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there are so many falsehoods in this post it’s hard to know where to begin, but it’s true that about 10-15 years ago computers got fast enough for the normal bu
by efficax 2y ago
there are so many falsehoods in this post it’s hard to know where to begin, but it’s true that about 10-15 years ago computers got fast enough for the normal business/office use case and one from 2010 is perfectly serviceable in a way that seems wild if you remember the difference between a system from 2000 and 2010 or 2000 and 1990.
but, display quality and battery life have improved dramatically on new systems. i’ll probably use my m1 mac studio for at least 3 more years, long after the m4 comes out, since it’s plenty fast and drives two 6k displays. i guess i’m just a soydev but no computer from 2008 can do that
- karmakaze 2y agoI don't know when that was written, but the spirit of it holds. I don't do video rendering, compile massive programs, or play AAA games on high settings. I only run massive Electron apps for work, which supplies the computer to run it. My personal daily driver is a Surface Go 3 with 8 GB RAM. I do have a dual-core desktop with GPU for a game (SC2) and videos. I do plug in an external display, keyboard, mouse.
- JohnFen 2y ago> display quality and battery life have improved dramatically on new systems. Which is valid. Nothing wrong with that. But it only applies to laptops. I stopped using laptops about a decade ago (except at work, where that's what they issue) when I realized that I never actually took them anywhere so I didn't have to make the tradeoffs that they come with.