(Aug 9, 2019 04:18 AM)Mariowilsonup Wrote:  I would look forward to reading your answer with regard to the question mentioned above.


By the way what do you think:
Is having a whole desktop in the cloud good? Is it worth paying a regular fee for having a desktop in the cloud so you don't need to care about getting new hardware?
Will desktop in the cloud mainly be used in the future? Why? Why not?
I would also look forward to reading your replies to those questions.
Thank you  ✌

(Aug 9, 2019 07:14 PM)webdev77 Wrote:  Building yourself is always going to be 0-40% cheaper depending on what price range you are looking at. The better the build and more expensive, typically the more you save by building yourself.

Using thin clients is a fine strategy for some use cases, however they aren't the same as having a full desktop locally. Everything becomes pretty dependent on your network connection to a remote host in terms of perceived performance. You also can't transfer large files back and forth easily or quickly unless you have a fast connection. For pretty much all regular consumers, it's much cheaper just to buy a new $300-$500 machine every three years or so than it is to pay a monthly fee. That breaks down to just $8-$14 a month depending on what you buy and only goes down if you keep a machine longer than three years.

(Nov 1, 2019 02:14 PM)Mariowilsonup Wrote:  That is a very good and professional reply. Thank you a lot for that. I understood it very easily because of your very good way of explaining it. 👍

What is an average depreciation time of a whole new desktop computer with new hardware (let's say for example if I buy a whole new desktop computer for about $25,000). On average how many years does it take so the value is depreciated to the half value ($12,500) and on average how many years so the value is fully depreciated ($0)? Half = 5 years? and full depreciation of $25,000 = 10 years? On average nowadays.

I'm looking forward to your reply. ✌

(Nov 1, 2019 02:23 PM)webdev77 Wrote:  At that ridiculous price point you are looking at 80% of original cost being professional workstation graphics cards where depreciation doesn't necessarily match regular consumer desktops.

For a more reasonable build of say $2,500, expect to lose upwards of 25% of the value every year. It's going to vary significantly from year to year based on product release schedules and how much better the next generation of hardware is compared to the current.

(Jun 18, 2020 12:12 PM)Mariowilsonup Wrote:  If someone can please give me any recommendations I would highly appreciate it.

Additionally: What do you think will be the future, cloud based computer and no need to upgrade hardware or computers without cloud and upgrading hardware?

I'm looking forward to your replies. ✌