I honestly regret buying my gaming laptop. I barely use it since I don’t have space in my room, so I need to attach it to the TV, every time I need to use, move my series X and unplug it… And I need a wired controller. Then, there’s always a pesky update, drivers, stuff… When I’m playing on my X I don’t have to worry about any of that, is more of a hassle to use (the laptop).
Ngl I basically bought it because I wanted to play Spiderman and other not available games on Xbox but even like that the regret is there.
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Smartwatch. Utter shit.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Steam Deck. That thing is amazing.
Huh I love my coros watch. But I mostly use it for sports tracking which it obviously does very well., the messages displayed are nice so I can avoid taking my phone out at dinner, and quickly decide if it’s a serious text/call or not
I get well over a week battery with daily workouts in there
What did you go for
With gadgetbridge, they could apparently be pretty great, but I haven’t tried it.
Not a true regret, but I probably could have waited to get a Meta Quest 2 rig.
I really enjoy VR, there just isn’t a ton of good content available for it yet. I own about 10 games but find myself doing the free stuff on Meta (like concerts and mini-games) more than anything else.
I like STeam deck. But, the screen is too small and I have lots of battery problem with it and lots of RMA. So, i need to sell it and switch to new item
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. The steam deck for me has been a to successful (sorry for the pun) game changer.
Bad idea to buy a gaming laptop when you already had a Series X. I upgraded from my Xbox One to a laptop instead since it was only about $300 more for a quality laptop. I know the “but a desktop is better!!!” line, but I do not have the space for a desktop + monitor.
Also, why do you think you need a wired controller? I currently use a wired-only 3rd party Xbox controller because I hate batteries but in the past I could use my normal Xbox controller wirelessly just fine.
Blame Sony for making Spiderman it’s exclusive plus not making ps5 available in 2020.
I’m pretty sure you need a pairing thingy isn’t? Otherwise you could use a Xbox controller on a PS5 and I don’t feel like buying it for a laptop that I barely use.
You’ll need to check the specs of your laptop to be sure, but most laptops nowadays have a bluetooth receiver built in. All you need to do is pair your xbox controller to it (and it’s natively supported in Windows) and you’re good to go.
Of course it has Bluetooth, but I thought Xbox controllers were crypted or some shit like that
Not at all. You can buy a receiver to use Xbox’s proprietary wireless standard, which is marginally faster than bluetooth, but I use an Xbox Series X controller with my pc over bluetooth and it works just fine.
So pretty much all of your complaints are cus you assumed things that aren’t true and made no effort to fix your actual issues?
Sounds less like the tech is the problem and like you have a Layer 8 issue.
What? Having a wireless controller doesn’t solve any of my problems
Bought a bass guitar, intending to take lessons. First teacher didn’t have availability, 2nd didn’t work out, the teacher was fine, the front desk people were assholes.
Then I injured my feet and have been stuck in the house unable to do anything. :(
Hope to re-start once I’m healed up.
Sounds like the perfect time to practice your bass! Even just following along with Youtube vids can get you a long ways. Hope you get back on your feet (heh) soon!
Ngl I downvoted you because I’m a PCmasterrace since birth.
If you want to know why PC is awesome just ask, you’ll get tons of answers here on lemmy.
But for PlayStation exclusives if you don’t like having to handle a Windows or Linux OS, you could have bought a PS5
Ngl I downvoted you because I’m a PCmasterrace since birth.
So - you were born some time after 2014?
No why ? My first computer was the IBM ps/1 that got out around 1990.
Because
I’m a PCmasterrace since birth.
is just about the most infantile thing you could say in almost any context.
You’re new to the Internet aren’t you ?
It’s not like the jokes war between PC and console is anything new. Now if you want to take thing you read on Internet seriously that’s up to you.
I grew up with an IBM PS/2 and PS/1, when Windows was not existing and RAM was stated in Kilo octet. Those machine were my first tech experience in life until today with my too many computers/homelab that use way too much electricity and are driving wifey crazy. So yeah, I’m a !pcmasterrace@lemmy.world since birth, that is just fact.
