windowsrookie (u/windowsrookie)

windowsrookie commented on Dyson, techno-centric design and social consumption 2earth.github.io/website/... · Posted by u/2earth

Thaxll · 2 months ago

The best cordless vacuum are made by Dyson though.

windowsrookie · 2 months ago

Disagree. We have had to replace the battery twice in our Dyson cordless. Dyson charges $130 for the OEM replacement battery (yes there are cheaper aftermarket batteries available).

The last time the battery failed we decided to buy an entire Shark cordless vacuum + accessories kit for less than an OEM Dyson battery. That shark vacuum is still going today 5 years later on the original battery.

windowsrookie commented on The story behind Caesar salad nationalgeographic.com/tr... · Posted by u/Bluestein

hn_throwaway_99 · 2 months ago

I don't like it. I like salads that have tasty, fresh, delicious vegetables (and often fruits and/or nuts) where the dressing just adds some pizazz and tartness.

To me caesar salad is just dressing where the lettuce is only there to act as scaffolding.

windowsrookie · 2 months ago

This is exactly why I love Cesar salads. I have always disliked vegetables, trying many times in my life to eat them more because that's what health "experts" say we need to do.

I don't like vegetables fresh, I don't like them grilled, I don't like them stewed.

Cover them in Cesar dressing tho and I can eat an extra large salad (hopefully with some protein too).

windowsrookie commented on Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip jeffgeerling.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/ingve

gorkish · 2 months ago

NVMe NAS is completely and totally pointless with such crap connectivity.

What in the WORLD is preventing these systems from getting at least 10gbps interfaces? I have been waiting for years and years and years and years and the only thing on the market for small systems with good networking is weird stuff that you have to email Qotom to order direct from China and _ONE_ system from Minisforum.

I'm beginning to think there is some sort of conspiracy to not allow anything smaller than a full size ATX desktop to have anything faster than 2.5gbps NICs. (10gbps nics that plug into NVMe slots are not the solution.)

windowsrookie · 2 months ago

You can order the Mac mini with 10gbps networking and it has 3 thunderbolt 4 ports if you need more. Plus it has an internal power supply making it smaller than most of these mini PCs.

windowsrookie commented on Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip jeffgeerling.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/ingve

monster_truck · 2 months ago

These are cute, I'd really like to see the "serious" version.

Something like a Ryzen 7745, 128gb ecc ddr5-5200, no less than two 10gbe ports (though unrealistic given the size, if they were sfp+ that'd be incredible), drives split across two different nvme raid controllers. I don't care how expensive or loud it is or how much power it uses, I just want a coffee-cup sized cube that can handle the kind of shit you'd typically bring a rack along for. It's 2025.

windowsrookie · 2 months ago

The Mac Studio is pretty close + silent and power efficient. But it's isn't cheap like an N100 PC.

windowsrookie commented on Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi? jeffgeerling.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/transpute

PhilipRoman · 2 months ago

>N100 based computer draw 9W at idle

That number seems suspicious. Right now my i5-6500T server is idling at <5W and an N100 is supposed to be even more efficient.

windowsrookie · 2 months ago

9W at idle for the N100 is similar to what I get with my N100 based PC. Although under windows it's often sitting at 10-12W.

I also see lower power consumption with an 8th Gen intel Core system.

The small cores that the N100 use are size efficient, but not necessarily power efficient. The N100 chip is just not that efficient power-consumption wise.

windowsrookie commented on I Built My Own Audio Player nexo.sh/posts/why-i-built... · Posted by u/nexo-v1

razakel · 3 months ago

I wonder if you could get an iPod Classic and upgrade the storage/replace the battery...

windowsrookie · 3 months ago

There is a whole modding community around the iPod video/classic.

You can replace the hard drive with MicroSD/SD or compact flash cards.

https://www.iflash.xyz

You can buy different color faceplates/backplates, upgrade the batteries, etc.

https://www.idemigods.com/iPod_5th_5_5_Generation_Video_Part...

windowsrookie commented on MacBook Air M4 apple.com/macbook-air/... · Posted by u/tosh

maurits · 6 months ago

uhm, hold down option-shift for smaller steps. Same for audio.

windowsrookie · 6 months ago

Good tip! Thanks.

windowsrookie commented on MacBook Air M4 apple.com/macbook-air/... · Posted by u/tosh

lifefeed · 6 months ago

It's been a while since they made a bold choice. When I bought an iPhone a couple years ago, even the apple store employee kinda shrugged his shoulders when I asked if the new 14 phone was better, besides the camera, than the cheaper 13.

windowsrookie · 6 months ago

I bought a 13 Pro Max on launch day and I am still using it today. I have never kept a phone this long in my life. The cameras and performance are still fantastic. The only thing that would be nice is USB-C and USB 3.0 transfer speeds. But that is not enough for me to upgrade.

windowsrookie commented on MacBook Air M4 apple.com/macbook-air/... · Posted by u/tosh

CountHackulus · 6 months ago

The last time they "innovated" on macbooks we got a touch bar (ignoring M chips). I'm good with incremental improvements if we can avoid those gigantic blunders.

windowsrookie · 6 months ago

I actually enjoy the Touch Bar on my 2018 MacBook Pro. The screen brightness slider offers more granular control. On my M1 air there is often a brightness gap where the screen is either too bright or too dark when using the keyboard to adjust brightness. Then I have to go to the menu bar to get the brightness level I actually want.

It's even better on the 2019+ models when they brought back the escape key.

I would agree that the added expense of that oled touchscreen isn't worth it tho. The M series Macs often go on sale at pretty large discounts (seemingly even more than the Intel Macs), and removing the oled touchscreen and the T2 chip that controlled it probably contributes to that.

windowsrookie commented on MacBook Air M4 apple.com/macbook-air/... · Posted by u/tosh

kome · 6 months ago

At this time (and historically), I mostly use it as a laptop, but I have also used it as a desktop for long periods with an external monitor. As a laptop, I love that it's so tiny. It’s working very well so far... but I’m afraid that at some point, I’ll have to switch to Linux or OpenCore Legacy Patcher. I’m still on macOS 11 (Big Sur).

MS Office has already stopped updating, along with some other software (though not much, most still updates without issues). As long as Firefox keeps receiving updates for my system, most things will be fine.

windowsrookie · 6 months ago

MacOS up to version 13 runs well using OpenCore even on my 2010 iMac (I did upgrade it with a metal compatible GPU).

Looks like the only issue with your MacBook Air is there may be some metal issues. https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/1...

If those don't look like a problem for you, I'd definitely suggest giving it a try. MacOS 13 should give you at least 3 more years of use out of it.

Going beyond MacOS 13 I don't think is worth it. MacOS 14 is noticeably slower on my 2010 iMac, and there aren't any new features it can take advantage of anyways.