"In the late-90s and early 00s, I bought a new computer every time Intel doubled the CPU speed. Every 18-20 months."
In the noughties I was spending about £8k a year keeping everyone's IT up to speed - and there always seemed to be a rebuild on the bench.
For about the last five years they have not needed to be replaced - since the refurb with W7 and Core i7 920/870. Even upgrades have been limited to fitting end-of-line Nvidia GPUs that don't need PCIe 3.0. The only alumnus who might complain is not in a financial position to fund for himself the gaming PC his expensive tastes would like.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
