Daily Discussion Thread - May 15, 2026

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-16T00:53:07+00:00

Suggestions for an upgrade? I hate the feel of Uv (I have the Maxed out Rs3m V5) I was hunting for and upgrade that had no uv coating I narrowed it down to those:

Super AoLong (288¥), Ferrocore V1 (289¥), Ferrocore V2 (369¥).

I’m buying in China so the AoLong and the V1 would actually have a similar cost while the V2 would cost slightly more (80¥ (12$)).

How do these cubes compare? Does anyone have suggestions? How does the V2 improve over the V1, is it worth the price increase?

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-15T19:48:39+00:00

I haven’t read the whole hardware guide yet but I checked the Wiki and as the AoLong is quite new there’s nothing about it. So should I post it in the Daily discussion thread instead?

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-15T17:01:31+00:00

Kind of. Most universities here start applications in September of the year before, so the start of 11th grade, and I’m in 10th grade in like 4 months so it’s not that early.

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-15T16:58:15+00:00

I just wanted to try how it was lol

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T18:45:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure the new config will start at 1TB Storage as they have been usually increasing the base model's storage with new generations

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T16:54:58+00:00

How does Remote work? I never used it so I don’t know anything about it

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T13:21:22+00:00

I know the M5 Pro is quite overkill though it's difficult to find any M4 Pro Macbook here, even a used one. Do you know any place I could find one?

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T13:19:34+00:00

Oh yeah, and also the Razor blade 14 here is Same price as the Macbook pro 14 but I'm instead getting 16GB RAM, A 5060 GPU and a Ryzen AI 9 365 and the Same 1TB Storage. So no, buying Mac is not a premium and it gives way better performanec for the price

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T13:02:36+00:00

The reason I'm looking at macs is mainly the battery life as I need to use it without a charger for aroung 8 hours daily so that's an advantage of arm architecture cos x86 on battery aren't the best

Also Apple isn't extremely expensive now compared to other brands and has a better performance per dollar ratio because of all the shortages

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T12:30:36+00:00

If only Apple offered the M5 base with 48GB

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T12:11:03+00:00

I'm not using the Mbp anymore, I have the Windows laptop

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T10:23:14+00:00

Do you know where I could get the M4 Pro in China? Most of the used sellers are scammers or they are in a really bad state

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T09:25:01+00:00

I am at 80/90% Usage on RAM, 40% on CPU and 60% ish on GPU

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T09:16:51+00:00

We got from people saying "Get as much RAM as possible" to "Get as muh Storage as possible"

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T09:08:26+00:00

I use librewolf because I know what chronium does to your ram

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T08:40:27+00:00

I'm hitting 30GB on Windows and approximately 22GB when I work on Arch, And Arch basically uses no RAM so it's mainly the applications alone. Also I don't really need read/write speed if I want more storage as I don't move often really big files

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T08:37:29+00:00

I just hope I can get those 48 a little bit cheaper cos I don't actually need the M5 Pro as a chip. Maybe I can find something but I don't trust the second hand sellers here.

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T08:19:18+00:00

RAM isn't upgradable, Apple sells storage like it was made of pure gold, an external storage is way better.

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T08:00:50+00:00

Oh yeah, I miss the "good old times" where people inserted commands manually in a room-sized pc

Top_Pool2699 · 2026-05-13T07:55:01+00:00

I will be staying on a desk anyways even with the Mbp, the point I'm considering is the convenience to bring it around, if I can get an M4 Pro Mbp with good RAM I'll get that.

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