#olive and the ethernet

[eat-rock]

moodboard for my dog who ate the ethernet cord yesterday

[novumtimes]

The Mac Mini M4 could resemble an Apple TV

Oliver Cragg / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is reportedly preparing to launch new Mac Mini computers powered by the base M4 and yet-to-be-announced M4 Pro chips. The upcoming computer will likely feature a significantly smaller design resembling an aluminum Apple TV of sorts. Rumors suggest that the refreshed Mac Mini will launch this fall and offer one HDMI and three USB-C ports. Now that Apple has fully embraced its efficient, in-house silicon chips, it’s been focusing on slimming down its devices. Earlier this year, the company revealed its thinnest tablet ever, the iPad Pro (2024), and rumors indicate that a slim iPhone 17 variant is in the works. In the Mac department, the iMac and MacBook have already received the facelift, and the Mini model could be the next to follow suit. If the leaks materialize, Apple’s smallest computer yet, the Mac Mini M4, will launch this fall. According to Bloomberg, the Mac Mini M4 will feature a redesigned build that is significantly smaller than the present one. The compact computer will reportedly retain the aluminum design and feature one HDMI and three USB-C ports. The end result could be an Apple TV-like device powered by the current iPad Pro’s brain. The report reads: Apple is preparing two versions of the new Mac mini, both of which are codenamed J773. The first will use the base configuration of the M4 chip, similar to the component inside of the iPad Pro. There will also be a higher-end Mac mini that uses a yet-to-be-announced M4 Pro chip. That component includes support for additional memory and more graphics horsepower. Like its recent predecessors, the Mac Mini M4 will likely offer two main variants. The entry-level model could pack the base M4 chip found in the flagship iPad, while a higher-end edition could incorporate the yet-to-be-announced M4 Pro chipset. Beyond the aforementioned port selection, it’s unclear if either model will continue to pack a headphone jack and Ethernet port or whether Apple is retiring them with this release. The Mac Mini M4 will reportedly launch later this year, potentially in October or November. Apart from the Mini model, Apple is also expected to bring the M4 chip to the iMac and MacBook Pro before this year ends. Meanwhile, the MacBook Air, Mac Pro, and Mac Studio could receive similar chip bumps next year. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at news@androidauthority.com. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it’s your choice. Comments Source link via The Novum Times

[akinternational]

Grab an AK International portable speaker and take your beats on the go 

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Single Box System – The new Naim Muso QB 2nd Generation is compact in size. It is a single box system which doesn’t require much space to be installed. It is portable so you can take it with you without any hassle. 

Sound Quality – These portable speakers of Naim are integrated with Digital Signal Processor (DSP) which provides 2000 million instructions per second. This makes the transmission of the music more powerful and enhances its performance.  

Easy to use – The Naim Speakers are easy to use. You can control it with an audio brain that comes with all the features. You can stream music from the latest music streaming applications such as Spotify Connect, Tidal, AirPlay. You can connect it via Bluetooth or also connect it using Ethernet or Wifi. 

Stylish – The grille comes in 4 different colours- canard bleu, rouge terracotta, vert olive and grise. The cabinet design with aluminium casing is re-engineered to create 13% more internal volume which enables bigger and better bass. You can combine it with other Naim products, or AirPlay or connect with Chromecast. 

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[switchmains]

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A shield layer then surrounds the dielectric layer with metal foil or braided copper mesh. A dielectric layer, made up of an insulating material with very well-defined electrical characteristics, surrounds the wire. The center conductor layer is a thin conducting wire, either solid or braided copper. This construction ensures signals are enclosed within the cable and prevents electrical noise from interfering with the signal. How coaxial cables workĬoaxial cables have concentric layers of electrical conductors and insulating material. Depending on the carrier technology used and other factors, twisted pair copper wire and optical fiber are alternatives to coaxial cable. AT&T established its first cross-continental coaxial transmission system in 1940. Many of these cables or pairs of coaxial tubes can be placed in a single outer sheathing and, with repeaters, can carry information for a great distance.Ĭoaxial cable was invented in 1880 by English engineer and mathematician Oliver Heaviside, who patented the invention and design that same year. Some homes and offices use coaxial cable, too, but its widespread use as an Ethernet connectivity medium in enterprises and data centers has been supplanted by the deployment of twisted pair cabling.Ĭoaxial cable received its name because it includes one physical channel that carries the signal surrounded - after a layer of insulation - by another concentric physical channel, both running along the same axis. It is also sometimes used by telephone companies to connect central offices to telephone poles near customers.

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[psy-psy-psy]

olive redux!

since zinnia no longer has an obnoxious square in her design, olive gets to wear it. but only if she ever puts on her “lab coat.” or i might keep it long. i have no idea

[chrismerle]

to the tune of into the thick of it: I'M FUCKING SICK OF IT. I'M FUCKING SICK OF IT.

[clarestrand]

Send me an Image: From Postcards to Social Media curated by Kathrin Schonegg and Felix Hoffman for C/O Gallery Berlin.

