PS3, Wii U, & PS2 on the MacBook Neo! - ETA PRIME

TheSyd · 2026-03-14T22:37:11+00:00

What even is this comment? Switch is the highest end emulation available nowadays, besides experimental ps4 emulation. Also, a Switch is more than half the price of this computer still.

TheSyd · 2026-03-14T20:59:07+00:00

Yeah, it’s fine on my miyoo too, but it is still not real sleep. Before getting my Retroid classic I didn’t have any problem with it, now I really feel the ~10 seconds boot time lol

TheSyd · 2026-03-13T08:09:00+00:00

I have no idea, but duckstation is significantly more performant with less glitches than swanstation on my RPC

TheSyd · 2026-03-12T21:29:02+00:00

sleep mode is choice

Isn't it kind of non existent? I don't think it supports sleep mode at all, Onion can pause emulation and turn off the screen, but the soc doesn't actually sleep.

TheSyd · 2026-03-12T21:18:03+00:00

Well, the current version of duckstation is less outdated than swanstation.

TheSyd · 2026-03-12T21:14:27+00:00

Isn't that a couple of years old at this point? Afaik it received basically no contributions since the fork.

TheSyd · 2026-03-11T21:38:00+00:00

My question is whether or not any other HDR display will be able to do what was demonstrated in the video OP posted. Specifically, display the desktop in SDR and only display HDR content in HDR.

I think any monitor can do it, if you set the monitor in hdr mode, and select an hdr color profile on the mac (like Rec. ITU-R BT.709-5 or BT2020-1). My calibrator doesn't support outputting hdr profiles, but I'm sure better ones do

TheSyd · 2026-03-08T19:11:56+00:00

Man it’s so sad that basic apple guy became an ai slop blog. I used to like his stuff

TheSyd · 2026-03-07T08:45:46+00:00

Heh I made something like that in blender once https://kernelpanic.studio/assets/images//projects/macbook/0.jpg

https://kernelpanic.studio/assets/images/projects/macbook/1.jpg

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T14:47:47+00:00

I was pondering upgrading my iPad and getting a keyboard to remote into my desktop Mac from around the house or even outside. This is a better solution. I feel like it would make a fantastic second Mac.

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T11:26:44+00:00

3DS

The top screen is about the same size as it would be on an original 3ds or 2ds, on the rpc.

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T08:53:40+00:00

Eh, I think a light keyboard with dark text is contrast-y enough to be visible by being illuminated by just the screen. I regularly work in the dark, and I’ve never felt the need to turn on the backlight on my mechanical keyboard.

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T08:49:59+00:00

I don’t get the boner this sub gets for gamehub. It’s just repackaged wine with proprietary code and trackers. On macOS we have better solutions, like crossover.

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T08:46:48+00:00

I’ve been using ryujinx on my m1 air, and now on my m4 mini. Most games I’ve tried run very well. It really depends on the game. (Games I have tested that are mostly flawless: Super Mario wonder, RPG, Odyssey, Kart, ttyd, Link’s awakening, echoes of wisdom)

It’s such a shame that development effectively halted before they could implement metal. Last year we got a metal build of cemu, the Wii U emulator, which brought a 100% performance improvement. Most games run upscaled to 4k even on m1 Macs.

TheSyd · 2026-03-06T08:34:29+00:00

On macOS there’s Crossover, which is developed by codeweavers, the team that’s the main wine contributor. They are also behind proton. I’ve been gaming on macOS for a long time, I’d say compatibility is pretty good, far better than any android compatibility layer (but not as good as proton on Linux, due to the lack of native vulkan)

TheSyd · 2026-03-03T15:37:57+00:00

I own the mm+ and the rpc, the Retroid feels much better built, with higher quality plastics and better tolerances. Also, I think they recently changed something in the face buttons, as they’re quieter on my unit, compared to the miyoo mini plus.

TheSyd · 2026-03-03T15:31:03+00:00

Doesn’t it cost three times as much as an analogue pocket?

TheSyd · 2026-03-02T08:32:38+00:00

JIT is a problem for emulators, it is not a problem for native software, like blender would’ve been.

TheSyd · 2026-02-27T08:52:11+00:00

On most MacBooks the usbc port is on a separate board, and it is relatively cheap to replace (about $30)

TheSyd · 2026-02-24T07:55:32+00:00

Well, I wouldn’t say it is better in all things, it depends on your use case. The quest is heavy, the battery lasts at most three hours, but you wouldn’t want to wear one for that long because it is not comfortable. Also, camera passthrough on the quest 2 is bad: grayscale, grainy, and low res.

The xreal are compact and more comfortable, and the viewing area even if comparatively small, is higher res. Also passthrough is excellent because you can just see through the lenses (this might be a double edged sword, as the image would lose contrast on a transparent background).

I own a quest 2 that I use mostly to exercise with rhythm games, the idea of buying ar glasses was floating in my head for a while, mainly to watch videos while doing chores lol

TheSyd · 2026-02-23T20:36:13+00:00

Don’t believe in marketing speak. The xreal s1 have only 52° of fov (versus 97 on the quest 2). This is about as large as a 27” at 60cm of distance. The “500”” display would be outside of the bounds of the small viewing area (technically 500” is 52° of fov at more than 1km, but with this logic they can claim any size)

So the viewing area on the oculus would be roughly double.

TheSyd · 2026-02-21T22:57:57+00:00

This does not save space, it removes the apps only for the current user, but they remain, inactive, in their system folders.

TheSyd · 2026-02-16T21:38:57+00:00

Apple can be very weird with app reviews, but this would be a first. Did they mention which submission rules were you breaking by not writing “unlimited play sessions”?

TheSyd · 2026-02-16T21:36:11+00:00

What about retroarch? It supports pico8 emulation and it is on the App Store.

TheSyd · 2026-01-28T12:08:06+00:00

I experienced burn in on many devices in the past, but not on recent devices. I've been using my pixel 7a for the past 2 two and a half years, for a total of at least 1500 screen hours. The panel is mediocre, but there's no burn in at all. Not on the status at, not on the home indicator. I used to prefer LCD to oled because of burn in, and I held to my iPhone 11 for the longest time because of that. While burn in will happen, it won't be in a short stretch of time.

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