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Using cents instead of dollars sounds fine until you have to do math like VAT, you really need decimal math for that.
It looks to me that the research they did only showed them mockups, not actually using this new design. And why are all color choices so bad right now? They just scream, it puts you on edge just looking at it.
But even in the more business/enterprise segment you're getting screwed over. Let's go to the product selector here: https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products?product_line=rs_plus... and look at XS+/XS Series subtitled "High performance storage solutions for businesses, engineered for reliability." Let's pick the second choice, RS3621xs+. According to the Tweakers pricewatch (https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1656552/synology-rackstation...) this thing went on sale the 8th of February 2021 (4 years ago). The specsheet says it has an Intel Xeon D-1541, let's look at what ARC (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/91199/i...) has to say about this CPU:
Marketing Status: Discontinued
Launch Date: Q4'15
Servicing Status: End of Servicing Updates
End of Servicing Updates Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022
I'll let you make your own conclusions if that's an OK purchase these days.
They put addictive stuff in vapes, because of course they do.
Let's put microcontrollers into disposable vapes.
I don't know if I'm sad or happy.