Send Me An Image: From Postcards to Social Media

Including works by myself and  ABC Artists' Books Cooperative,  Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin with Der Greif, David Campany & Anastasia Samoylova, Fredi Casco, Moyra Davey, Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, Martin Fengel & Jörg Koopmann, Stuart Franklin, Gilbert & George, Dieter Hacker, Tomas van Houtryve, Philippe Kahn, On Kawara, Erik Kessels, Marc Lee, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mike Mandel, Theresa Martinat, Eva & Franco Mattes, Jonas Meyer & Christin Müller, Peter Miller, Romain Roucoules, Thomas Ruff, Taryn Simon & Aaron Swartz, Andreas Slominski and  Corinne Vionnet.

An immense wave of images crashes against the exhibition wall in C/O Berlin. In his installation 24HRS in Photos, Dutch artist Erik Kessels forces viewers to wade through a sea of 350,000 standard photo prints wildly thrown onto each other. They depict the mass of images uploaded onto the image sharing site Flickr in one day fifteen years ago. Yet despite their sheer mass, the number now appears comically small. Now, the digital mountain of images on Instagram and Facebook grows by many millions of snapshots each day, images that have long ceased to be developed and printed in photo labs and instead circulate from one screen to the next via colorful ethernet cables and wireless connections.

Photography has always been a social medium that has been shared with others. But why do people communicate with each other using images? And how do the “virtual distillates” of photographs change society? The thematic exhibition Send me an Image . From Postcards to Social Media outlines the development of photography from a means of communication in the nineteenth century to its current digital representation online. The focus is on the dialogue between historical forms of traveling images from photography over the past 150 years and contemporary artists from the 1970s onwards who work with both traditional and modern photographic techniques, uses, and means of communication.

The exhibition considers the transformation of photography from an illustrative medium to one of society’s most significant means of communicating today. At the same time, the works shown illuminate phenomena such as censorship, surveillance, and the algorithmic regulation that affect many activities in a data-driven era. Today, images shared via social media not only spread rapidly but can also take on an independent newsworthiness and as “pure” messages can even spark different kinds of protests. The social dimensions of image communication is a second area of focus in Send me an Image . From Postcards to Social Media at C/O Berlin, curated by Felix Hoffmann and Dr. Kathrin Schönegg. A publication by Steidl Verlag appears on the occasion of the exhibition.

[spncryn]

my setup

This post is completely unwarranted but I felt inspired to do a write-up anyways after going through my applications this morning and cleaning some of them up.

primary workstation

This machine, as noted, is my primary workstation. It’s used for my heaviest duty work, which mostly consists of media manipulation and game development (the former which is almost exclusively in service of the latter). 

My main priorities for a primary workstation are, in order of importance: cost, portability, durability, battery life and performance. Although most of the time, the computer remains connected to the power supply in one spot on my desk, I can easily disconnect it and pack it up (along with the peripherals) in a matter of seconds when necessary. 

My ideal hardware for my primary machine is a durable sub-$700 laptop with a matte screen, a minimum of 8 hours of battery life (with continuous, but conservative usage), at least four USB ports and an Ethernet port, a 128GB internal SSD, and a mid-range dedicated GPU. I thought it’d be a pretty rare combination of traits but the Acer Aspire E 15 more than lived up to my desires, with expandable RAM and internal memory, an HDMI port, and a matte (!) 15.6″ 1080p screen (I’d been working on a HP EliteBook prior to getting the E 15, whose 1366x768 screen pales in comparison). It even has a backlit keyboard! As far as I’m concerned, it’s the perfect mid-range compromise for my daily tasks. 

Hardware: Acer Aspire E 15 w/ Intel i5-2700U, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 256GB SSD (+3TB WD My Passport external HDD)

OS: Windows 10 Home

Browser: Microsoft Edge Chromium

Cloud storage: 

Audio editor: Audacity

BitTorrent client: Deluge

File archiver: 7-Zip

Game engine: GameMaker Studio 1.4.9999

Git client: Fork

Image editor: GIMP, GameMaker Studio 1.4.9999, MS Paint

Image viewer: IrfanView

Media player: Films & TV (built-in)

Music player: Google Play Music Desktop Player

Remote desktop: Chrome Remote Desktop (works with Edge Chromium!)

Screen capture: ShareX, LICEcap, OBS Studio

Text editor: Sublime Text 3

Video downloader: youtube-dl

Video editor: Olive

Not strictly necessary:

Classic Shell: I use it solely to change the visual appearance of the start menu button; if I didn’t care so much about appearances, I could easily get rid of this.

Uplay / Steam: Not gonna bother linking these. I don’t play too many games on PC and I have some strong personal feelings about Steam, but I keep them just for sake of social convenience. 

secondary units

Although portability is a high priority for me, I tend not to move my primary machine around too much unless I’m travelling somewhere for an extended period of time (which, by my standards, is basically just more than two days). While not strictly necessary, having an extra device (or, as it would turn out, two) is really convenient, whether for moving around, or just doubling as second or third or even, with an external monitor connected, fourth screen. 

