Daily Tech News 11 September 2024

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Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro is here, priced at $699. (Tom's Hardware)

Or A$1200.

Not including a Blu-Ray drive or a stand.

Or any games worth playing, let alone games that would run better than on the regular PS5.

Tech News

Starship has been ready to fly again since the beginning of August, but the government is keeping it grounded until at least November. (Ars Technica)

Because fuck you, that's why.
Why I won't buy an Intel Lunar Lake laptop. (Tom's Hardware)

Soldered RAM, limited to 32GB.
Malaysia's unworkable plan to block public DNS servers has been quietly cancelled. (The Register)

Good for them. Most governments would be tripling down and calling you racist at this point.
The Huawei Mate XT has a tri-fold display. (Liliputing)

I'm not sure how practical this is, or how robust, but it looks interesting.

Disclaimer: Blrrrrrrrgh.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:16 AM

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1 Howdy!

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:17 AM (njWTi)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2024 04:17 AM (fwDg9)

3
So, Elon is gonna try the "chopstick" catch of the superheavy booster on the next test...

He'll pull it off, but this is a major thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 11, 2024 04:22 AM (w6EFb)

4 Mornin'

Came up short in the quest for 1000 posts in the ONT.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 11, 2024 04:25 AM (sAmhv)

5 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 11, 2024 04:26 AM (dg+HA)

6 The giant cannon that shoot a capsule into the face on the moon is still on the table…

Posted by: Adriane the Space Cadet . . . at September 11, 2024 04:28 AM (TX4bP)

7 Good morning, good people. No debate watching, thus a fine evening and now morning. Did not watch because my gag reflex isn't that strong. At any rate I hope all your aspirations are beneficial and the leftwits suffer equal consternation on this and all other days.

Discovered there is a pending sale on the vehicle I am interested in, so that puts us in a wait situation.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 11, 2024 04:28 AM (hKoQL)

8 Disclaimer: Blrrrrrrrgh.

Yeah, mark me down for Blrrrrrrrgh also

Posted by: Bruce at September 11, 2024 04:29 AM (kj3L0)

9
Speaking of cats, our bunch here have been bringing up a bunch of kills lately. And trying to sneak them in the house.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 11, 2024 04:30 AM (w6EFb)

10 MantisX will be a success, but not without a berm, and not on the first try out.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 11, 2024 04:30 AM (++Z+7)

11 9
Speaking of cats, our bunch here have been bringing up a bunch of kills lately. And trying to sneak them in the house.
Posted by: publius

Good kittuhs! They don't want you to go hungry!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 11, 2024 04:31 AM (sAmhv)

12 Cat brought me a mouse just a few minutes ago, Publius. LOL. But he knows better than to try bringing it indoors.

He's munching happily on the deck right now. I expect to find a small piece of entrails on the mat when he's done. (Eww)

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:32 AM (njWTi)

13
The other day, one snuck a mouse in. Garage door was opening, allowing him to bring it in through the cat door in the kitchen door, which opens to a screen porch next the garage.

Had the side door to that porch open as well, and the little booger snuck in it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 11, 2024 04:35 AM (w6EFb)

14 LOL publius! The lil booger, anyway!

Cat has finished his breakfast. Yep, a tiny piece of guts left on the mat for 'mommy' to dispose of...

He ate *everything but* that tiny piece. Head, feet, tail, skin & hair... YUCK...

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:42 AM (njWTi)

15 ... and Cat THEN wanted in, for to snack on some dry treats.

Dessert, I guess. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:44 AM (njWTi)

16
I'll be, just looked on the back porch. Big Jake, the big orange tabby, was just finishing up something he dragged up. He ate it all, just leaving a wet spot.

And yes, he wanted in, and wanted some treats, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 11, 2024 04:52 AM (w6EFb)

17 Sorry, Pixy.

Mouse-guts are not very... tech.

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:53 AM (njWTi)

18 Freakin' cats, huh? LOL.

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 04:54 AM (njWTi)

19
I just noticed. Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, aboard Polaris Dawn have officially set the highest woman record. They boosted apogee and passed through it earlier.

So, there's your two highest women.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 11, 2024 04:54 AM (w6EFb)

20 16 15
Don't you know, they want a kiss now for being such good providers.

