What unpopular tech opinions do you have?

[Calavera]

I think 4:3 monitors aren't so bad, they're fucking cheap and there's nothing wrong with them (if you can get a good one)

[Guest Johnny5g]

i love apple. i like my razer stuff.

[TheConverter]

AIO water coolers are a complete waste of money and you're universally better off with either a conventional air cooler or a custom loop.

 

True, but custom loop is waste of money too. I mean I see people doing a custom loop on i5's with 1 midrange videocard... like wuuuuuut?

[Badger906]

hat virus scanners are pointless

[DarkBlade2117]

In my opinion, everybody holds their iPhones the wrong way, when in landscape mode. The home/Touch ID button should be on the left side, not the right! It's that way in apple's ads, commercials, and demonstrations. Yet basically everyone I know with an iPhone holds it with the button on the right. It's kind of a pet peeve I guess...

I'll give you a reason why I do this, my right thumb rest on the home when it's on the right side, yes I can do that with it on the left, but the lock screen button and volume button my finger rest in the volume button and can easily slide down to screenshot or lock my iPad. It's just uncomfortable for me.

Few unpopular opinions...

-I don't agree with SSDs in pcs that cost $1,300 or less. To me you loose quality and performance trying to squeeze an SSD in PCs cheaper then that.

-(This is a few but I'll count as one, it's brands I don't really care for that a ton of people like) I personally don't like Corsair, ASUS, and Fractal design. A ton of people like these brands but I just ant see what people see in them.

-I don't like triple monitor setups ( eyefinity ) for gaming. For productivity like forumn browsing, YouTube, ect... Ect.. It makes perfect sense.

- I don't like cheap chairs... ( Generally $100 and below is what most people use and I've had three, no more after this one. )

[deewhylan]

Windows 8.1 is not bad by any means. Windows 10 is horrible because it forces updates.

[Vivilacqua1]

Razer mouse mats may be expensive, but I really like mine.

[ElZamo92]

"Gaming" laptops are a waste of money, I prefer having a 1000$ desktop and a 1000$ MacBook Air than having a 2000$ brick that slowly squishes my intervertebral disks. 

[Mao_Zedong]

"Gaming" laptops are a waste of money, I prefer having a 1000$ desktop and a 1000$ MacBook Air than having a 2000$ brick that slowly squishes my intervertebral disks. 

This is supposed to be unpopular opinions, not ones that 95% of people agree with.

[Trik'Stari]

That anyone upgrading to Windows 10 for full time daily use is a mindless sheep.

 

Enjoy being key logged and spied on, and especially enjoy when that is exploited and all your passwords are stolen.

[LapX]

970 is an amazing value for the price.

How is that unpopular ?

[Mao_Zedong]

How is that unpopular ?

Some people swear to the 390 and denounce anybody who faintly suggests the 970 as a viable option. 

[Ellis_D]

True, but custom loop is waste of money too. I mean I see people doing a custom loop on i5's with 1 midrange videocard... like wuuuuuut?

Especially now with processors being so efficient.  9 times out of ten, you'll hit the limits of the silicone before the temperatures become a major issue.  But outside of that, I still think Custom Loops have plenty of value from a hobbyist's standpoint.  At a certain point, it's not about increasing performance but instead, Custom Loops are about creating something interesting and unique to the builder.

[TheKDub]

I'll give you a reason why I do this, my right thumb rest on the home when it's on the right side, yes I can do that with it on the left, but the lock screen button and volume button my finger rest in the volume button and can easily slide down to screenshot or lock my iPad. It's just uncomfortable for me.

Few unpopular opinions...

-I don't agree with SSDs in pcs that cost $1,300 or less. To me you loose quality and performance trying to squeeze an SSD in PCs cheaper then that.

-(This is a few but I'll count as one, it's brands I don't really care for that a ton of people like) I personally don't like Corsair, ASUS, and Fractal design. A ton of people like these brands but I just ant see what people see in them.

-I don't like triple monitor setups ( eyefinity ) for gaming. For productivity like forumn browsing, YouTube, ect... Ect.. It makes perfect sense.

- I don't like cheap chairs... ( Generally $100 and below is what most people use and I've had three, no more after this one. )

 

My PC cost me roughly $1200 so far and I've got a SSD (Specs in sig)

 

I agree with the triple monitor opinion, I tried it with three of the monitors I had and it made me soo motion sick... but for productivity it was amazing.

[LapX]

Some people swear to the 390 and denounce anybody who faintly suggests the 970 as a viable option. 

That's funny, it's a contrary unpopular opinion to what I said. (I said that most people seem to completely disregard AMD).

[evilarceus]

Wii U is the most stable console.

[Hunter7263]

agreed, though Tesla motors is working on battery swaps at their charging station if I remember right...

Actually Tesla is scrapping the project. They said less than 10% even tried it (they had it optioned at several supercharger stations) and those that did almost never did it again. People just dont like the idea of community batteries. 

[betam4x]

Linux on the desktop is crap.  

 

I am a really big Windows guy, I've also been a programmer since I was old enough to read/write (about 25-30 years ago).  I've been playing with Linux since the 90s, and it hasn't improved at all.  Between hardware incompatibilities, config file edits, missing drivers, etc...you spend more time tinkering with the OS then getting work done.  My desktop runs Windows 10 (gaming, web browsing, some programming) and my laptop is a Macbook Pro running OS-X.  OS-X is the best OS i've used yet.  Combining an easy to use 'it just works' interface with the unixy style environment of Linux.  Note that I'm not an Apple fanboy at all...my Macbook is the only apple product I own.

 

A programmer friend of mine took his Macbook and replaced OS-X with Linux...I wanted to strangle him.  To each his own i guess.

 

Also, Linux is an AMAZING server OS.  Specifically, Amazon Linux, CentOS, or Debian.

 

I bring this up with most 'real' professional developers and they laugh at me.  Me?  I want to get shit done and not have X stop working due to a hardware change.

[TheGeeker]

Apple is the best! No viruses! No troubleshooting!  Overpaying is ok if you are paying for quality!

[Toddskins]

Corsair's CX PSUs aren't as bad as most people say they are.

 

I find people writing about themselves in the 3rd person to be a bit taxing.

 

You know who you are.   B)

[Toddskins]

And with regard to the topic of this thread, "Always spend more than you can afford when buying a PC".

[QueenDemetria]

I have 3 more:

• PWM fans are unnecessary, voltage control worked just fine(since it was PWM!). I view it as DRM for fans.
• uEFI was a step back in technology. It literally didn't benefit anything, but over complicated things in some cases.
• The "good ol' days"(95 to 2009) were the best times for computing, as companies weren't afraid to try new things(remember the ECS boards that had an add in card to make intel boards support AMD chips? I do! I also miss the purple PCBs and bright colors all manufactures used to use).

[ElZamo92]

This is supposed to be unpopular opinions, not ones that 95% of people agree with.

Well, most people I know do not agree with me on this...

[FuzzyYellow]

Mac's aren't all bad if you can get one for a good deal. the tech community is SO much against Apple it's ridiculous.

[Real_PhillBert]

Elon Musk is over rated.

ATX is almost always unnecessary.