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Outside of niche areas, I think programmers can easily go at least 5 years without needing an upgrade. The average office worker can probably use recent hardwar
by noelwelsh 2y ago
Outside of niche areas, I think programmers can easily go at least 5 years without needing an upgrade. The average office worker can probably use recent hardware until it breaks. My 2016 Macbook would be fine for day-to-day work if the battery wasn't completely dead. My current laptop (M1) and desktop (3600) are both 2020 models and fine for most programming tasks.
- rubslopes 2y agoAlso my experience. My macbook air M1 16gb of ram still is all I need for my programming work.
- attendant3446 2y agoDepends on what you do, I found that without the active cooling it throttles a lot. The similar MBP worked great.
- duffyjp 2y agoMy wife's PC is a i7-2600 circa 2011. I have the ram maxed out, an SSD, and an nvidia card and for day-to-day stuff you'd never know it wasn't brand new-- seriously. It even runs Windows 11 perfectly with the Rufus modified installer. If you're chasing FPS in AAA games it's not going to cut it, but it boots in seconds, loads apps quickly, plays streaming video perfectly...