I can't help but think that generative "AI"s will hit a practical limit in terms of both the datasets they need to improve (nominal improvements in output require inordinate increases in data) and the resources (both computing and electrical power) needed to generate that output. In simple terms, it will come down to cost vs benefit. The costs will only increase exponentially, whilst the benefits will be in smaller increments. (Computerphile did a video about this.)
@@fredsmith1970A rather small product promoting video production will set you back around $10k. I’ve seen a 100% AI generated video that looked impressive and that also was the opinion of some professional videographers I know. I don’t think AI will replace videographers, at least not 100%. Video and film makers will (and already do) use AI for their productions.
@@fredsmith1970 it has already hit a practical limit. it's still powerful for people who put in the legwork, but the stupid and lazy will still find no real use for it.
Thanks for your videos this year so far, and hopefully if we are all still here in 2025 and not atomised, then 2025 looks like another banger, as the young people like to say...
I really, really hope that 2025 will be the year that more people switch to Linux and that newer, nicer computers deemed unable to run Windows 11 wind up in the second-hand market rather than a landfill. Also, it's always good to see more stuff from you. There is never such a thing as too much Chris. :)
yeah I plan transitioning to Mint towards the end of the month, when I got my end of year time off of work got a dual boot set up already but have not yet made the call to cull windoof 11
VMWARE Workstation is now free for Linux and Windows. You can run Linux and run VMWARE WS on it and Windows in a VM. So best of all worlds. AND, WS runs better than WSL2 over-all. WS can run *BSD, Linux, Solaris, OpenVMS, Windows, just about anything X86-based.
Good Morning Mr. Barnatt!! I subscribed to your other you tube channel this morning and thoroughly enjoyed your 2024 update!I got up early as I have to go to work playing a Christmas show this afternoon! I'll catch up on your other channel when I get home this evening!! I look forward to spending 52 Sundays a year with you explaining computers!! Thanks for all you do and God Bless You!!
First, thank you for your videos! Also a very exciting topic for 2025 are silent PCs with passive cooling. This year I bought a refurbished silent mini pc which serves me as a home server and also this episode of explaining computers I am watching on a completely silent Chromebook connected to a 4K Monitor. The APUs are getting stronger and stronger while consuming less power. Chris, I hope you keep your eye on this topic too :)
Even if you talked absolute rubbish i would still watch, just for the joy of watching something thats not interrupted every few minutes with mindless adverts. The fact that you DONT talk rubbish, and are very informative, is the icing on the cake!😀
Congratulations on another successful year of your channel, Christopher! More than 1,000,000 subs! An amazing feat...and well-deserved because of your excellent content! Cheers!
The new channel is very interesting, and I did enjoy the steam model. But what is more important is the duck video on the new channel that needs further investigation 😉 Seriously though, it looks like exciting times for you on TH-cam.
I still plan on running W10 for another five or six years. I have W2K, W7, W8 all running along with W2K3, W2K8, W2K12, etc. I very much dislike W11. With all of my *BSD and Linux systems, I can certainly manage well without Microsoft. :) I keep trying to get people over to Linux desktop (Pop, Mint, etc.) but it's hard for a lot of users.
Mini PCs make a lot of sense now that we're moving beyond big honking hard drives and optical drives that once had to be housed inside a chassis. Everything is so miniaturized now, including even PSUs, that desktop computing is indeed possible without significant compromises in a tiny form factor. I've been moving that way myself, using a desktop PC case instead of a tower for my Linux gaming PC and an M4 Mac mini for work. I have an M1 mini plugged into my TV. The big machines just aren't really necessary any longer, and I like that. It's space-efficient and cost-efficient. I plan to have some fun with a Pi 5 as well by having it hooked up to a very small hub + display unit and a small speaker to sit by my PC and let me watch things while I game. I have a Pi 4 acting as a web server. I have yet another Mac mini hooked to a USB drive enclosure acting as my NAS. I love being able to do fun things with small computers.
