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I forgot to mention the cheapo screen they plastered on the GPU. But I expect it's difficult to make everything top notch within the price target/advertising budget. They could have made it even better when you know the card is a limited Edition and made mostly to promote MSI. They won't make huge profits from only 1300 cards where they give away 50-100 of them. Promoting Cost Money, then do it properly when you first are at it. Get back some of the costs is probably the icing on the cake. And probably the reason for some of the cost savings. This gen Lightning isn't like in the old days where they produced more of the Flagship cards. If you wanted a card, you could get one.

Here's what's absurd.... " Extreme overclockers know exactly which settings to adjust to unlock the card's maximum performance. This will likely be impossible for the average user. The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z review - hardwareluxx.de Me Reading the bottom line..... Edit. MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z Is Now Available On Multiple Indian Retailers At A Whopping $9050

5090 at $5090. Yet, MSI went cheapo and used some lower quality thermal pads. For +5000$ gamer card... Why not put more of the money in the quality than useless gimick accorisies that don't make the product better? You should expect everything top notch when you charge 2,5 times over the org MSRP for 5090 FE. "The thermal pads with a thermal conductivity of only 3.3 W/mK, which we also find on the VRMs, are more in the lower mid-range and only meet basic heat transfer requirements". MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z Review – A lightning-fast and thirsty unicorn battling NVIDIA's clock speed limits

This smells more and more as cApple @Mr. Fox Microsoft tune their OS to match their modern trashware. Microsoft confirms Windows 11 26H1 will be for Arm devices only at launch

And it gets worse... Fortnite escalates anti-cheat by mandating Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU

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Let em bleed....

Me paying? Nope. Not in Hell. YouTube Music Now Hides Song Lyrics Behind A Premium Paywall YouTube Music has ended the era of unrestricted free sing-alongs by moving song lyrics behind a Premium paywall, forcing non-paying listeners to decide if words is worth a monthly fee. Shame, shame, Google.

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O&O ShutUp10++ v2.2.1024 Released on: 02/04/2026 2.2.1024 – released on 04/02/2026 Added: Show O&O product overview when exiting the application Disable Bing Chat permission in Windows Copilot (C104) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E132) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E133) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E134) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E135) Disable content on the new tab page (E136) Disable AI-generated designs (E137) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E138) Disable inline compose feature (E139) Disable Copilot access to page context (E140) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E141) Disable default browser campaigns (E142) Disable diagnostic data collection (E143) Disable shopping assistant (E144) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E145) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E146) Disable recommendations in Settings (E147) Disable cloud-based tab services (E148) Disable text prediction in forms (E149) Disable visual search (E150) Disable AI-powered history search (E151) Allow user control over local AI features (E152) Disable quick startup (E153) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E154) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E155) Hide welcome screen and startup animation (E232) Disable Spotlight experiences and recommendations (E233) Disable automatic sign-in from the web to the browser (E234) Disable Bing Chat on the new tab page (E235) Disable content on the new tab page (E236) Disable AI-generated designs (E237) Disable integrated AI APIs for websites (E238) Disable inline compose feature (E239) Disable Copilot access to page context (E240) Disable prompts to set Edge as the default browser (E241) Disable default browser campaigns (E242) Disable diagnostic data collection (E243) Disable shopping assistant (E244) Hide Microsoft 365 Copilot chat icon (E245) Hide Microsoft Rewards (E246) Disable recommendations in Settings (E247) Disable cloud-based tab services (E248) Disable text prediction in forms (E249) Disable visual search (E250) Disable AI-powered history search (E251) Allow user control over local AI features (E252) Disable quick startup (E253) Hide default top sites on the new tab page (E254) Hide Adobe Acrobat subscription button (E255) Set diagnostic data level to minimum (None) (F018) Hide privacy settings notification on first launch (F019) Changed: Disable display of LinkedIn information (F016) Disable news and interests display on the taskbar on this device (M019) Disable app access to calendar for the current user (P011) Disable app access to account information on this device (P107) Disable app access to calendar on this device (P111) Disable app access to camera on this device (P112) Disable app access to microphone on this device (P113) Disable app access to messages on this device (P114) Disable app access to call history on this device (P118) Disable app access to contacts on this device (P120) Removed: Removed note and link to the O&O newsletter from the Current User view Removed note and link to O&O Syspectr from the Local Machine view Removed setting F017 (Disable Microsoft feedback tracking) as duplicate of F009 Info: Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64 and ARM architecture Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (Simplified)

Yep, more than what they do for their GPU division.....

More hardware will be shuffled into the landfill. Because Microsoft have no love for older hardware if used with their latest and greatest OS ever. Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time Microsoft is preparing a major change to how printers are supported in Windows 11, pulling the plug on drivers that primarily support older hardware. Beginning with a non-security update that was released on January 15, Microsoft will no longer support legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers, which were announced as deprecated in September 2023. Now that support has officially ended, users of printers that rely on V3 or V4 drivers may find that their printers fail to install or stop working altogether. Microsoft, however, notes that most users will be unaffected because most newer printers use driver architectures. For those who do run into problems, Microsoft recommends that users contact their printer manufacturer and update to a supported driver or upgrade to a more modern printing solution.

RIP - Brad So that's said... I love my American friends🙂

Not everyday I see the editors/writers from Pcworld use their brain. If you buy Razer’s insane $1337 mouse, I will be very disappointed in you I remember the first time I bought a Razer mouse. Inside the box was a letter printed on fancy vellum paper. It opened with, “Welcome to the cult of Razer.” It appears that this isn’t just a cheeky marketing slogan, Razer means it genuinely. Because only brainwashed cult members would pay $1337 for a mouse. It is, in a word, repugnant. In a more accessible word, it’s greedy. In a more all-encompassing and entirely appropriate word, the Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition is bullshit. Razer is taking pre-orders for the mouse in four days. If you buy one, and I want you to imagine this in the most overbearing and judgmental dad voice possible, I will be very disappointed in you.