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A lively Good News WAN Show episode covering Linus's week-long MacBook Neo experience, massive legging launch on LTT Store, groundbreaking AI texture compression technology, France's shift to Linux, major right-to-repair victory against John Deere, and spectacular Artemis II photos uniting millions worldwide. The hosts maintain an upbeat energy throughout while tackling technical challenges with the Neo, celebrating consumer-friendly developments, and sharing wild behind-the-scenes stories from their airplane PC build.
MacBook Neo Review: The Good and the Challenging
Linus shares his comprehensive experience after a week with the MacBook Neo, praising its exceptional performance for daily tasks while highlighting significant challenges with I/O limitations and display compatibility. Despite connectivity issues with his Dell 6K monitor and occasional Wi-Fi problems, he finds the device genuinely enjoyable to use for web browsing and productivity work. The machine's quality and battery life impress, though external display handling and resolution scaling on macOS prove frustrating.
- MacBook Neo is fantastic for daily tasks: web browsing, word processing, chat - every aspect you interface with directly is excellent
- Significant I/O limitations when docking, especially with non-standard displays like the Dell 6K which only runs at 4K instead of native resolution
- macOS doesn't handle non-16:9 displays well - no ultrawide resolutions available even with lid closed and Better Display app is obtuse
- Experiencing occasional complete Wi-Fi disconnects preventing video streaming on both Frame.io and YouTube
" I don't know how to describe it other than enjoyable. It's just such a nice machine to use. "
" Why just Windows so much better? But Spotlight seems awesome. "
Steam's Frame Rate Estimator Revolution
Valve is developing a Frame Rate Estimator feature that will predict game performance based on your hardware using crowdsourced data from Steam users. The tool will allow users to input CPU, GPU, RAM, OS, and display resolution to see expected frame rates before purchasing. Building on Steam's existing opt-in frame rate data collection, this could boost satellite internet capacity by up to seven times and provide over $2 billion in economic benefits, fundamentally changing how gamers evaluate purchases.
- Frame Rate Estimator will use crowdsourced data from Steam users running similar hardware configurations
- Patches available initially for AMD and Intel on CachyOS and Arch-based distros, with improvements also in GameScope Compositor
- Valve added opt-in frame rate data sharing two months ago, initially focused on SteamOS devices like Steam Deck
- Could fundamentally solve the problem of understanding minimum requirements and expected performance
" This would legitimately, okay I was about to say in a vendor agnostic fashion but it's not, it's a theme but they actually technically very specifically now have their own operating system which really throws that but for me this would pretty much address the problem of you know minimum requirements and what graphics card should I get and what cpu should I get to play this game this is amazing "
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