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| Thread ID: 126417 | 2012-08-26 03:25:00 | Justify computer upgrade | linw (53) | Press F1 |
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| 1297092 | 2012-08-26 22:28:00 | What happened to the 3-4 year replacement cycle? If you're not gaming (or other high-end requirements like 3d rendering), and you're not a business that requires your gear to be under warranty, there's never really been a requirement to upgrade every 3 years just for the sake of it being 3 years. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1297093 | 2012-08-26 23:00:00 | What 3 - 4 yr cycle? The only reason for upgrading every 3 yrs (perhaps less if you have the money) is gaming. Other than that, you upgrade when you have to - either something dies or the new O/S needs it. 2x. We have a second hand we got hold of, probably a good 5 or so yrs old, 3.0Ghz dual core and it's a Dell. It meets all our needs. We don't play games either. Compared to our P3 600Mhz, the wifi works instantly on bootup. Couldn't ask for anything more and it's only got 1GB RAM only. WinXP. I would just do something else you really enjoy, for me it's going away for a trip maybe overseas. Got a 2.33 Quad myself for photography, that's flawless too. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1297094 | 2012-08-27 03:19:00 | Yip, makes you wonder why SMB lease PCs for 3 yrs then give them back....I get 5 yrs out of ours... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1297095 | 2012-08-27 04:01:00 | But that's really the light hearted point I was trying to make. In days of yore the comp ran out of steam but now they don't. But when mine is 5 yrs old, my wife's will be well over 8 yrs old. So her machine's eventual demise may be the trigger for my upgrade. Anyway, enough already!! |
linw (53) | ||
| 1297096 | 2012-08-27 04:07:00 | Also with the price of SSDs dropping all the time, just putting one of those into an older computer can make a huge difference. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1297097 | 2012-08-27 04:13:00 | I guess hardware developers work faster than the software developers do, used to be every time your PC got a bit of spare CPU power or extra RAM the next software update found a way to use it all up on you. I've always been games driven which keeps me on an approximate 2 yr cycle, but even then my previous machine with one of my current graphics cards would have been sufficient so I didn't need to do my last upgrade. If I'd kept it my i7 920 with 3GB of triple channel RAM would still be more than adequate and would now be approaching 3 years old. Unheard of for gaming PCs once upon a time. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1297098 | 2012-08-27 04:16:00 | There is no 4 year cycle, thats only what MS wants so they can sell new software. :-) Plenty of companies out there still running with multiple 8 year old PC's. Some PC's just keep chugging along forever . Faster HD, 1G ram, reload Win, makes a world of difference to old PC's on XP |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1297099 | 2012-08-27 05:48:00 | Perhaps those companies need a reality check. Glad I don't work for them or work on their systems! | linw (53) | ||
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