Yeah, don’t think hink its the fact that he doesn’t care, i think he cares almost too much. Most of his stuff is worn out purely due to sheer age, showing he really does value everything he has
@@horiciOwO I have the same cardboard desk/table top, been using it for more than 20 years. And I have 2 monitors mounted to it on an arm (probably more than 10kgs). It's actually a hand me down from my mom, it was her drawing table for floor plans. So I believe it's actually about 30 years old now. I don't know if IKEA furniture had that much better quality back then, but I doubt it. I think it's only the matter of how you take care of your stuff.
After watching Tarans goodbye video I like to think that he told Linus he was leaving to go independently on RU-vid and Linus said “move him up in the schedule, we have to set him up for success.”
@@_Idolin i saw that video and that's what prompted me to comment and return to this video. On camera people show their best selves, if the end result is a disrespectful interaction between Linus and Taran on camera; then most likely it is worse off camera. If they show their dislike and disrespect for each other, knowing that Taran is leaving after the upgrade, it makes one wonder if Taran is really quitting or simply being fired for a better replacement,afterall LTT has grown quite a lot.
With some exceptions from time to time, it's more of an entertainment tech themed channel than a true tech channel. They have a few very knowledgeable guys. But I feel like I'm watching constant infomercials.
He is probably wondering what addiction he must have to waste all the money he earns. He is one of the OGs and probably gets paid pretty well while living like a dude straight out of college.
Linus, as the Tech Social Worker of RU-vid, please visit Robbaz and make sure he’s okay. Maybe take him to Canada? Show around, make poutine, drink maple from the keg, drop a gfx or two, you know, the usual stuff…
jesus christ, I am absolutely impressed about Linus' calmness throughout the video. Taran is the real life version of sheldon cooper, a good soul driving everybody around him crazy
lol youve never seen that video where they go through and ask all the employees what its like to work for him... and they show that he is pretty high strong, and kinda a control freak, but thats how you become successfull.. and then you give back to your employees. remember most people arnt the people you see on tv or youtube.
@@beefwantko7269 by that same logic you wouldn’t believe that video either. It was acted for the camera just like the April fools video where they said Linus didn’t know anything about computers.
@@Electrodexify oh damn, that kinda sucks... did he quit or did he get fired? I don't wann to sound rude, but getting such a chance of a home upgrade and quitting must leave some bad mood back at the company...
@@alexanderzsilco7506 He says he quit. Though in the comments in this video, he says he broke up with his GF, but on the saying good buy he said, he's moving because he's getting married? Well, linus was nice to him, to the point of giving him his own room for editing, while the other editors worked in cubicles. So in a way Taran's ego got inflated and his abrasive personality as show here in the video, got the best of him.
It's both hilarious and endearing how all the longest serving employees at LTT treat Linus like a close friend. Trash talking him, throwing stuff at him etc...
4:03 I love how they are making fun of how cheap and crappy that power supply is, yet to that thing's credit it has apparently been working flawlessly for an entire decade and still works just fine. Hats off to you, unnamed unknown power supply, you did your job faithfully.
The amount of tasteful insubordination from Taran and the banter between him and Linus is the kind I enjoy from all these Extreme Tech Upgrades. I just love seeing how people react to the invasive species that is their boss upon their homes.
Some people say he quit after he got his upgrade, I think linus made his upgrade the next one in a kind of "no you won't get away before I give you this upgrade" move as a reward for all the years working together, I mean look at the goodbye video, and you can see linus at the verge of crying half the time
OR they shoot this episode way way ahead even before taran announced his resignation, they never mentioned or any hint that taran will leave lmg so this video isn't shoot recently. Like saying directly this is goodbye present or something like that in the video.
I'm a carpenter trying to learn more about building pcs, which is plenty complicated, and I'm watching these guys who can't figure out what makes one desk stronger than another.
