panel. The new look is no longer a cram mess, but rather, a polished experience. EPUB and Reading View now has some grammar options, where you can have Edge highlight adjectives or verbs or Nouns New full screen reading experience Improve roaming of Table of Content and inserted Notes and highlights. EPUB Media Overlay support Option to never save passwords for a site In Private Mode, you can now have Edge auto fill passwords that were previously saved In Private Mode now supports Extensions Dev tools of Edge can now be dock not only at the bottom of the web browser, or make it a floating panel, but it can be put on the right side.  
For the Devs
Windows Subsystem for Linux
·        You can now run WSL in the background
·        Elevated and non-elevated WSL instances can run simultaneously
 
·        WSL is now supported when connected via OpenSSH, VPN, Enter-PSSession, and/or other similar Windows remoting tools
·        Wslpath tool has been added to convert Linux path to Windows-friendly paths
 
Windows
·        Windows Command line now support CURL and bsdtar (tar)
·        Unix style socket are now available (AF_UNIX)
 
 
For the IT
·          New GPO can be set for Deliver Optimization options (Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Delivery Optimization)
·          New “Registry” Process in the Task Manager, showing you the registry hive loaded in memory by the registry.Microsoft says:
 
Getting the Update
 
There is no exact release dates, but it should be coming in several days. As always, the update will be released in waves.
 
Here is a good overview of many of the changes in this new version:
 
 
Reminder
I recommend the following before upgrading the latest version:
Backup your data before upgrading, if you are forcing it, as if it is not released yet for you, you are not part of the wave or your system configuration has been reported to have issue that needs to be resolved first by Microsoft. Uninstall your A/V and security software (beside Windows Defender), and restart your PC, before upgrading. Install them back once the update is complete. Normally it should be no problem if you ensure your security software are fully updated before starting the process, but just in case, as they are always reported issues since ever when it comes to these big updates (from Service Packs updates from the old days, to Windows 10 update builds) If you used a registry cleaner at some point, you increased your chances of having a broken experience after upgrade If you have had a virus or malware on your system that executed, as your A/V didn't catch it in time, then remember that your A/V doesn't fix registry changes or system file changes, and that can lead to broken Windows or failed update. Ensure that ALL your drivers are FULLY updated before starting the upgrade process (Keyboard (if any), Mouse (if any), Motherboard chipset, Audio, Graphics card, peripherals, and any other cards installed)  
What's After?
Code name Redstone 5. It will be the last version with the code name "Redstone" in the name. It is expected to further push the fluent design It is expected that Cortana to be moved from the Search box to the Action Center. We see part of it already being the case with this new update. Tabs everywhere, called Sets. You can create groups of apps Win32 and UWP, including mixing them, and folders, which you can switch between, save/restore.  
What was Before?
 
Sources and pictures: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insider-program/#f20JRcOPBKi1PbX2.97
 
 

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well alienware is owened by Dell, isnt omen owed by HP??

Dammit i don't need no quadro... get on with it guys!!!

The 800 series were also rebranded 700 cards on OEM desktops as well. Which is completely useless information.
 
Going 11x0 makes complete sense, since NVidia has used increments of 100 for many years now. With Etherium crapping its pants, the GPU market might return to normal soon. With some nice GPU's on the way, it looks good for us gamers soon (ok, ram is still stupid, but CPU's are great and SSD's are returning to normal).