Posted by: Ciampino - Not sure if rat is better than mouse at September 11, 2024 04:56 AM (qfLjt)

21 Haha, Ciampino! Cat isn't a *kissy* one, but he wanted rubby & bonks. (head-butts)

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 05:01 AM (njWTi)

22 So, there's your two highest women.
Posted by: publius
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Higher than Kammy, even. LOL

Posted by: JQ at September 11, 2024 05:03 AM (njWTi)

23 6 The giant cannon that shoot a capsule into the face on the moon is still on the table…

Posted by: Adriane the Space Cadet . . . at September 11, 2024 04:28 AM (TX4bP)
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That was Jules Verne's "From The Earth To The Moon" right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Been a long time when I read that - early 60s at September 11, 2024 05:08 AM (qfLjt)

24 Only report on the debate I see is at PJ media and he thinks Harris didn't hurt herself and Trump didn't do as well as other times

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2024 05:10 AM (fwDg9)

25
Enough with the cat talk before breakfast.

Posted by: Hungry Haitian at September 11, 2024 05:10 AM (RKVpM)

26 Georges Méliès made those wild old silent films.

Posted by: 13times at September 11, 2024 05:16 AM (0BNoc)

27 We took Biscuits and Brie to the vet for an overnight stay and they get spayed this morning. It's easier this way as they are not supposed to eat for 12 hours or so. We've tried to remove all food in the evening but all the other cats complain. I hope the 'kittens' don't miss their Moms tonight.

'kittens' are pretty big now.

Posted by: Ciampino - One more girl to spay, Scarlet at September 11, 2024 05:16 AM (qfLjt)

28 At another website someone was going to put our flag today, think I will as well.
9/11 seems a lifetime ago now, but should be remembered.
Seems government forgot

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2024 05:18 AM (fwDg9)

29 >>>Disclaimer: Blrrrrrrrgh.

Good morning!

Posted by: m at September 11, 2024 05:20 AM (64Zez)

30 If Hunter S. Thompson and Werner Herzog never took a road trip together, that was a missed epic story.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 11, 2024 05:22 AM (Aqu9a)

31 The tri-fold phones are too fragile with that outer screen hinge and can't be used with any kind of case at all, which is why Samsung doesn't already have one. It is very much a fragile toy designed solely for the purpose of Huawei saying they have the first tri-fold phone.

Posted by: ravenshrike at September 11, 2024 05:24 AM (2s2/5)

32 Good morning.

Please pray for my sister as she has been hospitalized. Details are vague right now.

Posted by: Jmel at September 11, 2024 05:26 AM (bVhJi)

33 Psalm 63

A psalm when David was in the wilderness of Judah:

https://tinyurl.com/3sjanet4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 05:27 AM (mT+9R)

34 32 Good morning.

Please pray for my sister as she has been hospitalized. Details are vague right now.
Posted by: Jmel at September 11, 2024 05:26 AM (bVhJi)

Blessings on you and your sister, Jmel.

Posted by: m at September 11, 2024 05:27 AM (64Zez)

35 Posted by: Jmel at September 11, 2024 05:26 AM

Will do that right now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 05:27 AM (mT+9R)

36 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 11, 2024 05:37 AM (eHh36)

37 Georges Méliès made those wild old silent films.
Posted by: 13times

That’s the cannon I had in mind, but Jules is one of the greats.

Posted by: Adriane the Space Cadet . . . at September 11, 2024 05:37 AM (TX4bP)

38 Dark and clear, cool
Flag is out
Forward Dog 9 hitting the road

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2024 05:37 AM (+1ooT)

39 Posted by: Jmel at September 11, 2024 05:26 AM (bVhJi)

Prayers for your sister.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 11, 2024 05:38 AM (Aqu9a)

40 Posted by: Jmel at September 11, 2024 05:26 AM

Jmel - May your sister be Blessed with Health and Healing.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic. . . at September 11, 2024 05:39 AM (TX4bP)

41 Jmel prayers for your sister

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2024 05:48 AM (tKS+g)

42 @24

>> Only report on the debate I see is at PJ media and he thinks Harris didn't hurt herself and Trump didn't do as well as other times.

The debate wasn't really a debate because, it was a shallow partisan star chamber conducted by apparatchiks to take out a common foe.

Trump acquitted himself as best he could under the circumstances, Kambala was able to take advantage of the situation and lie her way to a draw at best, regardless of what anyone says, she didn't win anything.

In the final analysis, nothing said last night is going to matter within 48 hours.

The narrative circus will move on down the road.