Another great channel update Chris! Thanks for reminding me about the PI 5 case you reviewed this year. I will start saving my pennies to purchase one. Although I did test/install/purchase some of the things you reviewed, that one slipped through the cracks. Will you be doing anymore videos on installing Win11 on non-compliant PC's? That process may evolve yet again in 2025. I am looking forward to all the wondrous tech your will be presenting in 2025. Thanks completing another informative (and humorous) year. Take Good Care Chris!
To be honest, I'm not that interested in all this gear. But there is something very special in your clean, calm, collected, structured talking and content that keeps me returning and watching them. Thank you!
Another excellent update. As always, I appreciate your transparency and willingness to share your thoughts. I agree wholeheartedly with your reservations about the current wave of AI applications, thank you for saying what others most often do not.
For the first time, I've just paused an EC video to look at another channel, looks awesome, and subbed straight away ... of course. Right, back to EC now.
I agree with your Photopea approach. I also like to use it a lot on my Windows and Linux machines. It's really impressive that it has the familiarity of Photoshop with the File Compatibilty being excellent. (Unless I need Photoshop for some specific things, Photopea do the majority of work I needed it to be) I'm highly considering purchasing the annual subscription and support the developer
Regarding unsupported PC hardware running Windows, I think people will do what they've been doing for years with unsupported Android phones: just keep on using them.
Thank you Chris for all your hard work & the excellent video content that you produce for us to enjoy on the channel! I’m looking forward to what 2025 will bring in the mini pc space as well. I looked at the cost of an extended esu for Win 10 home user & it mentioned $30 for a year, beyond that? The education version starts at $1 then doubles each year for a 3 year period of support, time switch to Linux on an old Win 10 machine!! Something for the tea fund, enjoy the 🦆🦆🦆quack quack!!
@alanthornton3530 I'm doing just fine and enjoying the leftovers and not having to cook! Tomorrow or at some point in the week ahead, I gotta put our Christmas tree up. What a jump between holidays!
Chris, the outstanding content of your videos has made an impression on the viewing public and your community will continue to grow. The TH-cam plaque is well-deserved. Please accept this humble thanks for getting me through the decision process for switching from Windows to Linux (Linux Mint). I look forward to another year of learning from you!
Another thoughtful channel update. There will be a lot of capable computer hardware abandoned by Windows. I’m amazed at how well Ubuntu 24.04 performs on my gaming laptop. It’s my hope that when Windows 10 ceases to be updated, a great many people will see the advantages of Linux distributions. I suspect that there are people out there who have questions as to how secure Linux is compared to Windows, especially those who regularly use applications not found in any Linux App Store.
Chris, looking forward to another exciting year 2025. I've enjoyed the journey so far and always will. I've subscribed to the new channel and look forward to viewing it's content. Your loyal friend always. 🤠👍
Do you think Microsoft will learn the lessons of the pushback on the bloat and privacy issues of Windows 11 to make windows 12 more palatable? And congrats on the new channel.
Thank you for the update! I looking forward to watching your new channel; tech has gotten boring. I'm planning to retire soon and one of the thing I'd like to learn how to do is make videos like you.
"With the shame of self promotion out of the way..." very classy and fun. I hope you make a good channel as this one is. Best of luck good man in the new entrepeneurship.
Thank you for the update! You definitely spread your fire on to me when it comes to Risc V and I really consider to get one of the milk v board, even though I'm not a developer and more of a tinkerer. Maybe you could record a video about the Titan Flasher? I think this would be a great place to start for new users of this architecture. Anyway, keep it up and see you soon!
I'm excited to hear about the new channel! I quite enjoy the presentation style and quality of comment here. I look forward to what we have in the coming year (and may it be more growth in RISC V hardware, software and support.)
Thanks so much Chris @ExplainingComputers for the enlightening update on THIS channel. I'll be sure to check out your NEW channel also, right after I finish typing out this comment. Keep up the good work ... looking forward to that content you mentioned for 2025. See you then =)
as of today, i became a member of your youtube channel, it made sense after consuming your excellent content for well over 5 years by now. Keep up the informative yet entertaining content, and congratulations for the 9 years which i hope could go on for 9 years more!
