We&#x27;re sort of out on one end of the bell-curve, really.  For Joe Blow, average computer user, email and Word and YouTube works on their decade old hardware.  Unless you&#x27;re a gamer, there&#x27;s not a lot of call to have the latest and greatest - and you can still run a lot of stuff on lower settings on old hardware.  Long-lived console generations and the paucity of PC-first development have kept the minimum specs on even AAA titles pretty low.<p>For instance, my parents are happy as clams using a G4 Macbook and a second-hand HP Pavilion laptop