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Discussion on: How Do You Decide When To Get Your Next Computer?

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Dian Fay

You can try various Linux distros for yourself without having to commit if you boot with a live usb key inserted. The gaming situation has gotten a lot better very rapidly over the last year with Valve contributing to and integrating the Wine compatibility layer into Steam. It'll be harder to test for yourself, but you could at least look up what you're interested in at ProtonDB to see what others' experiences are like.

As for hardware, there's always bigger, better, faster out there; the question is whether it's worth your money and the time it'll take you to get set up.