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but how will my 115°F mother board survive?

>>55572892

Ow man. Having to actually switch off your PC. That's some time ago. . .

>>55575025
I do this every day, bro

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>>55575025
>tfw I'm at my grandparent's house right now where I have my first PC ever that my parents bought
>literally the cheapest parts available
>3000 rpm fan on the CPU and 2 2800 ones as case fans
>shit breaks every day like the HDD stops working
>probably because of the 300W no brand PSU
>have to shut it down in order to sleep

It's so fucking comfy and nostalgic tho. I feel like I'm 20 years in the past when I use this thing and play retro vidya.

>he leaves his computer on because in 1999 solder joints loosened with repeated opererating temp/cool down cycles.
>he also uses a screensaver.
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boot linux from cold start:
>25 seconds to gui.
>computer is now usable.
>5 seconds to check for updates
>30 seconds to install updates if neccesary.
>100% disc in use: what that doesn't happen.

boot windows from cold start.
>25 seconds to gui
>10 minutes at %100 disk i/o
>10 minutes to check for updates
>15 minutes to install updates
>reboot
>25 seconds to gui
>10 minutes to what the fuck it's still updating
>10 minutes %100 disk i/o again.
>botnet is now usable.
>graphics driver update popup
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>>55576097
>turn laptop on
>0~5% disk usage
>turn wifi on
>100% disk usage for 15 minutes
this is what triggers me. how people live like this?

>>55576097
>Boot win7 from 120GB SSD
>it just werks

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>>55572892
I saw this every day until 2005.

>>55572892
I stopped turning off my PC just a few months ago just cause it saves me like 20 seconds of my morning every day.

>>55572892
Nice try, NSA. I keep my files where you can't get them - offline and unpowered.