I basically look for the same things in my secondary devices as I do in my workstation, with particular emphasis on three things: affordability, durability and portability. I want lightweight, secure machines that can take a beating and, in the off-event that they’re destroyed or lost, can be replaced without too much of a drain on my (rapidly depleting...) bank balance.

In this case, Chromebooks were exactly what I was looking for. 

I prefer ASUS’s C2XXSA line. This includes the older C202SA, and the newer C213SA, which is a touchscreen convertible model. Both are rugged (drop, spill resistant), light and very portable (11.6″) machines with matte screens and extremely good keyboards that I got for, respectively, $100 and $150 on eBay. 

ChromeOS has evolved to the point of being able to take care of practically 95% of my computer-based needs, most of which I’ve come to realise are browser-based. Cloud-based services such as Drive and profile synchronisation allow me to log onto any Chromebook with my Google account and, in less than a minute (assuming decent internet connection), be fully set up. Drive is fully functional offline, which means I can write up whatever I need at any time and the moment I go online, it’ll be synced in the background without need for my input. My entire library is synced up with Google Play Books, which I can access offline as well (the convertible C213SA serves as an excellent tablet experience for both reading and watching things).

To be honest, I don’t even need the C202SA given that the C213SA is basically a superior version of it in nearly every way; but I keep it around as a workhorse for more outdoor or workshop-related activities, as I’m not so cautious about it getting banged up or covered in dirt or oil or food stains (not that I think the C213SA couldn’t handle it; it’s just newer, so I want to preserve the feeling of it being new as long as I can). 

Hardware 1: ASUS Chromebook C202SA-YS02

Hardware 2: ASUS Chromebook Flip C213SA-YS02

Cloud storage: Google Drive

Media player: MX Player Pro

Music player: Google Play Music

Notes: Google Keep

Photo manipulation: Snapseed

Photo storage: Google Photos

Reading: Google Play Books

Remote desktop: Chrome Remote Desktop

Writing: Google Docs

[kunstentech]

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[bd5useddriversblog-blog]

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[chrismerle]

I posted 7,058 times in 2021

472 posts created (7%)

6586 posts reblogged (93%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 14.0 posts.

I added 890 tags in 2021

#actual journaling - 313 posts

#p5 - 114 posts

#critical role - 104 posts

#elsa liveblogs nonsense - 72 posts

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#and it has the constitution of oliver fucking twist which means it's stuck on ethernet until tuesday again when the next patch comes through

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Hi. I’m Elsa. I am a freelance editor. It is halfway to my next paycheck and I still have not received my previous paycheck, and the payroll team at work has no ETA on when this mess is going to get cleaned up. This is becoming unfortunately routine. So any work that comes my way brings me one step closer to quitting my job and also pays my insurance bills.

My credentials:

I have a BA in English and I’ve been freelancing as an editor since 2014.

I’ve handled fiction and nonfiction.

Nonfiction topics I’ve dealt with include law, business, finance, marketing, tech, travel, wellness, and medical.

I’ll handle any genre of fiction. That includes gore, horror, and smut. I have no triggers.

The shortest piece I’ve edited was 95 words. The longest piece I’ve edited was 115,000 words. That latter one has 5 stars on Amazon and the writer called me a godsend.

Things I’ll do:

Beta reading: During this stage, I don’t do any correcting of typos or grammar or anything like that, but instead offer my input on anything that stands out or seems weird or noteworthy. Like if I get to the end of the book and still have no idea what a prominent character looks like, or if it feels like a plot thread didn’t get tied up, or if I just think parts of it are a bit dull. Or if I think something works really well! If you have a list of questions you want me to keep in mind, I will do so, but otherwise I’ll just make observations as they come to me. $1.00 per page.

Line editing: This is when I go through the story line by line to spice up the prose, while also adjusting sections that are awkwardly or confusingly worded. There won’t be much of a focus on basic proofreading since the contents aren’t quite finalized yet, though I’ll probably fix any errors that jump out at me. $1.00 per 100 words.

Copy editing: In-depth proofreading, basically. I’ll fix spelling and grammar issues. If a number is spelled out on one page but typed as a digit on another page, I’ll make sure those sorts of things are consistent. If a page switches from present tense to past tense halfway through, I’ll fix it. Copy editing should be your last step in the process, since if you go and rework anything after the copy edit, you’re just going to have to copy edit all over again. $0.85 per 100 words.

Rush Orders:

In the event that you need something done very quickly, a rush order fee will be applied. Regardless of the length, if you need it within less than three full days, a rush order fee will be applied. Beyond that, take the final word count and then divide by 5,000, and that is the number of days in which the rush order fee applies.

Ex.: If you have a 52,000-word novel, then if you divide that by 5,000, you get 10.4; round that up to 11. If you need me to finish the document in under 11 days, a rush order fee will apply.

For the rush order fee, take a quarter of the price for work and add that on.

Ex.: If we say that 52,000-word novel is 104 pages and you want the full works–beta reading, line editing, and copy editing–then that would be $1,066. The rush order fee would be $266.50, bringing the full total up to $1,332.50.