Thanks to Explaining Computers, I have had the confidence to replace my Acer M1930 i3 motherboard (pre-TPM 2.0) to a Ryzen 5600G on a Gigabyte A520M board with 16G of Corsair DDR4 RAM. Long may your sponsor-free and ad-free channel live and prosper, and as a fan of latex rubber moulds and Mamod steam engines, guess where I'm off to next! (The i3 motherboard will make a nice start for a Linux based backup NAS as soon as I find another case.)
I'm running Windows 11 on a 4th gen Intel i7 laptop with no major issues. It's had a nice upgrade path: windows 8 to 8.1 to 10 to 11. I've also installed 22H3 and 22H4 upgrades unofficially and it also works.
I subscribed to your new channel Chris, I look forward to even more content from your good self. You are always producing interesting content. Good luck with the new channel.
Congrats on the new channel, and looking forward to an interesting 2025... especially the look into RISC computing, open source and avoiding traps like "AI" creeping into everything.
Perfect timing that this came out just as I finished watching the Steam Engine and Rotocasting video on your new channel. I'll have to slowly migrate to Photopea like you in the future as it's a bit of a pain to keep rebooting to Windows from Linux just for Photoshop. If I do end up using it enough I may end up paying for it. With Windows 10 ending support next year it feels like a good time to migrate more to Linux though I will keep a Windows 10 LTSC install just in case, but I can see some software slowly dropping Windows 10 support in a few years despite the embedded and enterprise versions still not having their support dropped since the mainstream uses the regular Home & Pro editions. I await for the "AI" trend to die down as its littered with marketing speak and slapping the name along with NPUs on hardware that doesn't benefit most users with the increase in price aside from the pockets of shareholders of big tech companies. Search engines trying to providing summaries and answers with "AI" is laughable since it tends to be wrong (looking at your Google and TH-cam).
Windows 10 is indeed the last Windows. The last Windows to have a tiny sliver of freedom of choice. TPM in Windows 11 and now AI bullshit in Windows 12, tomorrow it'll be brain chips in Windows 13. No thanks, I'd rather Linux (as I have been for the past decade). People have been warned. Whoever didn't listen so far probably won't anymore. For those I only wish a painless assimilation now (it's not like they'll even feel it anyway).
I skipped windows me, I skipped windows vista, I skipped windows 8, and I skipped Windows 11. God help us if Windows 12 isn't the Windows 7 or 10 or XP that we desperately need.
I skipped all versions of DOS and Windows and Apple's offerings; I mostly used UNIX and Linux systems, plus some RISC OS, and before that, the BBC micro.
the rummors i heard about win 12 are all oriented on the support for arm socs, the rest should be very similar to what we have now the npu stuff is what has me worried, i dont want any of that stuff near me, tbh my personal computers must do what i want, i dont want them to think at all
Oh gawd! You have reminded me I have to move my dad's laptop off Win 10 onto Mint. He has managed to lose both sheets of paper with his passwords on. I shall bite the the bullet over Christmas.......... At least it means an end to Windows in the family. Thank the Lord.
that was a false statement that microsoft never bothered on saying it was wrong, they said the latest os they made was win 10 being win 11 like 4 years old, keep this idea alive, brings nothing
It's a tsunami of Barnett videos. Or should that be a Barnarmy? PSA. It is with regret that my secret plans for world domination have been delayed until Christopher slows down a bit.
We're STILL here, Sir !!! I'm praying to God and Jesus! For enough money! To buy a Ras Pi 5 in the new year !!! However?! - Since I'm still "Dumpster Diving" for dog food?! - in 2024? !!! 🙂 It MAY take a "Christmas Miracle" ! lol BUT !! - I'm forever optimistic !!! Cheers! - Judson & Buddy !! - God Bless You ALL !! and Happy Christmas !!! 🙂
Thanks for the yearly update Chris. I think this coming year will certainly be interesting as far as OS choice goes. As for AI, I can see its usefulness for many things but the way it's being forced upon us by Microsoft etc seems to be over the top. Expecting people to immediately upgrade to a system with an npu is outrageous so waiting to see what will happen with Windows 12 should be fun.
