Element.io ~

My views were based on post-pandemic after Asus started becoming unreliable for my original recommendation of Asus ROG G14 where Lenovo to Razer are pretty much hated as well by users. If this is the case, then I can only think of MacBooks with VMWare or Virtual Box if not Asahi Linux.

It seems like every other PC Laptop has a problem whether it’s a Lenovo or Asus for example, my feedback on MSI has been good so far mostly based post-pandemic but things indeed can change if that’s your case. Do you have any preference of your own?

XPS used to be the premium gaming brand Dell released to compete with the likes of Alienware, only for them to buy Alienware and relegate XPS to high end enterprise category. Gaming only means a Nvidia GPU or proper performance but don’t fall for AI PC to Ultrabook kind of categorisations with Windows side of things - Whether you’re into LLM, Content Generation, Data Processing, Blender, Editing, Gaming or even Mining… all will be achieved as long as the CPU-GPU is capable. Razer is one example that copies MacBook Pro aesthetics while having RGBs to cater to both professionals and gamers with one product line but aren’t necessarily with good or respectable after sales service.

I would’ve suggested Asus ROG as well like the G14 for price-to-performance ratio but they’ve been recently falling from grace as well mostly realised by users after the purchase is complete. Not many options are there really globally.

MSI seems rock solid.

Asus ROG series to MSI seems interesting this CES, personally don’t see much problem with compatibility through Pop!_OS

Prepared to be heartbroken ~

I mean… Dell Pro Max ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Nvidia would likely prefer to sell a whole package as Apple.

Would recommend to not recommend Dell to future buyers, it’s not Apple vs Samsung like in the smartphone options of US.

Sounds eerily similar to Intel although they’re trying good with the GPU side of things.

Not sure which is the dumbest, Jaguar letting go of its signature mark or HBO renaming themselves to just Max but would be funny if Apple abandoned the Max naming for Ultra.

2025 = iPhone 17 Air Plus Pro Max Ultra

HBO → MAX 🤦🏻‍♂️

Stupid higher up decisions, remember HBO?

Not saying it’s any better but haven’t you heard of iPhones?

The internal culture was pretty much Steve Jobs dependent where he balanced everything to ward off the extremes (like Jony Ive’s design obsession over all reality) which just got succeed by a soporific guy who’s all in supply chain and bargaining to extend that role. Pretty much if Nvidia loses Jensen~

When I was reading the article, my mind was high on memes~

AMD has the worst naming schemes in the industry, I miss the simple old i3, i5, i7… for each generation.

I mean… Dell Pro Max?

What would you’ve understood if it was Apple Pro Max; a laptop, a desktop, an iPhone or software if not a subscription package?