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Me too, but mine's rubber surface is really bad now, and I'm not sure if it will survive to the refresh. It's always been like that -…

It claims a bit more secure. But it also means you'll need to upgrade your entire setup to Bolt unless you plug in different dongles. Bolt…

Absolutely worth it for everything except gaming. Though the rubber dome wears off really bad after 1-2 years of use, and there's no…

Or add a cheaper item and use PLUS120 for $100 off. Adding the official wall mount is not bad, but the [HN…

Nope.

It would be a waste on cheap wines. Also since cask/box wines are stored in plastic bags anyway, I think oxidation is not exactly a concern.

UniFi makes some weird hardware design decisions, for example, the 2.5" sata in CloudKey Gen2 Plus is actually connected via USB internally…

The closest thing is UDM-SE which alone is $800-$1000. Plus a equivalent AP and switch you're definitely looking at more than $1200. You do…

> or the ability to opt-out of Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) I was expecting more from ABB's budget options with these not-so-budget prices.

Doesn't it feel like those Oral-B toothbrush 2-pack deals 🤣

Sorry I mean I rarely see anyone lock the screen door… I thought the outer lock was just there as a decoration 😂

PS5 and XSX, and higher-end PC gaming are the most common use cases. The biggest benefit is the introduction of ALLM and VRR. Certain 4K…

That's very true. I was considering adding the Yale Unity for screen door but just seem to be a very expensive decision with little return.

This one still works. Strangely enough this bridge hub was only on the market for a year or so. Short lived for sure. The new Yale hub 2…

Yup, it's proprietary. Not a universal Zigbee bridge like Hue hub. This newer gen bridge is a bit better that works with multiple Yale…

Smaller TVs (85" and lower) from TCL were on sale almost right after their release. But bigger ones with discounts are a bit hard to come…

**Note** MediaTek Pentonic 1000/700 TVs (this generation of TCL TVs are all Pentonic 700) comes with 2x HDMI 2.1 ports only. Not all four…

PCIe Gen4x4 - that's the only hard requirement by PS5 at the moment. Speed doesn't matter (slower drives will pass the test with a warning,…

This is not commonly known by some staff in Apple Store. I tried two stores to make it work. The guy in the first store I tried refuses on…

I think it's universal now? I've seen my colleagues iPhones purchased from JB or HN comes with the 7-day AC+ upon activation, and my own…

Unfortunately not that fast in most cases. New AC+ policy must be purchased until the current policy expires, which includes the 7-day…

Yes Wookie you're absolutely right. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING in the Apple Retail Store now can be paid by account balance. For the…

Make sure not to mistake this with M3 8GB model - it's **M2**

It replaces the PS5 SSD cover entirely instead of a standard-sized m.2 2280 heatsink that over covers the SSD itself.

It's 40Gbps = 5GB/s. Though you'll get up to 4GB/s if you're lucky when counting overheads on ASM2464PD. Intel chipset would be even slower.

Cheapest entry point is CloudKey Gen2 Plus as UniFi Protect host. At least now, you can't host UniFi Protect on your own hardware/VM. Has…

For USB4/TB3 external enclosures, such as ones uses ASM2464PD, the max speed is capped around 3.6-4GB/s both directions on PCIe Gen 4 mode.…

In reality the internal SSD in PS5 reads about 5GB/s on paper but rarely achieve that speed in gaming, while writes are significantly…

Yup, the non-Pro chipped MBP finally has a reason to exist. M3-only MBP was a scam, but M4 fills the spot of the previous 13-inch MBP quite…

At least when I purchased mine, they are more than happy for me to open the package to check the serial number match first. In reality it's…