4 Tech Experts Debate PC Questions!

[00:00] Every day, thousands of people argue

[00:02] about computers online. Whether it's

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[00:06] use or the gaming fans discussing why

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[00:14] these questions? Can we all agree which

[00:16] phone is the best phone to ever phone?

[00:18] Or, will we just yell again about how

[00:20] ray tracing just isn't worth it? Let's

[00:22] not mess around. We're going to start

[00:24] with the first question. What is

[00:25] stopping most people from switching to

[00:27] Linux? My opinion on what's preventing

[00:29] most people from switching is the fear

[00:31] of doing something wrong. Maybe it's

[00:33] picking the wrong distro or not knowing

[00:36] the right question to ask in order to

[00:37] set up gaming. I think there's kind of

[00:39] just a general fear about touching it

[00:42] that I think prevents most people from

[00:43] switching.

[00:44] >> I'm ready.

[00:46] >> Wow, you guys all disagree with me.

[00:48] Okay. You were the first one to hold up

[00:49] a sign.

[00:50] >> You're like kind of on track, but I

[00:51] think it's like a decision paralysis.

[00:53] >> Sure.

[00:53] >> There's too many options. And so, yes,

[00:56] exactly. I'm too afraid to do things,

[00:57] but it's because there's too many.

[00:59] Whereas, like an Apple,

[01:01] I'm there's only one option. So, I just

[01:03] pick one in an Apple. You pick it. Or,

[01:05] you pick Windows and you're done.

[01:07] Whereas, with Linux, all of a sudden

[01:08] there's more things to dive into. I

[01:10] don't want to have to pick which fork of

[01:14] Linux that I'm using.

[01:15] >> I mean, do you guys agree with that or

[01:17] do you have a different

[01:18] >> Yeah, I I've I've got a lot of the same

[01:20] kind of sentiment, but a lot of it's

[01:22] really coming down to people's comfort

[01:23] levels. They're comfortable with what

[01:25] they know and they're comfortable with

[01:26] what they have. They don't want to

[01:28] venture into the unknown and

[01:31] find out that they may not like it

[01:33] there.

[01:33] >> At the end of the day, people are lazy.

[01:35] >> Yeah, like it's just true. Like it's and

[01:37] it's a lot of work to switch your stuff.

[01:38] That's why people don't want to switch

[01:39] phones.

[01:40] >> Yeah, like how many people drive Android

[01:42] for forever just because that's what

[01:44] they bought first?

[01:44] >> And how many people have been on an

[01:46] iPhone cuz that's the first thing they

[01:47] bought. People are just lazy and

[01:48] switching anything is a lot of effort.

[01:51] Even if it's easy, the idea of changing.

[01:53] >> And I think it goes back to why I I it

[01:55] up of like it's just the fear of it is

[01:58] is ultimately what I think still stops

[01:59] people and I think all of these kind of

[02:01] gather under one roof almost of just

[02:03] like it's the unknown that might make

[02:05] people not switch. I spent

[02:08] >> a long time trying to convince Shay to

[02:11] switch to a bank so that we could get a

[02:13] $500 cash promo.

[02:17] And I was like, all you have to do

[02:18] sorry, my phone is going off. Oh right,

[02:20] I have a doctor's appointment.

[02:22] >> Right now?

[02:22] >> Yeah, I forgot about this shoot this

[02:25] uh

[02:26] >> [laughter]

[02:27] >> How long is it? Quick.

[02:28] >> Hello. All right, I just I'll be just a

[02:30] second. Can I put you on hold?

[02:32] >> Good. How are you?

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[03:00] >> There you go. You can get it. I believe

[03:02] in you.

[03:02] >> There you go. Are console exclusive

[03:04] games a good thing for gamers?

[03:08] >> No.

[03:11] Yeah.

[03:12] >> Uh consumer choice is always going to be

[03:14] a benefit being able to play more games

[03:17] on the platforms that you already own

[03:18] will in the long term benefit you.

[03:21] I think that it's interesting to see the

[03:23] flip recently from the communities about

[03:26] asking for exclusives back because they

[03:28] want to like justify the reason that

[03:30] they bought

[03:31] >> Yeah.

[03:32] >> an Xbox or a PS5, right? But I think

[03:34] that is just a reflection of the

[03:37] predatory nature of exclusivity. It

[03:38] invented a reason for you to have to buy

[03:41] something. Whereas now, you don't have

[03:44] to buy that thing, you have the choice

[03:45] to buy the game on the platform that you

[03:47] want. So that PS5 is no longer

[03:50] valuable for its exclusivity. It's It's

[03:52] just you They're just showing how the

[03:53] tactic worked and now people are like

[03:55] feeling bad because they spent a lot of

[03:57] money on a PS5

[03:59] and there's no reason that they couldn't

[04:00] have [music] just kept with their Xbox

[04:01] or whatever. I will say the only

[04:03] positive that I think can come from

[04:05] exclusive games is it could

[04:07] theoretically drive competition in the

[04:09] gaming space of like really trying to

[04:11] make a really stand out title for that

[04:13] console. But saying that, I think there

[04:16] are way more cons to having exclusivity

[04:19] than that

[04:20] >> pro.

