Computer...upgrade or new ?????

[craigb]

I didn't realise that there were so many computer tragics on this board :eek:

Like Mr Squizzy says, I'd rather spend $800 on a LN jointer than a bloody computer be it a PC or a freakin Mac. I mean, we're woodwrokers ferchrisake, who bloody cares? :confused:

Buy the cheapest damn computer that will satisfy your needs.

[bitingmidge]

Ahhhh I love the smell of fried insect in the morning!!

1. Anything to do with computers is tragic.

2. If it weren't for that well known fruit brand there'd be nothing to discuss!

3. Of course all these posts involving terms like G-Force, Celeron, ATX, Optical Drive are akin to discussing nothing anyway.

P

(The box said "requires Windows XP or better, so I bought a Mac)

[craigb]

Ahhhh I love the smell of fried insect in the morning!!

My tirade wasn't aimed at you exclusively Midge.

It's just that I've endured so many useless arguements over the relative merits of different platforms and operating systems that I tend to go off nowadays. Sorry

Craig

(Off to take his medication)

[bitingmidge]

Hey Craig!

Better Retract that Apology NOW!!!

I hadn't even read anything heated in your post :eek: :eek: I was just taking another low pot-shot at all the other tragics who don't know the joys of using a computer named after a plastic raincoat....perhaps that apology should come from me , but I'm not due to renew the annual one for another couple of weeks.

And yes, the arguments are indeed useless...but what's a woodwroker?



I'm off to sit in the sun now!

P

[Bob Willson]

Ahhhh I love the smell of fried insect in the morning!!

1. Anything to do with computers is tragic.

2. If it weren't for that well known fruit brand there'd be nothing to discuss!

3. Of course all these posts involving terms like G-Force, Celeron, ATX, Optical Drive are akin to discussing nothing anyway.

P

(The box said "requires Windows XP or better, so I bought a Mac)

Oooh ,ooh ooh, can I bite; please sir? Choose me sir, choose me, Oh siiir, pleeeeaasssee sir.

PS Better than Windows XP = Unix. NOT Fruit Loops

[craigb]

And yes, the arguments are indeed useless...but what's a woodwroker?

Closely related to a woodwrecker in my case.

[bitingmidge]

PS Better than Windows XP = Unix.

Bob Willson, computer cross-dresser!!!

Surely you are setting me up??? Tell me you didn't know that the Mac operating system is Unix based.....please tell me this is a Freudian slip!!



P

[Daddles]

Hang on, I thought we were talking about computers and now we're talking about eunichs and cross dressing. What happened to the pancakes?

Richard

[echnidna]

The cross dressed eunuchs ate the pancakes??

[namtrak]

PS Dell will also charge you $100 to deliver the computer. NO EXCEPTIONS

Im a bit over it now but Dell actually offer free delivery on nearly every purchase online. Our Lappie came free or charge, and most ads advertise free of charge. Dell's biggest drawback is it doesn't install RedHat as the standard O/S - but that's easy to fix

Cheers

[Fat Pat]

I have a Pentium 150, works for me, though I do run Netscape instead of IE.

Can anyone beat that?

[Bob Willson]

Well, until recently I had a 486DX66 with 32 meg of memory, running FreeBSD ( a Unix type operating system) to handle my net connection and act as a firewall. It could also handle graphics and never fell over. The only time it ever stopped was when there was a power failure. Average uptime for Unix systems can be counted in months or even years.
There was a bit of a joke going around a while ago. Micro$oft issued a warning that after about 5 months their Windows 98 operating system COULD become unstable. I don't know anybody who could keep that running for more than a week so how did they ever find out?

[adrian]

I agree with the people who said to buy one. If you don't know enough about computers you can get yourself into a lot of trouble.
A five year old computer may not be upgradeable. You may find that the only thing you will keep is the floppy drive. I got an upgrade price do do mine and it worked out to be a little over $700. That was a new case, motherboard, cpu and ram. For a few hundred dollars more I could get a Dell or HP with new larger screen, dvd, hard disk ten times the size of mine and a new operating system.

Forget upgrading such an old computer.

[Daddles]

The really sad part of all this is my laptop. It's a pentium 100. That's right, an ancient Toshiba Satellite 100CS (it's the good one, got the colour screen). Old. Slow. I turn it on and go make a cup of coffee while it works out whether it's awake or not. It runs Win95 and a stripped down version of Office 2000. But, the battery runs for about three hours which is enough to rattle off 3,000 words of a novel. I go for a walk and by the time I'm ready to fire again, the old girl is fully charged ready for another attack. She's travelled all around the country with nary a beat missed. I bought her second hand and have had her six years now. My ex always promised me she'd buy me a new one when it died but it outlasted the marriage.

One day, I will buy a new laptop. It'll have one of those stupid heat pad mice instead the nice 'tit in the middle of the keyboard'. The battery won't last as long because it has to run so much to keep the operating system alive and it'll take longer to recharge. It'll run faster but seeing the old girl can keep up with my typing, that won't be an improvement. And it won't last as long. I guess that's called progress, but like a lot of words, its meaning has become polluted when applied to modern technology.

And no, I don't want a flamin' plastic raincoat.

Richard

[silentC]

Micro$oft issued a warning that after about 5 months their Windows 98 operating system COULD become unstable. I don't know anybody who could keep that running for more than a week so how did they ever find out?

It's even better than that. I was told by a help desk person at Telstra that they recommend you reinstall Win98 at least once every 6 months to prevent connection problems.

On the other hand, one of our Web servers, running Windows 2000, which I have just checked has clocked up 208 days worth of 'System Idle Process' CPU time. I don't remember when it was rebooted last.