XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-05 12:34, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/5/2026 7:34 AM, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> I had to replace certain things unexpectedly.  The value I was   
   >>>>>>> getting on the self-assembled PC had been exceptional.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Because ... cheap stuff fails more readily?  No insurance?  Bad   
   >>>>>> temper?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> None of my parts were "cheap".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Indeed:  you've paid roughly 2x the cost of a base Mac mini to date...   
   >>>   
   >>> I was aiming to build a powerful Windows 11-ready box, in 2021.   
   >>   
   >> Which was defined then as what?  Because even back in 2021 there were   
   >> more powerful CPUs than what you have today, so since it clearly isn't   
   >> to have another 'powerful' PC today, what is your current objective?   
   >   
   >   
   > I was "current"ly trying to get something that would work.  That it can   
   > run Win11 decently now is really more than I assumed would happen.   
      
   Saying "that it CAN run Win11" is basically an admission that it isn't   
   actually usable for Windows 11.   
      
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