https://youtu.be/rIApjcynrLQ you can't deny the 8500 + rx6600 is an extremely potent build.

A desktop part will outperform a mobile part for the most part. But it only has to hit 60hz, which the old i5's will demolish. I'm going for minmax there, lowest cost, best results that are in near-parity with the steam box.

They aren't subsidizing the buyer, they're subsidizing the game purchases they get a 30% cut of. (if they were smart, and subsidized it). It also boosts market share by lowering the barrier of entry.

Yes. If not better. Move up to RX7600 or i5-9500T for a few bucks, or 10500T if you want HT (doesn't benefit games much, especially in the 60hz target of this thing)

Yes. if you get an i5-8500 SFF and put an RX6600 in it you'll effectively have this.

This is basically a 3-4 year old laptop, stuffed in a cube, being sold for 2x what its worth and 3x what it should be sold at subsidized.

Yep. Four year cycle but it's actually trending better than predicted.

AI will pop later this year and all that liquidity is going straight back into bitcoin.

You just described paper money.

Consider the thinkpad X13S with the snapdragon 8cx

Proxmox isn't ideal for hosting a desktop or laptop experience.

You can run an x86 OS under it, but the visual interface to proxmox VM's is VNC, which is laggy and low fps. Not a good fit for todays 120+hz monitors

Modern reactors are meltdown-proof. They will not explode, period.

MacOS has nearly magical levels of memory compression. 8GB physical ram can store 16GB of actual data, and read and write it at fast speeds (50GB/s) due to having an ASIC dedicated to the compression algo in the CPU.

F that. Give me earpods that I can slot 18650's into

What if you do that, but people still get 95 out of 100 questions correct?