This is a GREAT idea! Just what TechnoTim did with his channel. I applaud you and already followed the new channel. I look forward to more great content!
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Congratulations, please don't stop. There are few things in the world more precious than a good, engaged and capable Professor. We own you!
*owe 😃
@@alihart Unless the commenter actually feels some kind of parasocial ownership.
@@thescrewfly ...no, just poor English, Brazilian here. Sorry, we OWE you, we have no ownership at all over this beautiful channel and Professor!
@@bigfootpegrande Your English is much better than my--or likely most people on this comment section's--Portuguese. :)
Thankyou for not having a sponsor segment. AI bubble will definitely burst at some point.
I can't help but think that generative "AI"s will hit a practical limit in terms of both the datasets they need to improve (nominal improvements in output require inordinate increases in data) and the resources (both computing and electrical power) needed to generate that output.
In simple terms, it will come down to cost vs benefit. The costs will only increase exponentially, whilst the benefits will be in smaller increments. (Computerphile did a video about this.)
@@fredsmith1970A rather small product promoting video production will set you back around $10k.
I’ve seen a 100% AI generated video that looked impressive and that also was the opinion of some professional videographers I know.
I don’t think AI will replace videographers, at least not 100%. Video and film makers will (and already do) use AI for their productions.
@@fredsmith1970 it has already hit a practical limit. it's still powerful for people who put in the legwork, but the stupid and lazy will still find no real use for it.
Compliments on the new channel and wishing it will have the same luck like E.C . 😊
Thanks. :)
Chris is the kind of guy who screws in the case screws in proper order.
See, It's the little things like that make me respect the man.
Thanks for your videos this year so far, and hopefully if we are all still here in 2025 and not atomised, then 2025 looks like another banger, as the young people like to say...
It will doubtless slap, be lit, and have a veritable cornucopia of rizz!
Greetings my friend. I really must make a FreeBSD video in 2025. :)
@@ExplainingComputers Or perhaps a playlist of FreeBSD? :) It's a good OS (this from an OpenBSD/NetBSD guy)!
I really, really hope that 2025 will be the year that more people switch to Linux and that newer, nicer computers deemed unable to run Windows 11 wind up in the second-hand market rather than a landfill.
Also, it's always good to see more stuff from you. There is never such a thing as too much Chris. :)
yeah I plan transitioning to Mint towards the end of the month, when I got my end of year time off of work
got a dual boot set up already but have not yet made the call to cull windoof 11
VMWARE Workstation is now free for Linux and Windows. You can run Linux and run VMWARE WS on it and Windows in a VM. So best of all worlds. AND, WS runs better than WSL2 over-all. WS can run *BSD, Linux, Solaris, OpenVMS, Windows, just about anything X86-based.
Sunday greetings!!
Greetings!
Monday greetings here in New Zealand (GMT+12) ... greetings!
Congratulations Christopher, and a BIG THANKYOU for your videos!
Never missed one! You deserve great success!
Greetings from PORTUGAL !! 🇵🇹
Greetings from the UK!
Greetings. This new channel of yours definitely fun. Another stop worth making.
Love that thumbnail. Best I've ever seen on TH-cam!
Thanks. I really wanted to draw viewers in today! :)
Congratulations 🎉 on your new channel.
A 🦆 video at the beginning in your new channel is pure gold.
Greetings! 👋
Greetings! And thanks. 😀
Looking forward to the new content and many more years of EC.
Good on ya, Chris. Making phenomenal content.
Good Morning Mr. Barnatt!! I subscribed to your other you tube channel this morning and thoroughly enjoyed your 2024 update!I got up early as I have to go to work playing a Christmas show this afternoon! I'll catch up on your other channel when I get home this evening!! I look forward to spending 52 Sundays a year with you explaining computers!! Thanks for all you do and God Bless You!!
