From DIY to ultra-thin, PC brings more than just memories

With the end of June, the college graduation season is on schedule and I believe that this stage will be precious for every person who is about to leave the university gate, because the life of the university will become eternal with the passage of time. . Of course, for those of us who have graduated for N years, although the university graduation season is no longer so sad, it can evoke memories of university life because at this time of year, the general scene of university life Come to our minds.

If you want to extract a few key words from college life, there are a few that can arouse our resonance: DIY, games, skipping classes, hanging branches, you can connect them into a sentence like: "The crazy DIY era, only for In the game world swims, causing countless skipping classes, the end of the year is inevitable." It may be that such a sentence is the best interpretation of our university life. Therefore, today we will also talk from DIY about the time when we are crazy.

Crazy DIY Age

The author's first computer was bought in 2004, and it was a DIY crazy era. Compared with expensive brand machines, most students would choose a DIY that is more cost-effective. For a small number of enthusiasts, DIY is an inevitable choice. .

The trickiest problem in DIY is the choice of CPU. At that time, the CPU was divided into two camps: AMD and Intel. Competing with AMD's Duron and Athlon was Intel's Celeron and Pentium. On the question of how to choose the CPU, almost every dormitory will open a long discussion session of N, or even win a red face. Since playing online games and online games at that time was very popular, the CPU was an important component that affected the performance of the game.

As for whether AMD or Intel should be chosen, there is basically no accurate answer. AMD’s products were very cost-effective at that time. Compared to Intel’s Pentium IV, AMD’s Athlon series were more accessible in terms of price, so AMD’s classmates were quite a few. . However, AMD's shortcomings are also obvious, especially in terms of heat dissipation.

That year, I chose the Athlon 2500+, because of the high cost performance, there is also a choice of Ben in the bedroom, the overall performance is also quite good. Still later, Intel's Celeron D processor is also very hot, almost become the best choice for a period of DIY. In short, at the time, DIY became a required course for the university and became a pleasure for everyone. Nowadays, notebooks are quite cheap and popular. Therefore, most people will choose notebooks that are easier to carry. Although a small number of people choose DIY, after all, it is not the mainstream. The crazy DIY era is gone forever. .

Unprecedented popularity of notebooks

In the year of college, notebooks were a luxury for most people, and DIY was popular for its low price and high cost performance. When I graduated from college in 2007, the price of the notebook has dropped to a reasonable level, suddenly found that the notebook around gradually more up.

And, with the CPU from the single-core era into the multi-core era, the notebook's performance has also been continuously improved, fully able to meet the user's various complex needs, at this stage, the people who choose to DIY seems to be much less, and I, because Work relationship, choose an Acer notebook, performance is quite good, the price but more than 5,000.

This is thanks to Intel and AMD's continued competition in the chip field, from single-core to dual-core to quad-core to six-core, the competition between the two sides has become increasingly intense. For example, in 2005, AMD introduced the world's first dual-core x86 processor, opening the multi-core era; in November 2006, Intel's first 5300 series quad-core Xeon processors pushed processor wars to the multi-core stage. In short, since the birth of multi-core CPUs, the competition between Intel and AMD has reached a higher level. This has brought about the continuous improvement of the performance of the notebook computer and the continuous reduction of the price, and the notebook has also entered an unprecedented popularity stage.

The ultra-lightweight era

Time flies by storm, but now it is a few years later. I finally ended my single life and stepped into a happy two-person world. Always wanted to choose a good notebook for her wife, for her, convenient and portable is the primary consideration. This would like to buy a very popular Apple Macbook Air, but his wife did not use the Apple system, so no more consideration. As a result, the focus has once again focused on the recent "chaos" of the "ultrabook." However, after some studies found that the name "ultrabook" is inconsistent, the ultrabook is not super. Although the "Ultrabook" realized the thin profile and long-term life of the notebook, it sacrificed some of the mainstream performance, such as insufficient game performance, hard disk capacity is too small, etc. The most depressing is that the price is too expensive. There are thousands of people. When there was no road to absoluteness, AMD opened another door for me. The AMD ultra-thin notebook with a second-generation APU solved this problem for me. The second-generation APU, compared with the first generation, has significantly improved overall performance, and has improved its operating speed, power consumption, and graphics processing capabilities. The most important thing is that while maintaining mainstream performance, the price is very close to the people. The heartbeat was not as good as the action. I immediately bought the 535U jointly launched by AMD and Samsung as a gift to please my wife. Imagine that after the wife can use ultra-thin notebooks to watch movies and play games anytime and anywhere, isn't this wishful life just what we are looking for?

From 2003 to 2012, my life has gone through several stages. I have found that it seems that each stage is inseparable from PC, AMD and other keywords. Moreover, these keywords have also become an important symbol to portray our life. The PC has transitioned from the DIY era to the ultra-lightweight era, and we can find our own corresponding life experiences in it. It is true that from the University to the present, we have all been struggling to explore a “life path to life,” which will inevitably encounter many difficulties and setbacks. However, technological innovation will not slow down. We are also enjoying a unique life experience while enjoying technological achievements.