Rant time

[Networking Wolf]

This might get me banned but anyone else get the feeling that Linus has sold out to razor with the latest video. He glorifies the blade but never addresses all the problems you hear about here on the forum. Am I the only one? if so sorry

[Godlygamer23]

Criticizing Linus or any LMG member will not get you banned.

[saladcrack]

To me it just felt like a normal comparison, he pointed out some downsides to the Blade like less battery life than the Aero 14 but of course the Blade is better than the Aero but it is more expensive.  And he can't go into every single problem about a computer but didn't he make a review video of the Blade where he pointed out negatives?

[saladcrack]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

Criticizing Linus or any LMG member will not get you banned.

Yay freedom of speech!

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, Gamessys said:

Yay freedom of speech!

But that doesn't mean "break the forum rules!" They still apply in every respect.

[KuJoe]

That latest video put the Areo 14 on the top of my list for the next laptop I buy. If anything his latest video talked me out of getting a Razer Blade now and in the future.

[Misanthrope]

His views on their own seem just a tad one sided. Is not until you read the overwhelming amounts of negative feedback about Razer than you realize "Oh...what the hell is going on here?"

 

The fact that he's buddy buddies with their CEO makes me immediately distrust his take on the products, but then again look at my nick: I am almost always immediately distrustful of everybody.

[dalekphalm]

2 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

That latest video put the Areo 14 on the top of my list for the next laptop I buy. If anything his latest video talked me out of getting a Razer Blade now and in the future.

I can somewhat agree with this, in that he presented the Areo 14 as a very compelling alternative for those who are a bit more budget conscious compared to the Blade 14.

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, Misanthrope said:

I am almost always immediately distrustful of everybody.

And I wouldn't necessarily define that as a bad thing. Skepticism is a requirement nearly everywhere, maybe even with your own mother.

[Knaj]

7 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Criticizing Linus or any LMG member will not get you banned.

In that case...

 

I've wanted to post this for so long.

[KuJoe]

Just now, dalekphalm said:

I can somewhat agree with this, in that he presented the Areo 14 as a very compelling alternative for those who are a bit more budget conscious compared to the Blade 14.

In the video he didn't point out anything that would justify the extra $600 for the Blade 14 for me. The Blade 14 did look nicer, but not $600 nicer.

[KuJoe]

4 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

His views on their own seem just a tad one sided. Is not until you read the overwhelming amounts of negative feedback about Razer than you realize "Oh...what the hell is going on here?"

 

The fact that he's buddy buddies with their CEO makes me immediately distrust his take on the products, but then again look at my nick: I am almost always immediately distrustful of everybody.

Isn't the Razer Blade 14 Linus' primary laptop? If he's willing to use it daily and trust it with his business than that does say something IMO.

[Misanthrope]

3 minutes ago, Knaj said:

In that case...

 

I've wanted to post this for so long.

I'd say normally that while the points are valid it takes a long time to run all benchmarks and such...if it wasn't for the fact that they have like 10 fucking people working over there. Seriously maybe hire less editors and hire another slick to help instead? Or 2 or 3 of them? 

[dalekphalm]

1 minute ago, Misanthrope said:

I'd say normally that while the points are valid it takes a long time to run all benchmarks and such...if it wasn't for the fact that they have like 10 fucking people working over there. Seriously maybe hire less editors and hire another slick to help instead? Or 2 or 3 of them? 

What they really need are a few more multi-talented staff who can help Luke with the benches when needed, but then can handle other things or assist as more general labourers (In the sense that they have some skills in shooting, set building, lighting, editing, camera operating, benchmarking, pc building, etc).

 

The problem with simply hiring more people just to bench is, what are they gonna do during the often long stretches in between interesting product launches?

[Misanthrope]

8 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

What they really need are a few more multi-talented staff who can help Luke with the benches when needed, but then can handle other things or assist as more general labourers (In the sense that they have some skills in shooting, set building, lighting, editing, camera operating, benchmarking, pc building, etc).

 

The problem with simply hiring more people just to bench is, what are they gonna do during the often long stretches in between interesting product launches?

1) Running benchmarks doesn't necessarily needs a full time employee: during busy seasons an intern working temporary can easily and gladly get paid to just run benchmarks all day

2) It was my impression that they always were looking for multi talented people but well that's kinda like asking for a "full stack developer". Everybody asks for someone really talented in everything from photoshop all the way to php and sql programming and maintaining servers. Yet most of the time nobody is willing to actually pay for such an employee: I suspect that reality is something Linus is familiar with at this point: a start up like him really can't afford a guru yet. Even most lightly multi talented people might be priced out of his range tbh.

3) This is a though one since this might just be because of the direction he wants to go with but there's plenty of things to try even during downtime: New games come out all of the time for example a performance guide for Deus Ex or No man's sky can easily be made. There's also many videos they just don't do as often anymore like let's try old hardware, let's try to use old cards on newer games, etc.

