[0:00] Every day, thousands of people argue
[0:02] about computers online. Whether it's
[0:04] hardware folk arguing over which GPU to
[0:06] use or the gaming fans discussing why
[0:08] Red Dead Redemption looks better than
[0:09] Hello Kitty Island Adventure. But, what
[0:11] do we, the writers of LTT, think about
[0:14] these questions? Can we all agree which
[0:16] phone is the best phone to ever phone?
[0:18] Or, will we just yell again about how
[0:20] ray tracing just isn't worth it? Let's
[0:22] not mess around. We're going to start
[0:24] with the first question. What is
[0:25] stopping most people from switching to
[0:27] Linux? My opinion on what's preventing
[0:29] most people from switching is the fear
[0:31] of doing something wrong. Maybe it's
[0:33] picking the wrong distro or not knowing
[0:36] the right question to ask in order to
[0:37] set up gaming. I think there's kind of
[0:39] just a general fear about touching it
[0:42] that I think prevents most people from
[0:43] switching.
[0:44] >> I'm ready.
[0:46] >> Wow, you guys all disagree with me.
[0:48] Okay. You were the first one to hold up
[0:49] a sign.
[0:50] >> You're like kind of on track, but I
[0:51] think it's like a decision paralysis.
[0:53] >> Sure.
[0:53] >> There's too many options. And so, yes,
[0:56] exactly. I'm too afraid to do things,
[0:57] but it's because there's too many.
[0:59] Whereas, like an Apple,
[1:01] I'm there's only one option. So, I just
[1:03] pick one in an Apple. You pick it. Or,
[1:05] you pick Windows and you're done.
[1:07] Whereas, with Linux, all of a sudden
[1:08] there's more things to dive into. I
[1:10] don't want to have to pick which fork of
[1:14] Linux that I'm using.
[1:15] >> I mean, do you guys agree with that or
[1:17] do you have a different
[1:18] >> Yeah, I I've I've got a lot of the same
[1:20] kind of sentiment, but a lot of it's
[1:22] really coming down to people's comfort
[1:23] levels. They're comfortable with what
[1:25] they know and they're comfortable with
[1:26] what they have. They don't want to
[1:28] venture into the unknown and
[1:31] find out that they may not like it
[1:33] there.
[1:33] >> At the end of the day, people are lazy.
[1:35] >> Yeah, like it's just true. Like it's and
[1:37] it's a lot of work to switch your stuff.
[1:38] That's why people don't want to switch
[1:39] phones.
[1:40] >> Yeah, like how many people drive Android
[1:42] for forever just because that's what
[1:44] they bought first?
[1:44] >> And how many people have been on an
[1:46] iPhone cuz that's the first thing they
[1:47] bought. People are just lazy and
[1:48] switching anything is a lot of effort.
[1:51] Even if it's easy, the idea of changing.
[1:53] >> And I think it goes back to why I I it
[1:55] up of like it's just the fear of it is
[1:58] is ultimately what I think still stops
[1:59] people and I think all of these kind of
[2:01] gather under one roof almost of just
[2:03] like it's the unknown that might make
[2:05] people not switch. I spent
[2:08] >> a long time trying to convince Shay to
[2:11] switch to a bank so that we could get a
[2:13] $500 cash promo.
[2:17] And I was like, all you have to do
[2:18] sorry, my phone is going off. Oh right,
[2:20] I have a doctor's appointment.
[2:22] >> Right now?
[2:22] >> Yeah, I forgot about this shoot this
[2:25] uh
[2:26] >> [laughter]
[2:27] >> How long is it? Quick.
[2:28] >> Hello. All right, I just I'll be just a
[2:30] second. Can I put you on hold?
[2:32] >> Good. How are you?
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[3:00] >> There you go. You can get it. I believe
[3:02] in you.
[3:02] >> There you go. Are console exclusive
[3:04] games a good thing for gamers?
[3:08] >> No.
[3:11] Yeah.
[3:12] >> Uh consumer choice is always going to be
[3:14] a benefit being able to play more games
[3:17] on the platforms that you already own
[3:18] will in the long term benefit you.
[3:21] I think that it's interesting to see the
[3:23] flip recently from the communities about
[3:26] asking for exclusives back because they
[3:28] want to like justify the reason that
[3:30] they bought
[3:31] >> Yeah.
