Flip Flopping between macOS and Windows

[LiE_]

Quickest switch back yet?

It might be, unless you count where I buy something and immediately return it?

First few parts have arrived. Amazon are delivering the rest of the system later so I can build and run it off the iGPU until the GPU arrives on Monday.

Went with this recent Lian Li 1000w Platinum PSU instead of my usual Corsair 1000w. Reason being is this is higher rated, cheaper and smaller which will help air flow for the GPU.

 

[kamikazeeMC]

Hmm, nah I wouldn't count instant reterns. More once you get a new setup, feel like it's right, begin feeling like it's starting to settle in, then decide against it.

I still feel amazed at my sf1000 sfx psu. Having high power (yes overkill, but wasn't much more than the 850) in its form factor. Although I'm in a current RMA process for a noisy fan bearing.

 

[1BadManVan]

Yeah that’s what I have basically done. I have a desktop with an RTX 5070 for gaming, and my 13” MacBook Air 16/512 for everything else.

Yup, exactly what I have for my home set up. Rtx 4080 desktop for games and MacBook Air for the rest. My favourite combo

 

[maflynn]

Rtx 4080 desktop for games and MacBook Air for the rest

I own multiple computers but at the end of the day, I'm a one computer type person.

I've tried splitting my usage between work and play but at the end of the day, I typically just use what ever one was on, and given that I tend to play games in the morning that was the PC.

Fast forward to 2026, and I just use my Studio for when I'm in my home office, my PC is off, since the Studio handles the games I play.

 

[LiE_]

The 9800x3d / 5080 build, with Noctua G2 Chromax.

 

[1BadManVan]

I own multiple computers but at the end of the day, I'm a one computer type person.

I've tried splitting my usage between work and play but at the end of the day, I typically just use what ever one was on, and given that I tend to play games in the morning that was the PC.

Fast forward to 2026, and I just use my Studio for when I'm in my home office, my PC is off, since the Studio handles the games I play.

I generally use my air when im just hanging out on the couch in the living room. Obviously not something i can really do on my desktop pc lol. Plus when im travelling on vacation, the air comes with me for that. But yes the majority of my usage is on my gaming pc for me

 

[pshufd]

I just ordered a second backup hard drive. I have a primary backup, and some older secondary backup drives but the secondary drives are small so I can't backup everything on them. I usually buy a replacement HDD every four to five years but I'm doing it early this time and will have a longer term backup drive that's static and a Time Machine backup.

I watched a Gamer's Meld video and it appears that AI is starting to affect DDR3 and hard disk drives.

 

[pshufd]

I read that Lunar Lake laptops have already gone up due to RAM and SSD prices but it looks like there will be a 20% premium for Panther Lake over Lunar Lake. My question is: is it really that good? What seems to be the case is that GPU performance has improved quite a bit and CPU performance has improved but there weren't any desktop chips shown at CES. I'm guessing that AMD will still be leading on desktop.

I suspect the reason why desktop chips weren't shown in products is that their yields are low and there's less risk in making smaller laptop chips as a defect means less silicon wasted for smaller chips.

 

[diamond.g]

I read that Lunar Lake laptops have already gone up due to RAM and SSD prices but it looks like there will be a 20% premium for Panther Lake over Lunar Lake. My question is: is it really that good? What seems to be the case is that GPU performance has improved quite a bit and CPU performance has improved but there weren't any desktop chips shown at CES. I'm guessing that AMD will still be leading on desktop.

I suspect the reason why desktop chips weren't shown in products is that their yields are low and there's less risk in making smaller laptop chips as a defect means less silicon wasted for smaller chips.



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Since most sales are mobile Intel knows where it's bread gets buttered.

They also didn't announce the expected desktop GPU (B770) either.

 

[UliBaer]

I would be pretty cautious with brand new chips from intel lately. Especially regarding the burning of conductor tracks on the latest top chips and similar problems. I always fared well using one model below the top model. You also get more bang for the buck and chances are better to not get a "Monday car".

 

[Ursadorable]

I resolved the Mac/Windows issue by simply having both. The PC (AMD 5950X, nVidia RTX 4070 Ti Super, 64GB DDR4) only gets turned on when I want to play a game, at which point I fire up Moonlight on the Mac so I can remote connect to the PC (running Sunshine) and play the PC game by streaming it to my Mac.

This way I only need one keyboard, and one mouse. The Sunlight/Moonlight combination allows me to play at full 1440p at 120fps over ethernet. When I'm done playing, I turn off the power sucking PC. Gaming is literally the only reason I turn on the Windows computer, and I can't see that changing as Apple is wholly uninterested in gaming except on iOS.

Also, I hate using PC vs Mac, since they're both personal computers.