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@otherdog Unfortunately ridiculous seems like the new norm.

I was really hoping with Intel entering the GPU Market that there would be more competition and pricing adjustments, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Having said that, if you can wait, not purchase right away, and if everyone does that, then the market will adjust down, because at some point they need to actually sell the hardware.

Apple: Kaikki Intel-pohjaiset Mac-tietokoneet ovat nyt virallisesti vanhentuneita

Vanhtentuneeksi (obsolete) luokittelu tarkoittaa sitä, että tuotteelle ei enää ole tarjolla virallisia huoltopalveluita eikä varaosien saatavuutta enää taata.

Viimeisenä Intel-Maccina vanhentuneeksi siirrettiin vuonna 2018 julkaistu Mac Mini.

dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/04/18/app

AfterDawn · Kaikki Intel-pohjaiset Macit ovat nyt vanhentuneitaBy Petteri Pyyny

Late last year, the #Dell laptop (Inspiron 15 5405) I bought, broke. I had gotten it very cheap second hand (£250) and it was the best CPU I've ever had (#AMD Ryzen 5 4500U) attached to the worst chassis man has ever made; I can only describe the computer as having been designed by people who never used it, or even saw one assembled. The metal hinge bracket smashed the display due to the flimsy plastic screen housing. The second M.2 slot is physically unusable(!) because the speaker molding is too close for even the smallest M.2 board (2230?)

I've been limited to a netbook for the last few months and it's been hard work. 1GHz + 4GB RAM is hell when you're trying to do anything creative and switching to Linux in the process.

I've just ordered a new laptop, this time a Thinkpad T14s Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U / 16GB RAM. I would have been overjoyed just to stick with another 4500U as all my previous laptops were #Intel and performance was just utterly miserable, especially with games and I say that as someone who only plays games older than 2010!

The moral of this story is never buy a Dell, no matter how good the price!

After fighting with my Intel AX210 wireless card for a few days, I finally found the culprit. It was the card's `power_state` going into `D3cold` and then failing to reinitialize again. Here's a short post about the problem and the solution:

edu4rdshl.dev/posts/fixing-int

An image of an Intel AX210 WiFi card chip. Taken from the internet.
Eduard’s Blog · Fixing Intel AX200/AX210 random driver crashes on LinuxThe Intel AX200 and AX210 WiFi cards are AWESOME cards for Linux, but they can be annoying when they crash randomly. Let’s fix that!

💸 Intel Sells Altera Business | Phoronix

「 A decade after Intel acquired FPGA maker Altera for $16.7 billion and recently working to make Altera an independent company, Intel announced today it has sold 51% of its Altera business in a deal that values that business at $8.75 billion.

Intel announced today that Silver Lake will acquire 51% of the Altera business 」

phoronix.com/news/Intel-Sells-

www.phoronix.comIntel Sells 51% Of Its Altera Business

Letzter Mac mini mit Intel-Chip für Apple jetzt "Vintage"

Die letzte Mac-mini-Generation mit Intel-Prozessor hat Apples Vorstufe zum Obsolet-Status erreicht. Im Reparaturfall kann es dadurch knifflig werden.

heise.de/news/Letzter-Mac-mini

heise online · Letzter Mac mini mit Intel-Chip für Apple jetzt "Vintage"By Leo Becker
#Apple#Intel#IT