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stevty2889

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Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
People get too hung up on "lifespan" of CPU's. Mechanically they are made to last for decades (I have a couple over 20yrs old and still strokin! when I get nostalgic and turn them on), but technologically they become obsolete very fast.

Lol, last time I checked there were no moving parts in a CPU..so they aren't exactly mechanically anything...
 

Acanthus

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Originally posted by: stevty2889
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
People get too hung up on "lifespan" of CPU's. Mechanically they are made to last for decades (I have a couple over 20yrs old and still strokin! when I get nostalgic and turn them on), but technologically they become obsolete very fast.

Lol, last time I checked there were no moving parts in a CPU..so they aren't exactly mechanically anything...

theres only about 200 million moving parts.
 

bjc112

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Originally posted by: stevty2889
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
People get too hung up on "lifespan" of CPU's. Mechanically they are made to last for decades (I have a couple over 20yrs old and still strokin! when I get nostalgic and turn them on), but technologically they become obsolete very fast.

Lol, last time I checked there were no moving parts in a CPU..so they aren't exactly mechanically anything...

You know what he means though...

 

GuitarDaddy

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Electromechanical:D

Thats sounds like a real word to me:confused:


I have a habit of altering the meaning of words to suit my purposes, or making up new ones if necessary:eek: