XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-06 07:39, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/6/2026 9:04 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> You really are a retard.  I'm using my machine to do many kinds of   
   >>> things.  Your nerdy nitpicking is all in your deluded little old   
   >>> head, "highhorse".   
   >>   
   >> One can use an old computer to do "many things" (that's capability),   
   >> but that doesn't mean that it does them as quickly as a modern   
   >> computer (that's capacity).  How that difference manifests itself is   
   >> important. For example, lags in UI response time tend to result in a   
   >> decline in productivity equal to the square of the lag.   
   >   
   >   
   > My computer is so "old" that it had Win11 24H2, 25H2, Debian 13, and   
   > then Win11 25H2 again.   
   >   
   > You and Alan, both, fail to see that my little quad-core that could is a   
   > pretty good machine.   
      
   You've completely failed to grasp what you've been just read.   
      
   But that's no surprise.   
      
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