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Question Help with dual Mac-PC setup

I am currently mounting a desktop computer combining the best of both worlds. I intend to include a Mac, a PC, and accessories that would let me switch from one to the other seamlessly. The devices would be as follows: M4 Mac Mini, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB storage Dell XPS...
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- Nov 15, 2024
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Wireless keyboard/mouse combo recommendation

I took a look at several keyboards and I am leaning towards the Logitech MX Keys, which seems to be generally regarded as the best one around. Any experiences with it? I also read in another forum that the Logitech MK470 provides a very similar experience to the MX Keys. It lacks some of the...
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- Post #4
- Dec 27, 2021
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Question Wireless keyboard/mouse combo recommendation

Thanks. I may try that. I have tried putting the receiver in different USB connections, either 3.0 and 3.1, and it did not work. Perhaps I give it a last try. As for chattering, I may try that as well. My mechanical keyboard is pretty new and already chattering, which is not a good sign. I...
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- Post #3
- Dec 22, 2021
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Choosing between two laptops

Thank you for the advice. I ended up going with the LG Gram 17, as I found it for sale. It is a great laptop, and I think I like its build better than the Dell XPS. By the way, I already have a desktop. This laptop will be my companion for traveling. I had other laptops with smaller screens...
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- Post #6
- Dec 19, 2021
- Forum: Laptops
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Question Wireless keyboard/mouse combo recommendation

I have a PC desktop and I would ideally have a decent keyboard/mouse wireless combo to use it. I was using a Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2 with green switches as my keyboard, together with a Razer mouse. This "combo" was good, but it had its issues. The mechanical keyboard is satisfying to type...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Choosing between two laptops

I am thinking of buying a new laptop and I am in doubt between two models. I live in Brazil, and prices here are astonishingly high. In addition, there is no wide availability like in the U.S. so I cannot simply choose model "X" instead of the two mentioned below. It is basically the two of...
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- Oct 9, 2021
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Laptops
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Question 1440p or 2160p monitor for integrated video card?

I currently use a 32-inch monitor with a 3840x2160 resolution with my desktop, equipped with a Core i7-9700, an RTX 2070 video card and 32 GB RAM. I also use a 27-inch monitor with a 2560x1440 resolution to go along with an HP ProDesk 400 G3 Mini, with a 2.7 GHz Core i5-7500T, an integrated...
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- Dec 29, 2020
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Displays
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Why 80s and 90s classic point-and-click adventures were not released for video game consoles?

One thing that I cannot help noticing is that, with a few exceptions, the classic Lucas Arts and Sierra point-and-click adventures (of late 80s and early 90s) were never released for the main video game platforms. NES had two versions of Maniac Mansion (both released in 1988). The original...
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- Apr 27, 2020
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Games like Thimbleweed Park

I have just finished playing Thimbleweed Park, the latest adventure by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. I decided to play this game more than three years after it was released, and I really enjoyed it, much more than most recent adventures. I would like recommendations of similar games. I decided...
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- Apr 22, 2020
- Replies: 4
- Forum: PC Games
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

Back to the main topic of this thread, I found this page (https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/Instructions_per_second) which brings a chronological list of processors and how they performed relative to each other. The measures are in MIPS and MFLOPS. MIPS (million instructions per second) is now...
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- Post #28
- Apr 17, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

Yes, I suppose the CD-i lacked games. Yes, you are right, Quake and Quake II were both available for the N64. I never played any of them, though.
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- Post #25
- Apr 16, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

Wow, you are probably the first person I know that actually had a CD-i. Was it any good? And there were those games as well. Myst was quite the thing back then, some 6 million copies sold. And then there was Rebel Assault, Return to Zork, Full Throttle, Quake, Diablo, and other games which...
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- Post #23
- Apr 16, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

Well, the Playstation launched in Japan on December 3, 1994, and the N64 on June 23, 1996. So, while they were about a year apart in the U.S., they were separated by one year and a half in the Japan. The Sega Saturn was released even earlier, on November 22, 1994, in Japan, and on July 8, 1995...
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- Post #21
- Apr 15, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

I agree with you that the add-ons to the Genesis were a mistake. The Sega CD was released in December 1991 in Japan (as the Mega CD), followed by an October 1992 launch in the U.S. The device was expensive, and users had to pay an additional $299 on top what whatever they had disbursed to buy a...
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- Post #19
- Apr 15, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming
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MC68000 @ 7.6 MHz compared to 65c816 @ 3.58MHz

The Sega SVP was clearly a superior chip to the Super FX (and also the Super FX 2). Virtua Racing for the Genesis was very nice, and more impressive than Stunt Race FX, which was released for the SNES the same year. The problem, however, is that the SVP, being so powerful, was very expensive...
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- Post #15
- Apr 14, 2020
- Forum: Console Gaming

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