XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-05 14:23, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/5/2026 5:14 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > Bullshit, I'm using it as we speak.  It's roughly as good as Linux.   
      
      
   On the machine with the N150 processor?   
      
   Let's run some benchmarks, shall we?   
      
   How about we start with an easy one: disk speed.   
      
   Go here:    
      
   And run Blackmagic Raw Speed Test on the machine you're using right now.   
      
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