old hardware might work for him, but not for me. I dont want to wait for my pc, and if i can noticably improve speed with a SSD, a better CPU or more RAM i do so. Whats wrong with wanting fast hardware? I spend 8-12 hours each day in front of these things, so if i can upgrade stuff to make my job easier i do so.
I'm not sure why you wrote that post. I mean, Zed is not saying that having/buying faster hardware is bad, it's just unnecessary for him most of the time. What is that you're arguing about?
Oh, I don't have all old hardware. I have some pretty bad ass gear for power, I just don't go running out to buy the latest crap whenever it shows up. Instead, I find I need to accomplish something, realize my current gear sucks for it, then go find the best option for what I'll need to do. Sometimes that's a monster Linux laptop, sometimes it's a Mac, and other times it's parts from sparkfun.
The point though, is the brand and type of computer doesn't matter for what I do. It's more what I do and uses my software that matters.
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old hardware might work for him, but not for me. I dont want to wait for my pc, and if i can noticably improve speed with a SSD, a better CPU or more RAM i do so. Whats wrong with wanting fast hardware? I spend 8-12 hours each day in front of these things, so if i can upgrade stuff to make my job easier i do so.
I'm not sure why you wrote that post. I mean, Zed is not saying that having/buying faster hardware is bad, it's just unnecessary for him most of the time. What is that you're arguing about?
Oh, I don't have all old hardware. I have some pretty bad ass gear for power, I just don't go running out to buy the latest crap whenever it shows up. Instead, I find I need to accomplish something, realize my current gear sucks for it, then go find the best option for what I'll need to do. Sometimes that's a monster Linux laptop, sometimes it's a Mac, and other times it's parts from sparkfun.
The point though, is the brand and type of computer doesn't matter for what I do. It's more what I do and uses my software that matters.