Subj : Re: A new computer setup
To   : Dennisk
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Aug 21 2020 03:54:26

  Re: Re: A new computer setup
  By: Dennisk to Tracker1 on Fri Aug 21 2020 08:39 am

 > -=> Tracker1 wrote to Dennisk <=-
 > 
 >  Tr> On 8/19/2020 8:27 PM, Dennisk wrote:
 > 
 >  > Mine is 10 years old.  No good for new games now, but for everything else
 > its
 > 
 >  > find.
 > 
 >  > If you aren't playing games, I think you can easily go 10 years without
 > having
 > 
 >  > to upgrade, especially if you are using Linux.
 > 
 >  Tr> I think it may also come down to what you are doing, how patient you
 >  Tr> are and if you've had exposure to a faster computer.  I recently
 >  Tr> upgraded. My prior desktop was around 5yo at the time... I was issued a
 >  Tr> work laptop about 2 years ago that did a few work things faster than my
 >  Tr> desktop.  This drove a desire to get those gains on my home system.
 >  Tr> Since upgrading my home system everything feels painfully slow.
 > 
 >  Tr> If it's all you know, and *it* hasn't changed, then it's easy to keep
 >  Tr> using it.  If you've experienced better/faster it isn't always that
 >  Tr> easy.  Of course another change vs. a few years ago is that what I work
 >  Tr> on often requires several servers/services in the background on my
 >  Tr> computer, usually spun up in Docker containers.  These all take
 >  Tr> resources and on even a few year old hardware this becomes a
 >  Tr> significant slowdown.  DB (pg or ms-sql), Redis, Rabbit, and a handful
 >  Tr> of things you're working on and it's noticeable.
 > 
 > There was a significant upgrade when I moved the OS to an SSD, but apart fro
 > that I don't notice a difference between my home machine, and the new machin
 > use at work.  Maybe again, the tasks are different, but perhaps the only
 > noticable thing is that programs take touch longer to start.  But as what I
 > mostly am using now is a web browser, Syncterm, Doom level editor, Emacs and
 > Terminal, perhaps that is why.  I would feel the age if I compared something
 > resource heavy, like video editing, but I do that so, so rarely.
 > 
 > But there definately is something here.  You couldn't get away in 2000 with 
 > 1990s computer, or even in 2010 with a 2000s one.
 > 
 > ... DalekDOS v(overflow): (I)Obey (V)ision impaired (E)xterminate

Prety much this.

I am making more out of my computer from 2007 than many people does from
computers from 2015. It doesn't take a genius to realize that if your current
old setup is not maxing out neither RAM, CPU or disk storage, you don't really
need more RAM, CPU or disk storage.

What really kills performance is PEBKAC. All my close family has better
computers than I do, they use it for web browsing and office. I have an old
potatoe I use for office, browsing, compiling and number crunching. And it is
much more responsive than the new ones because I take care of it.

Same with phones, really. A 99 USD Nokia that is properly cared off beats the
life out of a 1200 USD phone administrated by a moron.

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