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Cheap OEM office PC? They don't need fancy graphics, will only run Win10, and the 8 core CPU is probably adequate. Maybe they had a high defect rate and this mi
by tus89 5y ago
Cheap OEM office PC? They don't need fancy graphics, will only run Win10, and the 8 core CPU is probably adequate. Maybe they had a high defect rate and this might avoid offset the fab costs, if they can sell them at a profit. And given the high cost of real CPUs and GPUs right now, this might have a place. That was probably the reasoning of whatever market analysis that went into this decision.
- toast0 5y agoEven cheap GPUs are $70+ these days though, sadly. Would be nice if someone would build something new for low end instead of gt 710 as well.
- accountofme 5y agoYeah its sad how bad GPU inflation has got :(
- DaiPlusPlus 5y ago> the 8 core CPU is probably adequate What does a “cheap OEM office PC” need even 8 cores for? …I just realised I’m old now. People do actually use those cores for keeping loads of browser tabs open. *sigh*, remember when office PCs only needed to run Office 97 and maybe Netscape 4?
- matmatmatmat 5y agoBro, I remember when multitasking became possible.