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Written by Andreas (82mhz) on 2025-01-12 at 09:00

New blog post:

I will never need to buy a new computer again

https://82mhz.net/posts/2025/01/i-will-never-need-to-buy-a-new-computer-again/

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Written by jhx on 2025-01-12 at 11:03

@82mhz

Amen to that.

I've recently build a new system (I replace my main pc every 6 - 8 years) and it is fast... really fast.

But in the end: I could also do almost everything I want on a mini PC or a laptop - except gaming (But my life does not depend on that)

In the early days hardware became obsolete so quickly.... great example: SATA HDD against SSD, Single core against multi core etc.

One can have great milage with about any pc currently!

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Written by Andreas (82mhz) on 2025-01-12 at 11:19

@jhx

Absolutely. It's nice to have a really fast PC for sure, that's why I keep having the urge to upgrade... but unless something comes along that really makes upgrading worth it, I'll pass.

SSDs are a great example actually. Just switching to an SSD from a HDD while keeping everything else the same makes you feel like you bought a new computer, it's such a massive difference! That's totally worth the upgrade.

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Written by jhx on 2025-01-12 at 11:23

@82mhz

Indeed, agree with you on that.

There are simple currently not really many "game changers" that one has to have.

Sure, core count increases and VRAM and other bits here and there... but, a machine from 2018 is still very capable for example.

SSD's were game changers for sure!

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Written by Andreas (82mhz) on 2025-01-12 at 11:19

@jhx

Out of curiosity... what are the specs of your new system?

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Written by jhx on 2025-01-12 at 11:24

@82mhz

Currently:

i7 14700

64GB RAM

1TB NVMe

6600XT graphics card

way overkill for what I do tbh.

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Written by Andreas (82mhz) on 2025-01-12 at 11:29

@jhx

It's a nice rig though, and that will last you a while!

With my upgrade philosophy I will arrive at a system with these kind of specs in around 2032 or so 😄

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Written by jhx on 2025-01-12 at 11:35

@82mhz

True that, it will last quite long indeed 🙂

Getting milage out of a system is important 😉

Besides, I do not need that overkill system at all.... I just wanted it tbh.

Given how quick everything moves you'll have something even better than this at 2032 😂

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Written by COD on 2025-01-12 at 13:51

@82mhz I went through that last month. I replaced Pop!_OS and Gnome 42 with Debian 12 and XFCE, and now my PC feels much faster.

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Written by Micheal :freebsd_logo: on 2025-01-12 at 16:54

@82mhz right there with you. My main home server is an Intel i7-8700K with 64GiB memory and no plans on replacing it anytime soon.

For laptops I still use a 2015 Macbook Pro and a 2013 Macbook Air thanks to OpenCore Legacy allowing them to run recent versions of MacOS.

They've had their issues lately though (heat pipes can go bad!?) and broke down and bought a new Lenovo Ideapad with a Ryzen 7 8845HS. Partiality to get ahead of any economic mess we might encounter in the coming year too, but planning to use it until the wheels fall off.

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Written by Adam Bishop on 2025-01-15 at 17:49

@82mhz For similar reasons, with my last computer purchase, I got a Framework laptop (AMD), and hope to replace the parts as I go. I had 16gb of RAM, then upgraded to 32gb when I had some more cash. Maybe in a few years I'll need to replace the keyboard, and maybe in 10 years or so I'll update the motherboard and change some ports, and so on. Really great laptop.

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Written by Tim Chase on 2025-01-16 at 14:13

@82mhz My daily driver is a 14-year-old laptop and it still does pretty much everything I need. I've upgraded the RAM (4GB→10GB) and the drive (HDD→SSD), but it still runs like a champ. Occasionally FF or Chromium gets a little unresponsive, but I'm pretty sure that would happen no matter what CPU I had. My only disappointment in the hardware is that the CPU doesn't have virtualization primitives so I can't run #bhyve (but jails do most of what I want there)

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