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It probably depends on how Win 7 handles the NPU and GPU. I really would just use 10 at this point.

I did not see anything about price but that is not unreasonable. We were paying nearly $8K for the 1Ds II back in 2004, which would be roughly $13K today. Big tele lenses are much more expensive today though.

I know you IT folks install OS/applocations like a biological function, buy I really try to avoid installations as much as possible. I figure in time, suffering, and software cost it's worth at least $1000 for me to avoid an installation. If I drop a new Granite Ridges CPU into the AM5 sicket...

Canon is so negligent and behind the times that they are just announcing that there will eventually be an R1 by the end of 2024. How lame. :LOL: https://global.canon/en/news/2024/20240515.html

Not really. I was hoping to just upgrade the CPU from the Zen 4 to Zen 5 with simply a BIOS update for the X670E. If I have to install a new OS, new programs, figure out a usage model, etc. then it's not economically worthwhile, especially the high amount of my time. If AMD is therefore not...

Now it is being reported that AMD is not supporting Windows 10 with the Zen 5, even though 10 is supposed to be good until 2025. The excuse is the need for 11 with AI, but that should not apply to the 9900 series desktop CPUs that have no NPU. And it's not like we need 11 for AMP. :(

Do you think I ever would have stooped to using 8 or Vistas for that matter? ;) The numbnuts at MS destroyed the Nokia phonees with that unholy alliance. We had to use the Blackberries in that era for security purposes. Nobody trusted Windows phones.

There is a site of https://www.canonwatch.com/ and of course DPR, but that Canon rumors was conveniently located.

But will the ARMs for Windows be 11 or 12?

I just want a few days notice so that I can pre-order upon release, often at 0:00 UTC -5. For many products if you don't pre-order you may lose months.

If you are using some kind of archaic video games from pre-pandemonic eras, then the iNtel/AMD/NVidias probably don't care much about your market segement. Much of the new iNtel and AMD complicated integrated stuff is for thin/light laptops or low grade desktops that are not having a video...

Where do you go for the info then?

I'm not knowledgeable about the efficiency gained by having a single package, but does a 65-105W "APU" outperform the video graphics of a 115W or 160W discrete card and 65W CPU for example? Maybe it's not fair to compare a 2022 40 series GPU to a 2024 integrated video technology, so think about...

The CanonRumors is out of operation as the main dude has left indefintely. It's not clear if he was . It's very strange that the previous guy also left under similar circumstances. 😧

Most all consumer computers need an NPU function for AI by 2025, so the older wimpy ones will be negligent. The chiplet model might have a CPU, GPU, and NPU in one package like Merc said. The hardware/OS cabal is demanding that you upgrade. :LOL:

My plan is not to buy any phones older than 6 months if possible. My A53 is a tad slow sometimes, I suspect caused by the underwhelming CPU. It is close to 2 years old, so the battery is still good, but a bit less than when new. My A54 is good enough for personal use. I think buying a new...

If I wanted external devices I'd just buy a MAC.

I ruled out the 4090 years ago since the behemoth won't fit without hogging the adjacent 8x/16x PCIe slots. Power is mostly a UPS and home circuits issue, not costs. My GPUs are either at very low power or at full power when DXO is processing the files. I'm not playing video games like the...

I'm still thinking about performance per watt and absolute power rather than the product level numbers. 300W is about my personal limit, so that may not be a 5080.

The A35 is mostly the A54 at $50 less than it was, but stupidly if you already have the A54. I would not even replace the A53 with the A35. I would have purchased the A55 at $500 without hesitation then swapped the A54 for the A53 and A55 for A54. The S23 FE is getting old already at $600...

I see those discoid devices in various buildings and the wiring is in the ceiling. I'm sure they are fine for just the internet About a year after my system, they had something different with the AX vs the AC, but the other parts are altogether and I don't like some of them. Meanwhile, the...

Maybe they can run some city cold water like air conditioning in the summer. ;)

So I've learned that the orientation matters quite a bit. I don't understand the designs of the Wi-Fi, exepct maybe they are more for artistic or ergonomic than functional reasons. The Wi-Fi is much better when it is broadside to the receiving device. After relocating the Wi-Fi so that only...

The problem is that they are still not getting the point that many people don't want a silly recovery partition and just don't want the error message.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/03/microsoft_windows_recovery_environment/ TL;DR MS is not going to fix that bug. :(

I don't use my laptops wirelessly at home, not even my work laptop. I have USB adapters, either 1GbE or 2.5GbE, but my networks for the internet and NASes are strictly separate. The Fibros is 1Gb so it works fine on the cheaply 1GbE switches. Temporarily I've decided to run the RG6 and...

