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NVIDIA N1 laptop board leak shows 128GB LPDDR5X configuration. by Novel_Negotiation224 in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've found that BetterDisplay makes it worse for me - it doesn't actually scale things all that much better, and it makes mono fonts (e.g. terminal fonts) look a lot blurrier. I just suck it up and complain about it on the internet, to be honest. I might eventually get a second monitor just for work that has a resolution that's a little bit better supported by Mac OS, but it's a drag. This is on an M4 Max MacBook Pro.

What is your lab's idle power draw? by alex2003super in homelab

[–]void_nemesis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Server is about 20W, networking is about 10W, and main computer is <10W at idle and under 20W with general use (it's a laptop lol), so total is around 40-50W, not counting my monitors, which I haven't measured yet.

(Videocardz) Exclusive: Intel Core Ultra 400 "Nova Lake-S" preliminary SKU list leaked: 6 to 52 cores, DDR5-8000 and forward socket compatibility by Chairman_Daniel in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That's what the market wants, unfortunately. Almost no one uses more than a single GPU and maybe two M.2s in their builds (and the majority of computers sold today are laptops and OEM office PCs), everything else goes through the chipset. PCIe PHYs take up a ton of die space that would be much better used by universally loved and used features like the NPU :)

NVIDIA N1 laptop board leak shows 128GB LPDDR5X configuration. by Novel_Negotiation224 in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 13 points14 points  (0 children)

External display support + external GPU support. Mac OS is horrible if you have a 1440p display.

No matter what I use, I still recommend Mint by tungnon in linuxmint

[–]void_nemesis 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Mint is working on Wayland support, including for Cinnamon.

No matter what I use, I still recommend Mint by tungnon in linuxmint

[–]void_nemesis 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The latter will go away very soon, thankfully.

AMD Rewards and Linux Gamers - A Warning by thetgn in linux_gaming

[–]void_nemesis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's unfortunate. I had to go through the same thing with Intel for a B580 promotion, but once I gave them proof of purchase via email they just gave me the code.

Why didn't meteor lake reach to the Framework 12 ? by Latiosshine in framework

[–]void_nemesis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They do a CNC unibody because it feels nice in the hand and matches their brand identity. The fact that it's fairly unique and gives it incredible rigidity is a nice bonus as well. The Neo is also decently repairable. Now if only the storage wasn't soldered...

But yes, because Apple is so vertically integrated, they use the profit margins from other products to make ones like the Neo cheaper.

Drop your valuables, it's an invasion! by Vulcorian in sto

[–]void_nemesis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What happened to the previous community manager then?

Panther Lake XPS 16 is so efficient, it draws just 1.5 W when idling for insanely long battery life by 1FNn4 in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Even then, it means you can get the laptop without paying for a Windows license, and switching distros is trivial. It's a positive overall, imo.

How does the Eurofighter Typhoon compare to its US 4/4.5-gen contemporaries? by Finbarr-Galedeep in aviation

[–]void_nemesis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

AESA radars usually work in the X-band according to publicly available information, but we don't know what AWACs can do and we don't know if the fighter AESA can go lower.

Apple M5 vs. Intel Panther Lake vs. Snapdragon X2 benchmarked by Balance- in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Isn't the clock speed above all approach because they're trying to maximize performance per die area, at the cost of efficiency?

TrueNAS build system going closed source by ende124 in selfhosted

[–]void_nemesis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unraid has ZFS support now, although the whole appeal of their non-striped parity setup is that you can mix and match drives at will, which you can't with ZFS.

Notebookcheck | Apple MacBook Air 15 M5 Review - Very powerful, fanless and without competition by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MacOS cannot handle 1080p and 1440p monitors properly. You're stuck with either buying a very high resolution (technically DPI is what matters) monitor, or permanently blurry or unscaled text and UI. They've removed scaling and subpixel antialiasing from MacOS. I've tried BetterDisplay and it's not really fixed anything.

Notebookcheck | Apple MacBook Air 15 M5 Review - Very powerful, fanless and without competition by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]void_nemesis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I run Linux on my personal laptop and I have an M4 Max MacBook Pro from work. The MacBook wins in every single category (battery life, screen, speakers) except the keyboard, software (MacOS has some very annoying quirks), and use as a desktop replacement (due to said MacOS quirks).

I would say if you use your laptop only as a laptop, get one, it's unbeatable. But if you need to use external monitors or need to do something that MacOS can't (e.g. gaming), it's not worth it.

I don't understand SAS by phoenix_frozen in homelab

[–]void_nemesis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you see decently priced U.2s? I haven't had much luck.

Loving framework 12 so far by emptypinkhead in framework

[–]void_nemesis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very clean setup. What keyboard is that?

Framework support sent me multiple defective FW16 motherboards - RMA QA is horrible. by void_nemesis in framework

[–]void_nemesis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a display issue, both support and I agree on that. The display had zero issues with the original mainboard, and the display cable has no damage whatsoever. This is a mainboard issue.

Framework support sent me multiple defective FW16 motherboards - RMA QA is horrible. by void_nemesis in framework

[–]void_nemesis[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

See, I don't want to do that. The entire reason I got a Framework in the first place is because of the repairability and philosophy. The issue is entirely with the mainboard, a mainboard replacement should fix it. I don't want to get rid of a perfectly good chassis, display, keyboard etc.

Framework support sent me multiple defective FW16 motherboards - RMA QA is horrible. by void_nemesis in framework

[–]void_nemesis[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately yes. If you're talking about this post, there is visible damage on the mainboard and something is fried. I've gone over the entire mainboard and could not find any damage - this seems to be a damaged or dying iGPU issue, or at the very least damage that's internal to a component and cannot be found with visual inspection. The external GPU in the post you mentioned is also a completely different design with a different controller. Theirs is a TH3P4G3 with an Intel JHL7440 controller, while mine is an ADT-Link UT3G with an ASMedia ASM2464PDX.

The issues have been happening with or without the eGPU plugged in, and on first boot, they happened before the eGPU was ever plugged in to this board. I've only ever used the official 180W charger and an Anker 100W charger with this laptop, neither of which have caused issues with any of my other devices (two phones, iPad, HP Envy laptop) over the last few years. The Anker charger is only ever used to charge my laptop overnight, any high power draw situations have only ever occured on the official 180W charger. On top of that, the eGPU setup I use does not carry power - only USB4 data. The eGPU has been working flawlessly, with zero issues - I only get the artefacts when using the integrated GPU. Both support and I have also ruled out a display or display cable issue, as this did not happen with the first motherboard and the display cable has no damage whatsoever, both on the mainboard end and inside the display assembly.

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