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When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:16 am
by Skeithex
When do you feel it is time to upgrade your current tech something new and modern?

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:08 am
by froggyboy604
I usually upgrade when my tech is too slow to run basic programs like web browsers, offoce suites, snd video players playing HD videos.

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:41 am
by Skeithex
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.

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:10 am
by froggyboy604
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.

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:42 am
by Skeithex
I've sold a few of those to people, they come back a year later pretty much a paper weight.

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:26 am
by froggyboy604
I feel if they spent $400 on a desktop tower PC with a better CPU and more RAM, they may have fewer slowdown problems.

Re: When is it time to upgrade?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:00 am
by Skeithex
$400 doesn't get you far these days, maybe an i5 with a 128 ssd, it isn't much really.