My Dad and I used to build and upgrade my PC together every year from when I was like 5 or 6 years old on ... building and understanding Tech is the most natural thing I know but woodworking ? planting stuff ? it's like a whole new adventure for me haha
@@DGARedRaven Don't believe me, read other people's comments, if you know how to read body language, voice tonality and nonverbals you will come to the same conclusion as mine or others that know how to read language. Otherwise you will think they are just having fun with each other
"You're an agent of chaos"... says the guys whose wire management probably gave Linus a heart attack Loved this Video! We need a video with Taran and Dennis together XD
People stay in underpaid jobs all the time for lots of different reasons (inertia, depression, low self worth, too overworked to search for another position, aspects of the job other than the pay make them want to stay etc)
@@melissablick779 Taran is definitely well paid, he's more than just a video editor now I believe. Taran is just the sort of guy who won't replace what's not broken I'd imagine.
Glad Taran got his upgrade before leaving LTT. Don't know if that was planned, but it is a good look to support those who have been there since the beginning.
@@Lrtzeh You don't understand how fast people can move in together. They might have "just been going out" but me and my wife moved in together when we were just going out. It went from not talking about it to moved in, in about 2 weeks.
Taran is that one arcane wizard that every company invariably has, where his methods are senseless, his processes are inane, and his choices are inconceivable, and yet the whole place falls apart without him.
@@iluzonik dude Linus deals with it nicely if U have dealt with people like Taran U know that they are definitely not the one being patient. Also he complained pretty much the whole time
It is sad this is Taran's last LTT video. I will miss him, and we will miss his particular editing style. I was hoping he would have one more good robotics/bike video or something. I liked him as a video host!
@@tronix6231 He's been with Linus almost since the beginning. It's likely Linus did this for him to have a firmer start, knowing he'd leave he probably bumped him up so he could have the upgrade
@@Daphoid dude taran is an absolute maniac when it comes to proper video color profile , color science and stuff he is very stingent about it and truly as master at his work. You gotta see his video about colors to understand how crazy good of an editor that guy is
Pretty sure he falls somewhere on the spectrum. Not that there's anything wrong with that, nice to see Linus accept and create an environment that's condusive for Taran
Yet custom depth is exceptionally helpful, I got a desk commissioned (mainly for the quality and strength, but the depth also mattered) as whilst im short I got long fucken arms, so having my keyboard and mouse way back just infront of my monitor is nearly impossible on most commercial products.
Bruh Taran needs some weed or somethin. Homie is wound so friggin tight. Forget work/life balance. He's gonna give himself a heart attack with how much he freaks out over small stuff.
I feel like you can tell Taran has been around for a long time and there is just some good vibes in this upgrade video. I remember watching the prank videos with Taran when everyone was working in the house. So glad to see this one!
Taran and Linus have known each other for so long, that this isn't just another episode of Intel Extreme Tech Upgrade with a boss and his employee, this is an extreme tech upgrade with two bros. Linus messes with Taran, Taran ignores Linus, and they both roast each other😂🤣
I was a mechanic for 10 years. There are people that have super corrosive sweat/oils/whatever on their skin. We called them "Rusters". Some are so bad they will pick up un treated metal and it will be rusty within an hour. I bet Taran is a Ruster!
Oil monster here. My hands are gross. You can see on my mouse where I place my fingers and thumb, even after wiping it every other day with alcohol wipes. Exxon wants to lease my palms. I can flick my fingers at a skillet and it's ready to sautee onions.
@@Josiuh the amount of censorship shows you he has a stick up his ass. It's his right to be so private, sure. But nobody gives a fuck about what kind of books some random LTT employee has on their shelves. And I am saying this as someone who values their privacy, it's just that Taran's privacy value is nutjob level.
And no mention of the used hardware (other than the drives) is in the description either. Tough luck for those of us who were looking for a 'tip' about which NAS is worth picking up.
@@lupo.420 I guess I can see that if this is the first time you have seen him. But he has been doing a lot of amazing work for LMG for longer than most, and was a great personality the times he was on camera. Even on his own channel listening to him discussing his own projects is really interesting seeing his thought process.
I feel like Taran's house is the most relatable so far. Everything is broken and janky but it works just enough that there is no need to replace them yet, well, until you get given $5000 for free.
