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Given: - gigabit ethernet LAN and a speedy Internet connection - doing "desktop" work -- browser, SSH, office docs, media consumption All my machines feel sn
by dsr_ 8y ago
Given:
- gigabit ethernet LAN and a speedy Internet connection
- doing "desktop" work -- browser, SSH, office docs, media consumption
All my machines feel snappy, ranging from the $250 NUC through the MBP2011 (with 16GB RAM and an SSD) through the midrange Intel desktop (also 16GB RAM and an SSD).
I don't play any significant games and major computation happens on servers, not on anything I'm typing directly on.
It's been snappy for a decade, and I don't expect a noticeable improvement the next time I get something new. I might be pushing more pixels to a screen, but it will respond at about the same speed.
- ubermonkey 8y agoGreat point. I went from 25Mbps DSL to symmetric gigabit fiber last year, and that'll change your life.
- sp332 8y agoSince everyone mentioned SSDs, I'll second getting a gigabit local network connection. Now I store everything on the server in another room, and my laptop, desktop, and consoles can load and share files almost like the hard drive was connected to each directly.