If all you want is for me to beta read, the rush order fee will only apply if you need it within less than three full days.

I take payment through Paypal at t.elspeth.williams@gmail.com. If I have multiple takers lined up, then I’ll work through projects in the order they’re presented to me, though rush orders will be allowed to jump the queue. If you can’t or don’t want to pay all at once, then I’m happy to work out a weekly, biweekly, or monthly payment plan. My preference is to work in Google Docs because I can use Suggesting Mode and leave proper comments, but Google Docs is not a requirement. Scheduling discrepancies will be worked out in advance, obviously. If you need something done within two weeks and there are three people ahead of you, I will say as much.

My ask box and my DMs are open. If you don’t want to get in touch with me through tumblr, you can also email me (t.elspeth.williams@gmail.com) or use Discord (shaicarus#8286).

25 notes • Posted 2021-06-06 04:51:22 GMT

#4

“Fjord! Fjord, don’t you dare have fun without us!”

I think I’m gonna miss Molly once he’s gone

28 notes • Posted 2021-04-10 06:25:01 GMT

#3

See the full post

39 notes • Posted 2021-08-14 03:01:23 GMT

#2

Me: //gets coffee and a sandwich at Starbucks

My blood sugar: //a bit high, but nothing crazy

My blood sugar, TWO FUCKING HOURS LATER: //APPROACHING PLUTO AND MAKING FOR THE OORT CLOUD

Me: ????????????????

69 notes • Posted 2021-06-24 22:25:26 GMT

#1

I think one of the weirdest things about a progressive disability is that it gets worse in increments, so you get used to it in increments, so it isn’t until you consciously look back that you realize how it’s gradually shaped your habits and behavior

you’re probably expecting something profound now, but in reality this was spurred on by me stopping dead on the landing and demanding ‘jesus, how long have I been climbing stairs like THIS?’ to absolutely no one

148 notes • Posted 2021-05-17 08:33:32 GMT

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[lancecarr]

Ask the Videoguys NDI Special (01/21/20)

Full Webinar

Oliver Ricketts (Video Production Specialist – Videoguys) steps in for Gary on 2020’s first Ask the Videoguys! Today he is joined by Glen Seaman (Workflow Sales Specialist – Broadfield Distributing) and Adam Noyes (Video Production Specialist – Videoguys). NDI is the focus of today’s show!

Videoguys has been playing a lot with the new Tricaster Mini 4K. These questions are ones that have come accross the Videoguys Studio, and how they were solved.

What is POE, what are important things for me to understand?

Total Power Delivery

People often think that once a switch is bought, it means 30 W over each port. This is false. The truth entirely depends on what switch is purchased. With 30 W, that means that 30 W is spread out over each of the ports (see the diagram above).

Glen’s suggestion is make a Powe Budget with the following categories

Port – which port the Ethernet cable is being plugged into

Device – what device is being plugged in

Watts – How much power that device needs to run.

I have a Network set up how do I get PoE?

Get a switch. In terms of what to get, the webinar mentions PoE Texas for the Poe Injector.

PoE Injector

What PoE switch do you recommend for small productions?

Pro-tip: Compare and contrast different PoE switches from different companies.

Do they support PoE+? PoE++? (The differences are brought up within the webinar.

You can now mix NDI|HX & NDI with NDI 4.0 and the New TriCaster 7.0!

The latest NewTek Firmware Update makes this possibe. Thus if there is a Panasonic NDI|HX camera being used, a BridDog full NDI camera can now be placed over the network. No more worrying about network crashes or overloads.

Watch the full webinar here!

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[finniebeginnie]

It hasn't happened as quickly as we wanted (what does?) but Olive's secret space is coming together. Just need to hang two more things and Ryan has to finish running the Ethernet and we'll take the door off and reveal. A little hideaway just for her, just in time for kindergarten.

[savetopnow]

2018-03-11 22 TV now

TV

Cord Cutters

Some channels on sling not airing anything until a later time?

If Comcast Was No Longer Comcast

Stuttering: Browser over Ethernet vs. streaming player over wifi?

What is that lesser known service??

YouTube TV vs DirecTV Now: is this a fair takeaway?

Netflix Best Of

[Discussion] I just watched Rebirth. Anyone want to discuss?

[REQUEST] Comedy TV show

[REQUEST] looking for super gory and ridiculous B Horror movies

[US] GLOW (2017): What’s better than pro wrestling? FEMALE pro wrestling!

[US] Of Men and War (2015):Of Men and War (2016) - Veterans from Iraq & Afghanistan war suffering PTSD get treatment in Yountville, CA treatment center. The Pathway Home, a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center is resolved to stop the damage caused by war.

Reddit Television

Malala Talks to David Letterman About Girls' Education, Fighting Extremism

High Maintenance is easily one of the top 5 shows I've ever watched.

Scrubs - "More Than A Feeling"

My Recommendation: Golden Girls

Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

TV & Jelly

The Bachelor Week 5: Glitter

The Bachelor Week 4: I’ll be that voice of reason and voice of reality

The Bachelor: Week 3 WHY AM I DOING THIS

The Bachelor Week 2: My Patience Has Been Trialed

The Bachelor Week 1: Salt and Pepper

TV Guide

Deception's Many Tricks Make It More Than Meets the Eye

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Wedding Bells Rang in the 100th Episode!

