Average people still game. And Linux is improving rapidly. Apple isn't.
BladeFederation
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You known what, good job Apple. You've been winning me over lately. I'm not sure I'd exactly recommend this route to people, the 8 GB RAM is rough even with macOS being more efficient with it. But in the RAM-pocalypse we'll take what we can get, and the rest is fire for budget range.
Sure there is, so you can put Linux on it!
That is so true, and can't be underestimated. The budget laptop market absolutely blows these days. I got a 1300x768 screen, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB storage (albeit HDD), and ~2 GHz CPU in 2016, for $500. That was at Best Buy, who tried to sell $100 HDMI cables at the time, and wasn't even a great deal, though I was fine with it.
Now the budget market is...pretty much the same. Slightly better 1080p screen, same RAM, 1/4th the storage (but usually an SSD), a significantly better CPU that has most of that CPU progress kneecapped by Windows 11. It's GRIM out there.
"What could be worse than MICROSOFT overseeing open source software? Wait no! It was a rhetorical question!"
It's supposed to be for Android 16 kn general once the feature is fully baked
It works fine enough. It's not going to replace my desktop PC any time soon but it helps a lot for anything involving word processing/documents, as well as gaming on TVs and monitors.
CryptPad is encrypted Google Docs/Office 365. Proton has been expanding their offering for this, but it's not as good in my opinion.
That's why I like it actually. It forces me to interact with the community, it's more organic that way, and I need to eventually move in with my life instead of doom scroll. I get to the end and go "well that's the end of the internet for a day or two"
It's not a terrible deal. The main thing I'd consider is what parts you already have and if they are available to be used moving forward. 1070 is old-ish but you might have had 16 GB RAM back then, and if so stick with it. You're not likely to need DDR5 as a necessity, I'd worry about capacity more. It sucks because usually it's cheap enough to be a non-factor.
PSU is a little low for a newer GPU but that's not terribly expensive. You may even have a better one if you built your own last time. Motherboard similarly isn't too pricy of you want to stick with DDR4.
I feel like you could do better than a 4060. I have a 3060 TI and that's good enough for now to get me through the drought I think, though I did consider upgrading. But I would consider 4060 (even 5060) a lateral move at best for my 3060 TI. a downgrade in some ways. It's an upgrade to a 1070 for sure but maybe not as much as you'd think for $800.
I am going AMD when I eventually upgrade, because they are a better value and are far better on Linux which I have most migrated to (I dual boot). Definitely consider AMD.
Lastly if you're on Windows, consider keeping the 1070 as a second GPU and using Lossless Scaling. This can be set up to run on a specific GPU so you can get more mileage with universal frame gen.
If I were to buy now, I'd scavenge RAM from a workstation or something, maybe through an auction. 32 GB if I could get it. Could even find a decent CPU that way, some workstations have an i5. Then I'd buy the best AMD GPU in my price range after meeting compatibility requirements like wattage, motherboard that works with my RAM, CPU, and GPU. . But that would depend wholly on what deal you can find on RAM. You're not gonna find a deal through normal means ATM.
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Which is why you buy a Windows machine, then put Linux on it. You said there's no reason to buy a Windows machine. Even if you abandon Windows forever, there's still a reason to buy it. There are use cases that Apple silicon is not good for, like gaming. And having competition is good.
Kind of a weird example to say that people won't online shop too. That's far more common for all types of people than walking into a store is these days.