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by voidUpdate 309 days ago
I mean, gaming is the big pusher of new hardware these days, and web is basically the reason you can use a 90s computer in the modern day. I happily survived on roughly 10 year old components all the way through university because I wasn't playing AAA games
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My parents bought a new laptop for their general household use and to watch YouTube via HDMI on their tv. It was so annoying and weird and not even fast, that they returned it to Costco for the $800 within 90 days.

I setup a 10 year old computer for them instead running Linux Mint Mate and it's perfect.