SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on the PC market.
  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Mac’s are just as bad as Windows, just in different ways.

    They’re absolutely not.

    Not to mention the entirely soldered RAM and SSD

    Hate to tell you this but this is the direction of the entire industry. Look at the new Ryzen “AI Max” chips. Integrating CPU/GPU/RAM on the same chip just leads to crazy increases in performance and efficiency. As usual Apple paves the path to erosion of consumer choice.

    Apple has been progressively neutering root on a path to make a laptop as much of a walled garden as iOS.

    I agree it’s a very bad thing in general but it can also be disabled with some simple terminal commands. MS goes out of their way to constantly break any solutions consumers might find to make their systems suck less.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      9·
      5 months ago

      Integrating CPU/GPU/RAM on the same chip just leads to crazy increases in performance and efficiency. As usual Apple paves the path to erosion of consumer choice.

      CUDIMM is the socket-able answer to this and it’s rolling out. What’s the excuse for soldering SSDs?

      but it can also be disabled with some simple terminal commands.

      For now, Apple’s not stupid, they know if they move too fast they’ll piss off too many people so they’re doing it slowly step by step.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        CUDIMM is the socket-able answer to this and it’s rolling out.

        Rolling out where? As far as I know it’s only ever been installed and sold in a single device. Can’t tell ya why but it is.

        What’s the excuse for soldering SSDs?

        I don’t have an answer for that one.

        For now

        If that ever changes I’ll change my argument. I don’t think Apple really cares about the small fraction of users that will bother to mess with it.

        • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          6·
          5 months ago

          Rolling out where? As far as I know it’s only ever been installed and sold in a single device. Can’t tell ya why but it is.

          We’re only about 4 months in ATM, it’s quite early

          Nonetheless, it’s technically sound so even if it does flop, it will have been for primarily greed reasons rather than because soldering was superior