RAM speed is going to be negligibly different in daily use, and on-die RAM will compensate for that slightly slower clock on the ARM computer. Intel’s hyperthreading is much less a performance advantage than it used to be. Intel chips suck anymore though, full stop, and generate heat like mofos. I wouldn’t be surprised if this computer uses that generation of Intel chips that randomly dies, gen13 I think?

Worse, that Beelink will be using Intel embedded graphics which is basically the worst on the planet - I’d take Qualcomm Adreno before Intel embedded.

It’s also listed on Amazon as frequently returned. Not worth $869. Could get an Asus (née Intel) NUC that would serve much better, I think there are at least some AMD variants now.

The Beelink might make a dandy headless server if one got lucky though, if GPU isn’t needed for AI/ML or other GPU-based acceleration/calculations.

Beelink also wins points for having actual hard drive and RAM slots as well. Still probably not worth the money versus anything else.

Really can’t wait for some computer companies that aren’t Apple to start pumping out ARM mini PCs and laptops with decent chips.

FWIW, and not trying to be an apologist as I find their pricing insane, they at least seem to be using good SSDs. I’ve found over the last 10 years that SSD life can vary wildly. Just some light-access databases destroyed some consumer-grade SSDs and hybrid drives’ SSD portions. A couple in less than a year.

Have a dev mac that I absolutely constantly murder the SSD on daily over the last 3 or so years. I’m talking gigabytes of data written daily 5 days a week. Available spare sectors is still 100%, and percentage “used” (which granted, is a vendor-specific life metric) is 5%.

That being said, I’ll still be hating on them for soldering the SSD to the motherboard. That is the real crime.

Intel was technologically cooked when the first AMD Athlon came out, architecturally, and business-wise. They should have kicked true r&d into high-gear and didn’t, really. The Core processors were something, but more of a nudge than something to stay relevant in the 21st century. If Apple can finally crack modems, Qualcomm will be next, although their mil/gov stuff may keep them in business as purely a contractor. Cisco is pretty close too, but they’re too skilled at acquisitions as a method to keep staying relevant.

Don’t feel like you have to race. It took about a year to shift e-mail addresses last time I did it. Keep the old one as a harvesting point until you move over what you want. Then just leave the old one around to use up space on Google’s servers if you really want to softly be a dick. (They eventually close them after some period of inactivity.)

Basic steps for a slightly more thorough method that also preserves old e-mail:

• Do a GDPR/Google data dump of your gmail to mbox file(s).
• Install Mozilla Thunderbird on a computer and use ImportExportTools NG to import the mbox file(s) into Thunderbird so you can access all your old e-mail.
• Delete all e-mail from Gmail.
• Turn off all mail rules on Gmail so everything just comes to the inbox.
• You can forward to your new address if you want to, or, just let email collect in the old account and switch addresses from time to time as you use various services.
• After a time, delete the account if you so choose, or leave it dormant until Google deletes it.

No, they’re just virtue-signaling goodness while being so closed that they can never really be trusted. Their maps will silently fall in line during the next big unrelated news cycle. Their “Find My” location spy network that tracks everything in America will then be put to task, among other evils one will never know about due to the OS and chips all being so closed to external observation.

Just think of it this way. Less digital neurons in smaller models means a smaller “brain”. It will be less accurate, more vague, and make more mistakes.

Almost like yet again the tech industry is run by lemming CEOs chasing the latest moss to eat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Games_lawsuit

One of many terrible things you can read on that terrible sub-human.

The Dollop is an American history podcast. Each week…

Both that and Behind the Bastards are podcasts on history stuff. Dollop trends more towards comedy while reading about terrible things to lighten the mood. Dave reads to Gareth (most of the time) who hasn’t heard the thing before, and plays off his reactions.

I know this isn’t the topic here, but I really wish these researchers would unroll what all Apple harvests from Apple devices. It’s quite a lot as well. Could help pop that “we’re so private” myth.

“My new email address is persen@icloud.com”

Done.

No explanation necessary. Just give people the new address.

(Just used icloud as a bad joke there.)