XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-03-06 12:53, Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Apologies, I meant "Black Magic DISK Speed Test".   
      
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