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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by TheLoafOfBread on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:41PM (#33153539)
I would bet my 2 Euro, that it is because people just don't have a need to buy new PC ever year, because computational power did not really went up in last decade?

i.e. I still have my Lenovo E520, which I bought in 2011, after putting there SSD, new battery and more RAM, it works just fine with Windows 10 until today.

I still have my desktop computer with Intel i5, bought around 2013, still working with Windows 10, I have it more-less as backup PC. Got new one around 2019 with AMD Ryzen 7 and I feel no need to upgrade for next few years. Because why should I do it?

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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by nitrixion on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:51PM (#33153673)
I'm in the same situation. I have a 2012 MBP but I use my desktop daily and most of it's components are from 2012-14ish, other than a 2080 video card that replaced a dead video card.

There just isn't as good of a reason to upgrade yearly as there used to be. My desktop is primarily used for gaming and it still keeps up with most games in High quality settings.

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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by fatboy93 on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:38PM (#33155567)
My mom tbh is really content with HDD on her laptop that I got her a few years ago. The only reason I upgraded it with an SSD is because windows 10 would randomly start utilizing 100% of the HDD and it would take nothing short of a hard shutdown to stop that. But on even a really cheap SSD, it was at 10% utilization.
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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by xeonmc on Monday October 10, 2022 @04:09PM (#33155877)
> it works just fine with Windows 10 until today

What happened to it?

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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by cyanydeez on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:36PM (#33158462)
Yeah, I'm still fascinated by these 2 lbs GPUs and wondering what the actual value of 4k 144hz monitors are doing.

I just can't see what the limits are

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