Re: Times have changed
I use a medium specced desktop (i5, HDD -> no SSD, no Gfx, 8Go of standard RAM, FreeBSD as an OS) mainly for browsing the net and programming. The embedded Intel graphic chip is not yet supported by the OS so I don't even have full power but it runs 2D games without problems.
Unless some major problem, I may change machine in 10 years.