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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I mean, for most people, we hit the level of "does more than you could ever want" in the DDR2 era. For the average Instagram normie, what do they need from a Windows 11 PC that a Windows 7 machine couldn't do?

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[–] five_bucks@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Well there’s certainly no improvements in the user experience, but they need more RAM to run all the user analytics and data harvesting

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

So Linux Mint it is then? (Very "XP/Seven" like system IMO).

Kids always get the best gear (the shoemaker gets the worst shoes eh) so I was quite astonished that an old 6500T + 32GB (DDR4) is doing absolutely everything I need. It's been my daily workhorse since at least 2 years.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

It is amazing to me how often I'll be presented with some old PC, some Optiplex or Ideapad or some other corporate/consumer sludge box that handles Windows 10 or 11 the way the human digestive system handles wet concrete, put Linux Mint on it and now it feels like my $2000 gaming PC until you really load it.

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