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Originally Posted by ScottKuma
That was Willravel's point - as long as you're not gaming, the machine WON'T be obsolete!
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4 years is good, but I'm willing to bet after 5 that thing will be gathering dust. We are talking about disposable technology that evolves every 6 months.
Computers... like cell phones, lingerie, and office employment... are a rat race regardless of whether you game on 'em or not. My desktop tower with the sold-out-to-the-gummint Intel Pentium chip and 128 RAM pushing '98 isn't useful anymore because it has some minor conflicts with legacy software that prevents consistent work productivity and it can't run USB peripherals to save its ass. It can't run graphics programs fast enough to be useful. DVD player? CD burner? Get real. And it is slow as turtle shit... which is relative, but let's get real: Would you hang on to a car that's 20 years old
just because it holds your ass with a seatbelt and still does 60 mph? Not me. Junk the fucker. It did its job.
If wanted a machine to run WordStar on... I'd have kept my Tandy 20mhz.
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Based on this? I'll probably have to go with PCs... because they're a little cheaper to buy when the 3-4-5 year upgrade comes.