I don't care what computer you're using, if it has 1 GB of ram then it's gonna run and run GREAT 5 years from now.
No computer goes obsolete after 3-4 years. Outdated? Yes, but obsolete is a stretch. As long as your PC has enough ram it will never be obsolete unless you want to game it up. Even gaming PCs don't go obsolete that quickly. A mid to top of the line PC for gaming needs to be upgraded about every 3 years. And only if you want games to run on medium to high settings at a good resolution.
The ram is the bread winner and directly proportional to how well a non-gaming system runs.
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Originally Posted by Crompsin
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.
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BTW a PC from 1998 is almost 10 years old. Yes it's obsolete. You're talking about 3-4 years though, a huge stretch from almost 10 years. Buy a PC or Mac with a good amount of ram and it will last as long as you need it to (put 512 MB of ram in an AMD K62 400 MHz and it will run Windows XP fine with it being 10 years old.