Sometimes an upgrade is not about buying something new. Sometimes the better move is taking the thing that is already sitting there and giving it a better job.
That is what happened to my old gaming PC. It used to be the center of my gaming setup. Now it is a small home server running databases, backends, and the kinds of things I do not want to pay for as another separate service.
Why I stopped using the desktop
I have been gaming on PC since I was very young, so that machine had a long run. But this year I bought a MacBook Air, and it slowly became my main computer for almost everything: work, personal projects, writing, Codex, and quick ideas away from the desk.
That changed more than I expected. I did not want to be tied to one setup anymore. I wanted to open the laptop on a train, at school, on a sofa, or wherever else and just continue.