[3:32] >> an Xbox or a PS5, right? But I think
[3:34] that is just a reflection of the
[3:37] predatory nature of exclusivity. It
[3:38] invented a reason for you to have to buy
[3:41] something. Whereas now, you don't have
[3:44] to buy that thing, you have the choice
[3:45] to buy the game on the platform that you
[3:47] want. So that PS5 is no longer
[3:50] valuable for its exclusivity. It's It's
[3:52] just you They're just showing how the
[3:53] tactic worked and now people are like
[3:55] feeling bad because they spent a lot of
[3:57] money on a PS5
[3:59] and there's no reason that they couldn't
[4:00] have [music] just kept with their Xbox
[4:01] or whatever. I will say the only
[4:03] positive that I think can come from
[4:05] exclusive games is it could
[4:07] theoretically drive competition in the
[4:09] gaming space of like really trying to
[4:11] make a really stand out title for that
[4:13] console. But saying that, I think there
[4:16] are way more cons to having exclusivity
[4:19] than that
[4:20] >> pro.
[4:20] >> Yeah, I think it's only good for the
[4:21] people making the hardware. [music]
[4:23] >> Yeah.
[4:23] >> And it also used to make a lot more
[4:25] sense because before if you're making a
[4:27] game for an N64 versus PS1, they're
[4:30] completely different.
[4:30] >> Yeah.
[4:31] >> You have to develop it completely
[4:32] differently. And so now everything's
[4:33] basically a computer. And everything's
[4:35] in the cloud anyway so you don't have to
[4:37] worry about like oh CD versus cartridge.
[4:39] >> Yeah.
[4:40] >> So at this point, no. It doesn't even
[4:42] help the game developer.
[4:43] >> No. No. They're just locked into
[4:44] something.
[4:45] >> Yeah.
[4:45] >> And you go like well Nintendo has like
[4:47] all these cool like exclusive games. I
[4:48] was like yeah.
[4:49] >> And that's why you're buying a Switch.
[4:51] >> why I bought a Switch too.
[4:52] >> And now you have to buy a Switch to play
[4:54] these cool games as opposed to being
[4:55] able to play those games on their own
[4:56] merit.
[4:56] >> Also Nintendo uh
[4:58] >> Oh, they're awful.
[4:58] >> They're terrible so like yeah.
[5:00] >> They're corporate tyrants. Like
[5:01] [laughter]
[5:02] they make great games and beloved
[5:04] content and [music] they're terrible.
[5:06] >> Corporations suck.
[5:07] >> I would never be part of a corporation.
[5:09] Wait.
[5:10] >> Wait a minute. [laughter]
[5:14] >> Is 8 gigs of VRAM enough today? I will
[5:18] say yes depending on your resolution
[5:22] that you're playing at.
[5:23] >> I agree with you.
[5:24] >> I disagree.
[5:25] >> Oh, you do agree okay. I think at 1080p,
[5:27] 8 gigs is still totally fine. The
[5:29] problem is 1440p is becoming a lot more
[5:31] common these days. A lot of people are
[5:32] gaming on their TVs in the living rooms.
[5:34] That's 4K more than likely. Some people
[5:36] have 4K monitors and and anything above
[5:39] 1080p, no. You need at least like 10 to
[5:41] 12 gigs of VRAM.
[5:42] >> Yeah, I think it's enough like today but
[5:44] I think it's It's of those things of
[5:45] like if you buy an 8-gig card now,
[5:48] you're going to be kind of screwing
[5:49] yourself over for in 2 to 3 years. It's
[5:51] kind of a difficult like future-proofing
[5:53] for your gaming experience.
[5:54] >> I was frustrated that there was only 8
[5:56] gigs of VRAM on the 3070.
[5:58] >> Yeah.
[5:59] >> years ago. I happily bought the card. I
[6:01] wanted the card to last 5 plus years.
[6:03] I'm like 8 gigs is not going to be
[6:05] enough in 5 years.
[6:06] >> Yeah.
[6:06] >> It's like something to really consider
[6:08] if you're going to be currently
[6:09] upgrading. If you currently have 8 gigs,
[6:10] like I wouldn't worry about it.
[6:11] >> Sure.
