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minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·18 days agoYesterday, I was an “eccentric” for hording and repairing laptops instead of just buying New Chip every year. But when an i3 shitbox costs you $1000 dollars, who will be laughing then? WHO WILL BE LAUGHING THEN?!
minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 days agoSeriously though in a year you will not be able to afford a new computer so make sure you have something you can repair.
minus-squareuSSRI [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 days agoShould I pull the trigger on building a pc now?
minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoImo yes, but no need to overspend, CPU and GPU performance gains have been plateauing for a while now so nobody really needs bleeding edge stuff.
minus-squareTomBombadil [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 days agoI’ve been piece by piece replacing and upgrading my desktop. Maybe time to do the final pieces…
minus-squareTabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoah shit now im imagining some decade old shit PC suddenly 4x-ing in value lmao
minus-squarehellodcooper@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 days agonext an Intel n100 minipc will cost as much as a ps5 pro 🤔
Yesterday, I was an “eccentric” for hording and repairing laptops instead of just buying New Chip every year. But when an i3 shitbox costs you $1000 dollars, who will be laughing then? WHO WILL BE LAUGHING THEN?!
Seriously though in a year you will not be able to afford a new computer so make sure you have something you can repair.
Should I pull the trigger on building a pc now?
Imo yes, but no need to overspend, CPU and GPU performance gains have been plateauing for a while now so nobody really needs bleeding edge stuff.
I’ve been piece by piece replacing and upgrading my desktop. Maybe time to do the final pieces…
ah shit now im imagining some decade old shit PC suddenly 4x-ing in value lmao
next an Intel n100 minipc will cost as much as a ps5 pro 🤔