First, thank you for your videos! Also a very exciting topic for 2025 are silent PCs with passive cooling. This year I bought a refurbished silent mini pc which serves me as a home server and also this episode of explaining computers I am watching on a completely silent Chromebook connected to a 4K Monitor. The APUs are getting stronger and stronger while consuming less power. Chris, I hope you keep your eye on this topic too :)
Even if you talked absolute rubbish i would still watch, just for the joy of watching something thats not interrupted every few minutes with mindless adverts. The fact that you DONT talk rubbish, and are very informative, is the icing on the cake!😀
I'm glad to contribute to 1/1,060,000 of your success
Me too. :)
Congratulations on another successful year of your channel, Christopher! More than 1,000,000 subs! An amazing feat...and well-deserved because of your excellent content! Cheers!
THAT THUMBNAIL THOUGH!!!
I never do thumbs like this . . . but have now! :)
🗣️ ExplainingComputers channel update 🗣️
@@ExplainingComputers I love it! :D
@@bfapple WOOOOOOOO!!!!
The new channel is very interesting, and I did enjoy the steam model. But what is more important is the duck video on the new channel that needs further investigation 😉
Seriously though, it looks like exciting times for you on TH-cam.
Windows 10 end of life could be a great opportunity for Linux adoption. Fingers crossed
Don't cross your fingers.... become part of the revolution. I'm promoting Linux Mint to as many people as I think are good candidates.
I still plan on running W10 for another five or six years. I have W2K, W7, W8 all running along with W2K3, W2K8, W2K12, etc. I very much dislike W11. With all of my *BSD and Linux systems, I can certainly manage well without Microsoft. :) I keep trying to get people over to Linux desktop (Pop, Mint, etc.) but it's hard for a lot of users.
@@Doesntcompute2k And i thought *I* was a digital packrat...
An absolute highlight of every sunday. Thank you so much for all the fantastic content over the years.
I really don't want AI on my laptop. I want to turn it off, not be forced to have hardware I won't use!
Mini PCs make a lot of sense now that we're moving beyond big honking hard drives and optical drives that once had to be housed inside a chassis. Everything is so miniaturized now, including even PSUs, that desktop computing is indeed possible without significant compromises in a tiny form factor. I've been moving that way myself, using a desktop PC case instead of a tower for my Linux gaming PC and an M4 Mac mini for work. I have an M1 mini plugged into my TV. The big machines just aren't really necessary any longer, and I like that. It's space-efficient and cost-efficient.
I plan to have some fun with a Pi 5 as well by having it hooked up to a very small hub + display unit and a small speaker to sit by my PC and let me watch things while I game. I have a Pi 4 acting as a web server. I have yet another Mac mini hooked to a USB drive enclosure acting as my NAS. I love being able to do fun things with small computers.
Another great channel update Chris! Thanks for reminding me about the PI 5 case you reviewed this year. I will start saving my pennies to purchase one. Although I did test/install/purchase some of the things you reviewed, that one slipped through the cracks. Will you be doing anymore videos on installing Win11 on non-compliant PC's? That process may evolve yet again in 2025. I am looking forward to all the wondrous tech your will be presenting in 2025. Thanks completing another informative (and humorous) year. Take Good Care Chris!
Essential viewing here, and I can't wait to see more content on your new channel!
Thanks. :)
To be honest, I'm not that interested in all this gear. But there is something very special in your clean, calm, collected, structured talking and content that keeps me returning and watching them. Thank you!
Another excellent update. As always, I appreciate your transparency and willingness to share your thoughts. I agree wholeheartedly with your reservations about the current wave of AI applications, thank you for saying what others most often do not.
Just subscribed to your new channel. I am now being inundated with Chris videos and I love it.
I'm afraid it will not stop -- until next Sunday! Thanks for watching.
@@PC4USE1 You can never have too much Chris. :)
Thanks for this video. Without your videos I probably wouldn't be in robotics today :)
Greetings from India 🇮🇳
Greetings!
Looking forward to another year of Explaining Computers! Always interesting content in my opinion.
Herzlichen Dank für deine tollen Videos und die viele Arbeit, die darin steckt. Ich wünsche dir weitere 10 Jahre und schon heute frohe Feiertage.
Thank you Mr. Barnatt for your contributions. I look forward to your new endeavors.
honestly, what else to watch than this channel ? for years now, this channel is my weekly dose of reality.