[6:12] >> Yeah, that's a great way of wording
[6:13] >> Ride it out, but if you're like
[6:14] upgrading, consider it. But also with
[6:16] things like upscalers continuing to
[6:19] improve in terms of image quality,
[6:20] requiring lower render resolution, it
[6:22] might be able to extend
[6:24] >> Yeah.
[6:25] >> the lifespan of 8-gig cards.
[6:26] >> DLSS, love it or hate it, has done
[6:28] wonders for extending the lifespan of
[6:30] cards.
[6:31] >> Next one.
[6:32] >> Oh, buying used hardware is an
[6:34] unnecessary risk. You should just buy
[6:37] new. I think there are some cases where
[6:39] I would agree with that, but I think 90%
[6:42] of the time buying a used PC hardware
[6:45] thing, as long as you kind of know what
[6:46] you're looking for, is there physical
[6:48] damage, how long has it been in use for.
[6:51] I think that I disagree with that
[6:53] statement, and I think buying used is
[6:54] totally acceptable. You just might need
[6:56] to do a little bit more research on it.
[6:58] >> I agree with your disagree.
[6:59] >> Yeah, I'll better I'll better agree.
[7:00] >> Yeah, there you go.
[7:01] >> I'll better agree.
[7:02] >> I disagree with his
[7:03] >> Yeah.
[7:04] >> disagree.
[7:04] >> You go first.
[7:05] >> Yeah.
[7:05] >> Unnecessary risk. It is not needed,
[7:08] especially with new hardware. Also, I
[7:10] think that the used market, thanks to
[7:12] the uh easy accessibility of market
[7:15] places across the internet, the amount
[7:17] of value on the used market for an
[7:18] informed consumer has dramatically
[7:21] worsened.
[7:22] >> Dude, you used to be able to get any
[7:23] electronic like 3 months later 50% off.
[7:26] >> Yeah, because but now everybody now
[7:27] everybody knows what they bought.
[7:29] >> 80%.
[7:30] >> what I have, right?
[7:31] >> And so what you end up doing is you end
[7:34] up buying something that doesn't have a
[7:35] warranty,
[7:36] um has a uh usage history that you don't
[7:39] know, you can't return it easily.
[7:40] >> Yep.
[7:41] >> It is a legitimate risk, and it's hard
[7:44] to find
[7:45] >> [music]
[7:46] >> those deals. And with prices feeling so
[7:48] inflated all the time, right? Like there
[7:49] you can get a used card that feels like
[7:52] a good deal because that current card,
[7:55] like the 40 your 4070, is selling at
[7:58] $200 over MSRP.
[7:59] >> Yeah.
[8:00] >> So, when they're selling it at MSRP, a
[8:02] year old, what a steal. It feels like a
[8:04] good deal. And [laughter] but you're
[8:05] just incurring you're just you are
[8:07] incurring risk. Do I think it's
[8:09] that big of a risk? As somebody who's
[8:11] sold and also purchased a lot of
[8:13] hardware, like used, I am yet to be
[8:15] burned in a bad way from buying used
[8:18] hardware.
[8:18] >> Knock on wood for that one.
[8:20] >> Like I got lots of used hard drives that
[8:21] I'm sure are just waiting to die.
[8:24] >> I would I was going to say hard drives
[8:25] are one of the few things I wouldn't buy
[8:27] used.
[8:28] >> And that was what I brought up with like
[8:30] depending on how long it's been used
[8:31] for. And like there are things you can
[8:32] check with hard drives, right? You can
[8:34] check smart stats if the buyer will let
[8:36] you.
[8:36] >> doesn't tell you if it's been knocked
[8:38] around, though. Like I killed three
[8:40] drives in a row because Amazon couldn't
[8:42] figure out how to ship a hard drive
[8:43] properly.
[8:44] >> Yeah. Yeah. That's
[8:45] >> I just don't buy hard drives off Amazon
[8:47] anymore.
[8:47] >> Yeah. I mean, I buy like recertified
[8:49] drives, and I know that there's a risk
[8:50] with recertified drives where if the
[8:52] controller was the bad part of it, yeah,
[8:54] there's a fresh controller on it. You
[8:55] don't know anything about the longevity
[8:56] of the drives. But when you buy from
[8:58] like a certified like reseller,
[9:00] >> Server part deals, whatever.
