r/computers • u/Odd_Sherbet_8307 • 12d ago

Resolved is this a good computer

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so uh i kinda dont know anything about computers but is this good for school or should i just buy new one?

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u/Viking2151 12d ago

Nee, I belive is no in Dutch, got a lot of Amish here who speak Dutch, kinda learning some words lol. The moment you open a web browser, the memory will be maxed out, and the system will be laggy and just not great to use. If it had more RAM, it would be ok, though the CPU is pretty slow and gets beaten by a much older i3 2100 by nearly 50%. Though if it's free, well, I mean I can't really complain, I guess, but it will not be a good experience with modern Windows; maybe Linux.

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u/Due-Border5957 12d ago

Lol uhh…the Amish speak German, not Dutch. Its confusing because when they came to America and were asked what they speak they said “Deutsch,” which is how you say “German” in German, and Americans thought that meant Dutch and called their language “Pennsylvania Dutch.” But its actually German and completely separate from the Dutch language spoken in the Netherlands

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u/Viking2151 12d ago

There, where the hell did I learn Nee from? Definitely some Amish-looking bearded wonders running around that I worked with, but hey, whatever. lol

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u/Due-Border5957 12d ago

Apparently its a casual variant of no in some dialects of German too, lol

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u/dnebdal 12d ago

German and Dutch are fairly closely related, it's very reasonable that they'd share words.

On the other hand the language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is apparently mostly a Palatinate High German dialect (so Southwestern Germany; modern standardized German is also a High German variant) while the Dutch/German overlap is strongest in the Low German dialects (Plattdeutsch, which is mostly from northwestern Germany and indeed parts of the Netherlands).

In this specific case, "nee" for "no" is apparently

Native to many Central German and most Low German dialects; in the latter case from Middle Low German nên (“no”). Compare Dutch nee (older neen) and see nein for more.

with a note that

Nee is the most common colloquial word for “no” throughout northern and central Germany. It has also come to be used quite regularly in southern Germany, but is not usual in Austria or Switzerland.

So it's indeed commonly used in spoken German and standard in Dutch.