Entry-level PC market is hit the worst by RAM pricing, but there's a bigger crisis looming
… Now, the PC hardware market, uniquely, isn't a total stranger to the occasional flux in component pricing . …
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The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
… That’s one thing that hardly comes out in the debates online. By default, Raspberry Pi supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. To make other protocols work, you need to plug in additional hardware. …
Plex is tripling its Lifetime Pass from $250 to $750 on July 1, so grab one before the price jumps
… While you can still use the free tier of Plex without a subscription, Plex Pass unlocks features like hardware transcoding, downloads for offline viewing, the ability to skip intros and credits, some remote streaming features, and more. …
Buying Plex Pass Lifetime is still one of the best streaming decisions I’ve ever made
… That debate becomes even stronger when you look at the alternatives available today. …
Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has
… Sign in to your XDA account The Linux desktop debate has been ongoing for a couple of decades now. …
PlayStation's digital pricing got so bad that the $80 disc drive became my best purchase
… Practices like these only serve to erode trust, turning pricing into more of a guessing game. Thankfully, the $70 disc drive purchase I made last year has paid for itself by letting me avoid the online store's pricing shenanigans altogether. …
Denuvo is finally dead, and the industry's response could be far worse than piracy
… The idea of local, fully-owned gaming hardware is slowly being chipped away, and nobody likes it. …
Plex wants you to pay $750 for everything Jellyfin can do for free
… Even downloading your own movies, or using your own hardware for hardware-accelerated streaming are locked behind the Plex Pass. …
I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
… A board that used to feel like the budget option now carries enough pricing baggage that it has to earn its way onto the bench. What finally changed my habits was not some dramatic anti-Pi conversion. I still think Raspberry Pi hardware is good, and in some cases, it is very good. …
AMD is resurrecting a 4-year-old CPU, and it exposes some uncomfortable truths about the PC industry
… While this doesn't stop the onslaught of annual product refreshes and launches with AI-powered features and fancy marketing terms bombarding consumers, it's still encouraging to see that hardware people remember most fondly is the hardware that refuses to become irrelevant. …