Turns out I should have bought an OLED even though I already had the first version…
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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just…
Its such a weird place to be in life to have bought technology years ago and to have it be more valuable now than it used to be. I don’t think I’d would have bought a steam deck at this pricepoint, whereas I bought two at the lower price point (the LED, then the OLED)
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Protip, anything you want, just in general - get it “now”. Especially if you’re in the US, there will never be a better time. We’ve not yet begun to feel the supply chain impacts from Iran. Shit’s fucked, it’s not slowing down, and there’s no wand that can wave to fix it.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yeah I got some storage already. I think I’ll get some more if I see a “discount”
Phantaloons@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Yep, been buying used kindles for cheap and jailbreaking them, set for reading forever.
BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Off topic, but you seem likely to have opinions: If I was looking for a device to read in/before bed (ideally not a backlit screen) that would be used for more than just text (comics, tabletop rpg pdf content that would contain tables and illustrations, etc), are there any obvious choices, or things to look for? I’m comfortable jailbreaking, or even performing minor hard mods, but I haven’t really shopped for an ereader before so I frankly have no idea what to look for
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Eh, I didn’t go for the OLED upgrade and I’m still stoked about mine.
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Neither did I, but lately it’s been docked since I bent a CPU pin on my regular PC and have yet to unbend it, so it’s been a temporary replacement. OLED wouldn’t have made a difference in most of its use time in my case.
Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Was using mine docked as well for a couple weeks while I waited for my RMAs to go through. Went really well.
doctordevice@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Just wake from Bluetooth. Which is honestly crazy they didn’t include it to begin with.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I was an OG pre-order and this price point would have been a big fat hell nah from me. Even more true 4+ years later.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was just looking up strix halo prices because I want another processing machine. The framework platform I was looking at last year is 1200 more expensive (just the base price) than last year.
The 128gb variant was $1999 to start with last year… frame.work/products/…/new
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
And that’s not counting the NVMe, which also went way up.
I got a 128GB version last year with an 8TB NVMe drive. Was, IIRC, $2,500 at that point.
Now it’s $4,178.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah I saw the price hike and I didn’t even bother going further with the configuration. I could do a major home improvement project at these prices. The only fear I have is that its only going to get worse.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same, and I too bought the LED and OLED. I sold my LED for $420 (with the new 1 TB SSD from the OLED I bought, added back grips and the original dock) to my friend cause he wanted to get one for his brother.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same, and I too bought the LED and OLED. I sold my LED for $420 (with the new 1 TB SSD from the OLED I bought, added back grips and the original dock) to my friend cause he wanted to get one for his brother.
I gave the LED one to my partner and now we can play cozy games side by side in bed.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 months ago
My laptop is worth more than i bought it 3 years ago. Strange world.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wait until that imbecile will let China take over Taiwan.