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When is it time to upgrade?

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When do you feel it is time to upgrade your current tech something new and modern?
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I usually upgrade when my tech is too slow to run basic programs like web browsers, offoce suites, snd video players playing HD videos.
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I had to troubleshoot this other PC, all the hardware on it was fine but the CPU, which was clear how badly it was lagging despite it having a SSD in it. Somethings can't be upgraded to be fixed.
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I know a lot of cheap $200 laptops come with 32GB SSD, and come with a slower Intel Celeron, Pentium, and Atom CPU and 4GB RAM. I feel these cheap laptops would still feel slow after upgrading to 8GB of RAM.

Installing a Linux OS on cheap slow computers may make the PC feel faster.
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I've sold a few of those to people, they come back a year later pretty much a paper weight.
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I feel if they spent $400 on a desktop tower PC with a better CPU and more RAM, they may have fewer slowdown problems.
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$400 doesn't get you far these days, maybe an i5 with a 128 ssd, it isn't much really.
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