ECONOMIC RECESSION : REBIRTH OF THE SMART COMPUTER CONSUMER

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Please feel free to post your questions here:

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http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/recession_smart_consumer/
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Jackie · TweakNOOB Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 20

Great read!

Consumers are definitely changing their spending habits and as cheap as memory is right now, it's an upgrade that just about anyone can afford and will give a noticeable increase in performance.

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Yea, the throw out mentiality is going away quickly and people are realising the brainwashed term "obsolete" is a joke.

As long as the computer does what you need done with no problems, it is never deemed out of date.
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject:

Very nice article!

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Xal · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:31 am Post subject:

I've been saying the same thing for years. If it does what you need and you are happy with the speed at which it does it then why buy a new one?

Nice one Nate.
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chef · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 187

Well written Nate. I think you touched on an important point; cloud computing. I work at a large university where access to our HPC servers is free. While I realize not everyone has this luxury, it has made me reconsider upgrading my own machine (a six-year old C640 that I obtained for free from an in-law who works in IT) since I only need an internet connection and a copy of putty and WinSCP to do everything I need. Cloud computing is certainly a great way to process computationally intensive jobs and spend relatively little money.

I wonder if more people are considering moving to a free OS as well such as linux, freeBSD, etc. Maybe some others here can comment on that. Being a linux noob I gravitated towards Ubuntu and I honestly now prefer it. I'll probably run virtual box so that I can still have xp around for a few windows-specific apps. Perhaps the poor economy and some of the issues with vista will be a good thing for linux? This is just speculation of course but maybe there are data available in terms of number of downloads of non-microsoft distros that negatively correlate with peoples incomes.

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I too have toyed with Ubuntu and i liked it, but it seemed to have random issues with compatibility here and there.

I also have been using Windows 7 and I have to say, it is the nicest OS I have used in a long time and it is quick as well.
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