[04:20] >> Yeah, I think it's only good for the

[04:21] people making the hardware. [music]

[04:23] >> Yeah.

[04:23] >> And it also used to make a lot more

[04:25] sense because before if you're making a

[04:27] game for an N64 versus PS1, they're

[04:30] completely different.

[04:30] >> Yeah.

[04:31] >> You have to develop it completely

[04:32] differently. And so now everything's

[04:33] basically a computer. And everything's

[04:35] in the cloud anyway so you don't have to

[04:37] worry about like oh CD versus cartridge.

[04:39] >> Yeah.

[04:40] >> So at this point, no. It doesn't even

[04:42] help the game developer.

[04:43] >> No. No. They're just locked into

[04:44] something.

[04:45] >> Yeah.

[04:45] >> And you go like well Nintendo has like

[04:47] all these cool like exclusive games. I

[04:48] was like yeah.

[04:49] >> And that's why you're buying a Switch.

[04:51] >> why I bought a Switch too.

[04:52] >> And now you have to buy a Switch to play

[04:54] these cool games as opposed to being

[04:55] able to play those games on their own

[04:56] merit.

[04:56] >> Also Nintendo uh

[04:58] >> Oh, they're awful.

[04:58] >> They're terrible so like yeah.

[05:00] >> They're corporate tyrants. Like

[05:01] [laughter]

[05:02] they make great games and beloved

[05:04] content and [music] they're terrible.

[05:06] >> Corporations suck.

[05:07] >> I would never be part of a corporation.

[05:09] Wait.

[05:10] >> Wait a minute. [laughter]

[05:14] >> Is 8 gigs of VRAM enough today? I will

[05:18] say yes depending on your resolution

[05:22] that you're playing at.

[05:23] >> I agree with you.

[05:24] >> I disagree.

[05:25] >> Oh, you do agree okay. I think at 1080p,

[05:27] 8 gigs is still totally fine. The

[05:29] problem is 1440p is becoming a lot more

[05:31] common these days. A lot of people are

[05:32] gaming on their TVs in the living rooms.

[05:34] That's 4K more than likely. Some people

[05:36] have 4K monitors and and anything above

[05:39] 1080p, no. You need at least like 10 to

[05:41] 12 gigs of VRAM.

[05:42] >> Yeah, I think it's enough like today but

[05:44] I think it's It's of those things of

[05:45] like if you buy an 8-gig card now,

[05:48] you're going to be kind of screwing

[05:49] yourself over for in 2 to 3 years. It's

[05:51] kind of a difficult like future-proofing

[05:53] for your gaming experience.

[05:54] >> I was frustrated that there was only 8

[05:56] gigs of VRAM on the 3070.

[05:58] >> Yeah.

[05:59] >> years ago. I happily bought the card. I

[06:01] wanted the card to last 5 plus years.

[06:03] I'm like 8 gigs is not going to be

[06:05] enough in 5 years.

[06:06] >> Yeah.

[06:06] >> It's like something to really consider

[06:08] if you're going to be currently

[06:09] upgrading. If you currently have 8 gigs,

[06:10] like I wouldn't worry about it.

[06:11] >> Sure.

[06:12] >> Yeah, that's a great way of wording

[06:13] >> Ride it out, but if you're like

[06:14] upgrading, consider it. But also with

[06:16] things like upscalers continuing to

[06:19] improve in terms of image quality,

[06:20] requiring lower render resolution, it

[06:22] might be able to extend

[06:24] >> Yeah.

[06:25] >> the lifespan of 8-gig cards.

[06:26] >> DLSS, love it or hate it, has done

[06:28] wonders for extending the lifespan of

[06:30] cards.

[06:31] >> Next one.

[06:32] >> Oh, buying used hardware is an

[06:34] unnecessary risk. You should just buy

[06:37] new. I think there are some cases where

[06:39] I would agree with that, but I think 90%

[06:42] of the time buying a used PC hardware

[06:45] thing, as long as you kind of know what

[06:46] you're looking for, is there physical

[06:48] damage, how long has it been in use for.

[06:51] I think that I disagree with that

[06:53] statement, and I think buying used is

[06:54] totally acceptable. You just might need

[06:56] to do a little bit more research on it.

[06:58] >> I agree with your disagree.

