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Why 3 years? My MacBook Air 2012 runs Linux better than some brand new machines. As a browser and a ssh machine it's good enough. My dad ran Ubuntu for a decad

• Nullabillity 10y ago
  > Why 3 years? My MacBook Air 2012 runs Linux better than some brand new machines. Not if you compensate for how much extra you paid for it. > As a browser and a ssh machine it's good enough. So you're just offloading the needed upgrades to someone else, while still ALSO needing to maintain your own computer (though to a lesser degree). Unless you need the extra battery capacity (how often do you need to work for several hours without being close to a plug?) then it's much simpler to just run everything locally. Plus you don't need an internet connection! Plus using an IDE or anything else graphical will actually be a bearable experience!
  • rbanffy 10y ago
    > Not if you compensate for how much extra you paid for it. It's not how much you pay for your computer, but how much you spend per year, on average, that counts. If a computer does its job for twice as long as the other, it's reasonable to pay up to twice as much for it.
• JadeNB 10y ago
  > He couldn't do anything I could do on my laptop. Surely you mean "He could do everything I could do on my laptop"?