We are a pretty quiet batch, aren’t we? Well, I got my Windows 11 key today, so I don’t have to do that last minute. I thought about keeping the 1TB SSD I already bought inside its USB case and go for a 4TB Lexar NM790 as main, which should be really power efficient, at least in idle. But the price went up since I added it to my wishlist Maybe some day in the future…
But that’s nothing compared to the WesternDigital SN740 2TB I wanted for Linux dual-boot, it’s price exploded from 165€ to 385€… Which is strange, because the WD_Black SN770M stayed around 190€. But it’s made for performance, not power efficiency.
So, the 1TB M.2 it is for now and maybe an older, external 750GB SATA SSD in an USB case, if I need more space. And with the earthquake, the manufacturers (and foremost the shops and intermediaries) have a reason to hike the prices for SSDs even more or at least not lowering them.
Do you guys use the touchpad exclusively or are you gonna add a mouse? I think I’m getting the Glorious Gaming Race Model I 2, I’d like to have some more keys than left, right and middle plus it’s lightweight and can also be used via bluetooth, which should give it a great battery lifetime. And if I want to play games, I can use the USB dongle with 1000Hz polling.
And I’d say, bets are open. I say, if we’re really, really, REALLY lucky, the first ones of batch 13 will receive their FW16 in three weeks’ time today, so may the 3rd. If it’s may the 4th, I’ll go and get a Star Wars themed cover
When I bought my SSD and RAM I had heard that SSD prices were going to go up due to Samsung chip manufacturing. I think they were slowing it or something, I can’t remember. So I made sure to get my stuff then so I didn’t have to worry about higher prices later. I only got a 1 TB Samsung 990 PRO SSD and ended up with 32 GB (2x 16 GB) of RAM since it was like $5-$10 more than 16 GB (2x 8 GB).
I’ll be using my very old Razer Naga Epic. I use this mouse for my current laptop. I used to use it on my desktop but replaced it with the Razer Naga Trinity after the RGB LED went out. Although I’ll admit I think it functions better than it’s replacement. The Trinity’s left click releases even when I’ve still got it held down and the Epic still functions flawlessly but loses the cool RGB stuff (like blinking when the battery is getting low or just cycling colors while charging on the dock). On a side note I’m surprised that the much older Epic is going for $200 when I got it for $100 way back when, and the Trinity is going for under $100 and it was around $120 (if I remember correctly) when I got it.
I haven’t bought a memory for a long time, but the prices have exploded like this
I use a touchpad from Apple when I’m not traveling, I just don’t like mice anymore xD
It also supports Gnome’s multi-touch gestures, which makes work a lot easier.
To be honest, I in your place would have thought, that it may have been damaged and sent back.
But after taking a closer look at your and schentuu’s tracking screenshots, I think the additional positions are indeed Information exchanges. So, it arrived in cologne and departed to what’s hopefully your local hub for delivery next week
Otherwise it would be really strange, if it was being physically processed in Paris, before it departed cologne. And Paris is the same timezone.
If I’m feeling optimistic, I’d say friday the 3rd the first device will be delivered to a few of us. But the trend is showing, that it takes a bit longer between mail and delivery than with the first batches, sometimes it’s just a bit unlucky because of weekends in between. We will see.
This is the same dates I have for prep email predictions. I do think there is a chance ours gets delayed to the from friday to monday still, unfortunately. I haven’t seen 2 in one week before, but I could very well be wrong.
Well, I got my Windows 11 key today, so I don’t have to do that last minute. I thought about keeping the 1TB SSD I already bought inside its USB case and go for a 4TB Lexar NM790 as main, which should be really power efficient, at least in idle. But the price went up since I added it to my wishlist 
Maybe some day in the future…
Which is strange, because the WD_Black SN770M stayed around 190€. But it’s made for performance, not power efficiency.
