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Originally Posted by Crompsin
Okay, I'll bite. I'm at a loss at how this works. An average car from the 1950s is not as fast as an average car from 2000. Besides erasing all the bullshit and "TSR" (don't know the modern term for it) programs, how is 1 GB of memory the same as 4? Like comparing gunshot wounds from a .22 and a 12 gauge.
My Compaq laptop from 2002 will never be as fast as my Toshiba laptop from 2008. The software requirements dictate that, don't they? A photo editing program that takes 10 minutes to load on the '02 loads in a minute on the '08.
If this is the case... what is the excuse for ubernerds buying new computers every other year? Shouldn't they know how to fix their rig?
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I think what Lasereth is talking about is for casual users, those people who don't run into the three major processor drainers, (imo) which are graphic design (video editing, graphic manipulation, photoshop), database manipulation (or any kind of massive number crunching), and video games. The average user who checks email, uploads camera pictures, types in office, and does their taxes won't see a big difference between 3 gig of ram and 1 gig (if they are running XP, vista NEEDS that ram to run/screw up). I agree with Lasereth that a reformat can do wonders to a PC, I recommend one every 6 months depending on use and amount of users.
Ubernerds fall into the extreme user catagory, which means they need every ounce of processing power, HD space, and memory they can get out of it. Every new game that comes out has higher requirements that the last. That's why we have 8 fans in our PCs, watercooling systems, and HD raids when we really don't need 4 TB hds on RAID1.
I swear I'm not trying to threadjack again.