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Fishfaced Nincompoop
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| System Name | White DJ in Detroit |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
| Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
| Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
| Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
| Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
| Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
| Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
| Audio Device(s) | Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
| Mouse | Logitech G602 |
| Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro |
| Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
That makes no sense whatsoever. If you really feel that way, why the fudge do you even use a GUI at all? That is definitely a matter of taste. Here, this is for you.
Seriously, after spending some desktop time with it I think I prefer the Win10 GUI to Windows 7. Yes, it's different, and they should definitely improve some things. Like the Notification center. That is a good thing, but it can definitely use some work. And if you use the Start meny in any other way than just hitting winkey+typing you're doing it wrong. Even the Store is a good thing, at least the idea of it. It wouldn't have been a good idea or even concept ten years ago, but the smartphone revolution changed all that. The upcoming Anniversary update also brings goodies: Bash in Windows (natively), use Windows Hello (the log in thing, fingerprint scanners etc) in apps/webpages supporting it, mirroring Android notifications which is awesome. The catch with the last one is that it seemingly needs Cortana, which makes it less useful. Cortana doesn't know swedish, and I have a Swedish OS. I've no problem with english, but still.
Now, about Cortana. Yes, the concept is annoying if your view of a computer is a workstation from the 90's. Which is fine, part of me also want to go back to that glorious time. But that is, for good and bad, not the way things are moving. I tried voice control on the laptop, and I actually love the concept. If we can get to a point when I can just direct WhatsHerFace (it's always a she) to play a playlist on Spotify and dictate and send a mail to someone, with an attached file while doing something else entirely ... I love that idea. It's a while to get there. The downside is, as reiterated too many times, privacy. Which is why I think these assistants should be avaliable for purchase and be allowed to set up in an enclosed network. It'll never happen though, at least not with the big players. In time there might come along an open source assistant, when IoT-botnets has taken over 10% of the internet traffic and every program/application and site has support/APIs for assistants and bots. It all has to start somewhere though. If it at all happens. Maybe MS will crash and burn in five years and everyone will switch to monolithic systems and The Year of Linux Desktop will finally happen.
I have no idea what I just wrote.
