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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-06 10:59, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/6/2026 1:41 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > Oh really?   
      
   Yes. Very much "really".   
      
      
   > It seems that I read that I was using an "old" computer that   
   > is less than a year old.   
   The specific thing you're not getting is that you once again stated a   
   capability (the ability the run Windows 11) as if it were a CAPACITY to   
   actually do so WELL.   
      
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