In Reply to: Speaking of gadgets... posted by AbeCollins on November 22, 2024 at 14:24:52:
When I was a Sales Engineer, my employer sent me to numerous training programs to be more effective. One focused on "demo crimes". You see these in practice all the time. I embraced avoiding the "So What?" flavor.Shrinking an already size agnostic box serves no purpose to me. Nor really is increasing CPU power. The i5-8500B delivers > 400 Gigaflops or about 200x a Cray 2. In reality, so much of what I perceive as speed is I/O bound. That's where I find the faster access speed of SSDs and fiber internet valuable.
I guess I would see somewhat more of my monitor's stand if I were to replace mine with a new one. :)
And since we're both computer nerds, here is the other side with the trusty ol' 2010 Win7 Dell Studio which continues to serve multiple roles.
Edits: 11/22/24
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