Jane the Virgin: Is Rafael's Mom Actually [Spoiler]?

Once Upon a Time Gave Regina a New Love Interest

Instinct Is Broadcast TV's First Gay and Female Forward Procedural

TV Is My Pacifier

If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/11/18

This Week on TV – 3/11/18-3/17/18

Saturday on TV – 3/10/18

Friday on TV – 3/9/18

If We Controlled Your Remote… 3/9/18

TV Line

Love Series Finale Recap: Do Gus and Mickey Get Their Happily-Ever-After?

SNL Highlights: Sterling K. Brown Stars in Black Panther, Plays Family Feud

SNL: Robert Mueller Can't Commit to Collusion in The Bachelor Spoof

Peak TV Treasure: Mary Kills People

Sneaky Pete EP Breaks Down Season 2 Cliffhanger and Why Bryan Cranston Couldn't Come Back... Yet

The TV Addict

Daily Binge: Your Daily Dose of TV News You Need to Know (Friday March 9, 2018)

The CW Teasers: SUPERNATURAL Goes Scooby Doo, Nyssa Al Ghul Returns to ARROW and More

Daily Binge: Your Daily Dose of TV News You Need to Know (Thursday March 8, 2018)

SANTA CLARITA DIET Season 2 Preview: Trying to Keep a Low Profile

THE X-FILES Recap: Maybe It Was The Gates of Hell…Or Women

[tech-battery]

MSI GE66 Raider Review: Good-Looking 300 Hz Powerhouse

If you’ve ever wondered, “Why aren’t gaming laptops flashier?” the MSI GE66 Raider is for you. With an RGB light bar and keyboard, aluminum build and trim design, it’s as beautiful as its price suggests -- $1,899 to start, $2,999 as tested.

Packing an RTX 2080 Super Max-Q graphics card and 10th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU, The GE66 Raider proved it’s ready to make ample use of its mind-blowing 300 Hz display, too.

MSI GE66 Raider Specs

CPU

Intel Core i9-10980HK

Graphics

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q (8GB GDDR6)

RAM

32GB DDR4-3200

Storage

1TB PCIe NVMe SSD

Display

15.6 inches, 1920 x 1080 resolution @ 300 Hz, 3ms

Networking

Killer Ethernet E3100 LAN, Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2*2ax), Bluetooth 5.1

Ports

2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (DisplayPort 1.4), HDMI 2.0, Mini DisplayPort 1.4, SD card reader, 3.5mm headphone/mic jack

Camera

1080p

Battery

99WHr

Power Adapter

280W

Operating System

Windows 10 Home

Dimensions(WxDxH)

14.1 x 10.5 x 0.9 inches (358.1 x 266.7 x 22.9mm)

Weight

5.3 pounds (2.4kg)

Price (as configured)

$2,999

Design of MSI GE66 Raider

How does a laptop manage to look more mature and more wild than your typical gaming clamshell? A cool and classy chassis underscored (quite literally) by a stunning RGB bar, that’s how. The GE66 Raider isn’t the only laptop to incorporate colorful LEDs on its deck. The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G732 has a light bar on three sides. However, I’d argue that the GE66 Raider does it best. The boldness of the light bar and its beveled glass encasement make for a crystalline vibe that goes galactic with the right color scheme. The default settings (a combination of fuchsia, blue and green) is enough of a show to cross the Aurora Borealis off my bucket list. (Okay, not quite). But with those same default settings on the keyboard, it’s one prismatic phenomenon that’s probably as showy as RGB can be without inducing nausea.

Speaking of the keyboard, this one is from SteelSeries and offers per-key programming via SteelSeries’ Engine 3 software, as is the RGB light bar. But only the default setting was cosmic enough for me to warrant this level of RGB spectacle.

The aluminum lid is a royal shade of gray, fitting for the dragon shield that tops it. The logo’s raised silver outlining is the sort of attention to detail that makes company logos more forgivable. Plus, a dragon emblem is way cooler than someone's last name in a circle (for example). Sadly, silver only lives on the lid; the rest of the laptop is black, which, perhaps, helps the RGB pop.

On the left side of the GE66 Raider’s black deck is a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C port (20 Gbps), a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gbps) port, plus a 3.5mm headphone/mic jack. The right side has a pair of  USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports (5 Gbps) and, surprisingly, an SD card reader. There are more ports on the laptop's spine, namely HDMI 2.0, Mini DisplayPort 1.4, and RJ45 Ethernet port and a port for MSI’s proprietary charger. MSI really has all the bases covered here.

The underside of the laptop has what MSI calls “Dragon armor carving,” which is really a bunch of stretched out hexagons. Overall, this feels like a solid machine with only a small amount of flex in its thin, 15.6-inch screen. MSI says it increased the torque on the hinge by 14% over the last generation (the MSI GE65 Raider) and widened it 9%.

