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GhostfacexDOOM
Pro
What made you go with Falcon NW? I've always wanted one since I was a youngin. I missed my chance when they used to do automotive paint.
Koichos
All Star
Cousin had a Falcon Mach V way back when, so part of it is nostalgia; the other, reputation. I may or may not have them do a custom print, still second to none in that regard.What made you go with Falcon NW? I've always wanted one since I was a youngin. I missed my chance when they used to do automotive paint.
Am4 
Am5
I need to cobble up a PC for my bro with some extra parts I got laying around so I can get him off scamfarce now
and I could probably save a lot going with am4 but at the same time I don't wanna leave him on a dead platform 
Am5I need to cobble up a PC for my bro with some extra parts I got laying around so I can get him off scamfarce now
and I could probably save a lot going with am4 but at the same time I don't wanna leave him on a dead platform 
GambinoMakeItWork
Royalty
reputable Nvidia leaker
I might switch to Linux. I’m thinking either CachyOS or Fedora
Now that I have upgraded (most of) the office computers to Windows 11... I can safely say that there is nothing there of benefit to me. In fact, computers that were just about hanging on with W10 are now 
with W11, despite using all sort of tweaks -_-. The only thing that looked interesting was Windows Terminal which I've installed on my laptop running W10, though it has one noticeable, slightly annoying bug.
On my own laptop I have used the ESU script and will stay on W10 for as long as possible, I think. I have already moved a couple of other home computers over to W10 IoT LTSC and they are working very well.
But I am really intrigued by the idea of moving to Linux... but I am conflicted. All those tweaks I have made over the years (maybe I won't need to with Linux), all those collected utilities (some of which are cross-platform, but which will I need to replace?), and I will need to run Windows anyway for things like Office (I need proper OneNote), so is there really much benefit? And I wonder if I'd be able to run Ableton with VSTs (assuming they're generally written to run on Windows). But intrigued, for sure.
Also read through this which was
and suggests it may be more trouble than it's worth, in my case...
Maybe I could start with another VM and then make it bootable with Clonezilla at some point, or get a laptop that comes with Linux already (I liked this review, though it's a bit old now)
with W11, despite using all sort of tweaks -_-. The only thing that looked interesting was Windows Terminal which I've installed on my laptop running W10, though it has one noticeable, slightly annoying bug.On my own laptop I have used the ESU script and will stay on W10 for as long as possible, I think. I have already moved a couple of other home computers over to W10 IoT LTSC and they are working very well.
But I am really intrigued by the idea of moving to Linux... but I am conflicted. All those tweaks I have made over the years (maybe I won't need to with Linux), all those collected utilities (some of which are cross-platform, but which will I need to replace?), and I will need to run Windows anyway for things like Office (I need proper OneNote), so is there really much benefit? And I wonder if I'd be able to run Ableton with VSTs (assuming they're generally written to run on Windows). But intrigued, for sure.
Also read through this which was
and suggests it may be more trouble than it's worth, in my case... Maybe I could start with another VM and then make it bootable with Clonezilla at some point, or get a laptop that comes with Linux already (I liked this review, though it's a bit old now)
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Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD info
: No naming that tune and no album covers
www.theregister.com
I also found out today that this is dead, which was like the main reason why I still used WMP lol (plus one reason to still use Windows). Now I need to find a replacement that renames/sorts files in exactly the same way to match everything. Maybe Picard?
MajesticLion
Veteran
Think I'll give this Zorin distro a shot and learn a thing or five...
I tried Zorin OS 18 Core very briefly, it seemed quite user friendly, familiar even. It's one of my Ventoy isos now.Think I'll give this Zorin distro a shot and learn a thing or five...
ReggieFlare
Superstar
I got two sticks of 8GB ram about a month ago for $100…is that considered high these days?
ddr5? not bad by prices now if so.I got two sticks of 8GB ram about a month ago for $100…is that considered high these days?
this joint was the sweet spot on the nvidia side this gen too...
ASUS reportedly says RTX 5070 Ti is no longer being produced, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to follow - VideoCardz.com
NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti no more, according to ASUS Source: Hardware Unboxed Hardware Unboxed learned at CES 2026 that the RTX 5070 Ti has effectively reached
videocardz.com