The best computer is the one you have. I built a rig 3ish years ago now and found that I just don’t play the AAA games that require the cutting edge hardware often enough to justify what I spent back then (let alone today). I could have grabbed a used 10 year old machine and played all the games/run all the productivity stuff just fine with that.
But the old used computers of ten years ago that you can buy in 2036 aren’t being produced today. Which means if ten years from now, even if you want to buy a cheap, old, used computer, there won’t be any to buy. Buying old hardware is ONLY a sustainable solution as long as NEW product is continually being introduced. Otherwise the old hardware BECOMES the expensive thing you can’t get.
The best computer is the one you have. I built a rig 3ish years ago now and found that I just don’t play the AAA games that require the cutting edge hardware often enough to justify what I spent back then (let alone today). I could have grabbed a used 10 year old machine and played all the games/run all the productivity stuff just fine with that.
Which is totally fine… for now.
But the old used computers of ten years ago that you can buy in 2036 aren’t being produced today. Which means if ten years from now, even if you want to buy a cheap, old, used computer, there won’t be any to buy. Buying old hardware is ONLY a sustainable solution as long as NEW product is continually being introduced. Otherwise the old hardware BECOMES the expensive thing you can’t get.
Game studios aren’t dumb enough to make games that will never be able to run on people’s computers