Re: CRAP Poll: Mine's bigger

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

     a) A Desktop: The classic PC. That small-footprint wedge
        of (probably) black plastic and steel. It might not
        have much in the way of grunt, but it gets the job
        done.

I have a little pizza box like that, a Lenovo M625Q. Raspberry Pi
replacement, really. Refurbs go for 50 euros or thereabouts with a
minimal SSD and 4GB RAM and ext PSU included. Haven't tried games, it's
a headless data logger now with some sync tools. I intend to move my
FreeRadius server to it too but that feels like work...

The CPU is dated AMD from before Ryzen so it's probably not much use for
games although the GPU is probably a little better than Intel's
integrated.

     b) A Laptop: Portability is the key; modern laptops have
        enough horsepower to play most modern games (even if
        you maybe gotta turn the settings down from ultra)
        and you can take it with you wherever. Best of both
        worlds, baby!

I tried a couple of games with my little Samsung but all I got was a
black screen. I have a 2016 vintage zBook too that could probably run
games but it's more luggable than portable. Bit of a mistake buy during
the pandemic but I had a project in mind for the zBook. Maybe I'll
actually get around to it eventually.

     c) A Big honkin' Tower: It's ungainly and doesn't fit in
        with /anybody's/ decor, but damn if you can't fit in
        six hard-disks, three GPUs, and give it more lighting
        than the Eiffel tower (not that you necessarily have
        any of that... but you COULD).

Close. But it's a mid-tower (Fractal Design Define 7). Matte black and
nothing RGB so it doesn't really offend the eye. Black goes with
everything, right?

I really bought the case for easy access but it comes with lots drive
racks and you can add more. I don't really need that much HD mount
points any more, I have just two HDs and one old school SATA SSD. I
should probably dump the old SSD and older HD, especially that HD is
getting really old. Still, it's a terabyte (or two?) of working storage.