Re: What does "home-building" mean to you?
- From: jaster <jaster@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:58:11 GMT
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:41:47 +0000, Pelysma thoughtfully wrote:
>
> "John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Xns973EE3AC3D03Efollydom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Just answering the subject line question is OK with me, but some
>> specific questions with my (answers) are below.
>>
>> How much do you know about software?
>
> I've just completed two years of software engineering technology at a
> community college, so I know a little bit about a lot of things. I can
> write a program in VB.NET or a simpler one in C++, but the more I know,
> the more I become aware of not knowing.
>
>
>> What do you use your homebuilt PC for?
>>
> Big question because my homebuilt PCs are of two broad types. I built a
> new one for my son out of "new" (slightly dated but NIB) parts and he uses
> it primarily for games like City of Villains. I have several --
> currently three -- old computers that I cut and paste constantly from
> salvaged parts that I like to play with and experiment with; the hardware
> is the message. All three are in the 400 MHz range, running W95, W98, and
> ME. (One of these will soon be converted to Linux, but regrettably
> they're not fast enough for Tux Racer. )
>
> There is one "storebought" Dell P4 in this household that the whole family
> uses for email, surfing, Visual Studio, Photoshop, and music. I try to
> keep the lid on it as much as possible and have only opened it to add
> memory and remove dust.
>
Just being nosey, so why is everyone using the Dell P4 for surfing,
email, music and not using the other 400s individually?
Small footprint Linux installs with gui, Firefox, Thunderbird, Kaffeine,
Mplayer, Xine, Xmms would run fine on the old hardware for surfing, email
and audio/video. VS/PS only on the Dell though Gimp is PS like.
http://www.distrowatch.org and http://www.linuxiso.org
games: http://happypenguin.org
>
>> How often do you buy new hardware for your computer?
>
> Not often. Last year at tax time I spent $800 for parts to build my son's
> machine, and we bought him more memory for Christmas, but otherwise the
> old machines are all salvaged or given to me out of retirement. The W98
> PIII/450 machine I'm using right now is the morph of one I had built for
> me in 1997 -- every single part has been replaced, one or two at a time.
>
>
>> Generally speaking, does "homebuilt" mean you buy all the parts at once
>> and build or does it mean you continuously build your computer replacing
>> parts?
>>
>>
> Well, I've described two patterns that I think are both valid: built from
> bought parts for economy and personal taste, and scrounged together from
> all over and continuously improved with bits and pieces. A third pattern
> would be built from cutting-edge parts, overclocked and tweaked,
> customized, for the purpose of getting more computer than you could buy
> off the shelf. "Homebuilt" to me mostly means assembled from the ground
> up, though, as opposed to continuous repair/upgrade.
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