• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      Yeah I went from 1 32" 1440p and two 1080p side monitors to just a single 4k 43" and I’m saying that the time of multi monitor setups has come to an end.

    • rooster_butt@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 years ago

      I just made the switch from 3 24 inch monitor to a single 49 inch super ultrawide. It’s basically 3 monitors with no bezels. A lot of things are annoying though like full-screening videos/games but there are workarounds.

  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
    29·
    2 years ago

    I go out of my way to find components that don’t have RGB lighting on them. When I use my computer, I want to be looking at the screens (the two-monitor part is true,) not the case.

    • zerofk@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 years ago

      Exactly! Even the indicator light of my speakers bothers me during long nightly sessions. I want to see the screen, nothing else.

      • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 years ago

        I’ve got a piece of black tape over the power line on my computer, because it is too bright. And I have masking tape over the caps/num/scroll-lock lights on my keyboard; because they are also too bright. (The light is much gentler through the masking tape.)

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    25·
    2 years ago

    No, I don’t have useless LEDs in my computer. My gaming rig is actually in a flat black case that blends in with the furniture.

    Except my employer shipped me a dev box with a big polycarbonate window and an unnecessarily beefy GPU with RGB LEDs that dance by default. 🤦

  • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 years ago

    Flashing RGB light are legit the most annoying shit ever. I just have a black box for a case and my peripherals glow a dim solid color (so I can see them in the dark) if at all.

    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      2 years ago

      I have some rgb on, laptop has back lightning that is brighter than my lamp though so that’s never on unless I need a torch and for some reason don’t have my phone.

  • Muffi@programming.dev
    18·
    2 years ago

    Guys, I think age is making us boring. I also personally prefer black rectangles and soft neutral lights, but I think we’re the bories.

    • EpeeGnome@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I work at a small computer shop and I love putting all those RGB lights in for people. Especially when I can do a full aRGB setup with a SignalRGB layout so patterns can move across the whole machine. For my own computer the only lights are the tiny power and hard drive activity lights, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. RGB lights belong only in other people’s computers.

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 years ago

      To me, RGB is like a cheap car with a bad paint job and too many neon. If I could put my computer in a closet, I would.

    • olutukko@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’m not even that old, born in 2000, but I have never enjoyed the rgb bullshit on computers. I even specifially got my keyboard without backlight so I could have a wirelles one with decent battery life

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comBannedEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        most backlit keyboards let you disable the lighting, and have fairly legible legends without to begin with.

        Or you can just touch type like me. Thats what i do with my wireless keyb, i have the backlight if i need it though.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 years ago

      I’m also oldish. But man, I freaking love lights. Of all kinds. I just love making shit out of lights or doing weird things. LEDs and neopixels are amazing. I have permanently installed lights on the house, and entire (small) room in the house dedicated for a honelab with RGB everywhere. It’s cool as shit (to me).

      But not on my work systems. That would be really annoying. Soft lights and elegant design for me.

  • kamen@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    Stereotypes exists so that I can be the 5% that doesn’t fall into them.

    Two monitors but a solid case side panel (in fact it’s a case that’s so old that at the time TG side panels were not common). If I could be at liberty to choose parts purely based on looks, I’d go with something black, minimalistic and with no RGB.

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 years ago

      Huge fan of the non-TG Fractal Design R series cases for your use case. Pretty, but minimalistic. Airflow might be a bit of an issue given that they’re noise focused cases.

      • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I have the Define R5 right now and it’s mostly good, but it’s choking a bit. I was thinking of getting a Torrent because of the airflow. Even with the TG I think it looks good, could be useful for shoving an info display or a clock inside, moreover a solid side panel doesn’t make as much sense when it’s not dampened (and this is an airflow-focused case).

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    2 years ago

    the fuck is a rainbow computer?

    You mean the kind of really powerful computer with RGB lights on the outside of the tower?

    Yes I do have one of those. I have a couple of flashlights with auxiliary lights like that too.