In the market for something cheap, but decent quality. Right now, just have a Chromebook, but thinking I want a "proper" computer. Always used to be a Windows person, but not opposed to Apple, but dont care about the status symbol of it.

Not opposed to new, either, but seems like used or refurbished will be a better deal.

I could imagine installing Linux or something, but not immediately, so it needs to just work out of the box.

USB-C would also be nice. Something smaller and lite weight, but it doesn't have to extremely so.

Also in the market for a new phone. Will probably get an old Pixel, but am curious would you tech nerds recommend these days.

  • neo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I played MGS2 on it. Mostly great! Don't get the stable 1.6.0 release, it's immensely out of date on such a fast-moving development. Get the v1.7 nightly build with Qt (for a better UI). And use the Metal graphics renderer.

    • mittens [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I'll try using the nightlys, my sister is dying to play the urbz and she'll be mondo pleased if I get it to run.

      • neo [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Good news: https://nitter.net/PCSX2/status/1598862643917336576