Oh, you’re playing the “you’re new to the internet” card.
Should have seen that coming.
Oh well, nobody ever credited people who claim to be part of the “PC master race” with an abundance of self-awareness. That’s just a fact.
This is not the right reason to use the down vote button… Just saying.
I mean, I already explained with playing on pc is a hassle for me…
Also I forgot, Xbox has that resume function, not even PlayStation had that. And obviously it’s not a thing on pc.
It’s called “sleep” and “hibernate”. Existed since like windows 95.
Is not the same and you know it. And Xbox does it flawlessly between games. Good luck doing that with a PC without crashing the games plus with a higher electricity consumption.
I know, that’s why I said you should have bought a PS5 for probably cheaper.
But then if you are ready to enter the PC cult, you’re in the right place 😁
FM bluetooth transmitter for my car
How so? They’re great, you listen to what you want, be it music or a documentary or whatever. Mine doubles as a charger too, so even without the FM it serves a purpose
I think that the quality of the unit that i bought is bad. The transmission quality is worse than FM radio signal, even though it only needs to transmit maybe 1-2 meters to the antena
Color eink tablet. The technology is impressive, but really not ready yet. I’d stick with b&w eink, or if you really need color, just go with a conventional tablet.
I was curious how it would be for manga. I’m trying to find one that has a large enough reading surface so I don’t have to zoom in on panels.
The current best color eink tech (Kaleido 3) has a handful of limitations, but the big one is how the screen is naturally darker than conventional eink devices you may be familiar with. High contrast and natural light readability are usually the best things about eink, but the darkness of Kaleido 3 screens, caused by the dual layers (one for black pixels, one for color), makes backlighting necessary in a lot more lighting situations, whereas you could probably read a conventional eink device by candlelight, just as you could with a book.
All these devices have backlights because they need them, but by turning it on you lose most of the benefits of having eink in the first place. At that point it’s like using a standard tablet, except the color depth is only 4096, so imagine the worst tablet screen you’ve ever seen… and this just looks far worse.
I got a Lenovo Thinkpad detachable thinking it would have good Linux support. My hope was to make it my new general purpose laptop, like my old Surface was before it broke.
But I bought it online, and didn’t realize how small the screen and keyboard would actually be. And the volume keys don’t work in Linux, so I can’t use it as a tablet.
A smart TV.
It was one of the cheapest options for the size I wanted at my local Walmart. I never wanted a smart TV but couldn’t beat the price.
The amount of issues I’ve had because it’s designed as more of a streaming platform than a TV is infuriating. The constant updates. Ads. The fact that there are no buttons on the TV so if you lose the remote you’re fucked.
It’s honestly a pain in the ass I just want a normal TV dammit.
They don’t make them any more. Buy good quality retail panels, the kind shops use in their displays. They’re expensive but that’s because they’re not counting on making money off ad revenue or your data.
+1 on this.
Buy a good panel and don’t use the smart functionality, never even connect it to the internet. Just hook up a cheap Linux box or pc to it over hdmi and you’re good to go.
My Flipper Zero. I can force myself to use it and I actually do use the 125khz emulation. But thats it. I feel like I’m wasting it by not hacking with it.
As a side note your gaming laptop wouldnt need to update all the time if it was left on to update. Gaming laptops IMO always suck and desktops are better.
Why couldn’t they add barcode scanning to the device? Cheap and useful.
Or even a camera? I could use it daily in the IT world for pen testing and video/ picture proof.
It would not add much cost…
Even Wi-Fi is cheap as hell… Yet it doesn’t have it.
The problem is the space. I can’t have it plug all the time and I don’t have a desktop
Also I forgot to mention that it forgets my settings on Spiderman and how I settled it with the TV. So many small things that I don’t have to worry when I’m using the Xbox
Its because you are unplugging it. Your Xbox only has to worry about displaying to that TV. Your laptop.has to manage when its plugged in or not, and then determine settings based on that. Its why a desktop is generally better for gaming that does not require travel, cause you set it up and leave it, much like your Xbox.
