Excellent article - I've been waiting for someone to capture the fact, that as a reasonably productive Network Engineer/Technical Account manager, I'm able to work, every day, completely proficiently with my Dell Precision 650 -Circa January 2004. Visio, Power Point, Excel, VMWare Workstation (with 5-6 OpenBSD + Linux VM instances running) , Cisco Dynamips Simulations, Outlook+Lookout, PowerPoint, and lots more Visio. Prior to 2003, I really felt the need to upgrade every 2-3 years, and by year 3, my PC was really, really starting to drag.
I've just never felt the need to lean on IT to upgrade/replace my current Desktop though. Runs just fine.
I've just never felt the need to lean on IT to upgrade/replace my current Desktop though. Runs just fine.