Comment on Tech hobbyists, How are you avoiding the crazy prices for computers and newer tech?
communism@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I mainly only buy old (like, over a decade old) laptops off eBay so I’m not affected. I’m not replacing any parts of my main PC till they break. I think the current culture of upgrading just to stay up to date rather than because something doesn’t work anymore is incredibly wasteful, especially given the emissions and human rights abuses in the manufacture of PC parts.
kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Totally agree. I have an inexpensive computer I built for about $500 in 2018. I haven’t upgraded a single component since then, and most of them were the cheapest components I could get.
To date there has been one (1) new game I wanted to play that it wouldn’t run. Reading comments like “oh you won’t be able to play modern games on an old computer” like. But I am able to. I don’t understand what other people need to upgrade all the time, the pace of advancement in components has really slowed down since the 90’s/00’s.