[9:01] >> they come with a warranty.
[9:03] >> Yes.
[9:03] >> And I've claimed the warranty.
[9:05] >> Recertified's a bit of a different
[9:07] category than used, though, too.
[9:08] >> Yeah, I agree. I wouldn't call it like
[9:10] used.
[9:10] >> Used plus.
[9:11] >> Yeah.
[9:12] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.
[9:13] >> All righty. Question number six.
[9:15] >> Mac devices are better for
[9:17] professionals. This is a hard one. It
[9:19] almost comes back to the whole
[9:21] discussion about console exclusives.
[9:23] What about the Mac exclusive software?
[9:25] Really depends on what you're doing
[9:27] because workload dependent, you may not
[9:30] have a choice.
[9:31] >> Mhm.
[9:32] >> You may have to be using a Mac because
[9:34] it's got the best software for what you
[9:36] want to do. You may have to use a PC
[9:39] with Windows because it's got the best
[9:41] software that you can be using. That may
[9:43] lock you out of Linux as an option as
[9:45] well. I'm going to disagree with it.
[9:47] >> Yeah, I guess I agree this looks awkward
[9:49] cuz now we're thumbs up with you, but I
[9:50] agree with David.
[9:51] >> I agree so yeah, we're thumbs upping I'm
[9:53] thumbs I agree with David.
[9:54] >> That he disagrees.
[9:55] >> Yeah.
[9:55] >> Yeah, okay.
[9:56] >> [laughter]
[9:57] >> Yeah, I think it basically you recapped
[9:59] it pretty good. It's really hard to use
[10:01] the blanket term professionals though.
[10:03] Professional what? Like are you a
[10:05] professional emailer? Because then no,
[10:07] you don't need a MacBook. Are you a
[10:09] professional Final Cut Pro editor? Then
[10:12] yes, you probably need a MacBook.
[10:14] There's infinite number of professions
[10:16] out there. So having a blanket term like
[10:18] that, no, I would not say Mac devices
[10:20] are better.
[10:20] >> I could be just be ignorant cuz I'm not
[10:22] an Apple user, but how many softwares
[10:23] are limited to [music] Apple that don't
[10:24] have a Windows equivalent?
[10:27] >> A lot of it's in the creative space.
[10:28] >> Really?
[10:29] >> Yeah.
[10:29] >> But all of Adobe
[10:30] >> Adobe is cross-platform on both, but I
[10:32] mean if you grow up as a Final Cut
[10:34] >> person because you bought your MacBook.
[10:36] >> Yeah, but you can learn Premiere.
[10:37] >> It's really easy to say that until
[10:39] you've been someone who's growing up
[10:40] with a software. It's a huge reason
[10:41] Adobe has such a chokehold on the
[10:43] industry because they got into schools
[10:45] early and then people grow up with it.
[10:47] >> It's less the big industry software and
[10:49] more the like niche add-ons that
[10:53] for specific workflows because
[10:55] in the creative sphere there's a lot of
[10:57] like just Mac users. So people will make
[11:00] support it like things that support
[11:01] workflows on Mac. Those things can also
[11:03] be found on other operating systems.
[11:04] >> Sure.
[11:04] >> Yeah.
[11:05] >> One thing I will say is that I have
[11:06] noticed that there are cases where
[11:08] software is better on the Mac version
[11:11] than the Windows version. And I think in
[11:13] those cases that's where it could be
[11:15] better for professionals. Adobe Premiere
[11:17] is a prime example of that. It
[11:20] I was going to swear. It sucks on
[11:23] Windows, especially AMD chips. I have
[11:25] had way less issues with Premiere on
[11:27] Mac.
[11:28] >> Really?
[11:28] >> Then yes. Saying that, it's Premiere so
[11:30] it still kind of sucks.
[11:32] >> [music]
[11:32] >> But overall, that's a use case that I've
[11:35] had a better experience with. I also
[11:36] think that there is an aura that comes
[11:38] from opening a MacBook as opposed to a
[11:40] Windows laptop.
[11:40] >> Oh, yeah.
[11:41] >> When you're going at your business
[11:42] meetings, right? I think that's like
[11:44] literally a thing whether we like it or
[11:45] not.
