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HigashiJun wrote: 07 Jan 2025 10:51 @rubber_jonnie

I really don't regret this purchase and I warmly recommend this machine to every enthusiast.

And yes, prices are steep even in Japan.

A fully-refurbished XVI (same model as mine) costs now around £935 (without keyboard and mouse), and an EXPERT, sold as "junk", is around £349 (keyboard included).

Don't know if you can see this link in the UK, but just in case:

https://jp.mercari.com/item/m56664334203

Let me know if you're interested as it will be easier for me to get one here, and shipping via surface from Japan is not really expensive.

HigashiJun wrote: 22 Apr 2026 10:42 Now have to explain my wife how the monitor got here...

Darling, remember how I was complaining about lag last week? Well, apparently the universe took it personally. I was just browsing for monitors online when a tiny rip in the space-time continuum opened above the desk. This exact monitor fell through from a parallel dimension. The delivery guy was a quantum fluctuation wearing an Amazon vest. He said ‘Sign here, alternate-universe you,’ handed me the box, and vanished in a puff of Schrödinger’s cat hair. I couldn’t exactly refuse it — that would’ve created a paradox. So… here we are. Science, babe.

exxos wrote: 22 Apr 2026 10:50

Darling, remember how I was complaining about lag last week? Well, apparently the universe took it personally. I was just browsing for monitors online when a tiny rip in the space-time continuum opened above the desk. This exact monitor fell through from a parallel dimension. The delivery guy was a quantum fluctuation wearing an Amazon vest. He said ‘Sign here, alternate-universe you,’ handed me the box, and vanished in a puff of Schrödinger’s cat hair. I couldn’t exactly refuse it — that would’ve created a paradox. So… here we are. Science, babe.