Grombobulous counters that heavy workloads still justify upgrades
3 Nov 2 2:42 PM · 9d ago · 5 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 6
A commenter pushes back on the thread's pro-longevity mood, arguing that gamers and other heavy users regularly justify buying new hardware when performance gains of 50-300% appear.
“As a person who plays games as a hobby I'm pretty much buying a new GPU/processor anytime there's something affordable that will double my frame rate”
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I’m happy to see more pushback against consumer culture, and I’m happy this system meets the needs of the author.Of course, the other part of this are people who use computers to do much heavier workloads.There are a pretty large list of activities where every time you have some significant gain like ~50-300% performance gain, there may be…
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I've owned an M1 Pro since its release and it's still going strong. I was going to see how long I could run it for. My bet was that by staying on Sequoia and/or installing Linux, I could run it for a ridiculous amount of time. I've met developers in the past with 12 year old Macbooks.But due to personal circumstances, my previous employer and I…
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Not exactly the same model, but I really like the X280. I've bought a couple of refurbished X280s to give to friends and family whenever they need a working laptop for light office/internet/email use. Really nice laptops, super lightweight and durable, yet incredible affordable.
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My X41 from 2005 has the same trackpad and “trackpoint” and still runs Debian Bookworm just fine.
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I think my favorite still has to be the MacBook Air 11”. Wish they’d make that size again.
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