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  • The problem then becomes software support. Especially since Apple aggressively deprecates older versions.

  • Their best chance at making something happen is right now. Closing the strait (and associated gas prices) is killing Republicans. After midterms they lose that power because whatever happens already happened.

  • Duuuude running an AM4 DDR4 system IS the most value for your money right now.

    That's why I'm not upgrading.

    They just announced the retirement of AM5 in three years. Its most efficient to buckle in with the best parts of the last couple year till we wait for the next series of hardware

    I'm hoping to get a lot more than a couple of years out of my parts. I would much rather wait another 3 years and get something actually upgradeable...

    If you want to be efficient with your dollar you will always be picking up the parts that came out last year.

    AM5 came out 4 years ago!

  • a 5800X3D will last longer than a 7600X. Or a 9600

    You're comparing it to currently available options and I am comparing it to future options.

  • They have to beat OpenAI and SpaceXitter because they're afraid the investors will jump on the first AI bandwagon that comes around and have less or no money for them.

  • Time isn't going to make it any worse

    It will become outdated. This is just the natural progression of technology that's been happening for the last 40 years. I don't see it suddenly ending.

  • I don't see any benefit.

  • They're pretty much the same thing except zima can be installed as an image where casa has to be manually layered on top of Debian using a curl command.

  • This can do either.

  • My buddy has an older 16GB card and I installed LM studio for fun. Its not quite as fast as some of the web-based ones, but perfectly usable.

  • Interesting, I had no idea.

  • You mean like algae?

  • You mentioned that you regret buying into a dead platform, AM4. AM6 does not yet exist, so your only other option when building/buying a new PC was AM5

    You should scroll up and read again. My original comment was about when AM6 would be available.

    Did you mean that you wish you had stuck with whatever you had before you built your AM4 system and waited until AM6?

    No, I meant that I wish I had just bought into AM5 originally when it debuted, as is my current intention for AM6.

  • I'm not sure I understand, you said before you were prioritizing value and longevity. AM4 is the value king, and will last for many years into the future

    AM4 is not longevity. Its last-gen technology. AM5 debuted 4 years ago. What "last" means to you obviously does not seem to be the same to me, because you seem to think it means "still functions", which the same could be said about a Commodore 64.

    AM5 would only be a meaningful upgrade if you had fairly specific requirements

    No one ever mentioned upgrading to AM5. This conversation was about AM6. Its about investing in a platform that has the potential to be upgraded 1 or 2 more times over the next 7-10 years instead of one that is already dead and can never be upgraded again.

  • Sure but they're also not abandoning the consumer space...

  • Buying a current gen processor is not the same thing as "future proofing".

    a top end am4 CPU and a top end am5 system will be great enough that one can play a game well and the other can't.

    The difference is simply not whether it does or does not work. I've already explained this twice now.

    I find it's better to wait until there's a significant enough jump in performance to where the upgrade will provide a truly meaningful benefit

    Which is the opposite of what you're trying to tell me I should do...

  • I mean some companies will. AMD and Intel will not. Sony will not.

  • There was never a time I lamented “ugh, I wish I had DDR5.” It’s just low on the totem pole, especially now.

    You're still not getting it. I won't lament anything. I still want to maximize my dollar. And that doesn't mean investing hundreds of dollars in a last-gen platform. Even if its "almost as good" now, what will it be in the future?

  • It's nothing to do with what I "need". I don't "need" anything more than my laptop. I can play Baldurs Gate 3 on a Steam Deck but it looks and runs like balls. The later hardware I can get, the better it will run. Its about maximizing value and longevity.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Driving your truck into a lake

  • Android @lemmy.world

    Introducing Googlebook

  • Android @lemmy.world

    16 minute Aluminium OS video leaked

  • Opensource @programming.dev

    Is there a FOSS equivalent of SURF Social?

  • Opensource @programming.dev

    Spyware distributed using modified code in Nekogram release. Dev closes issue without response.

    github.com /Nekogram/Nekogram/issues/336
  • Android @lemmy.world

    Finally deleted GBoard

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world

    AltStore and the Indie App Renaissance

    flipboard.video /videos/watch/c0dfea13-7f2a-402c-b47c-50ccd151554b
  • Linux @lemmy.ml

    Orion for Linux released in Early Beta

  • Privacy @lemmy.world

    Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation (official)

    motorolanews.com /motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/
  • Privacy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    The Mullvad ad that was banned in the UK

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Fluxer is another open-source Discord alternative

    fluxer.app
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca

    Recommend games for me

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    PearPass: password manager with P2P and E2EE syncing with multiple devices.

    pass.pears.com
  • The Trump-Epstein Files™ @lemmy.world

    DOJ releases final tranche of Epstein documents

    thehill.com /homenews/administration/5715028-epstein-documents-publicly-available/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world

    Let's talk about clickbait and sources when posting

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml

    Malicious GPC messages

  • Linux @lemmy.ml

    Why don't more distros use this method?

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca

    $668 Cheap Bastard’s Gaming PC Build Guide

    gamersnexus.net /pc-builds/668-cheap-bastards-gaming-pc-build-guide-january-2026
  • Linux @lemmy.world

    Linux on a Mac (it's not going back)

    tinkerbetter.tube /videos/watch/5ffabd4a-0673-4f82-bcb6-94a871292cf0