The sleek black deck is smooth with a very subtle hint of shimmer. Combined with the 5mm thin bezel around the display, 82% screen-to-body ratio and, again, the mesmerizing effect of the RGB keyboard and light bar, you’ve got a machine that seems premium where needed and fun where wanted.

The GE66 Raider stacks up averagely when it comes to 15-inch gaming clamshells. The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550, for example, is 14.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inches and 5.3 pounds, while our MSI review unit is 14.1 x 10.5 x 0.9 inches and the same weight. You can get sleeker though. The MSI GS66 Stealth, as its name subtly suggests, is slightly lighter at 4.6 pounds and trimmer at 14.2 x 9.7 x 0.7 inches.

MSI GE66 Raider Gaming Performance

With an RTX 2080 Super Max-Q graphics card, our review unit of the GE66 Raider easily hit 60 frames per second (fps) in most games. I enjoyed Battlefield V at ultra settings typically in the 80-90 frames per second (fps) range. During intense battles, it’d drop to roughly 73-76 fps, and when I crawled through some grass it climbed as high as 130 fps. After I added ray tracing into the mix, framerates stayed around the 70-80 fps range, hitting 99 fps during calm moments and the low 70s in heavy battle.

When it came to running the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark (1920 x 1080, highest settings), the GE66 Raider averaged 75 fps. That’s 6 more fps than the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 and greater than the MSI GS66 Stealth’s 66 fps average. Both laptops use the same GPU as our review unit. Meanwhile, the Alienware m17 R3 with a Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Super came close to matching the GE66 Raider at 74 fps.

Our review unit outperformed its sibling MSI machine and the ROG Zephyrus Duo when it came to Grand the Grand Theft Auto V benchmark (1920 x 1080, very high) as well. However, the Alienware bested the MSI by 7 fps.

The Far Cry New Dawn (1920 x 1080, ultra) benchmark ran at 99 fps on our GE66 Raider. That’s 10 more fps than the Asus and Alienware and 14 more fps than the GS66 Stealth averaged.

The GE66 Raider also comes out on top when looking at Red Dead Redemption 2 (1920 x 1080, medium). Our configuration ran the benchmark at 58 fps, which is slightly faster than both the Zephyrus Duo and m17 R3 and 9 fps quicker than the other MSI machine here.

To stress test our review unit, we ran the Metro Exodus 1080p RTX benchmark on a loop 15 times to simulate 30 minutes of gaming. During this time, the game ran at an average framerate of 51.9 fps. The RTX 2080 Super Max-Q ran at an average clock speed of 1,360.4 MHz and temperature of 64 degrees Celsius (147.2 degrees Fahrenheit). The CPU, meanwhile, was running at 4.4 GHz average clock speed and 76.5 degrees Celsius Average (169.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

MSI GE66 Raider Productivity Performance

The configuration of the GE66 we tested has an Intel Core i9-10980HK with eight CPU cores and 16 threads, working with 32GB (2x 16GB) of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD. That’s a lot of power, and the laptop proved more than sufficient for running 22 Google Chrome tabs, including one playing Netflix, as well as Slack. I was able to track through an episode on Netflix with a 1-3 second delay. And there were no obvious delays when navigating or scrolling through my numerous browser tabs.

On Geekbench 5.1, an overall productivity performance benchmark, our configuration of the GE66 Raider proved more effective than the other machines here. Its score of 8,347 on all cores outshined the ROG Zephyrus Duo. The Asus scored 8,134 with the same specs as our review unit but with two 1TB SSDs in RAID0. The Alienware also has the same CPU and RAM as our GE66 Raider and a 1TB drive in RAID0. It fell behind our review unit by 720 points. The GE66 Stealth got 6,261, with a lesser Intel Core i7-10750H CPU, 32GB of DDR-2666 RAM and a 512GB SSD.

It took our review laptop 36 seconds to copy 25GB of files, which equates to 745.8 MBps. That’s much slower than the ROG Zephyrus Duo’s 1,413 MBps and the Alienware’s 1,220.4 MBps. The GE66 Stealth, however, was at a comparative crawl.

The GE66 Raider shined in Handbrake. It took the laptop 6 minutes and 59 seconds to transcode a video from 4K resolution to 1080p. That’s quicker than all the other laptops here, especially the GS66 Stealth, which needed 2:56 longer.

MSI GE66 Raider Display

The screen on the GE66 Raider packs a wildly fast refresh rate of 300 Hz, coupled with a 3ms response time. This is part of a growing trend of gaming laptops sporting insanely high refresh rates, including the 300 Hz Razer Blade Pro 17 (2020) and Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G732.

Even the best gaming monitors are still stuck at 240 Hz max (360 Hz desktop monitors are en route). But while the screen may update with new information 300 times a second, your graphics card may not be so fast, depending on the game you’re running. AAA titles are out of the question when it comes to hitting 300 fps. Instead, you’ll have to play an esports game, like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, FIFA, Rocket League or CS:GO to get past the 240 fps mark.

