PearOfJudes comments on What are some common things people buy that you would never buy?

[–] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wouldn't a pre-built secondhand pc be cheaper, if your just starting out?

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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago*

Pretty unlikely to find a second hand system with the highish specs I’d want.

But if you mean if someone just needed a computer, then yes used would be much cheaper given how quickly things advance.

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[–] miked@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I went this route. I don't need something powerful to scroll Lemmy and watch downloaded TV/movies.

Made sure it had two display port outputs for dual monitors. Added another 16GB of RAM because why not. It is way more than I need. Probably could have gotten away with used micro PC.

I also have a NAS and micro PC "server."

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[–] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah me neither. I found a charity that refurbished oldish desktops for students and pensioners, for around $35 USD. It was a 2017 lenovo with 8gb ddr4, decent inbuilt graphics, and it came with a monitor, screen, keyboard and mouse. I just put linuxmint on it, and it is working well for some low end games

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[–] miked@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago

CSB: Years ago when my kid was in after school care I fixed a couple of their busted PCs. Nothing major, just made sure the hardware was OK, reinstalled Windoz, and then installed some FOSS games on them. I had enough stuff from the work scrapheap and mine to make a third. Kids loved it. I was a very-local semi-celebrity.

Just because the hardware doesn't make the cut for heavy work doesn't mean it cannot handle the needs of others.

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