WHATS RELATABLE ABOUT THIS EXACTLY? HE REMINDS ME OF SOMEONE WHO IS DISORGANIZED, LACKS THE KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS TO SPEND HIS MONEY ON THE THINGS HE CLAIMS HE NEEDS. I FEEL LIKE YOURE PROJECTING.
@@DX88 Taran has quit, he no longer works for LTM. In this video it shows how poor the chemistry is between Linus and Taran. Taran disrespects Linus his boss. Taran acts very secretive, compared to how open Linus' other employees are. Linus and Taran can be seen arguing and saying an unwelcoming comment of having Linus in his house on live video. Even if some of Linus has some eccentric employees, he has fun with them and makes light of the moment, and makes them shine. Learn a thing or two on non-verbals; compare all Linus employees and how they interact with him.
@@Electrodexify Dude you have no clue what you're talking about. They wouldn't keep Taran for all those years if there were problems like that. Taran is a little quirky, but that makes him so much more lovable and fun. You really need to chill and stop judging people by one video. Everybody loves Taran. I'm guessing not many people love you if you live with an attitude like that.
My favourite bit was when Taran declared that Linus was an agent of chaos. He said it so easily as well. This is truly peak Taran. I eagerly await the next installment of "Taran gives us an exquisitely detailed and nuanced opinion of a niche video editing peripheral"
@@Grimmdus well Linus is a dude that drops literally everything yet still refuses to hold things firmly and not throwing them up in the air to attempt to catch them. So in comparison to him this dude seems... way less annoying and not adjusted.
He has been around long enough to be there for the start of this rule. It started when Luke lived in the cellar of the house they were using. With the line between home and office blurring that much, apparently there arose the need for a dresscode (the rule is that you have to wear pants/trousers)
They talked about this recently on WAN show, and apparently Luke had to go buy jeans for an office party recently because he found out he only owned shorts.
@@owo1744 well it’s faster than 50mbps … most of the time - and if i can take the TERRIBLE reliability and performance of my german internet provider as any form of reference, Starlink has got to be more reliable. I can barely take a face time audio call even though I pay for a thousand mbs I momentarily get around 600 tops at like 4 am Most of the time 2.7% or less of what I am paying for if any at all. German internet in general is horribly overpriced and terrible FYI
You can really tell how special Taran is to the team, linus just gets him whatever TF he wants, lol. He's earned it to be so particular about everything.
I admire Taran because at first glance from this video he seems annoying asl but it's clear he's a solid link in the chain that is LMG so he's clearly doing at least a few things right.
I haven’t been an LMG fan as long as some of you, but this has become my favourite series. I genuinely love seeing Linus interact with the team in a less scripted environment.
He’s the classic Prima Dona creative perfectionist, but he doesn’t have a Mac or wear turtlenecks. I’d love to see a Taran and Dennis podcast. It would be a beautiful disaster.
I love that he bought an IKEA desktop, but didn't get the corresponding frame for the desk, and doesn't like how unstable it is. I have that desk, with the correct frame, and I have two 34" ultrawides, a laptop, docking station, and xlr mic with boom arm all on the desk, and it doesn't wobble in the least.
Agree that it should be quite obvious that the plate on its own is not sturdy.... But I would also not be surprised if Taran had a very particular reason for not using the frame. Like that the frame blocks his armrests or he wanted to recycle the legs. He also said that it was temporary and whatever he said the next thing was going to be, it sounded more sturdy.
True. I just build mine yesterday and the top is some wobbly shit in it self. Hey btw. How is the top handling the boom arm mount etc? I’m afraid mine will make a mark when fully extended and what about adding a monitor arm? 🤔
@@fi5ke Not sure what table it was, if it was a bekant, there are no issues with any marks of mounts. I have had dual screens on an arm that is fit to the rim of the table for many years. You see nothing.
I love how open and laid-back LTT is. You can straight up speak your mind to the boss (and vice versa) without being afraid of taking offense. Everything is taken in a good sense. One of the few places where corporate culture hasn't ruined people and relationships.
I love how comfortable Taran, Linus, and Brandon are together. They've been working together so long they just know each other's quirks and screw with each other the whole time lol. It's so sad to see you go, Taran. We look forward to watching your journey on your own channel!
