Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Boraxman
From : Matthew Munson
Date : Mon Oct 31 2022 21:01:32

On 11/1/2022 3:58 PM, Boraxman wrote to Matthew Munson:

->  MM> -> Why buy an Operating System that cannot operate your computer?  It seem
->  MM> -> pretty dismal failure on Microsoft's part, to not be able to make relat
->  MM> -> recent computers operate.  
->  MM> -> 
->  MM> I want to play Final Fantasy 14. I think not supporting ryzen 1st gen
->  MM> was a crime against 
->  MM> humanity (e-waste).

-> 
-> Look into whether Wine or Proton supports it.  Linux support for games has come
-> a long long way.  It used to be that if you wanted to play anything that didn't
-> have a Linux port, or wasn't some old basic, non-complex Windows program, you
-> were out of luck.  But now you can get many games running under Linux.
-> 
-> In terms of the e-waste, and the crime, I agree.  It is a terrible crime
-> against the planet's ecosystem to do this as it *will* result in more waste,
-> and that waste ends up poisoning us in the near future.  Both the acquisition
-> of, and disposal/recycling  (if it gets recycled at all) generates long term
-> toxic waste.
-> 
-> In the end, I decided that my responsibility to future generations, and the
-> choices *I* choose to make, are more important than some video games. 
-> Corporations have no responsibility or conscious, despite their claims.  We
-> individuals have to act as the better people and turn our backs on them.

I am likely just going to buy a 5600G processor to replace the 1700x. I'll offer the used 
1700x free to a hobbyist who wants to make a low cost entry level computer. I don't 
have a need for a 800-1000 dollar graphics processor, I could help pay rent for the room 
i live in, help save for retirement, or use the money for a vacation. But the goal is to 
make my computer last for another 4 years. 

I do have a windows 11 laptop, but I prefer the desktop.  
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