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[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 55 points 1 year ago

Next month is my desktops CPU model's 10th birthmonth. Still my default computer.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Absolutely, a ten year old computer today is still capable of doing pretty much everything that most people use computers for. It's not like the old days when every few years a new tier of computer would come out that made older devices no longer capable of doing what people wanted.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

“By the time you see it on the shelf, it’s already obsolete“

I ‘member

[-] orphiebaby@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

It's all about the pentiums, baby!

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Throw the snacks in the bag!

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I was still running a Q6600 (a 2.4 gHz quad core from 2007) until a few years ago. It ran most things acceptably for its entire life - it wasn't until around the time of PS4 Pro/Xbox Whatever ports that it could no longer keep up, and even that was largely due to the other components I was restricted to on such an old motherboard.

That thing was also a tank. The CPU cooler was stock and the thermal paste had degraded and separated to the point it idled at 65c, but I never had a single hardware fault in nearly fifteen years of running it. I kind of miss it.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

i had a q9xxx on an x38. i had it overclocked to keep up and it did no sweat for a good while there.

by the time i sold it an old computer collector was buying it from me hahaha.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It depends on how good it was to start with. I have a machine from 2006 that is usable for daily tasks. I also have a netbook from 2009 that can barely do anything.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

One hit 12 before I retired it… and now it’s a network file and web server.

[-] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Yup. My old gaming rig is now quietly humming away in the basement as my dedicated media server.

this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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