Relatable, I have the same problem even with typing, I 'm making a ton of typos on large texts :) And my pronunciation is even worse cause every other part except the brain, including the mouth, is lazy af
I have the same problem. ugh so annoying when u're so smart. I think too fast and my body just cant keep up I relate to that ugh my brain too quick. Did I mention that my brain is so quick? I'm smart btw, ugh I relate to this btw. Yea when you're typing and you make typos ugh always happens because my brain is so incredibly large 😅😅😅I'm humble about it ahaha look btw I'm better than other people
That new blue table top looks like a BEKANT table top. It’s designed for the BEKANT underframe which has additional structural support underneath so it doesn’t bow and bend. I would not recommend your combination long term. We use these in the office and are plenty strong enough. -From an IKEA customer service center worker.
Now the question is why did they only find this out from a RU-vid comment? It's not great for the company either if the customers buy only half of what they need. Fix it.
The IKEA bekant tabletop is actually supposed to be used with a metal frame. I am not sure why they sell it separately but with the metal frame it is very sturdy and also has wire management.
There is even a video on YT where someone tests how much weight they can handle with 5 legs. By the end of the video he basicly jumps around on it and nothing happens. He has to do a full on bodyslam to break it.
I love that Taran is so unapologetically himself through this whole video. From blurring EVERYTHING to throwing the “fluffy” at Linus, he don’t care lmao
He's just like a friend of mine. This just makes life more complicated and in some cases worse. I've been (properly) setting up VR for my friend (he was using a pretty janked setup before) this weekend.. noticing that it has strange major microstutters.. hunting it down to him using some betaversion of Win11.. took quite some convincing to get him to install a known good instance of Win10 because he was complaining that he wasn't progressing in BeatSaber and i told him this was probably because of those immensly irritating microstutters.. he was saying he wouldn't notice them .. but guess what.. after reinstalling Win10 he was immediately feeling better in Beatsaber busting his Highscores stating it's "somehow" much smoother now. + other stability issues gone Being quirky is NOT a good thing by default.
You know when I first saw this video, I was confused as to why He'd need a separate work-from-home computer and a gaming PC now that LTT went back to their offices. But now considering that he left LTT it makes perfect sense. Glad to see he ended up getting the upgrade considering he was one of the og employees.
@@scarletspidernz The sad part is they could take that money and engineer something really cool and unique. Instead they use their resources to figure out how they can still keep churning out the same ol garbage.
@@TheNotoriousNGC In fact, in the last WAN show one of the main points was a new laptop memory standard that they developed that allowed them to have double the memory on one module. They couldn't talk about everything they knew because i was still under embargo.
@@TheNotoriousNGC the problem is that their engineers are too busy engineering fixes for their pathetic products that they don’t have time to engineer new parts.
@@photondebuger45 no, they plugged a wireless mouse dongle into his work PC, and another editor would "drift" his mouse at times. It's an older one on ChannelSuperFun
@@abcyclops OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH i get it now.... Loool i actual did that unbeknowingly to my dad because we have a keyboard and mice that use that unifying dongle, i was trying to reconnect my mouse the performance mx to my laptop and it wouldn't so I'd turn it on and off to get it to work and nothing. I did that multiple times and then the lil test it wants you to do yeah to move it to see if it's connected but nothing. Then my dad came to my room and asked me "hey the pointer moves around crazy on my computer why?" And I'm like MY MOUSE CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER INSTEAD OF MINE????? I was a bit mad but laughing afterwards because my dad was so confused
Taran have been working with Linus since the early days. Its likely that Linus rescheduled to ensure he gets his upgrade before he left, which he totally deserves anyway. Not sure why some are complaining here.
20:38 Teran, I use the same desktop as you and it's rock-solid. The reason why yours' bouncing and unstable is because you don't use the right stand to give maximum support to the top. If you use IKEA's accompanying 'Bekant' stand (which is in the same series of the top), there's will be more support in the centre and the whole desk can hold up to 100kg. There will also be a nice net underneath to hold cables. It's not that IKEA product sucks; it's sometimes people don't assemble it according to the designer's thought (though they try to milk from you for sure).