For the first time, I've just paused an EC video to look at another channel, looks awesome, and subbed straight away ... of course. Right, back to EC now.
Thanks! :)
I agree with your Photopea approach.
I also like to use it a lot on my Windows and Linux machines. It's really impressive that it has the familiarity of Photoshop with the File Compatibilty being excellent.
(Unless I need Photoshop for some specific things, Photopea do the majority of work I needed it to be)
I'm highly considering purchasing the annual subscription and support the developer
Regarding unsupported PC hardware running Windows, I think people will do what they've been doing for years with unsupported Android phones: just keep on using them.
And hello once more, we look forward to many more of these, thank you Chris..Oh yes, I've got some binge watching to do on a certain new channel..🤔🙂
Thank you Chris for all your hard work & the excellent video content that you produce for us to enjoy on the channel! I’m looking forward to what 2025 will bring in the mini pc space as well. I looked at the cost of an extended esu for Win 10 home user & it mentioned $30 for a year, beyond that? The education version starts at $1 then doubles each year for a 3 year period of support, time switch to Linux on an old Win 10 machine!! Something for the tea fund, enjoy the 🦆🦆🦆quack quack!!
Hi, Alan! :D
@@Praxibetel-Ix Hi Ford are you OK & still enjoying the remnants of Thanksgiving? I'm just off to watch Chris's other video on rotocasting :)
@alanthornton3530 I'm doing just fine and enjoying the leftovers and not having to cook! Tomorrow or at some point in the week ahead, I gotta put our Christmas tree up. What a jump between holidays!
Thanks for your support. :)
@@Praxibetel-Ix Getting in practice for the big day only 24 sleeps :)
Chris, the outstanding content of your videos has made an impression on the viewing public and your community will continue to grow. The TH-cam plaque is well-deserved. Please accept this humble thanks for getting me through the decision process for switching from Windows to Linux (Linux Mint). I look forward to another year of learning from you!
Glad to hear that you made it to Linux Mint! :)
And lo, it came to pass that a new channel was born, and there was much rejoicing.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! 🎉
Chris just keep up the good work.
Another thoughtful channel update. There will be a lot of capable computer hardware abandoned by Windows. I’m amazed at how well Ubuntu 24.04 performs on my gaming laptop. It’s my hope that when Windows 10 ceases to be updated, a great many people will see the advantages of Linux distributions. I suspect that there are people out there who have questions as to how secure Linux is compared to Windows, especially those who regularly use applications not found in any Linux App Store.
New channel sounds great, looking forward to viewing 👍
Cheers to another year and many more to come! 😉
Chris, looking forward to another exciting year 2025. I've enjoyed the journey so far and always will. I've subscribed to the new channel and look forward to viewing it's content. Your loyal friend always. 🤠👍
Thanks Richard.
Danke und Congrats to the second channel.
Thanks for your support. :)
Many thanks for an interesting and informative channel Chris.
Thank you, Mr. Barnatt!
(I'm excited about your new channel, but not so much about Windows 12. 😝)
Do you think Microsoft will learn the lessons of the pushback on the bloat and privacy issues of Windows 11 to make windows 12 more palatable?
And congrats on the new channel.
Considering theyre adding a "recall" function thatll spy on what you do all day, Id say no! 😄
@@Bassquake76 Yeah, but one can dream right? 😂
Thank you for the update! I looking forward to watching your new channel; tech has gotten boring. I'm planning to retire soon and one of the thing I'd like to learn how to do is make videos like you.
"With the shame of self promotion out of the way..." very classy and fun. I hope you make a good channel as this one is. Best of luck good man in the new entrepeneurship.
[pauses video, runs off and subscribes to new channel]
Merry Xmas to us!
Thanks!
Thank you for the update!
You definitely spread your fire on to me when it comes to Risc V and I really consider to get one of the milk v board, even though I'm not a developer and more of a tinkerer.
Maybe you could record a video about the Titan Flasher? I think this would be a great place to start for new users of this architecture.
Anyway, keep it up and see you soon!
I'm excited to hear about the new channel!
I quite enjoy the presentation style and quality of comment here.