[11:46] >> People made fun of me for the whole
[11:47] social aspect of me buying an iPhone,
[11:49] but like there is a social aspect to
[11:52] getting work done on a Mac. Whether you
[11:54] agree with it or not, people, it is a
[11:56] thing.
[11:57] >> You go into the boardroom and you open
[11:58] up your Chromebook,
[12:00] people are going to think about that.
[12:01] >> [laughter]
[12:02] >> It's not I'm not I'm not trying to like
[12:04] Use your Chromebook if it's exactly what
[12:06] you need. There's literally nothing
[12:07] wrong with it. I'm just saying that that
[12:09] people
[12:10] humans are dumb and weird and our brains
[12:13] make a million quick judgments in a snap
[12:15] second.
[12:16] >> That aura can go both ways with a
[12:18] MacBook too.
[12:18] >> Sure.
[12:19] >> Yeah, that's true. That's true. You
[12:20] >> Oh, you use a Mac.
[12:21] >> in with like a MacBook, you walk in and
[12:23] you're like, "Hello, starving artists."
[12:24] And you walk in with like a MacBook Pro
[12:26] and you're like, "Let's talk." And it's
[12:27] like everyone's like
[12:29] >> All right, Adam. Next one.
[12:32] >> Are folding phones really worth the
[12:34] extra price?
[12:36] Nah, man. Like they suck. They're
[12:39] They're bad. Oh, I'm sorry. They're not
[12:41] bad. That's way too reductive. Folding
[12:44] phones have such an intense [music]
[12:46] price premium without providing
[12:47] substantial
[12:49] benefits to workflows unless you are
[12:51] very specific people. It's a similar
[12:53] question to being like, "Is an RTX
[12:55] [music] Pro 6000 worth the price to jump
[12:58] over a a 5090?" Unless you are a very
[13:01] specific person, no.
[13:03] And 99% of what you can get done on your
[13:06] normal phone, you can get done on your
[13:07] folding phone.
[13:08] >> See, I was disagreeing when you said it
[13:09] was not worth the extra price, but then
[13:11] you like clarified with that and I'm
[13:12] like, "Okay, I I get it."
[13:14] >> Yeah.
[13:14] >> I
[13:16] loved when I had my Fold 4 when I did IT
[13:18] work. It was so amazing for the
[13:20] multitasking. I could have my password
[13:21] manager on a little window, a Teams on
[13:23] another little window in case I I
[13:25] communicating with a co-worker or
[13:26] something, and then Google on half the
[13:28] screen for when I'm trying to Google
[13:29] what the problem is. And having that
[13:31] multitasking ability, phenomenal. And
[13:33] it's something that I genuinely miss
[13:35] with my iPhone. So, Apple, please make a
[13:37] folding phone. I think that they are
[13:39] worth it with the extra price. Again, if
[13:40] you're someone who uses it. But,
[13:42] >> flip phones
[13:43] >> Oh,
[13:44] >> No. Flip phones
[13:45] >> No.
[13:46] >> are just never worth it. They're just
[13:47] They're just cool.
[13:48] >> They've come down a lot, and they're
[13:49] getting closer to the price of like
[13:51] flagship phones, but I still think that
[13:53] it's not worth it. You should just get a
[13:54] flagship phone.
[13:55] >> I don't even think flagship phones are
[13:56] worth it.
[13:57] >> I agree with that, too.
[13:58] >> Get like a A-series Samsung or a
[14:00] A-series Pixel or E-series iPhone. I
[14:04] don't care what you use. I think almost
[14:06] everyone does not need a flagship phone.
[14:09] >> of people are overpaying for their
[14:10] >> Almost everyone.
[14:11] >> [clears throat]
[14:11] >> I completely agree with you.
[14:12] >> the And then to get a folding phone,
[14:14] it's literally like double the price.
[14:15] You go from like $1,000 to like $2,000.
[14:18] Where you're getting twice You're
[14:19] getting twice
[14:20] >> Yeah, I'm not getting twice the phone.
[14:22] I'm getting twice the screen and four
[14:24] times as fragile.
[14:25] >> Oh my god, that breaks over time.
[14:27] >> more likely to overheat cuz it's so
[14:29] thin.
[14:29] >> Yeah.
[14:30] >> But listen, guys. It's really good.
[14:32] >> For like one thing that I have to do
[14:34] sometimes.
