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I just replaced the last parts on my 20-year-old "PC of Theseus." (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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To be honest, the case is still the original one, but almost every other part has since been replaced. Now, I’ve taken it back to the shop where I bought it 20 years ago and asked them to upgrade the motherboard, CPU, and memory - the last of the original parts.

So, is it still the same computer?

I also like that I can just keep replacing parts on an existing product rather than buying an entirely new device each time. That's exceedingly rare feature these days.

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[-] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I vote for same computer. Mine is definitely still a Packard Bell. Each time I replace a part, that part became part of the original and I've never done a 100% replacement in a single session. I think the longest lived original part was the 3.5" floppy drive. I only remove it because I bought a case with no slot for an externally accessible drive.

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