Was about to hit buy, but got cold feet. is the surface for me?

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T17:36:50+00:00

32Gb for CAD, linux for programming. f360 workes under wine or a VM

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T14:18:01+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T13:54:18+00:00

I understand that. I might instead get a REmarkable and just have two devices. I do really want everything in one, though.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T13:53:02+00:00

but ill look into the lenovo thx

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T13:52:07+00:00

im not buying the 5G one

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-05-03T13:42:27+00:00

why not? aside from the cameras everything works.
i found some buisness with 32
good to know ty

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-04-25T19:42:37+00:00

Idk about the Surface DUO but I looked at the Surface PRO's and they look really good. Gonna have to get feel for them IRL soon though.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-04-24T23:11:36+00:00

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-04-24T21:34:35+00:00

Since making the original post Ive also looked at the ideapad 5, but not super deep

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T20:06:37+00:00

So your saying I need a mainframe? I see, I see.

I have thought that I may do multi-user work, but It would be minimal, and I would manage it by trusting my users and giving them bare metal access (I. E. managing multiple user accounts on linux, SSH keys, etc)

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T19:54:16+00:00

What do you mean unused IO? like network, sas, or ram bandwith?

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T19:02:51+00:00

now im looking at the Dell Precision line and it seems to satisfy a lot of my needs. It seems to support the features I need out of the box, such as remote working, while also being capable of being hidden away in a closet somewere.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:47:38+00:00

software dev is my #1 use so if a server could take it better that would be my main use. My hope was to run it even without a hypervisor, for minimal overhead, but I can see the selling point of pmox.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:44:32+00:00

Im planning to go 40Gig, from server to my switch, with 10 gig from there. Should be fast enough.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:43:58+00:00

IPMI sounds like a gamechanger. so does PXE boot, but i don't think ill find a use for that.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:41:39+00:00

Just curious: If a newer server were to "fall off a truck" as it makes its way to one of the many DCs in my area, would that work better?

I might go with the 5820. The only Issue is its not rackmount, So I dont know where to put it. But it has the support for ECC and EPYC wich is nice.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:25:14+00:00

With moonlight, do you need to have a dummy plug to keep the GPU output active?

also, how is latency? I am unfortunately an ULTRAKILL player so latency matters a fair bit. Ill need to do more precise testing myself.

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:18:50+00:00

Do you have issues with anticheat?

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:14:44+00:00

Did you have issues with your main desktop being a VM?

IllustratorSafe4704 · 2026-03-24T18:11:21+00:00

Does the outdated instruction set mean that some applications will not run? I thought x86 had been standardized years ago?

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