I look forward to what we have in the coming year (and may it be more growth in RISC V hardware, software and support.)
Thanks so much Chris @ExplainingComputers for the enlightening update on THIS channel. I'll be sure to check out your NEW channel also, right after I finish typing out this comment. Keep up the good work ... looking forward to that content you mentioned for 2025. See you then =)
Geez, another year has gone by. Hey, young un's. They go fast; the older you get, the faster they disappear into memory. Mine now lasts a fortnight!
Thank you Chris! I have subbed to your shiny new channel.
Awesome thank you!
I'm late because I was watching your new channel.
An excellent reason to be late. :)
Yes, that happened to me also! LOL.
I woke up a little bit earlier than usual to watch Chris rotocast Stormtrooper helmets. :)
as of today, i became a member of your youtube channel, it made sense after consuming your excellent content for well over 5 years by now. Keep up the informative yet entertaining content, and congratulations for the 9 years which i hope could go on for 9 years more!
Thanks for becoming a channel member. :) As you have probably discovered, there are a lot of member-only videos there now.
congrats on 9 years
Thanks. :)
Thank you so much Chris for another year of great content of E.C and congrats for the new channel, looking forward for all your new projects!
Thanks to Explaining Computers, I have had the confidence to replace my Acer M1930 i3 motherboard (pre-TPM 2.0) to a Ryzen 5600G on a Gigabyte A520M board with 16G of Corsair DDR4 RAM. Long may your sponsor-free and ad-free channel live and prosper, and as a fan of latex rubber moulds and Mamod steam engines, guess where I'm off to next!
(The i3 motherboard will make a nice start for a Linux based backup NAS as soon as I find another case.)
I very much consider the 5600G to be a classic chip. Glad to hear it worked for you. :)
Thank you for 9 years of Weekly uploads.
Thanks Chris. Onwards and upwards.
I'm running Windows 11 on a 4th gen Intel i7 laptop with no major issues. It's had a nice upgrade path: windows 8 to 8.1 to 10 to 11. I've also installed 22H3 and 22H4 upgrades unofficially and it also works.
I subscribed to your new channel Chris, I look forward to even more content from your good self. You are always producing interesting content. Good luck with the new channel.
Thanks. :)
Congrats on the new channel, and looking forward to an interesting 2025... especially the look into RISC computing, open source and avoiding traps like "AI" creeping into everything.
Subscribed to the Christopher Barnatt channel. PS link in video description
OMG, your outro has changed! My head nearly exploded! I hope you bring back the old one next time! LOL
Perfect timing that this came out just as I finished watching the Steam Engine and Rotocasting video on your new channel.
I'll have to slowly migrate to Photopea like you in the future as it's a bit of a pain to keep rebooting to Windows from Linux just for Photoshop. If I do end up using it enough I may end up paying for it.
With Windows 10 ending support next year it feels like a good time to migrate more to Linux though I will keep a Windows 10 LTSC install just in case, but I can see some software slowly dropping Windows 10 support in a few years despite the embedded and enterprise versions still not having their support dropped since the mainstream uses the regular Home & Pro editions.
I await for the "AI" trend to die down as its littered with marketing speak and slapping the name along with NPUs on hardware that doesn't benefit most users with the increase in price aside from the pockets of shareholders of big tech companies. Search engines trying to providing summaries and answers with "AI" is laughable since it tends to be wrong (looking at your Google and TH-cam).
Merry christmas Chris. I found your RPi and OMV videos very helpful this year.
Windows 10 is indeed the last Windows.
The last Windows to have a tiny sliver of freedom of choice. TPM in Windows 11 and now AI bullshit in Windows 12, tomorrow it'll be brain chips in Windows 13. No thanks, I'd rather Linux (as I have been for the past decade). People have been warned. Whoever didn't listen so far probably won't anymore. For those I only wish a painless assimilation now (it's not like they'll even feel it anyway).
Another excellent video. Thanks and best wishes for your new channel.
Thanks. :)
I skipped windows me, I skipped windows vista, I skipped windows 8, and I skipped Windows 11. God help us if Windows 12 isn't the Windows 7 or 10 or XP that we desperately need.
