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I still use 12y laptop and I'm very of that even though people around me make jokes

• palata 3y ago
  Software developers tend to like their new toy and find excuses like "it's my job, so I need the latest hardware". They should realize that it makes them optimize their software for the latest hardware, and it forces everybody else to buy new hardware. People who make jokes about keeping old hardware need to understand that they are part of the problem.
  • Yujf 3y ago
    "Optimize" as though most end user software is optimised. It is just written without much thought for perfomance most of the time
    • kelnos 3y ago
      Heh, yeah, more like "it runs well enough on my top-of-the-line machine, so that's good enough for everyone".
  • acuozzo 3y ago
    > Software developers tend to like their new toy This depends on the industry, I suppose. Out here on the east coast in the defense industry it's a badge of honor to have a stickered-up 12 year old ThinkPad running a BSD.
    • firebat45 3y ago
      I've still got (and use daily) my T40. It's even got a sticker on it. Damn thing won't die.
  • volkandkaya 3y ago
    Not sure I understand this at all. Compiling code faster and running it are different things. If the goal is code that runs better on slower machines then that code needs optimising and to do that a faster machine is better at.