[14:35] >> Next question.
[14:36] >> In your opinion, what was the best phone
[14:38] ever made? I'm probably the worst person
[14:40] for this question cuz I don't really
[14:41] care about phones. But, I believe it
[14:43] would be the Nokia what, the 8210 or
[14:46] something like that? The indestructible
[14:48] one.
[14:48] >> That's crazy.
[14:50] >> the best phone ever made. It will never
[14:51] die. It is indestructible, and we peaked
[14:55] when that was when that was produced.
[14:58] >> Hell no. I mean, you
[14:59] >> Yeah, of course. I'm well aware that
[15:00] this is a bad opinion. I don't care. I I
[15:02] don't care about phones, and I think
[15:04] that almost every advancement we've made
[15:06] has just been icing on a cake at this
[15:09] point.
[15:09] >> my favorite phone was my Note 4 just
[15:11] because it was one of the biggest phones
[15:13] I ever had at the time. Still
[15:15] >> what's the best phone?
[15:16] >> Uh
[15:16] >> That's the problem. It's the best It's
[15:18] not my favorite. It's what the what's
[15:19] the best phone. So, even like my answer
[15:21] was more my favorite phone.
[15:22] >> I really think that the kind of
[15:25] culmination of features with the Galaxy
[15:28] S5 was
[15:30] >> Okay.
[15:30] >> really good.
[15:31] >> Yeah.
[15:31] >> Because it was the last one you still
[15:33] had a user replaceable battery with. It
[15:34] had the gasket around the outside, too,
[15:36] so it was still waterproof as well,
[15:38] which was not common at that point in
[15:40] time.
[15:40] >> Don't you miss dropping your phone and
[15:41] it blowing up?
[15:42] >> I mean, [laughter]
[15:43] that was a feature. That was
[15:44] >> No, it was. Like, it literally was
[15:46] better than it like cracking and
[15:47] breaking the frame.
[15:48] >> And it had Gorilla Glass at that point
[15:49] in time. It was really scratch
[15:52] resistant. It had really good hardware
[15:55] for the time. I think it was a really
[15:56] good package.
[15:57] >> Yeah. Remember how fragile iPhones were
[15:59] when they came out? Yeah. Like, everyone
[16:00] loves to laud the iPhone, but like, you
[16:02] could drop it from like a centimeter and
[16:04] the whole screen is just gone. Like, it
[16:05] was so bad.
[16:06] >> Greatest uh
[16:08] non-smartphone of all time? Sure. The
[16:10] second-gen Motorola RAZR.
[16:12] >> Oh, peak.
[16:13] >> Yeah.
[16:14] >> That's a great phone.
[16:15] >> That's incredible. It was It was
[16:16] beautiful phone.
[16:17] >> Oh, so good. Never believe.
[16:19] >> Gorgeous
[16:20] >> screen. Or if you want to go best
[16:22] feature phone,
[16:23] you got to go with the Sidekick.
[16:26] Uh incredible texting, incredible key
[16:27] >> Oh, sure. You flip it side Yeah.
[16:29] >> If you want to go best smartphone, uh
[16:32] obviously iPhone 4.
[16:33] >> I was going to iPhone 4.
[16:34] >> iPhone 4 was going to be my backup.
[16:35] >> iPhone 5. I think iPhone 5, personally,
[16:37] cuz it's just the iPhone 4, but taller.
[16:40] >> [laughter]
[16:40] >> I think that you got to shout out the LG
[16:44] G2,
[16:46] which was the one where you could pull
[16:48] out the battery. It had replaceable
[16:49] modules at the
[16:50] >> bottom.
[16:50] >> That was sick as hell. Or the HTC One
[16:53] M8. All metal, stainless steel
[16:55] construction. Uh dual stereo speakers.
[16:58] Uh a vibration motor that could give
[17:00] someone a heart attack. It was in It was
[17:03] louder than It was my alarm. I just put
[17:05] it on my nightstand table and the
[17:06] vibration was like
[17:08] >> Comment down below which your favorite
[17:09] phone was that either you had or wish
[17:12] you had growing up. All right, next
[17:13] question. What is better, IEMs or
[17:16] over-the-ear headphones? I would pick
[17:18] over-the-ear headphones, I think every
[17:19] time.
[17:20] >> Yeah.