Overwatch is another contender for high framerates, so I dropped settings to the lowest on the GE66 Raider. I surpassed 240 fps quite frequently. Framerates were as high as 301 during a low-intensity training session, and during actual gameplay it usually was in the 250-260s, sometimes dropping as low as 194 fps and reaching as high as 281 fps.

In terms of image quality, the GE66 Raider’s screen packs a healthy amount of color for both gaming and movies. Overwatch looked as pleasant as ever on the laptop, with tanks featuring their gold tones instead of looking like a pale yellow. I could also see the nuanced shades of gray in Reinhart’s weapon, which can look more washed out and flat on other screens.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout also looked as colorful as I expected after watching it numerous times on a large TV. Green poplars in a garden stood out, as did the subtly olive tone of Ilsa’s jacket. The purple-pinkish haze that subtly covers a scene at an airport at dusk and is often lost on other displays was also visible.

The panel is IPS style, and side angle viewing lives up to expectations. When watching Mission: Impossible from a 90-degree angle there were reflections on the further half of the screen, but it was still watchable, especially for a movie this good. At a 45-degree angle, there were virtually no issues.

Our testing showed that this speedy panel averages a solid 300 nits max brightness. However, every other laptop here has a brighter screen, including the smaller second screen on the Zephyrus Duo. The other MSI and the ROG Zephyrus Duo offer a similar amount of coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut as the GE66 Raider. However, the Alienware is incredibly colorful.

MSI GE66 Raider Keyboard and Touchpad

I love a trim gaming laptop, but in the GE66 Raider’s case, that comes at the price of a spacious keyboard. MSI said it enlarged the keycaps, especially the left Ctrl key, compared to the GE65 Raider. But there are also some (but not all) navigational keys squeezed into the right column, and the arrow keys that aren’t offset enough to be easily locatable. At the end of the day, you’re left with keys that are pretty close together and very flat, making it easy for the fingers to slide across to other keys accidentally. There are also some weird choices, like the abomination of the left FN and Ctrl keys crammed into one space.

When gaming, this resulted in mispressed keys and me having to look down more often than usual to reorient myself. The larger Ctrl key helped, but I still found it hard to find other keys when holding down Ctrl, like when I was trying to slide in Apex Legends. And when trying to input combos, I had to look down to figure out where I was in a sea of flat keys.

On the 10fastfigners.com typing I test I averaged 113.7 words per minute with a 96.6% accuracy rate. That’s pretty typical for me and only slightly below my 98% average accuracy, likely due to how snappy the keys are. But my fingers felt a little worn out afterward.

On the other hand, the keyboard’s quite functional. As mentioned, you get some navigational keys, like Home and Page Up. You can also use the function row to toggle the webcam off (handy for privacy), activate crosshairs for training, enter Game Mode, quickly turn the fans to max speed and toggle through the keyboard and light bar’s premade RGB effects simultaneously or control RGB brightness.

The GE66 Raider is also rocking a 4.1 x 2.5-inch touchpad, which I found to be a good size. It isn’t very slippery, instead offering a healthy amount of friction for control. I had no problem navigating Windows 10 with touchpad gestures.

MSI GE66 Raider Audio

The MSI GE66 Raider’s two 2W speakers live on either side of the deck, a more logical location than speakers that are under the laptop, which can result in muffled sound. They’re Dynaudio brand (if you forget, a logo on the deck will remind you), and MSI says they support up to a 192 KHz sampling rate and 24-bit Hi-res audio and go up to 122 dB.

In Overwatch, the overall sound was a little tinny. But I’ve heard worse, especially on other gaming laptops and thin ultraportables. The battlegrounds sounded like there were people banging on different types of metal trash cans as opposed to firing off different weapons. The audio didn’t sound as layered as usual, and even Reinherart’s voice was more metallic. When I switched to external speakers, I could hear more bass and a greater variance in weapon noises. The speakers’ volume, on the other hand, was ample, even with all my windows and balcony door open on a rainy day.

Music also sounded different than usual. When I played “Like Glue,” Sean Paul sounded like he was singing far away down a tunnel and higher pitched. Moving to speakers resulted in a warmer voice with more bass. The instruments in The Strokes’ “What Ever Happened?” didn’t sound as detailed on the GE66 Raider either.

MSI GE66 Raider Upgradeability

Once you remove 11 Philips head screws and apply some elbow grease, you can pry off the GE66 Raider’s cover for upgrading. You can replace the RAM to reach up to 64GB (mine had two 16GB sticks), and my unit also had an empty spot for adding another M.2 SSD by removing an additional Philips head screw. You can also unscrew the Wi-Fi card.

MSI GE66 Raider Battery Life

Like the GS66 Stealth, MSI gave the GE66 Raider a 99WHr battery, the largest size it’s legally allowed to implement into a laptop, a company rep told me. But while the GE66 Raider may offer a lot of performance in a more portable package, you’ll still want to bring the charger if you plan on using it all day.

