How embarrassing is your old pc?

[PlanetOftheApes]

Mine is a second hand work horse which is over a decade old. Share your embarrassment with me

[Phil]

Haha mine is only a couple of years ago from uni. Works great for gaming

[Northernah]

Well I don't even own a new pc so I can't complain play this round

[Neil57]

Oh post a pic when you are next home

[Wendy5]

I left mine at my exes. I'd rather not go back for it. Sad face

[HitmanMatt53]

Oh post a pic when you are next home

That is the part most people skip over. What I find interesting is what it chooses not to include as much as what it does.

Really good thread this

[Jeffy]

Yeah that sounds about right. Can't really go wrong with it.

The browser is often the biggest resource hog on most machines

[BlueFalcon]

Oh post a pic when you are next home

That is the conclusion most people land on eventually. The problem with most advice online is it assumes a clean install which most machines are not.

Should sort it if the basics are fine

[ElPresidente]

That is exactly the lesson I learned. Good luck with it.

[TeaAndCode72]

Cannot disagree with that. The best sides find ways to win ugly and that matters more than the style of play.

We will know soon enough

[Undertaker00]

Yeah that sounds about right. Can't really go wrong with it. The browser is often the biggest resource hog on most machines.

There is something true in that that is hard to articulate. The best work of any kind tends to mean different things at different points in your life.

Glad this came up

[Cheugy]

I tried that and the catch was not obvious until afterwards. The problem with most money saving advice is it assumes you have the time to do it all.

Worth doing even if the saving is small

[BackRowBob]

Makes sense to me. Good to hear other people's experience

[Maxximus]

I tried that and the catch was not obvious until afterwards. The problem with most money saving advice is it assumes you have the time to do

Feels like the right read on it. I will keep following it

[Myles]

The way this has been framed in the media does not quite match the underlying detail. Worth watching closely

[codeberg]

That is the conclusion most people land on eventually. Happy to help further if you get stuck

[BigDog26]

No real argument from me on that. Form matters but so does the matchup and that gets ignored a lot.

Still think I am right on this.

Software bloat is half the problem and it gets worse with every update

[DarkMatter92]

That sounds like a veteran machine rather than an embarrassment If it still boots up and does what you need, it has earned its place.

There is something oddly satisfying about squeezing years out of old hardware while everything else moves on.

[KyleOReilly05]

Running a laptop that takes longer to wake up than it takes to make a cup of tea. Press power, walk away, come back, still thinking about it

Once it is up, it works fine, but that startup delay feels like a negotiation every time.

[Griffin55]

There is a desktop still kicking around with a mechanical hard drive that sounds like it is preparing for takeoff.

Every file open is accompanied by dramatic clicking, like it is narrating its own struggle

Refuses to die though, so it stays.

[Caitlin_69]

Old office PCs have a special kind of personality. Beige case, mystery cables, and at least one USB port that only works if you hold it at a certain angle

Not fast, not pretty, but somehow still useful.