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On 1 Jun 2026 at 22:29:12 BST, Philip Herlihy wrote:

> In article <10vknok$2f8sf$1@dont-email.me>, patchmoney@gmx.com says...
> 
> 
>> Also, might be worth waiting - seems like some innovations are arriving soon:
>> 
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nvidia-ai-personal-computer-9.7218820
>> 
>> Although whether you want to be a first adopter or not . . .
>> 
>> 
> 
> Yes - I'd seen that, and had been wondering.  Google Gemini pulled
> together useful answers to my questions:
> https://gemini.google.com/share/ffc87cb3f377
> 

OoI I tried your Qs in Claude, plus a follow-up:

https://claude.ai/share/b3c63a04-99f3-4f6d-934d-53bb92040e28

Similar answers - but some more on the parallels with Apple's Silicon. I've
got a fairly recent Apple computer (M4) and can't say I've noticed what the AI
side of things adds. It tries to pre-emptively summarise and generate replies
to texts for example - nothing of use to me. But then I'm hardly an AI power
user . . .

Apart from running stone cold and silently, it just gets on with everything as
(Intel) before. The only significant change I've noticed has been video
encoding - maybe 4x faster than a recent i7 to compress video.

> On balance, I do think I need the universal compatibility, though the
> quantum leap in performance is of course attractive.  I'm wary of being
> an early-adopter too, so maybe in a couple more years when things have
> settled down I might invest in an RTX Spark laptop.  (I note that the
> OEMs will be concentrating on laptops and mini-PCs, rather than the
> tower I feel I want.

I was 'encouraged' onto the Silicon platform as Intel was falling out of
Apple's support. Software compatability has been a minor issue for me - it'll
be interesting to see what the 'Spark rollout brings . . .

-- 
Cheers, Rob
Sheffield, UK

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New PC for Phil... Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-05-31 20:13 +0100
  Re: New PC for Phil... Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-05-31 21:01 +0100
    Re: New PC for Phil...  [OT - why Windows?] Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-01 12:46 +0100
      Re: New PC for Phil...  [OT - why Windows?] Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2026-06-03 08:02 +0000
        Re: New PC for Phil...  [OT - why Windows?] Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-03 15:44 +0100
  Re: New PC for Phil... RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-06-01 19:49 +0000
    Re: New PC for Phil... Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-01 22:29 +0100
      Re: New PC for Phil... RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-06-02 06:47 +0000
        Re: New PC for Phil... Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-02 11:46 +0100
          Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-06-02 13:06 +0100
            Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-02 12:55 +0000
            Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-03 15:51 +0100
              Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-06-03 18:33 +0100
                Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-04 08:18 +0000
                Re: Artificial but not intelligent Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-04 22:23 +0100
                Re: Artificial but not intelligent "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-05 07:37 +0000
                Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-06-04 21:13 +0000
            Re: Artificial but not intelligent (Was: New PC for Phil...) Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-25 12:42 +0100
  Re: New PC for Phil... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-05 00:37 +0100
  Re: New PC for Phil... Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-06-07 11:55 +0100

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