That's really the only upside of being in the garbage twilight of a dying republic, nothing really matters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 11, 2024 05:48 AM (XV/Pl)

43 Mom creates epic tradition for son's first day of school:

https://tinyurl.com/mw4nyjt7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 05:49 AM (wk6VU)

44 Good morning morons

I really wish I was asleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

45 G'morning Pixy and Horde.

May those who perished in the plane crashes of 9/11, 23 years ago today, rest in peace.

Every year on this day, I listen to these:

https://archive.org/
details/fdny_911_dispatches

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 11, 2024 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

46 Country music star "Jelly Roll" blesses kids with big rip at lemonade stand:

https://tinyurl.com/msv83453

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 05:57 AM (wk6VU)

47 @45

>>Every year on this day, I listen to these:

I was on a roof in Brooklyn filming it.

Listening and watching my own recording every year, allows me to feel the visceral anger and sadness I had on that day.

That anger and sadness has not abated one but.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 11, 2024 05:59 AM (XV/Pl)

48 Good morning tech-heads. May your day be a good day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2024 06:01 AM (bQvDT)

49 "Only Time" by Enya

Posted by: m at September 11, 2024 06:02 AM (64Zez)

50 9/11 should have cemented Islam as the foe to this country but the government and media gave us it was a Religion of Peace BS.

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2024 06:03 AM (+1ooT)

51 Wonder if Taylor Swift would do a 9/11 tribute song?

Posted by: m at September 11, 2024 06:04 AM (64Zez)

52 I always post something about Rick Rescoria the Engligsnman who became an American citizen and was a Vietnam vet who died saving people during 9/11

https://tinyurl.com/yt6t22bm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 06:05 AM (wk6VU)

53 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

I wish you were too, dear one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 06:07 AM (wk6VU)

54 @51

>>Wonder if Taylor Swift would do a 9/11 tribute song?

She might have, she became a country singing star in 2005, before country was skin suited by the left.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 11, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

55
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 11, 2024 06:08 AM (tljrc)

56 30 If Hunter S. Thompson and Werner Herzog never took a road trip together, that was a missed epic story.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 11, 2024 05:22 AM (Aqu9a)

"You know what? I'm beat. I could really just go for some Wendy's and a nap."

"Solid plan."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:11 AM (nPLkK)

57 mornin yall. Its all over, Taylor Swift says she is voting for Harris. The fact checkers have decided that Harris's statements all need context, and that Trump's 2025 agenda will put y'all back in chains.

Posted by: fd at September 11, 2024 06:13 AM (vFG9F)

58 https://tinyurl.com/mw4nyjt7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thank you for that gentle smile …

Posted by: Adriane the Critic. . . at September 11, 2024 06:13 AM (TX4bP)

59 9/11 should have cemented Islam as the foe to this country but the government and media gave us it was a Religion of Peace BS.
Posted by: Skip

-

Well, that was a secondary goal.

Posted by: PATRIOT Act at September 11, 2024 06:14 AM (qXu2E)

60 I was going to put up a sign about the debate or Taylor Swift but I think I'll just put up a sign remembering people who sacrificed themselves for others on that day. 23,years ago

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 06:15 AM (ocS06)

61 She might have, she became a country singing star in 2005, before country was skin suited by the left.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 11, 2024 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

The left has done to popular music the same thing they did to classical music. And architecture. And painting. A crushing, soulless glacier of pushing empty envelopes into a soggy ball of homogenized boredom and pointlessness.

Brutalism isn't just a style of building.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:16 AM (nPLkK)

62 Until 2001, September 11 meant something entirely different to me. It meant September 11, 1973.

When I was a kid we would go the WTC to ride the elevators. On the way down from 106, the elevator practically went into freefall.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

63 so I gather last night did not go well for the red team
that's what the news sites are telling me, anyway

Posted by: Don Black at September 11, 2024 06:22 AM (/7KEl)

64 When we first moved in to our house out in farm country earlier this year, the barn cat from across the road left us a housewarming gift of an uneaten dead mouse in front of our garage door. I normally shoo away cats, whether they own a human or not, but this guy earned his keep and hasn't been being a nuisance or making a mess, so he gets to hang around. He does a good job keeping the mousers in check in our sheds, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:23 AM (nPLkK)

65 63 so I gather last night did not go well for the red team
that's what the news sites are telling me, anyway

Posted by: Don Black at September 11, 2024 06:22 AM (/7KEl)

They also say that the economy is doing great and Ohio gooses have nothing to fear.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:23 AM (nPLkK)

