A new survey reveals users are waiting longer to upgrade. Over 49% of readers now wait three years for a new smartphone.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

If you actually tried to do anything useful on a 2004 machine, you wouldn't post that.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It really depends on what you want to do. Word processing it can handle, scientific analysis it'll be slow at, 3d modelling it'll end up in power point mode quicker than newer machines. Coding would be fine, though compiling would take longer and testing may or may not be viable.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    A reasonable desktop from that era should be about comparable to a Raspberry Pi 4, which can certainly be useful. Power consumption is probably the main argument against it.

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