Crowdstrike had a linux incident a few months ago. They wouldn't be safe from crowdstrike on linux either.

Not to mention the savings on Windows Server and SQL Server licenses buys a faster server or a larger cloud instance. You get to throw hardware at it if you're willing to spend the same amount.

I suspect quite a few mysql databases. The upgrade from 5.x to 8.x was a pain for some applications.

They're not even the first. Google developed accelerators for embedded use (like raspberry pis) years ago. Putting the accelerator in the main CPU is the only innovation here vs using a separate m.2 card or using a discrete graphics card for processing.

It doesn't make sense for end users. It does make sense for companies to spy on employee's behavior. Even then, the risk of attackers gaining access to it is too great in my opinion.

Even if this feature dies, it's likely given malware authors some ideas on future next gen "keyloggers".

Microsoft Surface and Xbox enter the chat.

Microsoft does sell ads. They run a search engine just like Google does. I know a lot of people forget about Bing, but it does exist!

I just bought a vw taos today. It's getting 28/36MPG vs my old car, a mustang which got 19/25.

There are cars that score a lot worse than crossover/small suvs.

The approach that the US took has hurt the global production of EVs. It's turned into a political issue here. People think they are getting 'forced' to drive EVs.

The tax rebate program is also silly here. The tax credit should be available to all Americans or not at all. Automakers are advertising prices based on people actually getting the credit. When you dig into the details, you find out the car is $7500 more than you thought.

Finally, the cheap EV has never arrived. It's really 40k+ for an EV here. When EVs are cheaper than gas cars, people will buy them. Until then, you really need to want one. To clarify, TCO might be cheaper for some people with an EV including all factors, but that's not what people think about when buying. They think about the sticker price, the monthly payments, and if the car might make it through the loan period. The last point is key. People have uncertainty about battery longevity and there's horror stories out there about EV batteries not being covered by warranty or a balloon payment of 10-30k for a new one.

I've been shopping for a new car. I wish more models were hybrids at this point. Some companies like toyota have semi-reasonable prices on hybrids, but many still sell gas guzzlers below $35k. I could on paper afford an EV, but I don't drive that much and it wouldn't pay for itself the way it works for people who commute. I just don't want to spend 40k on a car.

The real problem with this approach is that it doesn't give RedHat an exclusive. They love to hide patches behind subscriptions. The shakeups with CentOS and Fedora over the years are all about limiting public access to backports as much as possible.

How do you solve the IBM/RedHat problem? They want to make maximum profit and vendor lock-in is the way they like to do it. (much like Microsoft)

While your risk tolerance might be low, I want security updates to my bios.

I'm sure some of them do. Tech has a lot of people with strong political beliefs, but they're not all Democrats. There are quite a few libertarians who often vote for Republicans. Executives vote more for republicans at these firms and I'm sure the company will put money into Republicans in the area.

They just had a qualcomm rep get interviewed on PC World's youtube channel this week. They spent 20 minutes not discussing details about what it could do. It was obvious that the interviewer was asked not to ask about many things. He was struggling to ask questions without breaking the unknown rules agreed to.

The only answer was that 'casual games will work and maybe a few AAA titles'. He mentioned a few workloads like resolve and audio creation. I have no idea if this thing will actually work for software development. In a work context, I do java + docker stuff all day long. Will that even work? How fast? On a personal level, I need good virtualization performance. No idea if it even has VT acceleration.

The first info about these things was that it was for casual consumer and business use only. I am confused at this point what the target demographic is for these laptops.

Exactly this. They also have situations where some firmware for products they sell requires running Windows long enough to install it. Kind of annoying if you are buying for Linux or *BSD use.

I bought a laptop last year that I absolutely hate. I was trying to save money over a framework or thinkpad. Big mistake. I'd like to see them get the bios issues resolved so I can consider one to replace this POS HP Victus.

First, we've seen foreign investment scams before like the foxconn deal. Once washington doesn't care about this anymore, we'll be back to square one. Second, we also need a packaging plant built in the US or there's no point in this plant. If they have to ship chips outside of the country to be packaged, they are just wasting shipping time. That should have been a requirement for grants. Finally, it would have made more sense to put the money into Intel from a national security perspective. What if china invades taiwan in the future and we have no chip production?