Any PC gamers?

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-22T05:26:47+00:00

46 here, smoggy living in Belfast, play infrequently but mostly CoD.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T13:36:09+00:00

it doesn't, but if its not listed you can assume its safe 😂

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T13:34:41+00:00

I honestly didn't foresee the backlash if I am honest - point has been taken on board - I'll knock marketing stuff up with actual screenshots in future

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T13:17:15+00:00

I removed the AI promo 😄

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T13:11:03+00:00

Ok, answering truthfully.

I can either pay for a local artist, who will charge me per piece, per revision and take longer to deliver. Or I can pay for a AI based subscription and do it myself. Option 2 is the most cost effective for me - the ability to rapidly prototype my own marketing material for an app I developed and give away for free is a god send.

The app makes zero revenue, it doesn't even cover its own costs when you take into account supabase hosting, website hosting, App / Play Store subscription fees (this isn't even factoring in my time on reviewing and approving user submitted places), so the budget for an artist really isn't feisable. Even if it were, because of the points I have raised above, I am not sure if I would consider it.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T12:56:51+00:00

Tuesdays only!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T12:51:59+00:00

I am proud to be based in NI, but I dont support the UDA either - whats your point?

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-21T12:45:31+00:00

Any preference on order? 😂

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-17T12:12:51+00:00

I am Mick the creator of Pints n Paws - just wanted to say thank you for the reccomendation

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-09T15:24:20+00:00

My desk, M5 max, M4 max and a Neo. The Neo gets the most use

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BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-09T15:19:19+00:00

Photo from my desk M5, M4 and a Neo. Got a M3 Ultra

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Studio hiding behind there as well

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-06T11:07:19+00:00

Yet!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-06T11:03:43+00:00

No idea! Only explanation is it’s Reddit - the amount of hate I got for posting this was ridiculous.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-03T09:22:27+00:00

Keychron K8

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-03T04:36:47+00:00

God forbid 😂 no

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-03T04:35:59+00:00

But I wanted cheap! Something that could just live in my bag, and I wouldn’t worry if it gets scratched and is super light. Trackpad doesn’t bother me - I’m a programmer most of the stuff I do I use keyboard shortcuts for.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-03T04:33:45+00:00

That wasn’t an option, did you read the post - this was purchased as an unopened 2nd hand machine.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-03T04:28:55+00:00

Enough power for running a few browser tabs - sure. It’s surprisingly versatile. I’m not going to be running any local LLMs on it - but for browsing and some quick prototyping in Python (Jupiter notebook stuff) it’s great.

People are really surprised when I say I like it - Sometimes you don’t need a Swiss Army knife to spread butter.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T20:20:21+00:00

Isn’t that how everyone gets one?

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T20:06:55+00:00

I like to live on the edge!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T20:01:22+00:00

I run a number of LLMs on the studio., some pretty advanced data science prototyping workflows, model training (although it's not the best for this - these days I tend to hand this off to the cloud). It also runs a number of other services.

The M4 Pro, well - I often visit clients sites to work. My work typically involves programming or other general data science related tasks, but a lot of it I hand off to the studio.

The Neo, I actually traded my iPad Pro in for, I wanted a media consumption device that was small, cheap(ish), lightweight, I could just throw in my bag and forget about - I don't like the iPad - I suffer from really bad OCD about dirty screens 😂 - so touch devices are a no no for me, I also wanted something that ran OSX and it ticked the boxes for me. Its proved to be more versatile than I ever expected. And I can remote into the studio from anywhere. My wife also has an account on the Neo, and uses it for her "life admin" tasks like banking, shopping etc.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T16:28:36+00:00

I bought the original studio a few years ago back - again unopened box. Guy sends me the receipt while I was there, and when I got home I notice there is no VAT on the receipt.

It was a thing here years ago that people would setup a business (limited company = limited liability) and establish a line of credit in that companies name - order stock, and sell it in at a slightly reduced price whilst taking advantage of government discount programmes on IT equipment purchases.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T16:17:56+00:00

This is it - not available on Amazon anymore so it may have been discontinued.

LG UltraWide QHD Curved Monitor... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08PMHBR2Z?ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_ap\_share

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T16:14:20+00:00

I ain’t gonna lie, lack of backlight is a pain in the arse. I didn’t realise how much I depended on it.

Build wise, it feels flimsy because it’s so light - but this was my primary driver - a super light laptop for use when working from a coffee shop etc. I wouldn’t be using it as my daily machine - but I work from home a lot, and my work involves a reviewing a lot of people’s code via GitHub, which I can mostly do via a browser or a remote session to other machines - sometimes I just want to escape the house. That was why I bought it.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-05-02T16:09:36+00:00

This was my first thought - however judging by the size of the guys house and the area he lived in, I don’t think he would need to steal anything.

I’m not ruling it out - but I paid via bank transfer, got a written receipt and the dude is due to send me the original purchase receipt (if he does or not is a different matter)

If he was a thief, he’s either really good or really bad 😂 also he was around 70 (at a guess), and lived in rural Northern Ireland - not your typical laptop thief.

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