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Every piece of hardware was brand new at some time. Sometimes people forget that an old machine was once someone's awesome, fancy, new device. I've known too ma
by johnklos 4y ago
Every piece of hardware was brand new at some time. Sometimes people forget that an old machine was once someone's awesome, fancy, new device. I've known too many people who couldn't articulate why they spent thousands of dollars on something new when their old machine worked perfectly well, but that's OK - most of my hardware I got for free or next to nothing because of this.
Like Drew writes, do I need to play videos that're higher resolution than 1080p on a 17" 1920x1200 display? Nope.
- JohnFen 4y agoI buy most of my machines from the local electronics reseller, so I'm usually 5-10 years behind what's current. It works really well for me because the latest and greatest doesn't really bring my significant benefits for my use cases. That may not be the case for everybody. But I do think there's a lot of people who buy more compute than they need. There's nothing wrong with that if that's what you're into. It's like buying a muscle car when you don't race much.