Don't use the TV remote. Don't use the TV features. Don't use the TVs volume. Use it just like a computer monitor and use the roku for on/off, volume, picking your streaming service, pause, etc. You get much better performance, better client, more channels/streaming services, etc. Then the TV can't fingerprint what you are watching, can't spy/track you, and of course can't show you ads.
Trust me, buy whatever TV looks best, but do NOT put it on the network. Buy something like a ROKU, then you are in control of channels, ads, etc. The roku client is better than the smart tv client for many services like HBO and network. On top of that you can replace your roku without replacing the entire TV. It also lets you view local content with Plex or similar software.
Agreed, which if you think about it justifies more expensive desktops on a longer replacement cycle. Go ahead and spend the extra few hundred on ram, cpu, motherboard and case. The plan on keeping it for 7-10 years. The next doubling is going to take even longer than the last one.
Moores "law" was doubling of transistors, not performance. But it's not a law and has already failed in both senses of the word. Intel just delayed their 10nm CPU again. AMD announced their next generation shrink will be 12nm, given that the current CPUs are 14nm that's going to be a rather slow increase. Generation to generation improvements are on the order of 10-33% on most metrics and take quite a bit longer than 18 months to come out.
Chromebooks have been improving at a decent rate. Both Dell and HP are trying to move them upmarket for higher end and business users. They are getting better CPUs, better specifications, better build quality, and pretty recently android apps. It's an interesting model. Linux kernel, thin OS, and a sandbox for android apps. So while the market share of chrome OS isn't huge, the marketshare of android is. So suddenly you can get neflix, hulu, pandora, several browsers, games, apps, ssh clients, mail clients, etc. Seems like a decent step up security wise from linux where each app you use can read 100% of your files.
Seems like if you continue on this trajectory you might well have a macbook pro replacement in a generation or two. It might well not be an x86 (the qualcom 835 is looking pretty promising), but not sure anyone will care.
I've not seen a chromebook with 32GB ram, yet. HP already sells a chromebook with 16GB ram.
Dell XPS 13. Generally nice build quality. Sadly the "nice" 3200x1800 screen is rather reflective and very power hungry (about half the battery life). If you go with the 1080P option you have limited CPU/GPU/ram options. Also note the kaby lake version (2016) does NOT have the IRIS. So if you want faster graphics get the 2015 version with the IRIS graphics. Also the "nostril" cam is a common complaint.
Lenovo Ideapad 710S (13") is also quite nice. Aluminum unibody, chicklet keyboard, looks kinda apple like. They have an ugly hack for some weird RAID driver (despite there being a single storage device). They disable ACPI which breaks microsoft and linux install media. So you have to use their install media (unless hacking install media is your thing), so you can't do a fresh install to get rid of whatever rootkit/malware/crapware that lenovo includes. They did (finally) release a bios to reenable ACPI, but seem to REALLY not want windows folks to use it, it's explicitly unsupported for windows. Makes you wonder why lenovo REALLY doesn't want users reinstalling the OS. The good news is it does have the IRIS graphics (like the macbook pro 13" and the 2015 dell XPS), but can get gotten with a top spec (i7 and 16GB ram) and still get a nice matte 1080P screen. I'm all for more pixels, but don't really think that 3200x1800 is worth it on a 13" screen screen, especially if it significantly impacts battery life.
Now that you can run an android app in a window and that android phones are now coming with nice CPU, GPU, and 4GB ram. Where are the killer chromebooks?
8-16GB ram, 13-14" 1080P screen, and a decent GPU if you want to play the occasional android game. Maybe the Iris 540.
Check out this Patent
Basically it's 450kB per duplex page (assuming a generous
0.5" margin). So a TB costs 2330 pages, not bad for 5 reams
of paper costing what a few $ each.
Looks like a great chip. Unique cache setup (l1 has different data then whats in l2). Anyways anyone know if it will work with SMP and amd/via's new smp chipset/motherboard? If so goodbye bp6+celeron hello duran smp...
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Don't use the TV remote. Don't use the TV features. Don't use the TVs volume. Use it just like a computer monitor and use the roku for on/off, volume, picking your streaming service, pause, etc. You get much better performance, better client, more channels/streaming services, etc. Then the TV can't fingerprint what you are watching, can't spy/track you, and of course can't show you ads.
Trust me, buy whatever TV looks best, but do NOT put it on the network. Buy something like a ROKU, then you are in control of channels, ads, etc. The roku client is better than the smart tv client for many services like HBO and network. On top of that you can replace your roku without replacing the entire TV. It also lets you view local content with Plex or similar software.
Agreed. Redhat tries to compete with Fedora, but it's too bleeding edge. Few want to upgrade every 6 months.
Agreed, which if you think about it justifies more expensive desktops on a longer replacement cycle. Go ahead and spend the extra few hundred on ram, cpu, motherboard and case. The plan on keeping it for 7-10 years. The next doubling is going to take even longer than the last one.