The torpology is ridiculous. The RG6 cable goes from ONT (splitter) into the Wi-Fi and main STB, and the RJ45 cable also goes from the ONT to the Wi-Fi. They do that on purpose so that you must rent it to get video to the RJ45, not to mention replays from the main STB and other stuff, even if...

From what I read the mesh stuff doesn't work well with my Fibros Wi-Fi router, which is necessary for video. So buying two Wi-FI systems would be excessive. I'm debating to just move the main Wi-Fi, but there are a lot of cables (AC, RJ45, and RG6) that would have to go across a doorway. I am...

Of course we are now totally off of the topic, but I meant like the Natural Gasses. Electric tankless is good for a sink or something.

Pretty much everything is becoming a service. Of course there are strong business reason for that regardless of the negative impact to individual users. Unless you can develop a better model, it will be difficult to sell the 20th century mentality in the 2020s.

I'm going to try to add a small Wi-Fi device specifically for the S9 FE galactic tablet. As I mentioned here the Fibros wi-fi is struggling through the walls and items. https://www.storageforum.net/forum/threads/which-tablets.9227/page-8#post-214824 I have 1GbE ethernet on several switches in...

Did you ever build a radiator into the door? I'm surprised they don't use tankless water heaters in Europe.

Who wants to listen to some kind of angry fool? There is no credibility.

As you know, power is a real limit for many home users in the states. You can't get 2kW from NEMA 5-15 and most 1500VA UPS are actually in the 1000W range on battery. I suppose there are some options for NEMA 5-20, but that usually requires rewiring and a permit. I'm not sure how often both a...

I suppose they will argue that there is enough competition that you d on't need to use MS if the T&C are not to your liking. Most of the CA suits are because a product does (or does not do) something in the T&C and that you were not informed about it.

Yes for now, but I assumed the concern is that the nagging will be changed to a mandatory requirement.

So if I deliberately invalidate the HEllO and discard the account activation email address, then can I use the traditional password method and unencrypt the C: partition? Can I change the password and do everything normally, or do I need to log in with the email and PW and be online? I clear...

There are normally two image sensors, one for tricolor visible light and one for IR to confirm that the head is real. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/windows-hello-face-authentication

From what I understand the Hello only works with laptops. Assuming the email is gone and a PIN is not developed, can one just use a PW like in the old days? Or does it communicate something with the MS? Maybe using MS is a form of demetia itself?

I am still confused. Normally I have no password or PIN for Win 10. I set a PW for a travel laptop, but not a PIN. In Win 11 I have to know the PIN and PW for each computer?

So the PIN is per computer/ssd and the account is for the user tracking? Do you need to log in with the PIN every time?

So that means the computer has to be connected to the internet forever after that? :( I'm thinking of only connecting the computer online every month or so and wiping/restoring it each time. I'm pretty much done with the Topaz or any software that needs internet all the times.

The Wi-Fi is near the entry of the Fibros so there are like 2-3 walls and some electrical stuff between us. My cellphone charging area is in line of sight so it downloads OK. I definitely don't need much speed for the tablet, but it hovers around 20Mb, sometimes up to 100 or down to 10...

Isn't that what they are already doing unless you take extra measures to disable that?

The email and web are now in use and working fine. The battery life is quite good with minimal use, so I will leave it on and charge about every week. I discovered that the fingerprinter is in the power button. Unfortunately it is one very poor design that mostly reads incorrectly and often...

For some reasons I noticed that nAS is unnaturally slow for file deletions. For example, deleting ~93,000 files of about 3.7GB takes forever in Windows and is faster, but still quite slow on the NAS itself. In Windows it literally takes just seconds to delete from local drives, the longest...

I surely have no need to play the Battlelmage in 2024 (or ever ;)). I'm just wondering what will better than what I have in the 300W power range and strictly 3 slots, especially if the Zen 5 is a drop-in replacement.

So when will we see the 5070 or TI series?

The 1TB Hynix Platinum P41 was $78 in January and now is $100. It's still one of the better drives with a higher TBW than most and a 5-year warranty.

Even the 860 EVOs were quite good. My 500GB 870 EVO crapped out after a low TBW. Nobody knows why, but I think they are made with cheaper components since the 2020s. The WD Blue SA510 is QLC and so slow that the write speed drops to 200s MB/sec. after the SLC buffer; that is just terrible and...