Remember when you were a kid, and there was a toy you wanted so badly that you tried to make a cardboard version of it? YouTuber Mickey W apparently never outgrew that, if his extremely intricate video is any indication.
If you’ve ever built a PC you’ll find many tiny details to love about this video. The little latch for installing the CPU, the effort put into branding the graphics card, the way all the components all fit together.
But the great thing about this setup is it’s all based on real parts. You’re looking at cardboard versions of the following components, if you’re curious:
There’s one major oversight, of course: he didn’t plug his cardboard computer into a cardboard surge protector, instead plugging it directly into his cardboard wall. That’s going to cause all sorts of problems during the next cardboard thunderstorm.
The cardboard PC was created as part of the UltraWide Festival‘s Cardboard Dream Setup contest, a YouTube contest where winners can win a LG monitor 34UC87C along with $10,000 to build their dream PC. Believe it or not, Mickey W’s entry didn’t make it to the second round of 30 finalists (it appears a public voting system was used to narrow down the contestants) – but he’s not upset about that.
“Unfortunately, my entry was not selected,” he said on YouTube, “But I would still like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support! It was a great experience.”
Just watching him build it was a great experience. If you’re wondering what kind of videos wins out over this, you should check out the semifinalists, and possibly even vote.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.