tomscharbach
tomscharbach I don't know if this is still true, but in the past new hardware came in semi-annual release cycles, one in the Spring for July/August "back to school" computer builds and the other in late Summer for October/November "Christmas" computer builds.
This is still true, and there are other times as well. I got a new Dell XPS 17 in March for my day job since the old trusty ThinkPad was starting to lag with the software I use on a daily basis. I had researched the times price drops happen along with what hardware would fit my use case. This is a good article for laptops, for people interested in details.
Related, I giggled at the comments earlier in the thread about gamers being the only /most of the people wanting new hardware, given my recent purchase being for work. Since more people are working from home, more people are supplying their own hardware for their job. I game on a Windows machine (with dreams of a fully non-fiddly Linux gaming rig). One should never assume what works for them will be true for everyone, or even most. Data, or just don't state things as fact.
Anyway, seeing recent comments in the Solus subreddit from someone who couldn't get the current ISO to boot their new machine, I'm looking forward to the dev team getting ISO releases on a more regular schedule. I know the devs are well aware of the need and are doing regular work to make this happen. I help by testing whatever I can. Solus is an awesome, reliable distro and I'd like as many people as possible who want to use it to enjoy it too.