[17:21] >> I also would pick over-the-ear
[17:22] headphones every time.
[17:22] >> Okay, so no one disagrees.
[17:24] >> But I'm going to make a big a big fight
[17:25] for IEM's.
[17:26] >> IEM's, you can get the same sound
[17:28] quality for like
[17:30] like not even like like like a like a an
[17:32] eighth of the price. You can get like
[17:33] $80 IEM's, they're going to last
[17:35] forever. They're super lightweight,
[17:37] they're super compact, easier for
[17:38] travel. They also have a natural form of
[17:41] noise isolation cuz they literally plug
[17:43] your ears. It's way easier for mobility
[17:44] if you're doing stuff like I don't know,
[17:46] like recording music. If you're a
[17:46] musician and you need to monitor your
[17:48] mix or whatever, you're going to put
[17:49] IEM's on. They are less garish than
[17:53] headphones that are going over your
[17:54] ears, they're less bulky. They're
[17:56] they're harder to steal. If you have a
[17:58] $1,000 pair of IEM's, no one notices. If
[18:01] you have AirPods Max, everyone notices.
[18:03] That's fair.
[18:03] >> Right?
[18:04] >> Yeah. I like headphones for anything
[18:05] that's not mobile. And then if it is
[18:07] mobile, if I got to go to the gym, I'm
[18:09] going to go for a walk or something,
[18:10] then at that point, sure, I'll use
[18:12] AirPods.
[18:12] >> your desk, you'll use overhead.
[18:14] >> any other instance, even if I'm walking
[18:15] around at home, I'd rather then have
[18:17] wireless
[18:18] um just headphones.
[18:19] >> There's a reason why they both exist.
[18:21] On-ear headphones,
[18:22] you can [ __ ] die.
[18:24] >> [laughter]
[18:25] >> Is it me? I'm next?
[18:26] >> I think you're next.
[18:26] >> Okay. What should I invest more money
[18:28] in? A keyboard or a mouse? I know my
[18:32] answer. I know my answer right away. I'm
[18:33] I'm going to go with keyboard. I think
[18:35] naturally people are going to spend more
[18:37] money on their keyboard
[18:39] because that's the part that you're
[18:41] going to be interacting with more, at
[18:43] least for a typical user. Yeah, if
[18:45] you're playing games or whatever, you're
[18:47] going to be using your mouse a whole
[18:48] bunch, but maybe you're using a
[18:49] controller, maybe you're using your
[18:51] mouse with your keyboard. Uh but the
[18:54] keyboard's almost always involved, and
[18:56] [music] I think that's
[18:57] that's where I would spend my money.
[18:59] >> I think you can get a long way with like
[19:01] a $60 mouse, and I think most people are
[19:03] 100% okay with a $60 mouse. And you can
[19:06] say the same thing about a keyboard.
[19:07] However, if I can get a mechanical hot
[19:09] swap keyboard, I can fix that, and I can
[19:12] repair it, and I can have that keyboard
[19:13] for the rest of my life. Whereas, like,
[19:14] yeah, you can change the switches on a
[19:16] mouse, and but it's annoying. The laser
[19:19] gets gunked up after like a long time,
[19:21] and you can clean that, too, but uh I
[19:24] 100% would spend more on a But, I also
[19:26] think that you should spend similar
[19:28] amounts on them.
[19:29] >> I agree with that.
[19:30] >> I don't think you should spend $500 on a
[19:31] keyboard. I don't think you should spend
[19:32] $500 on a mouse, either.
[19:33] >> I think if I was looking at like the
[19:36] comparison between a higher-tier
[19:37] keyboard and a higher-tier mouse, I
[19:39] would personally go with a higher-tier
[19:40] mouse. And I think that's because I can
[19:42] get by with the free Logitech keyboard
[19:45] that you get for gaming and like a
[19:47] little bit of casual typing. Whereas,
[19:49] those free mice suck. If I'm comparing
[19:52] kind of the value level of each. And so,
[19:54] I would rather pick up G502, G305 as a
[19:57] mouse, and still get by with those cheap
[19:59] Logitech keyboards, for example. Saying
[20:00] that, when you have a nice keyboard,
[20:03] it is nice. And I will never deny it's a
[20:05] good typing experience. It's good for
[20:07] repairability.
