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Comment Re:Pointless whining (Score 1) 119

The 'load' of the mouse sensor and wireless circuitry is measurable in the milliamps, and the charging input in amps. There neither needs to be any load on the battery while charging it as the USB input can handle the load, nor any issues with damaging the battery if loading it instead of taking operational power directly from the USB connection.

No USB mouse charges in amps. It's measured in milliamps for charging, less than that during use.

Comment $599 for another TB while losing to Sony... (Score 2) 23

Does MS really think people are going to drop $600 on this when their current version is already losing badly to the PS5? $600 is a lot for a console, especially for one that's a distant 2nd place in the market. Make more sense to price this at $499 and drop the price on the 1TB model to $399.

Comment Re:Chain of responsibility seems obvious. (Score 1) 196

They can't control the fact that your business has no business continuity strategy because a computer won't boot.

The difference between "a computer won't boot" and "all our computers won't boot" is quite significant. We could recover from a handful of machines not being able to boot relatively easily, but when our entire infrastructure gets taken out that's a different kettle of fish. Think AD, DNS, VPN, LDAP, backup servers - all down at the exact same time.

Comment Re:Desktop Mechanics. (Score 1) 42

They don't sell computer parts or even media now. Its pathetic.

Parts? Parts for what? exactly?

I dunno, things like:

  • Cases
  • Power Supplies
  • Video Cards
  • RAM
  • SSDs/nVME drives
  • CPUs
  • CPU Coolers

Granted Best Buy may have never sold some of that stuff, but those are all parts people still buy in decent numbers for building/upgrading their own stuff. Walk into a MicroCenter and you'll see what I mean.

Comment I have no issues... (Score 1) 465

I have an M1 MacBook Air and an M1 Mac Mini, both with 8GB. They are fine for what I use them for, which is admittedly not heavy duty use. I browse the web, run Quicken, H&R Block tax software, etc. I am not doing Photoshop or heavy duty photo editing, etc. They run fine, don't crash, don't stutter. Sure, 16GB is probably better but I have not felt crippled so far by only having 8GB of RAM on these two machines for my use case anyway.

Comment Re:They went all-in on dumb 'crossover' models (Score 1) 210

I disagree. We bought a Buick "crossover", the Encore.

We didn't care that it was a "Buick". All that really mattered was price and features. It could have been a "China Special" for all it mattered.

As it turns out, it was a huge piece of shit. Numerous issues. We got rid of late last year it when it needed $4K of engine repairs. Replaced it with. A Honda CRV.

Has Honda fixed the oil and fuel dilution issues with that engine in the CRV? May have traded one poorly designed engine for another.

Comment Re:They went all-in on dumb 'crossover' models (Score 1) 210

Toyota Camry, Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra seems to still do really well. Plus, through regular driving, it is evident that most cars on the road are still sedans.

Not sure where you are from, but in most places I've been to in the US and A, trucks and SUVs rule the road. Sedans are still around for sure, but not anywhere near the majority.

Comment Re:What do people use for nav in the US? (Score 1) 209

The radio gives me live news, weather, and talk. The radio also gives me music for free (well, not exactly free but advert supported) with a wide selection of genres to choose from which can be selected quickly and easily with the turn of a knob.

Where do you live where radio gives you a wide selection of genres? Most places I've been to you get a few country stations, a few classic rock stations, and some pop/hip-hop stations. Maybe a classical PBS station. And most seem to cram in about 20-30 minutes of commercials every hour too. No thanks.

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