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    My second/last post for the night (that I plan on). Originally posted in the Gaming club. I didn't want to make too many since IDK if these show up in the feed or not.
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    Now these I bought for work actually, but figured I'd put some input as they're designed for gaming. The requirements I chose for work were that they had to be wired, needed an external controller, the controller needed to be detachable in the event of replacing the headphones, the controller had to be USB, the mic had to be adjustable, the headphones had to be covering my ears and adjustable as well. Unfortunately, they can't replace my Sony Golds because they're not wireless at all. Razer Kraken Tournament Edition THX 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset The Good: The Room for Improvement:
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    This is more for referral requests, but I think it's a good place for a general discussion of the topic as well, so I left the title more open. I considered a poll, but it may be Too broad for that. As seen in the earlier thread, I've got a pair of the original Sony Gold Wired/Wireless gaming headset that I've just began having to replace parts on. So what I'd like to discuss are how they might compare to Anything on the market as well as comparable alternatives. Nothing is really off the table, but below are my likes/dislikes. My personal likes about them are as follows: And then there's the gripes:
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    I'm not sure if the forum shows the Original post in the Unread feed and I don't think many people know about the Club I made in the first place, but here's the discussion I created in search of feedback.
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    I didn't want to make this part of the other discussion I'm about to start because it would split the focus. I've got a pair of the original style Sony Gold headphones that I really like, but they're getting old and I'm getting to the point of replacing components. I've already replaced the ear cuffs, the band is in a close second for need, and the battery is starting to show its age too as I have to charge it more than a PS5 controller (that's an insult btw). I've found only a couple of options on AMZ/eBay, but they all feel suspect as one has multiple reviews for reverse polarity of all things. Now I'm sure I could figure out how to move wires, but I shouldn't have to. Does anyone have some input for where to find such a thing?
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    It did good to tie in the last few Marvel productions and kept my attention for the most part. It felt rather short and I would have rather not known the 'villain' so early in the film, but they did manage to keep me from guessing 100% of the twists (some, not all). Def better than the related Wanda show.
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    The last ep surely left the opening for S2, but I'm not sure the series itself gave it enough momentum.
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    For the same reason that they apparently Intentionally reduced the lifespan of lightbulbs?
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    Yeah, I'd wager that any prebuilt system, especially business devices, aren't designed to be upgradeable, thus allowing for the nose to the wall PSUs.
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    I modified the related section to link the now existing FAQ post. I believe there wasn't a set link back when this was created as the app was still in beta status.
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    And my brain went straight to... 😇🤡😹
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    Heh, I've never played wired for the most part and much of it is about convenience. I mean I Could run the wire across the hall again if I wanted to, but I'd rather avoid fall risks and the signal strength is good anyway. Even when CoX was in beta (I started around i2), I was converting to laptops. Now my TV is across the room from me as is the desktop PC, but my KB/M are wireless. IDK, if I were some hardcore FPSer, then I might care more.
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    Heh, I've been using Dos since like v2, all of windows, MacOS since it was first given to schools, and one or two Linux flavors for beta testing (per request). Between that and the mobile device OSes, I'd say I'm pretty well rounded, experience wise.
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    Repeat after me: "ALWAYS buy a PSU with 20%+ higher Wattage than what you need" And be careful when you upgrade/add parts. The Reason I have a 1kW PSU and GTX970 is because when I finally was able to afford the GTX770 I had the 750W PSU. They ran ok for a while and then suddenly something took them Both out. After checking, I had miscalculated somewhere in the build and that led to RMA time.
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    What I find most amusing is where Apple likes to say "Macbook is best selling laptop" and yet their OS is only on a fraction of total devices. I wonder how many of what's in that graph is from Hackintoshes? 😛
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    And I fixed that right up! Or at least figured out how to undo what I'd done. I had made a few tweaks in the settings like autoupdate, inactivefps, etc, but I'd also touched something related to Hardware Acceleration for some reason. IDK why I did, but that's what caused the error. So here's how to fix it when you do this exact thing. The thing I touched: (I had removed the check and not restarted the Mac yet) Open the folder shown: Open the File Indicated: Change the entry: (True means checked, False means unchecked)
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    I'm running on this Mac:
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    Because I'll be linking this eventually, here's the newest Mac that's prepping to take over the VM tooling around I do for fun. Mind you it's 6 generations newer than the 2012 (and the PC for that matter), but it's quite a bit lighter, quieter, faster, and the looks/sounds are nicer of course. I actually got the darker grey unit and I think I like that almost as much as the M1 Dark Blue color. Partially because of the fact that you can't upgrade anything, I've decided to not run bootcamp on here. I'll still tool around with Windows in VM, but I've generally got my PC for real use. It's taking a bit of getting used to the touchbar. Well, mostly trying Not to touch the back button when in the browser, but I find it is somewhat intuitive. The touchPad, however, is WAY too big for what I'm used to. I swear they meant for you to use both hands on it as it's causing me to have to move my hand more to the right because I use right click a lot.
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    So yeah, the more I looked into this, the more I realized that I'm liable to end up paying MORE to build the damned thing than I would to just grab a final gen intel Mac. Which is exactly what I did, but I blame PayPal as they gave me WAY too much credit on a whim and I paid a whole ~$50 interest to finance the thing for two years. The upside is that it's the newest computer in my personal possession, so if the older stuff fails, then I've got some time with this before it starts to show its age.
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    I'll probably end up editing this a billion times as I'm in the middle of a thousand things at once, but here's what's happened so far with this "New to Me" Mac and Monterey. Note: For me, this is not even a priority, I'm just posting as whatever the solution is, it may help others. So basically, I installed the launcher/game just fine (very quick and easy), but it got weird when I loaded the game. On my first attempt, I got the login screen, but it absolutely would Not allow me to type. I could quite easily interact with it otherwise, but it would Not let me type. I poked at the on-screen settings and also noticed that the manual graphics slider didn't show the full range of screen dimensions (IE: It didn't show 1920x1080, etc). I could choose the native windowed/windowless, but the game wasn't seeing the 3k+ pixels this screen appears to have. Lastly, once I closed the game, that's the last time I could open it as I'm not only getting a crash handler page (see below). I've closed the launcher and tried again a few times, but same thing. I plan on reinstalling the game/launcher, but I've yet to see this popup before and it comes up prior to me even getting the login screen as before.
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    Just updating a couple minor thing at the beginning as I've now tested it all the way through Monterey on raw hardware (plan on testing the beta OS just as soon as my onedrive downloads my VM fodder). I haven't launched the game yet (kinda downloading a ton of stuff to this newer Mac RN), but the launcher installed like a breeze. Everyone give a round of applause to @Manga for keeping this thing functional and optimizing it over time. Also, don't forget that donation link on the IR download page. 😉
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    Heh, I always find myself ahead of most these guys somehow. At least the ones in the front. Granted, anyone who actually reads up on hardware AND understands what it means should be able to give a real response.
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