I only have space for 1 “Rig” and a pc cabinet is probably too heavy for my shelf hanging on the wall underneath my bed (my TV is literally on top of me, I sleep under it) also I have so many more games on Xbox 360, one, X… Makes sense why the X is the one always plugged).
I’m just warning you because all the Xbox shit is getting integrated into PC. I dont think Xbox is gonna be here in standalone console form in 15-20 years. They’re already interchangeable right now.
My nephew wants a flipper0! so badly. When i looked into the hardware I found the stack5 cardputer to be more interesting, modular, and cheaper $30 vs $160. I figure $30 is about the right price point for a prank toy (thats all he wants it for) that will get forgotten in a few days, then I can use it myself once its abandoned.
Yeah, neat idea, but if “hacking” isn’t already something of a hobby, it’s going to just sit around. As mine has.
Same, though in my case my sole use is the IR. Replaced so many random little remotes from random little light up things.
My PS5. Even at the time, I knew my gaming days were behind me but figured I’d still use it for media streaming, Blu-Ray playing, and playing my PS4 disks.
Well, the Playstation Plex app is garbage, I barely watch blu-rays, and turns out I played more than enough of those games a decade ago.
I don’t play often, but when I do play, I lose an entire weekend. (I’m almost 50, BTW.)
I really love their VR system; the resolution is amazing.
Ngl if my country would’ve sold PS5 during the pandemic I would’ve bought one instead of the X. Having Spiderman and god of war in my current console would’ve most likely cancelled the plans of buying a laptop… Domino effect.
We definitely regretted at first, there were like no games to play. But are using it now
Like I said, I’m just not a gamer anymore and was buying it more as a home media device that me and my partner could play Minecraft on every now and then. Turns out that Sony’s support for the media streaming I care about is trash, so my PS5 gets maybe an hour of on time a month
Very happy with all my recent purchases.
But I did attempt to upgrade my phone a while back. But once I got it, it felt too big and was uncomfortable to hold and put in my pocket. Also the migration assistant didn’t work and I had to setup everything manually. I stop halfway through and just kept using my old phone. Eventually my brother broke his phone so I just gave it to him.
Phone sizes are just goofy. It shouldn’t be straining against your pocket like it’s trying to escape when you’re sitting.
I regret ever buying an Arlo home security camera system. Neat idea, poor execution. And fuck subscriptions. I took it all down. I don’t miss having creepy-looking cameras in my yard / house. Only put it up because of some very sketchy neighbors we had. And they have gone to prison, so, don’t need them any longer.
Glad you mentioned the gaming laptop. I’ve been thinking about getting one but keep talking myself out of it.
they have gone to prison
Aww. Don’t you just love a happy ending?
Same, except I deeply regret getting Vivint home security. Took a year to finally get features I had paid for up front. Massive communication failure between support/billing/tech. Sleezy sales practices. Their hardware must be purchased through a third party credit company. Couldn’t transfer my hardware after I moved despite being promised I could. My cameras are sitting on my kitchen counter unplugged because the whole system is a mess. Never ever touch anything Vivint related.
Unrelated but my wife’s parents are also in this situation. Bought cameras because a sketchy neighbour. Fortunately though they’re now going to prison! Hooray!
Maybe Boozilla is your wife’s parents
I briefly had that thought and then remembered that a couple of weeks ago, my father in law had to explain to his wife what a “casting couch” was.
VR headset. I mean, I don’t fully regret it yet, as I might someday find a VR game that I actually want to play, am able to play in the small space I have, and that doesn’t make me nauseous within 15 minutes.
I like elite dangerous, start wars squadrons, and other Sims I can remain seated for. Feels more immersive that way and doesn’t require space
I don’t have a VR but I played Google Earth at a friend’s house once and it was so fun
