[kwlug-disc] New Linux PC Build Advice -- an aside

[Steve Izma]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 04:47:00PM -0400, Jason wrote:
> Subject: [kwlug-disc] New Linux PC Build Advice
> 
> My current desktop PC is 12 years old, and it's time for an
> upgrade.
> ...
> I put together a parts list, and I've started picking up items,
> but if there's something glaringly wrong, I can always return
> parts in the next few weeks.  I'm planning on buying most of
> the parts around Black Friday in November.
> 
> https://pcpartpicker.com/user/theoneblackmage/saved/#view=tQdh99

Slightly off topic:

Interesting price. I'm pretty sure John C. Dvorak said (sometime
around 1990, maybe?) that the computer you want always costs
$3000. But other people refer to Machrone's Rule: The computer
you want costs $5000. Both Machrone and Dvorak were writing for
PC magazine at the time, and I usually found their comments very
entertaining and often useful. They certainly understood the
industry well.

In any case, it seems to me that from the late 1980s for at least
15 years good workhorse computers that I bought for work always
cost around $3000. But it's been a long time since I've paid more
than $2000 for a computer that met my needs for programming and
typesetting and seemed lightning fast (obviously a subjective,
temporal assessment). I don't do gaming, so I guess I'm not
representative of most people who buy computers or components
beyond consumer-class these days.

	-- Steve

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