News

• Increasing prices/costs
  No, not a scam or even tariffs -- its Ai implimentors buying up the PC parts! Alphabet (Google), ChatGPT, Meta (Facebook) are the largest buyers. Take a look at the situation, with this summary right from the Ai Horse's Mouth.
  And it's not just the latest stufff going up. I could buy 8GB of DDR4 in October for under $17. Lowest I can find now is over $35. And nobody wants to sell in bulk. Gonna stay high? Check this out. Western Digital Sells Out Entire 2026 Hard Drive Inventory as AI Datacenters Gobble Up Supply
  
  
• Windows June '26 Update BIG and SLOW
  (aka KB5094126) It weights in at about 5GB. Takes a while to download due to size, and download speed isn't all that great whether you have fast internet or not -- MS servers can only dole it out so fast. Also, installing it takes a LOT longer than downloading. Expect delays. And interrupting the install can cause problems! So if you are using your machine while it updates, please exercise patients...