Subj : Re: A new computer setup
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Atroxi
Date : Wed Aug 26 2020 16:06:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dennisk <=-

 -=> Dennisk wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> Very much agree, and I assume you are inferring that you can
 Ga> usually get by in 2020 with a 2010 computer, which I also agree
 Ga> with.

 pF>  I'm using a 2010 computer as my daily driver. Incremental upgrades
 pF>  make a huge difference. When this machine was made, it had 8 Gb of
 pF>  RAM and a core 2 duo CPU. I bought a core 2 quad CPU for $35 a few
 pF>  years back, a hand me down video card a few years before that, and
 pF>  will put an SSD in it next time I install the OS. It's running
 pF>  Windows 10.

I agree. It doesn't take much to run a system nowadays, especially if you don't
play graphics intensive games (or even play games at all). I'm running a
Thinkpad T400 right now where I'm posting this from and it does 99% of the
stuff that I wanted to do. For the other 1%, I have a desktop running a 2nd gen
i5 with an RX 460 and it seems to be quite alright.

Writing this made me remember the time when I was a kid and the only thing that
I used was this office issued laptop of my mother which had 256MB RAM and 80 GB
disk space. I can't even remember the processor of that thing, but I wished and
wished that I had a more powerful system to play games with. But now, I have a
decent computer that does all the things that I want to do and I realize that
you don't always need a powerful system, just a system that works for you.

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