66 What position will David Muir have in the Emhoff-Walz administration?

Posted by: You have to wonder at September 11, 2024 06:23 AM (DobEs)

67 Via Radar, storm looks like it's going to hit Nawlins.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:24 AM (u7iQ0)

68 Those elevators were a thrill ride. And sitting at Windows on the World was dizzying.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2024 06:24 AM (9av+w)

69 So the PS5 Pro will be the Concord of gaming consoles?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 11, 2024 06:26 AM (HkAx+)

70 so I gather last night did not go well for the red team
that's what the news sites are telling me, anyway

Posted by: Don Black

-

(looks at price of eggs)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Christians are the most persecuted, oppressed, and murdered religious group at September 11, 2024 06:26 AM (qXu2E)

71 For those that didn't watch the debate ( I didn't have the intestinal fortitude. (I admire those that did)) and have an interest , here is Trum"s excellent closing statement :

https://tinyurl.com/39r3wbcx

So i guess I'll go get a coffee, smell some late season roses, look at some other flowers and take a walk with my son if I can get him up. I probably won't be linking anything else ( and the crowd cheers 😉. ) because I am tired of verifying I'm human with tinyurl.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 11, 2024 06:26 AM (ocS06)

72 ***Starship has been ready to fly again since the beginning of August, but the government is keeping it grounded until at least November.
---

Musk said it seems like the govt ought to be able to do the paperwork faster than he can build a Starship.
The quote is up on X.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:27 AM (u7iQ0)

73 If I read it correctly the new Mint, like the one you mentioned, now come with upgradable ram. $209 @ YouGuessedIt.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:29 AM (u7iQ0)

74 I'm surprised some fair to middling little country somewhere isn't pleading with Musk to move his operations to their backyard.

Vietnam could be a great candidate. Decent economy, stable enough government (for nominal commies who are more democratic and liberal than America at this point, anyway), East facing, near the equator...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:29 AM (nPLkK)

75 One ticket purchased in Texas won the $800 million Mega Millions jackpot annuity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 11, 2024 06:30 AM (HkAx+)

76 The tunnel where Hamas kept and killed the 6 hostages was located under a child's room adorned with pictures of Disney characters and the word "Love". These are the people the Democrats support.

Posted by: fd at September 11, 2024 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

77 6 The giant cannon that shoot a capsule into the face on the moon is still on the table…
Posted by: Adriane the Space Cadet
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Gerald Bull has entered the conversation.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:31 AM (u7iQ0)

78 76 The tunnel where Hamas kept and killed the 6 hostages was located under a child's room adorned with pictures of Disney characters and the word "Love". These are the people the Democrats support.
Posted by: fd at September 11, 2024 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

Sure it wasn't Farfel the Murder Mouse?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:31 AM (nPLkK)

79 I'm holding on to SpaceX as the good news in life, despite the Junta doing its best to squeeze all the fun out of the testing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2024 06:32 AM (Rmedj)

80 79 I'm holding on to SpaceX as the good news in life, despite the Junta doing its best to squeeze all the fun out of the testing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2024 06:32 AM (Rmedj)

Worshipper! Cultist!

(i kid, i kid)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:32 AM (nPLkK)

81 Faifel or Mickey

At this point, both are evil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 11, 2024 06:32 AM (HkAx+)

82 >>>So, there's your two highest women.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
--------------------------------

Being selected on merit I imagine they didn't lose their handbags either.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:34 AM (u7iQ0)

83 John Hinderaker's readers are raking him over the coals for writing that he didn't watch the debate, but isn't surprised Trump did poorly. How do you know, bro?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

84 >>>Trump acquitted himself as best he could under the circumstances, Kambala was able to take advantage of the situation and lie her way to a draw at best, regardless of what anyone says, she didn't win anything.
-------------------

Her lying was unbounded and apparatchik supported.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:37 AM (u7iQ0)

85 83 John Hinderaker's readers are raking him over the coals for writing that he didn't watch the debate, but isn't surprised Trump did poorly. How do you know, bro?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

There's got to be a name for this, when someone says something that so perfectly demonstrates a current problem with mainstream knee-jerk thinking, like the "nobody I know voted for Nixon" line, or whatever.

