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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-06 12:17, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/6/2026 3:03 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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".   
   >   
   >   
   > Who's judging the performance of my device, you or me?   
   >   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > Apple has competition, my PC is Intel, and then I've looked up AMD-CPU   
   > models far faster than mine.  The Mac mini was a greater concept when it   
   > cornered the market for the form factor.   
   >   
      
   I suggest you refrain from posting until the drugs wear off...   
      
   ...or alternately, if you've already been diagnosed, until they kick in.   
      
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