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Programmers failing to manufacture sufficient inefficiency to force upgrade.

• brokenmachine 2y ago
  I very much doubt that is the cause.
• johnnyanmac 2y ago
  Can't force upgrade with money you don't have. For a non-enthusiast, even the lowest specs are more than good enough for light media consumption and the economy would affect what they invest in.
  • rpcope1 2y ago
    As an experiment, I've tried working with a Dell Wyse 5070 with the memory maxed out. Even for development work, outside of some egregious compile times for large projects, it actually worked ok with Debian and XFCE for everything including some video conferencing. Even if you had money for an upgrade, it's not clear it's really necessary outside of a few niche domains. I still use my maxed out Dell Precision T1700 daily and haven't really found a reason to upgrade.
    • bdavbdav 2y ago
      I love my wyse 5070 boxes. I keep telling people to buy them instead of pis
  • tourmalinetaco 2y ago
    As an enthusiast, I’ve found mid-tier hardware from over a decade ago can run the majority of games on medium/high without much problem. And that the majority of people in my life only need a laptop that can consistently stream 1080p and run a modern browser, maybe with some extra bits like Microsoft Office (although most younger users use G Suite, presumably because schooling preferred it growing up).