I skipped all versions of DOS and Windows and Apple's offerings; I mostly used UNIX and Linux systems, plus some RISC OS, and before that, the BBC micro.
the rummors i heard about win 12 are all oriented on the support for arm socs, the rest should be very similar to what we have now
the npu stuff is what has me worried, i dont want any of that stuff near me, tbh my personal computers must do what i want, i dont want them to think at all
Awesome! New channel! More CB😊
As a lifelong model maker, Chris, I'm excited about the new channel and already subscribed!
So happy I stumbled into your channel years ago. You're a very pleasant presenter.
i still need to pick up a Radxa X4, excellent review. Now heading over to the new channel. Especially looking forward to retro content.
I just subscribed to the new channel. Look forward to your videos on both channels.
Thanks. :)
Oh gawd! You have reminded me I have to move my dad's laptop off Win 10 onto Mint. He has managed to lose both sheets of paper with his passwords on. I shall bite the the bullet over Christmas..........
At least it means an end to Windows in the family. Thank the Lord.
I'm the only person in my family to use Linux!
@@Praxibetel-Ix That's not good. Not good at all. You are going to have to upgrade them................
@clangerbasher I don't think my parents will be very happy with me messing with their computers to that extent! 🤣
@@Praxibetel-Ix I only touch Windoze and Android when they break it. The latter is fun as I don't own smartphone.
@clangerbasher I've been a life-long Windows user and a years-long Android freak.
Can't say I'm all that excited about three linux distros which are merely derivatives of Debian, the real distro which really counts.
I never miss video of EC. Awaiting exciting episodes in 2025.
Oh good. Reasons to look forward to 2025.
Thank you.
Weldone Christopher.
Top respect for not bothering us with the scammy sponsors.
Is it my bad memory or just old age, but did I imagine that when Windows 11 came out, Microsoft said it would be the last operating system?
It was very widely misreported that they said that about Windows 10, although they never did.
that was a false statement that microsoft never bothered on saying it was wrong, they said the latest os they made was win 10
being win 11 like 4 years old, keep this idea alive, brings nothing
Great vid. I had to upgrade my hardware to go from windows 10 to 11, I'll be damned if I upgrade my hardware to go from windows 11 to 12!
Hey Professor, I Look Forward To Your Videos Every Sunday Morning. Thanks For Another Year Of Great Stuff! (Comment #186)
Thanks!
It's a tsunami of Barnett videos. Or should that be a Barnarmy?
PSA. It is with regret that my secret plans for world domination have been delayed until Christopher slows down a bit.
Sorry about slowing your plans . . .
@@ExplainingComputers It's ok, you weren't to know... Anyway, I'll get you at play time.
Congrats on your major achievement.
Hello Chris.
Greetings! :)
Your channel is great ! One of best sources of reviews, regarding SBC's world.
Thanks. :)
We're STILL here, Sir !!!
I'm praying to God and Jesus!
For enough money!
To buy a Ras Pi 5 in the new year !!!
However?! - Since I'm still "Dumpster Diving"
for dog food?! - in 2024? !!! 🙂
It MAY take a "Christmas Miracle" ! lol
BUT !! - I'm forever optimistic !!!
Cheers! - Judson & Buddy !! - God Bless You ALL !!
and Happy Christmas !!! 🙂
5:40 raspberry pi enclosure
Mr Barnett - looking forward to retro computing 👍
Interesting times ahead i guess.
My suggestion for the Windows 11 unsupported hardware alternatives is: Mint your decision.
Thanks for the yearly update Chris. I think this coming year will certainly be interesting as far as OS choice goes. As for AI, I can see its usefulness for many things but the way it's being forced upon us by Microsoft etc seems to be over the top. Expecting people to immediately upgrade to a system with an npu is outrageous so waiting to see what will happen with Windows 12 should be fun.
This is a GREAT idea! Just what TechnoTim did with his channel. I applaud you and already followed the new channel. I look forward to more great content!
Embracing the youtube thumbnail requirements I see!
Yes, for once I have.