[06:59] >> Yeah, I'll better I'll better agree.

[07:00] >> Yeah, there you go.

[07:01] >> I'll better agree.

[07:02] >> I disagree with his

[07:03] >> Yeah.

[07:04] >> disagree.

[07:04] >> You go first.

[07:05] >> Yeah.

[07:05] >> Unnecessary risk. It is not needed,

[07:08] especially with new hardware. Also, I

[07:10] think that the used market, thanks to

[07:12] the uh easy accessibility of market

[07:15] places across the internet, the amount

[07:17] of value on the used market for an

[07:18] informed consumer has dramatically

[07:21] worsened.

[07:22] >> Dude, you used to be able to get any

[07:23] electronic like 3 months later 50% off.

[07:26] >> Yeah, because but now everybody now

[07:27] everybody knows what they bought.

[07:29] >> 80%.

[07:30] >> what I have, right?

[07:31] >> And so what you end up doing is you end

[07:34] up buying something that doesn't have a

[07:35] warranty,

[07:36] um has a uh usage history that you don't

[07:39] know, you can't return it easily.

[07:40] >> Yep.

[07:41] >> It is a legitimate risk, and it's hard

[07:44] to find

[07:45] >> [music]

[07:46] >> those deals. And with prices feeling so

[07:48] inflated all the time, right? Like there

[07:49] you can get a used card that feels like

[07:52] a good deal because that current card,

[07:55] like the 40 your 4070, is selling at

[07:58] $200 over MSRP.

[07:59] >> Yeah.

[08:00] >> So, when they're selling it at MSRP, a

[08:02] year old, what a steal. It feels like a

[08:04] good deal. And [laughter] but you're

[08:05] just incurring you're just you are

[08:07] incurring risk. Do I think it's

[08:09] that big of a risk? As somebody who's

[08:11] sold and also purchased a lot of

[08:13] hardware, like used, I am yet to be

[08:15] burned in a bad way from buying used

[08:18] hardware.

[08:18] >> Knock on wood for that one.

[08:20] >> Like I got lots of used hard drives that

[08:21] I'm sure are just waiting to die.

[08:24] >> I would I was going to say hard drives

[08:25] are one of the few things I wouldn't buy

[08:27] used.

[08:28] >> And that was what I brought up with like

[08:30] depending on how long it's been used

[08:31] for. And like there are things you can

[08:32] check with hard drives, right? You can

[08:34] check smart stats if the buyer will let

[08:36] you.

[08:36] >> doesn't tell you if it's been knocked

[08:38] around, though. Like I killed three

[08:40] drives in a row because Amazon couldn't

[08:42] figure out how to ship a hard drive

[08:43] properly.

[08:44] >> Yeah. Yeah. That's

[08:45] >> I just don't buy hard drives off Amazon

[08:47] anymore.

[08:47] >> Yeah. I mean, I buy like recertified

[08:49] drives, and I know that there's a risk

[08:50] with recertified drives where if the

[08:52] controller was the bad part of it, yeah,

[08:54] there's a fresh controller on it. You

[08:55] don't know anything about the longevity

[08:56] of the drives. But when you buy from

[08:58] like a certified like reseller,

[09:00] >> Server part deals, whatever.

[09:01] >> they come with a warranty.

[09:03] >> Yes.

[09:03] >> And I've claimed the warranty.

[09:05] >> Recertified's a bit of a different

[09:07] category than used, though, too.

[09:08] >> Yeah, I agree. I wouldn't call it like

[09:10] used.

[09:10] >> Used plus.

[09:11] >> Yeah.

[09:12] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.

[09:13] >> All righty. Question number six.

[09:15] >> Mac devices are better for

[09:17] professionals. This is a hard one. It

[09:19] almost comes back to the whole

[09:21] discussion about console exclusives.

[09:23] What about the Mac exclusive software?

[09:25] Really depends on what you're doing

[09:27] because workload dependent, you may not

[09:30] have a choice.

[09:31] >> Mhm.

[09:32] >> You may have to be using a Mac because

[09:34] it's got the best software for what you

[09:36] want to do. You may have to use a PC

[09:39] with Windows because it's got the best

[09:41] software that you can be using. That may

[09:43] lock you out of Linux as an option as

[09:45] well. I'm going to disagree with it.

[09:47] >> Yeah, I guess I agree this looks awkward

[09:49] cuz now we're thumbs up with you, but I

[09:50] agree with David.

[09:51] >> I agree so yeah, we're thumbs upping I'm

[09:53] thumbs I agree with David.

[09:54] >> That he disagrees.

[09:55] >> Yeah.

[09:55] >> Yeah, okay.

[09:56] >> [laughter]

[09:57] >> Yeah, I think it basically you recapped

[09:59] 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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