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Now that W10 is out, are you a W7 / W8 refusenik?
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| System Name | Pioneer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen 9 9950X |
| Motherboard | MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk Wifi |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon, Phanteks and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
| Memory | 64GB (2x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6200(Running 1T no GDM) |
| Video Card(s) | PNY RTX 5080 OC |
| Storage | Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, 1x 2TB Seagate Exos 3.5" |
| Display(s) | 55" Hisense 55U8N 4K FALD Display |
| Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
| Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W 80Plus Titanium PSU |
| Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
| Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
| Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise (yes it's legit) |
You can pry Windows 7 Pro from my cold dead hands.
To be fair, seeing Windows 7 in a crypt with a bunch of dead guys is about how I view it technologically. XP has good company.
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| System Name | Apollo |
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| Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
| Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
| Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
| Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
| Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 2TB external SSD, 4TB external HDD for backup. |
| Display(s) | 32" Dell UHD, 27" LG UHD, 28" LG 5k |
| Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
| Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, AirPods Max |
| Power Supply | Display or Thunderbolt 4 Hub |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 |
| Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
| Software | MacOS 15.5 |
Yeah, so I was thinking about giving Windows 10 a shot again until my wife handed me her less than a month old laptop where a Windows update completely borked the audio driver. Uh, yeah... !@#$ you Microsoft. I guess Ubuntu stays...
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