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Are you trying to tell me that you can't browse the modern web on an Ivy Bridge-era system?

by oynqr 4y ago

doubled112 4y ago
Either it's not that bad, or people are lacking patience. I have a Phenom II desktop next to me that browses the web just fine. Yes, even YouTube and infinite scrolling pages.
- tssva 4y ago
  Same here. I have a Phenom II X6 desktop and it has no problem browsing the modern web running either Linux or Windows 10.
- jcelerier 4y ago
  I'd really like to see that "not that bad". > or people are lacking patience If it's not instant, it's a bug. I guess this mindset explains why modern software tires me so much.. There's absolutely no "patience" to have with machines whose CPUs can process a dozen Wikipedia (text) worth of information per second
  - doubled112 4y ago
    > If it's not instant, it's a bug If only developers felt the same way. I'm also exhausted by a lot of modern software. There's not much I can do about the modern web though. I've learned to be patient. Stockholm syndrome. It was a pretty powerful machine back then - quad core, 16GB RAM, SSD, 1GB GPU. Not a fast machine today by any means, and not my primary machine, but more than adequate for checking email and watching a tutorial on something. Stick to fast software and it is still a decent experience. Is two or three seconds of loading before the 15 minute YouTube video a long time to wait?
ElectricalUnion 4y ago
Yes, remember that the netbook trend died in 2013. A netbook is a Ivy Bridge-era system.
- doubled112 4y ago
  Those were awful, especially the first gen, but I have fond memories of them since it was the first time young me could afford anything new and shaped like a laptop. The MSI Wind U100 with an Atom N270 CPU would even overclock. It didn't help, but it would do it.
- oynqr 4y ago
  If that's allowed, you can't browse the web on an Alder Lake-era system.
beebeepka 4y ago
I was on my good old 2500k until 2019. It was perfectly and I only upgraded because I had the itch

Are you trying to tell me that you can't browse the modern web on an Ivy Bridge-era system?

by oynqr 4y ago

Are you trying to tell me that you can't browse the modern web on an Ivy Bridge-era system?

Either it's not that bad, or people are lacking patience. I have a Phenom II desktop next to me that browses the web just fine. Yes, even YouTube and infinite scrolling pages.

tssva 4y ago
Same here. I have a Phenom II X6 desktop and it has no problem browsing the modern web running either Linux or Windows 10.
jcelerier 4y ago
I'd really like to see that "not that bad". > or people are lacking patience If it's not instant, it's a bug. I guess this mindset explains why modern software tires me so much.. There's absolutely no "patience" to have with machines whose CPUs can process a dozen Wikipedia (text) worth of information per second
- doubled112 4y ago
  > If it's not instant, it's a bug If only developers felt the same way. I'm also exhausted by a lot of modern software. There's not much I can do about the modern web though. I've learned to be patient. Stockholm syndrome. It was a pretty powerful machine back then - quad core, 16GB RAM, SSD, 1GB GPU. Not a fast machine today by any means, and not my primary machine, but more than adequate for checking email and watching a tutorial on something. Stick to fast software and it is still a decent experience. Is two or three seconds of loading before the 15 minute YouTube video a long time to wait?

ElectricalUnion 4y ago

Yes, remember that the netbook trend died in 2013. A netbook is a Ivy Bridge-era system.

doubled112 4y ago
Those were awful, especially the first gen, but I have fond memories of them since it was the first time young me could afford anything new and shaped like a laptop. The MSI Wind U100 with an Atom N270 CPU would even overclock. It didn't help, but it would do it.
oynqr 4y ago
If that's allowed, you can't browse the web on an Alder Lake-era system.

beebeepka 4y ago

I was on my good old 2500k until 2019. It was perfectly and I only upgraded because I had the itch