Well, I was really partly trying to get at a bigger point--we've reached a point in computing where it's sometimes hard to justify upgrades for practical reasons anymore. Does Windows really get _materially_ faster upgrading from a Q6600 to a 3750K? I would posit that the answer is generally no--the use cases that are seeing material improvement (gaming, video encoding, etc.) are ever shrinking. We've reached an age in which hardware that is 3-4 years old, once an age considered far too old to be remotely useful, can actually still chug along. Put another way, I think we've reached a new age in computing in that yesteryear's tech is still able to cope with many of today's loads in a way that just didn't used to happen.
I think the advent of multi-core processors at an affordable price and cheap RAM are the primary drivers here--and I suspect SSD, once made standard on your typical office desktop or laptop, will take it to an even greater degree of practical longevity. Or maybe we're just waiting on the next killer app. :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations $50 - $100 I took that has a given, Greg. "Because I want to" is good enough for almost everything that doesn't impact anyone but me. :) On 1/4/2013 1:07 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: > I have decided that "because I want to" is sufficient justification to > upgrade. > > It has to be--I like playing with new hardware, but I certainly can't point > to any defensible reason behind most of my more recent upgrades. My most > recent move was to 2x Samsung 840 Pro SSDs...from 830's that didn't even get > installed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad > Zulfiqar > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 5:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations $50 - $100 > > Mine has been going strong for over a year and takes everything I throw at > it with aplomb. > > I still can't find a reason to upgrade. Which is odd for me since I upgrade > at the drop of a hat. > On Jan 2, 2013 1:58 AM, "Bobby Heid" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I went with the Asus. Thanks for the recommendation. >> >> Bobby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad >> Zulfiqar >> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 11:34 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations $50 - $100 >> >> If you don't need wireless n our gigabit then go for the wrt54gl. > Otherwise >> Asus rtn56u >> On Dec 31, 2012 7:32 PM, "Bobby Heid" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a friend whose kids have trashed her very old router. Antenna > are >>> broken, have to keep resetting it, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> What would you all recommend in the $50-100 range? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Bobby >>> >>> >> >> > >