@@FranciscoOyola94 No, it's not DLC. They have 'series', where different parts or items are designed to go best together under the same design language. Teran picked the Bekant office desktop, but he didn't pick the Bekant stand which has metal support across the centre. You can see in the video there's already pre-drilled holes in the back of that desktop. Those are for the matching stand and cable management.
@@accidentian Yeah, I'm literally typing this at work with my computer on an IKEA desk. I thought I had outsmarted them by buying a Trotten table top with Adils legs but it turns out that I was just dumb. The desk isn't meant to be drilled the way I did, and while moving the desk two of the legs almost came out. These are the exact same legs that he had there, so he probably had the same thought process as me.
@@accidentian I also have the Bekant and while yes, it's rock solid in the middle, it also transfers vibrations way too much. My monitors wobble when i type too hard.
@@meeuyou I mean you can outsmart IKEA to not be ripped off, but you can't outsmart physics. So in yours and Teran's case, at least some solid-enough metal bars should be crossed and fused together, and be put between the legs and the top. This way the centre pressure on the top will be better passed to the legs -- which is exactly what the matching stands does.
"why is [the downloading file] so huge?" taran over here with the linux mindset - "I shouldn't need faster internet, they shouldn't be making their files so massive"
@@bhavikpatel4817 truth. 512.15 was the last driver i downloaded. 805mb. completely unnecessary. they really need to sort it out. stop bundling useless stuff like geforce experience, people can get that separately if they want it.
I'm surprised Linus didn't notice the absolutely craptacular TP-Link router/wi-fi sitting on top of the old computer. It didn't surprise me at all that Taran only has a 50 Mbps connection (interestingly enough, that is considered quite good by Australian standards)
@@iris4547 I actually like Geforce Experience since I never have to remember(and subsequently forget) to check my video drivers and see if they need to be updated; Plus im willng to bet that the drivers would be a lot slower to download if you just downloaded from your browser than with Geforce Experience
Linus is going to be suffering PTSD after this build. Flashbacks may include: "I'll just run them at a lower resolution." "Where did these come from? (Hit in face)" and "Why are your hands so clammy?" LOL Considering that Taran is concerned about the heat output of a PC system and having to cool it with the AC I'm confused why he's going to game on the old rig with a 980 Ti with a less efficient power supply? It will use more electricity to play the same games and put out more heat, thus forcing him to use the AC to cool, so he'd be generating more heat and using more electricity all around by not gaming on the new rig...
@@power-max At full load, sure, it can be. But the 980 Ti uses 250w at load while the 3070 only uses 220w. Also, the 3070 is more efficient being able to do more calculations while using less power when running the same games. The 3070 is the better choice to reduce both heat generation and power consumption.
It's also kind of wasteful to have that second PC. Someone else could use that 980 to upgrade their current system. Or Taran could sell the entire old computer (after some cleaning).
@@sebastianjost I agree. A 980 Ti can still run games in 1080p with little issues. That could be a nice upgrade for someone who is still using a 700 series.
@@TheZoenGaming there are also a lot of people who don't play the kind of games that require high end GPUs. So for those, a 980 would probably still last at least 3-5 years.
Yep. He seems very… behind… and narcissistic . And self centered . Even admitted to gas lighting his significant other. Geezus dude I get a bad vibe from him. Not my cup of tea
@@DISTRICTOVERDOSE He's eccentric, that's all. And the gaslighting thing is just for fun, they seem to do it with each other. It's more feigning ignorance when you prank someone.
I couldn't agree more with taran about separating work and play. Doing all my school work on the same computer I do my entertainment on makes it difficult to focus on the work portion. I'm supposed to be doing computer science work right now but got distracted and am now watching this video
@@U1TR4F0RCE for a while I separated OS installations. I used Zorin OS for school and windows 10 for entertainment/gaming and it worked alright but the bootloader annoyed me. I didn't even really try VMs as a permanent option just to test distros to see what I liked maybe I should've done that
There’s a rule against wearing pajama pants at the office. The backstory for it is in about the last 15-20 minutes of the roast. So Taran wearing them is something that would normally be impossible, but he could because he’s in his own apartment.