[20:08] >> Can be good for repairability.
[20:10] >> Can be. Sure. You can buy a $300
[20:12] keyboard that's basically a throwaway.
[20:14] >> Yeah, 100%. Some of the things go wrong.
[20:15] >> Uh I agree. Keyboard better.
[20:18] >> Okay. [laughter]
[20:20] >> All right. Sure. Next question.
[20:22] >> Keyboard and mouse is always better than
[20:24] a controller for PC gaming.
[20:25] >> Mm.
[20:26] >> Always.
[20:27] >> Yeah, that's a big keyword in that.
[20:29] >> Like, obviously not. Obviously not
[20:30] always.
[20:31] >> Yeah. I don't want to play a racing game
[20:33] with a
[20:33] >> I've been playing a [clears throat] lot
[20:34] of Forza Horizon 6, and I I guarantee
[20:36] you I'm not using the keyboard.
[20:37] >> [laughter]
[20:38] >> I think there is definitely some people
[20:40] online that will always argue keyboard
[20:42] and mouse, cuz I was playing 007
[20:43] recently, and there was quite a few
[20:45] people that are like, "Why you playing
[20:46] with a controller?" And I was like, "I
[20:47] don't know. The combat just feels
[20:48] smoother when I play with a controller,
[20:50] for me personally.
[20:51] But, I also understand, I guess, why
[20:53] some people are like, "Oh, no. Aiming is
[20:55] so much better, so you got to just use a
[20:56] mouse if there's anything that involves
[20:58] aiming." I don't know, man. I
[21:00] don't think it's always better.
[21:02] >> There's also a bunch of aim assist on
[21:03] controllers that makes it just feel
[21:05] totally fine. 007's actually pretty
[21:07] aggressive for you.
[21:08] >> the gyro aiming. Like gyro aiming really
[21:11] nice for
[21:12] >> You know, it's not for me, David, but I
[21:13] fully encourage anyone who likes it to
[21:15] use the gyro.
[21:16] >> It is a middle ground between the analog
[21:18] stick and the mouse, and I played the
[21:20] entirety of Last of Us Two with gyro
[21:22] aiming. Phenomenal experience.
[21:24] >> Like snap to where you need to be and
[21:25] then like dial it in. It's like it can
[21:26] be really good. I got pretty good at it
[21:27] with Splatoon.
[21:28] >> Oh, dude, it's competitive all
[21:30] competitive Splatooners, dude, they're
[21:32] >> [laughter]
[21:33] >> I think that like obviously the keyboard
[21:35] and mouse enable certain types of games
[21:37] to exist in a way that they just don't
[21:40] exist on controller.
[21:42] >> A lot of games don't even have keyboard
[21:43] and mouse support.
[21:44] >> Yeah.
[21:44] >> They straight up tell you at the start
[21:45] when you launch the game, "Hey, this
[21:46] requires a controller." Or
[21:47] >> Like Skate is like a prime example. It's
[21:48] like, "Please use a controller."
[21:50] >> You you literally need it for like
[21:51] >> But that's also like not just a PC game.
[21:53] >> True.
[21:54] >> Right? Like I think that like for a lot
[21:55] of like specific PC games you get like
[21:57] stuff like they're certain RTS game.
[21:58] >> That's right. It does specify PC gaming.
[22:01] >> PC gaming, but that's why always but PC
[22:02] games don't just play games that are
[22:04] only on PC.
[22:04] >> But
[22:05] >> I think that there's a lot of cool games
[22:06] that don't translate to um controller.
[22:08] Like I could not imagine trying to play
[22:10] Deadlock.
[22:11] >> Oh god.
[22:12] >> Most MMOs as well. Like
[22:14] >> Oh, yeah, too many.
[22:15] >> You can do things with controllers, and
[22:16] I know that there are programs that
[22:18] people use to be able to remap buttons
[22:20] to controllers and play MMOs like World
[22:22] of Warcraft. But it's
[22:24] >> [laughter]
[22:24] >> it's just so much harder, in my opinion.
[22:27] >> got three hotkey bars all filled up
[22:29] dude, I've seen the UIs that people
[22:31] >> have.
[22:32] >> The thought of playing like World of
[22:32] Warcraft or something on a controller is
[22:34] just like breaking my brain.
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