The GE66 Raider lasted 4 hours and 57 minutes on our battery test, which surfs the web, streams video and runs browser-based OpenGL tests while connected to Wi-Fi and with the screen at 150 nits brightness. This isn’t bad for a gaming laptop, but the GS66 Stealth lasted 1:39 longer. You can also get over an 1:15 more playing time with the ROG Zephyrus Duo if you’re willing to turn its second screen off. Still, the GE66 Raider’s battery life seems like a lifetime compared to how long the Alienware m17 R3 lasted.

MSI GE66 Raider Heat

As with many gaming laptops, the GE66 Raider can get pretty warm. It was common for me to notice the keyboard heating up, even during light productivity tasks and with fans set to max performance. Despite its thin stature, the GE66 Raider’s fans can get as loud as your typical gaming laptop when blazing at max speed.

In my experience, the GE66 Raider got too hot to use on my lap for long periods, and the keyboard was usually noticeably warm with the space above it being shockingly hot at times, even when just surfing the web.

After 15 minutes of playing YouTube videos, the Raider’s touchpad was 84.5 degrees Fahrenheit (29.2 degrees Celsius), and the spot between the G and H keys was 107.5 degrees Fahrenheit (41.9 degrees Celsius). But that hottest point was on the underside in the center, where the temperature hit 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51.7 degrees Celsius).

MSI rejigged the cooling system compared to the GE66 Raider’s predecessor that helped keep it 0.9 inches thick compared to the GE65 raider’s 1.1 inches. The company’s Cooler Boost 5 cooling system here uses two fans with 53 blades, besting the latter’s 37 blades. Each blade is 0.25mm thick, which is 38% thinner than before and supposed to help drive more airflow. The six copper heatpipes are also supposed to be wider than that of the GE65 Raider.

MSI GE66 Raider Webcam

The webcam on the GE66 Raider is, thankfully, 1080p (at 30 frames per second), rather than the 720p that’s not uncommon in today’s laptop webcams. With video calls becoming a bigger part of the work day, the sharper resolution is more important than ever. And given Asus ditched the webcam altogether on many of its recent gaming laptops, we’re happy to see MSI step things up this way.

The webcam here proved decent. It was slightly, but not very noticeably, sharper than a 720p laptop webcam in a side-by-side comparison, with less fuzz and graininess. But my skin was still slightly grainy, and the color was slightly too cool.

MSI GE66 Raider Software and Warranty

Our MSI GE66 Raider came with several MSI-branded apps.

MSI Dragon Center primarily provides an overview of your PC’s components, namely CPU, GPU, disk, memory and SSD. You can get info like fan speeds, temperatures and amount of space remaining. This is also where you can toggle between Extreme Performance, Silent, Battery and more to control fan intensity. And if you have components or peripherals that support MSI’s Mystic Light RGB, you can sync effects.

MSI True Color offers different picture modes, like gamer, anti-blue and sRGB, with some offering sliders for further adjustments. It also includes a small number of tools, the most helpful of which is the crosshair. And MSI App Player would be handy if I had an Android phone and wanted to sync games between the two PCs.

You also get Killer Control Center, which is useful for focusing bandwidth on a particular app, such as when downloading a new game or streaming. MSI also threw in Nahimic Sound Sharing, which lets you tweak audio on connected speakers or headphones and play with the built-in mic.

Of course, you also get your typical Windows 10 bloatware, like Xbox Game Bar.

MSI backs the GE66 Raider with a 1-year warranty.

MSI GE66 Raider Configurations and Availability

At $2,999, our configuration of the GE66 Raider is as powerful as it gets. It comes with an Intel Core i9-10980HK CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q (8GB GDDR6) graphics, 32GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD. You can find it by the SKU number GE66 Raider 10SGS-057.

The cheapest version, the GE66 Raider 10SF-285, is $1,899. For that price, you get an i7-10875H, RTX 2070 graphics, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. The display also drops to a ‘mere’ 240 Hz, which is, of course, still plenty for most serious gamers. Alternatively, you can pay the same price for a 144 Hz screen; the benefits there are a bump to a 1TB SSD, but you also get a  i7-10750H CPU instead, which is a hexa-core processor compared to the i7-10875H’s octa-core chip.

There are three available SKUs in between. The GE66 Raider 10SGS-288 for $2,799 (i7-10875H / RTX 2080 Super Max-Q / 32GB / 1TB) is the only configuration besides our review unit that also offers a 300 Hz screen.

Bottom Line

The MSI GE66 Raider is a powerhouse of a gaming laptop with looks to match. With its high-end but slim shell, powerful GPU, 10th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU and a lot of storage, you won’t be left wanting or bogged down with bulk.

Our pricey configuration usually topped our comparison group more when it came togaming performance. And its 300 Hz screen won’t go to waste if you’re an esports player. We surpassed 240 fps regularly on Overwatch and even climbed past 300 fps during more idle gameplay time. Productivity performance was also comparable to rivals, and I had no issues multi-tasking.

However, if you want a very colorful or bright screen, the Alienware m17 is a much better choice. The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 is also better in that regard, plus may be as lavish as the GE66 Raider, thanks to its second screen.

But if you can afford to make this investment in performance and prettiness, the GE66 Raider is pure premium gaming luxury.