I treated myself to an early Christmas present. A rather nice, Samsung laptop, in fact. With the deals going on (24 months no interest), why not? Up until now, my old computer (1.25Ghz, 2GB RAM, multiple hard drives, etc.) had been working OK, but it's wearing out. I built it myself back in 2003, and it's been "rebuilt" many times since then. Even in 2003, 1.25Ghz was *barely* cutting it. Not slow, but not super-fast either.
Fast-forward about 7.5 years or so, and things have changed. That computer is now having some CMOS-related issues, and some annoying software problems. It still runs XP, but finding software that will run on that thing is hard. Even parts are becoming difficult. When it goes, it goes. I'm not going to spend money on it--I can buy a new system (that'll blow this one away and then some) for less than a new motherboard/CPU/RAM/drives.
Fast-forward about 7.5 years or so, and things have changed. That computer is now having some CMOS-related issues, and some annoying software problems. It still runs XP, but finding software that will run on that thing is hard. Even parts are becoming difficult. When it goes, it goes. I'm not going to spend money on it--I can buy a new system (that'll blow this one away and then some) for less than a new motherboard/CPU/RAM/drives.
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