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By +sphbecker · Posted
Yes, agree 100%!! It baffles me that so many people are so outspoken about hating Win11 but have taken zero steps towards trying out other operating systems. If you don't like the direction Microsoft is taking Windows, then staying on Windows 10 is only the short-term solution, clearly the long-term solution is to find an OS you prefer. Let's be honest about two things...Windows 10 was FAR from perfect, it makes many of the same offenses that 11 does, but maybe to a lesser degree. Also, if anyone is holding out hope that Windows 12 will be some kind of return to the good-old-days, they are being extremely naive. What will end up happening is they will get dragged along to W11 once W10 support fully ends (and they realize 10 IoT isn't what they thought it was), just like they got dragged from Windows 7 to 10. Then start the cycle over, they will figure out how to make W11 work the way they want it to and will start complaining about how bad W12 is. -
By freakyfriday · Posted
only works for 1 microsoft account . im on rp channel and have 2 pcs with the same microsoft account, i pc got it the other one did not -
By Good Bot, Bad Bot · Posted
Your first comment about one needing to send all their data to Microsoft's "cloud" to continue Windows 10 support was of course ridiculous but I can't disagree here. I am not sure why the OP would wait to switch to Linux if their Mom just uses a browser as she can use the same one with Linux. Why would she care what OS is running? Install /configure Linux Mint or Ubuntu LTS and almost no maintenance really. -
By hellowalkman · Posted
Seagate Exos 20 TB BarraCuda 16 TB 7200 RPM CMR hard disk drives are limited-time deals by Sayan Sen Currently, there are some great sales on SSDs, in particular, NVMe M.2 ones, like this SK hynix P41 Platinum P41. However, if you are in the market for a hard disk drive (HDD), then Seagate has you covered. That is because two high-capacity drives, the Exos X20 20TB and the BarraCuda 16 TB are currently at great prices (purchase links down below). Since both of them are high capacity models, they are based on CMR or Conventional Magnetic Recording technology which is typically great for robust use cases like on NAS or (media) home servers and similar such scenarios. However, the Exos is enterprise-grade quality so it is definitely what you would want for 24x7 usage, but the BarraCuda can also serve pretty well but will be a better option for backup purposes. The Exos X20 promises power-on hours of 8760 per year, while the BarraCuda claims 2400. The latter comes with double the DRAM cache, though with 512 MB of it, while the former has 256 MB, but it should still be plenty. In terms of data transfer speed, Seagate promises up to 285 MB/s (272 MiB/s) from the Exos X20 and the BarraCuda is rated for up to 190 MB/s. These are the maximum sustained data transfer rates for the two drives. Since the Exos X20 is an enterprise-class product Seagate does disclose its random performance throughput, which is 168 IOPS for reads and 550 IOPS for writes, respectively. While the BarraCuda's randoms are not specified it is expected to be lower and to compensate, it packs double the DRAM cache. Get the HDDs at the links below: Seagate Exos X20 ST20000NM007D 20TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive: $379.00 + $50 off with promo code SACET2372 => $329.00 (Newegg US) Seagate BarraCuda ST16000DM001 16TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Drive: $194.99 (Newegg US) This Amazon deal is US-specific and not available in other regions unless specified. If you don't like it or want to look at more options, check out the Amazon US deals page here. Get Prime (SNAP), Prime Video, Audible Plus or Kindle / Music Unlimited. Free for 30 days. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. -
By Astra.Xtreme · Posted
Why do you think the writing is on the wall? Tesla continues to have the highest selling models on the planet, and they continue to grow on that despite their junk reliability rating. I'm not going to buy one because of the continued build quality issues (and lack of Carplay), but I appreciate that they're the best player in an EV market that is massively lacking in infrastructure and affordability. Besides the EV technology needing to eventually outpace gasoline, self-driving technology is undoubtedly going to be the future. It's not going to happen tomorrow and not even in 10 years, but within our lifetimes, most cars on the road will be self-driving. That's the only way to solve the issue of a million deaths on the road. Waymo is using technology that's simply too expensive, which means it has to charge high fares. Tesla is going to blow past them with their ~$40k car and further yet when they release that weird looking 2-seater. Pretty soon Nvidia is going to be a market player, Amazon will be a player, and possibly the other 20+ startups that are working on a vehicle. I'd like to revisit this in a year and see how the market looks. I'm willing to bet there will be a huge increase of driverless cars on the road, and I doubt that Waymo is going to be the majority of them. Waymo isn't profitable for Google, so it's entirely possible the plug gets pulled as soon as several players leave them in the dust.
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