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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 3/5/26 15:34, 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.   
      
   Again: capability isn't capacity.   
      
      
   >>> And you're trying to count the cost of the old computer, when the OS   
   >>> and parts were paid by stimulus payments during the pandemic.   
   >>   
   >> Because a personal computer doesn't need to be replaced as frequently   
   >> as you've done, as it has utility over several years.  That's why the   
   >> IRS allowed depreciation rate for a PC for a business is five (5) years.   
   >   
   > The 2021 PC *existed* because of the stimulus payments.  I very well   
   > might be using the 2010 PC today if not for that (with Linux, obviously).   
      
   Yet apparently no longer in service for some conveniently vague reason.   
      
   >>>>> I have talked about how I sweated onto the hardware, destroying the   
   >>>>> motherboard.  I may make use of the leftover parts, in the future.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sweat?  Or did it actually get splashed while you were on the   
   >>>> toilet? /s  Frankly, I pay little attention to your life, less the   
   >>>> occasional "I bought more junk!" brag attempt, usually after it   
   >>>> has garnered some other notoriety comments.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you were interested in what happened, you would have read what I   
   >>> said happened.   
   >>   
   >> Nah, it has contained far too much chaff to make it worthwhile.   
   >   
   > Then don't start *guessing* stupid bullshit in public, asshole.  This is   
   > why people don't like you, I'm trying to be tolerant.   
      
   But I'm not guessing:  I've said flat-out that your life is beneath my   
   attention threshold.   
      
      
   >>>>> But mini PCs are a hot commodity, since they do virtually everything.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Everything"...which doesn't require modern computational power.   
   >>>> The good news for your market segment is that even the cheapest gear   
   >>>> has become "good enough" for the level of very basic tasks without   
   >>>> undue UI dwell - - especially for those with very low expectations/   
   >>>> standards.   
   >>>   
   >>> Heh, the old quad-core with four threads still works.   
   >>   
   >> Because "working" is a capability, not a capacity, so the same is true   
   >> when connected to the Internet 30 years ago on a 56kbps modem.   
   >   
   > Hell, I saw a guy with a PC so old on IRC, I figured it out because he   
   > was using mIRC 4.x.  I never even downloaded that in my youth, 5.x was   
   > current by then.  He would've been most likely literally been running   
   > Windows 95, in the 2020s.   
      
   So?  If it works still for him, good for him.  After all, he wasn't   
   trying to claim that it was a performance peer to current products, was he?   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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