 

I think there's plenty to do for a "bencher" and "builder" even when there's no new hardware out but again I can't tell if this kinds of videos are less frequent due to lack of time or lack of interest: Linus often changes his mind about the overall direction of his business and that's valid of course.

[Unhelpful]

@LinusTech

 

There's some legitimate feedback here.

[dalekphalm]

11 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

1) Running benchmarks doesn't necessarily needs a full time employee: during busy seasons an intern working temporary can easily and gladly get paid to just run benchmarks all day

2) It was my impression that they always were looking for multi talented people but well that's kinda like asking for a "full stack developer". Everybody asks for someone really talented in everything from photoshop all the way to php and sql programming and maintaining servers. Yet most of the time nobody is willing to actually pay for such an employee: I suspect that reality is something Linus is familiar with at this point: a start up like him really can't afford a guru yet. Even most lightly multi talented people might be priced out of his range tbh.

3) This is a though one since this might just be because of the direction he wants to go with but there's plenty of things to try even during downtime: New games come out all of the time for example a performance guide for Deus Ex or No man's sky can easily be made. There's also many videos they just don't do as often anymore like let's try old hardware, let's try to use old cards on newer games, etc.

 

I think there's plenty to do for a "bencher" and "builder" even when there's no new hardware out but again I can't tell if this kinds of videos are less frequent due to lack of time or lack of interest: Linus often changes his mind about the overall direction of his business and that's valid of course.

I actually agree with a lot of your points here. Well made.

 

I wasn't really even considering a part time seasonal worker, to be honest, but a part timer that permanently works there could easily act as Luke's assistant, and then work extra hours during product launches or outside of the school year (Assuming he'd be at least College level student or grad).

[Mirdon]

I'm glad we're all on the same page here and not a single white knight in denial is to be found (for now).

[Canada EH]

Why doesnt the sound work in the youtube video work in the thread post?

Works when I go to youtube.com. Is it just me?

[MrDynamicMan]

7 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

But that doesn't mean "break the forum rules!" They still apply in every respect.

But...but... Muh FREEDUM

[MrDynamicMan]

And not to bang a dead horse again but the G5 review seriously sucked. He was talking like the 6s and S7 edge were one phone with no downsides at all.

[ShadowCaptain]

Personally I never really use the LTT benchmarks as more of a jumping off point

 

They have never really been a "drill into detail" channel without hour long chats and hundreds of benchmarks

I think for a quick "overview" of a product the benchmarks the provide are fine, but if you are wanting reliable, 100% tested, and in depth testing - this is not the place to look

 

[ThinkWithPortals]

7 hours ago, Jstone said:

This might get me banned but anyone else get the feeling that Linus has sold out to razor with the latest video. He glorifies the blade but never addresses all the problems you hear about here on the forum. Am I the only one? if so sorry

What just kind of irritated me was that he referred to the Aero 14 as a "poor man's Razer Blade" even though it still costs one thousand six hundred dollars.

 

And while we're at it, was anyone else disappointed with the Dan case review? I mean, it was all well and good, but no CPU/GPU temperature graphs for load and idle? Noise measurements? A thermal image, perhaps? I just felt they could have gone into a lot more depth with that one, a unique case deserves a unique review.

 

@nicklmg @CPotter could you bring this thread to Linus/Luke's attention? There are a lot of good points in this thread.

 

EDIT: Holy shit, 4000 posts on this forum.

[Misanthrope]

Here's a different kind of constrain I honestly did not consider until right now: Time. Not as in the time it takes to do benchmarks and such, but the overall length of the video they're aiming for. Other than the Vive backpack video lately videos are fairly short (Even that one felt a bit rushed could have easily been a 3 parter) and if you look at OC3D and Tiny Tomlogan (or whatever he goes by) he really goes into a lot of depth, tons of charts, many benchmarks, etc. And his videos are usually at least 20 minutes long if not more like 30 or 40 minutes.

 

For whatever reason (Since youtubers usually prefer longer videos that give more overall viewtime vs short ones given the way the youtube algorytm works) they want to keep their videos fairly short. And considering they're doing about 40 seconds to a minute of sponsor integration stuff on a 5 minute video, it really leaves very little time to work in many needed details.

 

Maybe they're going for "as fast as possible" on both channels now who knows.

[Networking Wolf]

Just now, Gamessys said:

To me it just felt like a normal comparison, he pointed out some downsides to the Blade like less battery life than the Aero 14 but of course the Blade is better than the Aero but it is more expensive.  And he can't go into every single problem about a computer but didn't he make a review video of the Blade where he pointed out negatives?

I don't think I have seen a video where he has pointed out some of the big issues I have heard of on here such as over heating due to the aluminum case

 

2 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Criticizing Linus or any LMG member will not get you banned.

thank you I don't wanna bash anyone just getting tired of everyone hoping on the razor band wagon