It was in excellent condition other than that, so I don’t think age matters. Do you think it’s reasonable to buy a whole new car because the tires are worn out?
Apple just works until it doesn’t. I have used Apple products for many years but a a perfectly fine 2013 15” MBP dying on me because of bad RAM has made me reconsider. That’s something that should be a cheap and quick replacement
In a real surround sound setup you can turn your head and look at the speakers when they make an unexpected noise. It would be cool if these headphones did that too
> on the downside, they doubled its price so for the non-Hollywood customer, there still isn't a desktop machine. Even 3k is much for a deskop machine
I think there were more benefits to an ordinary user to getting a tower in the past then there are now.
In the past even a hobby or prosumer photographer would see a big benefit from getting a Mac Pro. Nowadays an iMac or Macbook Pro with very normal specs can edit large RAW files without breaking a sweat.
The extra HDD bays on a Mac Pro were great because you didn't have to mess around with USB2 (cheap but slow) or FW (fast but expensive). Now you have USB3 (cheap and fast) or TB (very fast but expensive).
I guess that leaves upgradeable graphics cards, at this point it is easier to just get a PC or try a hackintosh build if you want a beast GPU for the latest games.
> There was even a time in the past, when a Mac Pro would start below 2k and consequently was very popular.
2006:
Mac Pro base model:
$2,199 ($2,800 in 2019 dollars)
> Kids in Japan lead carefree "be home by dark" lives up until late middle school and high school, when they start studying 4+hrs/day and sleeping <5hrs/night to prep for standardized tests. I don't think Japan is a horrific dystopia for teens but it's hardly the "let kids be kids" culture that America of yesteryear (apparently) was.
I think that time of Japanese kids' life is actually when they are the most free, they can goof off and do pretty much whatever they want as long inside and outside of school and no one will bother them (parents and teachers likewise), as long as their test scores are OK, that's one of the reasons that 15 is considered the start of the "best years of your life" (seishun).
I would say it's higher FPS due to the better GPU. It's hard to notice when you are using it, but if you use an older computer then one with a better GPU you'll notice the difference immediately
Why reviews are horrible, even (especially?) on Youtube:
SO HYPED ABOUT THIS PRODUCT. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S RELEASED (5 stars)
(brand) hits it out of the park again! Thanks for the review model, paid trip to Hawaii, and sweet t-shirt, (brand). This makes all (other brands) obsolete! Hail Sony! (5 stars)
This new model makes the old one look like trash. A new era has arrived (5 stars)
(One year earlier on the previous model): This new model makes the old one look like trash. A new era has arrived (5 stars)
Used it for 5 minutes, I love it (5 stars)
I've never used it but (YT celebrity) said it's good (5 stars)
(paid spam review) (5 stars)
(review of another product) (5 stars)
Good and knowledgeable review that has an honest view of the strengths and weaknesses of the product. Might have a mix of broken English, bad production values, or be by a kid with a squeaky voice or someone who looks ugly: 3 stars
WAS HYPED ABOUT THIS BUT SICK OF WAITING (1 star)
Great five-star product but (random seller) sucks / was slow to ship it / wouldn't take my return! (1 star)
It broke when I dropped it out of an airplane (1 star)
How do I turn it on? (1 star)
(complaint about related but different model of same product) (1 star)
> We need foreign low skilled workers and they want to work, but we need to regulate that workforce so they don't undercut our native low-skills workforce by being unregulated and overwhelming the workforce with cheap unregulated labor.
That ship sailed some time ago to China or anywhere there is a sweatshop.
This is actually what you are meant to do when you go to “purgatory” in MGS3. After walking up a river and meeting the souls of every single person you’ve killed that game, there is a boss who is already dead (so it is impossible to kill him).
The only way to win is to die and get a game over screen. THEN use a revival pill!