If it's not already called a "Kael Gaffe", we should call it a "Hinderaker Gaffe" now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 11, 2024 06:37 AM (nPLkK)

86 9/11/2001
9/11/2012

9/11/ 2024 Our government is still a failure

Posted by: Ben Had at September 11, 2024 06:38 AM (I1GXe)

87 John Hinderaker's readers are raking him over the coals for writing that he didn't watch the debate, but isn't surprised Trump did poorly. How do you know, bro?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2024 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

For the same reason several commenters on these pages have, for the last couple days, foreseen that he would do poorly. Because they cannot accept that he does well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 11, 2024 06:39 AM (nR2nR)

88 @83

>>John Hinderaker's readers are raking him over the coals for writing that he didn't watch the debate, but isn't surprised Trump did poorly. How do you know, bro?

Hinderaker took up the Miringhoff mantle when that douchebag flounced because of his own uncontrollable TDS.

What do you expect from a bunch of GOPe a**clown lawyers from Minnesota?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 11, 2024 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)

89 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 11, 2024 06:40 AM (nR2nR)

90 A local high school was locked down after shell casings were found in a student's vehicle. There were no threats made and no weapons found, but the student has been disciplined and administrators are patting themselves on the back for their swift action.

Posted by: fd at September 11, 2024 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

91 Hinderaker said his family has a text strung and THEY said Trump stunk up the joint, not that he himself concluded that. My family said the same thing, with daughter 2 telling me she spent this morning muting instagram accounts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2024 06:41 AM (vQKde)

92 That debate was a show trial. The Harris team is already calling for a rematch.

I blame Trump for agreeing to it in the first place. What in the Hell did he expect ?

Posted by: Call It What It Is at September 11, 2024 06:42 AM (6FEVY)

93 61 She might have, she became a country singing star in 2005, before country was skin suited by the left.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
-----------------------------------

"Murder on Music Row", George Strait & Alan Jackson.
It's from the heart.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 11, 2024 06:43 AM (u7iQ0)

94 Nic Update.

Accuse your enemy of what you are doing, as you are doing it, to create confusion (Karl Marx)

Posted by: ShainS -- Accuse your enemy of what you are doing, as you are doing it, to create confusion (Karl Ma at September 11, 2024 10:52 AM (+xpqh)

95 2

Posted by: ShainS at September 11, 2024 10:52 AM (+xpqh)

96 PS5 no DVD/BluRay? No deal. Luckily my current one has Disc, and the hot game I played 20 minutes of.

Posted by: ZilWerks at September 11, 2024 12:05 PM (0MpOC)

97 Anyone looking for a cheap, good, Android tablet should consider Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4" 2020 edition, $118 USD.

Mine is the 32GB, (LTE Verizon & WIFI) version, and it is smaller with larger screen than my old Tab A, significantly faster processor and more feature rich.

It has headphones jack and SD card expandability and bright enough screen, although I have not taken it outside.

Its intended use is mainly music and books and some limited mobile work/notes usage with a detachable keyboard, with it's built-in LTE capability.

It doesn't come with a sleeve or case like the old Tab A, but that is a small quibble. At $118 2024 USD, it is practically half the cost I paid for my old Tab A some 10-12 years ago, and barely a scratch for such a capable device.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2024 12:27 PM (AYCXd)

98 To be fair, Sony has put out a list of PS5 titles expected have enhanced versions available for download day and date with the PS5 Pro shipping.

Sony is also borrowing/stealing a trick from Microsoft, even down to calling it GameBoost. This is the technique that upgrades older games that have received no new developer attention. The PS5 Pro will phone home to see if Sony has a profile for the game selected and download the profile for the tweaker in the firmware to apply. Often things like a frame rate locked to 30 FPS can be overriden to enable much higher rates.

This is stuff Microsoft has been doing since the Xbox One.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 11, 2024 01:37 PM (/0z9K)

99 Moore's Law is Dead has (or had, haven't checked yet) a good video up on it. And his coverage on the PS5 Pro to date has been solid enough Sony sicced the lawyers on him for it.

The $799 price is a dry run of PS6 pricing. The PS5 pro was already developed when Sony discovered that MS was going comatose on Xbox, so it is a completely sunk cost at this point. And they're perfectly able to sell it at $500-600, so they're floating the $800 number to see how many people actually bite.

If they do, the PS6 will be $700-800. If they don't, they just lose some warehousing costs, and knock it down to $600 in a few months, or just discontinue it and focus on the slim. They haven't lost anything much, and they will have gained valuable market data.

Posted by: Voyager at September 11, 2024 01:44 PM (APYxV)

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