{"id":340770,"date":"2023-11-29T13:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/?p=340770"},"modified":"2023-12-27T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T20:01:46","slug":"evaluating-the-excel-lent-maingear-mg-1-platinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/evaluating-the-excel-lent-maingear-mg-1-platinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating the Excel-lent Maingear MG-1 Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When taking a second pass at reviewing the <a data-lasso-id=\"514641\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\">Maingear MG-1 Platinum<\/a> I have decided to take a more practical tact relevant to my lifestyle as my <a data-lasso-id=\"514642\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/maingear-mg-1-platinum-first-impressions\/\">last review<\/a> was more of a here&#8217;s this thing article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most reviews rightfully hone in on the MG-1&#8217;s capability as a gaming PC for hardcore gamers. It was even designed in collaboration with Shroud, a gaming streamer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I&#8217;m not a hardcore PC gamer. Outside of taking a few minutes to continue building my Minecraft kingdom, I only play a few PC games that would genuinely test a system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That isn&#8217;t to say Minecraft itself doesn&#8217;t already crash my current GPU because it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really, any time I engage my current PC in any sort of multiple video exercise across three monitors, it&#8217;s very likely to crash. Or at least blink out for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the point, the point is that I use a gaming PC for its raw processing power, rather than gaming, because of what I do for a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-affiliate-plugin-lasso\"><div id=\"lasso-anchor-id-334792-514773\" class=\"lasso-container\">\n    <!-- LASSO DISPLAY BOX (https:\/\/getlasso.co) -->\n\t<div class=\"lasso-display lasso-splash lasso-url-mg-1-platinum-maingear \">\n\n\t\t<!-- BADGE -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-badge\">\n\t\t\t\tEditor's Choice\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- LASSO TITLE, PRICE, DESC, AND IMAGE -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lasso-box-1\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-image\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/maingear-mg-1-lasso.webp\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" class=\"rocket-lazyload\" alt=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- BUTTONS -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lasso-box-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-title\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-stars\" style=\"--rating: 4.5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lasso-stars-value\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t4.5\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-price-value\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"discount-price\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"latest-price\">$1,799<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The MG-1 is a range of gaming PCs designed in collaboration with shroud, one of the best competitive gamers around. <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-fields\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- List field -->\n<div class=\"lasso-fields-single\">\n\t<strong>What We Like:<\/strong>\n\t<div class=\"lasso-fields-what-we-like lasso-fields-99998\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"list\"><li>Powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card<\/li><li>280mm AIO liquid cooler to keep the Intel i5-14600K cool under pressure<\/li><li>Stylish case with removable, customizable, magnetic front panel<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-button-1\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\tCheck Availability\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-disclosure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>KnowTechie is supported by its audience, so if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The secret of my success<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image340770_54858a-fe .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image340770_54858a-fe img.kb-img, .kb-image340770_54858a-fe .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-left-radius:4px;filter:drop-shadow(2px 7px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image340770_54858a-fe\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero-1600x900.webp\" alt=\"The image shows a desk with a computer monitor displaying a spreadsheet, a backlit keyboard, a custom PC with RGB lighting, and various collectibles on shelves.\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-340848\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero-1600x900.webp 1600w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-hero.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Image: Curtis Silver\/KnowTechie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My entire career (outside of being Kevin&#8217;s thunder buddy on the internet) consists of massaging, manipulating, and manhandling large sets of data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, I spend a lot of time in Microsoft Excel creating formulas that pressure my processors like knuckling a perineum, and work-issued PCs can&#8217;t handle those calculations. So, I turn to gaming machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve used at least one Maingear PC for work, the Maingear Potenza. I convinced an employer to purchase it for me, since the department-issued laptop was about as competent as slicing cold pastrami with a spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently I <a data-lasso-id=\"514643\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/how-to-build-a-pc-and-fail-miserably-and-create-a-legacy-of-ruin\/\">built my own gaming-ish PC<\/a>, the one that crashes all the time because the motherboard is too small and the GPU is OK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it has good RAM and only stutters a bit when calculating rows and rows of Index formulas in Excel. But it&#8217;s not good enough. It could be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>And the MG-1 Platinum is much, much better. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s get into what these formulas look like, the computing load involved and how the MG-1 took these formulas, smacked them around a bit, and sent them straight back to the abyss from whence they came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bright lights, big city<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image340770_135067-e2 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}.kb-image340770_135067-e2 img.kb-img, .kb-image340770_135067-e2 .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-left-radius:4px;filter:drop-shadow(2px 7px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));}<\/style><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image340770_135067-e2\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup-1600x900.webp\" alt=\"A desktop PC with RGB lighting visible through a clear side panel, featuring a GeForce RTX graphics card, beside a monitor with colorful wallpaper.\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-340846\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup-1600x900.webp 1600w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maingear-mg1-platinum-closeup.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Image: Curtis Silver\/KnowTechie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is what an Index formula looks like (well, one iteration at least):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#f4f4f4\"><em><strong>{=IFERROR(INDEX(Pivots!$AJ:$AJ,SMALL(IF(Pivots!$AI:$AI=$D11,ROW(Pivots!$AI:$AI)-ROW(INDEX(Pivots!$AI:$AI,1,1))+1),AA$8)),&#8221;&#8221;)}<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Excel workbook I pulled that from, a workbook I utilize almost every day, this type of formula occupies 40 columns by X rows (based on variable lookup data sets). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s accompanied by 37 more columns of simple VLOOKUP formulas, but those take little computing power below 50K rows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anything under 200 rows of calculations takes my current PC 2-3 minutes to complete. If I press it to around 500 rows, I have to play games on my phone while waiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I press it to 1000 rows, I have to upload it to Google Sheets and make Google do the calculations because my PC can&#8217;t handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I copied this workbook to the Maingear MG-1, pasted in 2,136 rows of lookup data in the lookup column, and pressed F9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go big or go home; no sense in testing the smaller sets that my PC can already handle. Let&#8217;s go downtown and see what the MG-1 can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While that&#8217;s calculating 85,440 Index formulas and 79,032 VLOOKUPs at the same time, let&#8217;s run down the MG-1 Platinum&#8217;s stats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Graphics Card<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB GDDR6X)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Processor<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Intel Core i5-13600K (14 Cores\/20 Threads)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>CPU Cooler<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cooler Master 280mm AiO Liquid Cooler<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Motherboard<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MSI Pro B660M-A CEC DDR4 WiFi Motherboard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>System Memory<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16GB T-FORCE RGB DDR4 3600MHz Memory (2x8GB)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Storage<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1TB Solidigm P41 M.2 NVMe SSD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Power Supply Unit<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">600W EVGA Power Supply<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Operating System<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Windows 11 Home<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Lighting<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">RGB Lighting Kit &amp; Rear RGB Fan<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, back to the calcs. Well, they took a while. I made a bagel, I ate the bagel, and I watched some YouTube videos. But most importantly, the MG-1 <em>handled it<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn&#8217;t lock up; it allowed me to do other things while the 20 threads were calculating, and I eventually got it done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s crucial for me to be able to watch reruns of <em>30 Rock<\/em> while my PC is running calcs. I don&#8217;t want the entire thing to lock up on Liz making a weird face, and hear audio in broken snippets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to be able to do other things while the calcs are running. The MG-1 Platinum makes that multitasking (or ADHD soothing) possible. I can actually type an email while it&#8217;s calculating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The hard way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, I could use Microsoft 365 and do all this calculating online, but I prefer to control data locally, rather than in the cloud. Cloud services always react different to hot keys, formulas, and VB scripting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, I need Excel on my PC in order to competently complete my tasks the to the best of my ability. Some might find this overtly complex, but to me, it&#8217;s easier than screaming at Google Sheets because I can&#8217;t use CTRL-D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are probably some other pressure tests out there that would test the computing power of the MG-1 Platinum, like video rendering or CAD engineering, but I don&#8217;t do those things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But considering that it didn&#8217;t require me to take a nap while data was processing, that&#8217;s a huge win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evaluating a gaming PC is tricky, even if you specialize in benchmarking performance factors as it pertains to gaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These PCs have a wide audience, mostly people who either think they need a gaming PC or don&#8217;t actually need a gaming PC but want one for the clout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found out a long time ago that attempting to use the shit laptops and desktops provided by my employer to perform my job functions only resulted in stress and frustration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s because of the way I perform my tasks, or their inability to heed me when I demand more powerful computers, gaming PCs have been the answer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>And more often than not over the past two decades, those have been Maingear PCs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The point is that we&#8217;re generally advertised gaming PCs as being the optimal machines for gaming, and they are. But they are just as competent work machines as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine being able to do my job, as it stands now, with some dusty Dell workstation that struggles to formulate anything beyond a simple SUM formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maingear is currently running a holiday sale, and the<a data-lasso-id=\"514644\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"> MG-1 Platinum edition<\/a> is on sale for $1,649. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the mid-tier offering of the MG-1 line, and a solid purchase if you don&#8217;t want to spend too much on a gaming PC, but don&#8217;t want the bottom of the product line either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any sort of job that requires your computer to think as hard as you pretend to, then a Maingear PC might be the thing that elevates you from cubicle drone to fluorescent formulaic god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-affiliate-plugin-lasso\"><div id=\"lasso-anchor-id-334792-514774\" class=\"lasso-container\">\n    <!-- LASSO DISPLAY BOX (https:\/\/getlasso.co) -->\n\t<div class=\"lasso-display lasso-llama lasso-url-mg-1-platinum-maingear \">\n\n\t\t<!-- BADGE -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-badge\">\n\t\t\t\tEditor's Choice\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- LASSO TITLE, PRICE, DESC, AND IMAGE -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lasso-box-1\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-image\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maingear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG-1-Platinum.png\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" class=\"rocket-lazyload\" alt=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-title\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-stars\" style=\"--rating: 4.5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lasso-stars-value\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t4.5\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-price-value\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"discount-price\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"latest-price\">$1,799<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The MG-1 is a range of gaming PCs designed in collaboration with shroud, one of the best competitive gamers around. <\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- BUTTONS -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lasso-box-2\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"lasso-button-1\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/mg-1-platinum-maingear\/\" data-lasso-box-trackable=\"true\" data-lasso-id=\"334792\" data-lasso-name=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" title=\"Maingear MG-1 Platinum Gaming PC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\n\t\t\t\tCheck Availability\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- LASSO DISCLOSURES & DATE -->\n\t\t<div class=\"lasso-box-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-disclosure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>KnowTechie is supported by its audience, so if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lasso-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Have any thoughts on this? 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