“Do we really need more
keyboards, mice and headphones
of the same quality, making the
same claims by the same ODM?”
sell me mechanical keys anymore,
you can’t sell colours either as it’s
already been done. So don’t even try
it. How about some actual ingenuity?
Here’s a wonderful idea. Go and buy a
set of $120 headphones from a
reputable company (That is - look
outside this industry). Analyse the
audio characteristics, examine the
build quality, find out where you
can improve it and make that. Also
try not to make the headphones
the size of an Afro. Not cool.
There’s absolutely no need for the
headphones to be so large.
11. Back to you board vendors. Could
you try not use the word you’re
describing in the description? I mean,
writing something such as “DRAM
Read to Read Delay - sets the Read
to Read Delay for DRAM” is to write
nothing at all. What is that?
12. I like adventure games, I like
adventure period, but not when I’m
putting together a new computer.
POST CODE LED please. Don’t save
money with this. It’s ridiculous. Let me
find out what’s going on before I RMA
the motherboard. It will inevitably
cost you and me right? Don’t tell
me to try a new CPU, memory or
graphics card. Most people have one
of each. So where exactly should
I find these “other” parts? It’s a
small but important thing. Don’t
save money here. You can do that
by offering digital manuals instead
of the thesaurus that comes with
every motherboard. You may do
that by not shipping a DVD with the
motherboard but a flash drive (yes
this one can be USB 2.0).
13. This goes to notebook vendors. I
have an axe to grind with you as well
- GTX 860M/960M are the same thing.
You may think we are drinking the
Kool-Aid but we aren’t. That tiny clock
speed bump is nothing, these are
identical GPUs.
- You need to quit trying to build SLI
notebooks on a budget. Where is the
sense in a GTX 965M SLI option when
a single GTX 980M performs better?
You just use up battery power, deprive
one of Optimus technology and make
a notebook heavier. Where there are
games with no SLI profile, you end
up with just 965M performance. So
again, rather not. Go big or go home 970/980M SLI or no SLI.
- I get that you can bring to market 3K
(whatever that is) and UHD/4K
displays on notebooks. I must say
though, pairing that with a GTX
860/960M is useless. Exactly what
game would one be playing at the
native resolution with such a GPU?
(I swear don’t say DOTA2 or LOL,
because yes - those would play just
fine at 4K with either of those GPUs,
but that’s beside the point.)
- Finally, please do not package a
driver, utility and restore DVDs with a
notebook with no optical drive. How is
this not obvious to you?
[ The Overclocker ]
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