Re: A quick verification says otherwise?
@binraider666
n any case, weak sales reflect the defect rate of current hardware. 5 year old CPUs are largely fine for most tasks, so many "upgrades" are simply the asset lifecycle running it's course. Beyond that it's pretty hard to find many cases where an upgrade is needed or even desired (outside of slapping in an SSD or latest video card upgrade).
Unless it actually breaks, why buy a complete new box? I recently had a play with my previous laptop. 9 years old, Win 7, decent processor, 8GB, but so much accumulated crud it took 15 mins to boot. I just swapped the HDD for an SSD (£70), £15 for the EasyRE de-crudder software, free upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10, and it's now bouncing like a baby lamb.
The days of 3-year upgrade cycles are long gone.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