Moores "law" was doubling of transistors, not performance. But it's not a law and has already failed in both senses of the word. Intel just delayed their 10nm CPU again. AMD announced their next generation shrink will be 12nm, given that the current CPUs are 14nm that's going to be a rather slow increase. Generation to generation improvements are on the order of 10-33% on most metrics and take quite a bit longer than 18 months to come out.
Chromebooks have been improving at a decent rate. Both Dell and HP are trying to move them upmarket for higher end and business users. They are getting better CPUs, better specifications, better build quality, and pretty recently android apps. It's an interesting model. Linux kernel, thin OS, and a sandbox for android apps. So while the market share of chrome OS isn't huge, the marketshare of android is. So suddenly you can get neflix, hulu, pandora, several browsers, games, apps, ssh clients, mail clients, etc. Seems like a decent step up security wise from linux where each app you use can read 100% of your files.
Seems like if you continue on this trajectory you might well have a macbook pro replacement in a generation or two. It might well not be an x86 (the qualcom 835 is looking pretty promising), but not sure anyone will care.
I've not seen a chromebook with 32GB ram, yet. HP already sells a chromebook with 16GB ram.
Sure, at least Lenovo is supplying a BIOS that fixes the missing ACPI issue.
Dell XPS 13. Generally nice build quality. Sadly the "nice" 3200x1800 screen is rather reflective and very power hungry (about half the battery life). If you go with the 1080P option you have limited CPU/GPU/ram options. Also note the kaby lake version (2016) does NOT have the IRIS. So if you want faster graphics get the 2015 version with the IRIS graphics. Also the "nostril" cam is a common complaint.
Lenovo Ideapad 710S (13") is also quite nice. Aluminum unibody, chicklet keyboard, looks kinda apple like. They have an ugly hack for some weird RAID driver (despite there being a single storage device). They disable ACPI which breaks microsoft and linux install media. So you have to use their install media (unless hacking install media is your thing), so you can't do a fresh install to get rid of whatever rootkit/malware/crapware that lenovo includes. They did (finally) release a bios to reenable ACPI, but seem to REALLY not want windows folks to use it, it's explicitly unsupported for windows. Makes you wonder why lenovo REALLY doesn't want users reinstalling the OS. The good news is it does have the IRIS graphics (like the macbook pro 13" and the 2015 dell XPS), but can get gotten with a top spec (i7 and 16GB ram) and still get a nice matte 1080P screen. I'm all for more pixels, but don't really think that 3200x1800 is worth it on a 13" screen screen, especially if it significantly impacts battery life.
Note they carefully slide from android into pixel vs iphone discussions.
Now that you can run an android app in a window and that android phones are now coming with nice CPU, GPU, and 4GB ram. Where are the killer chromebooks?
8-16GB ram, 13-14" 1080P screen, and a decent GPU if you want to play the occasional android game. Maybe the Iris 540.
Higher yield, dead pixels are less noticeable.
Are taxes on the stupid a bad thing?
Check out http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~emin/source_code/dib s/
Local public key encryption, contracts, ECC coding, etc.
3.4 GHz EM64T, gcc-3.4.2:
2952628 RC4_set_key's in 5.00 seconds
Doing RC4 on 1024 byte blocks for 5 seconds
784464 RC4's of 1024 byte blocks in 4.99 second
RC4 set_key per sec = 590525.60 ( 1.693uS)
RC4 bytes per sec = 160980187.58 ( 0.050uS)
(153.52 MB/sec)
2.0 GHz Opteron, gcc-3.4.2:
3388004 RC4_set_key's in 4.99 seconds
Doing RC4 on 1024 byte blocks for 5 seconds
1810795 RC4's of 1024 byte blocks in 5.00 second
RC4 set_key per sec = 678958.72 ( 1.473uS)
RC4 bytes per sec = 370850816.00 ( 0.022uS)
(353 MB/sec)
ER, the 12 CPU opteron is actually 6 dual opterons, and does NOT provide single system image. Shared memory is only available between each pair.
Check out this Patent
Basically it's 450kB per duplex page (assuming a generous 0.5" margin). So a TB costs 2330 pages, not bad for 5 reams of paper costing what a few $ each.
The 15.4" is 1280x1024, the 15.0 inch is 1400x1050. There is no 1500x1040.
The 15.4 inch displays are 1280x1024, only the 15" displays are 1400x1050. Very recently the 1400x1050 became available in 14" as well.
XFree86 4.0.1 handles it fine. Just ask google for A20P and linux and you should be able to find an xf86config file for it.
The A20p I used had zero dead pixels.
Actually color accuracy leaves something to
be desired on the 1400x1050 lcd.
He created the Internet right? He's obviously
aiding and abetting piracy!!
Wasn't the yopi (linux based strongarm pda) due
out in June?
Looks like a great chip. Unique cache setup (l1 has different data then whats in l2). Anyways anyone know if it will work with SMP and amd/via's
new smp chipset/motherboard? If so goodbye
bp6+celeron hello duran smp...
Anyone know if these chips will SMP on an ABIT
BP-7 (s370) or similiar. I'd love to run a cheap
dual 500 with a >=100 Mhz FSB without overclocking.