Re: OT - Upgrading Computers

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:34:25 -0700, Brent <b_philion@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Sep 19, 4:09 pm, Too_Many_Tools <too_many_to...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looking around I could go by the name of "Too Many Computers" with all
the computers I have.

As they age and needs change, I find that I am to the point where I
need to upgrade again.

I am interested in hearing how you decide when it is time to upgrade
your computer, what do you do with the old one, do you keep any of the
components...in other words how do you go about upgrading your
computer resources.

A comment about how you will deal with upgrading to Vista would be
appreciated too.

Thanks

TMT

OOPS i think i fired off a blank reply

I just finished an upgrade over here

in my case i put my p3-800 out of its misery after a hardware failure
dropped the IDE bus i COULD have worked around it but i figured at
EIGHT years old it was time to retire it

my house network is

cisco 1760 router
a catlyst 5505 switch
a netgear WAP (NO routing just pure wireless LAN access)

six windows computers including one dedicated for guests
two solaris computers (Both SPARC Platform)
one redhat

And one I havent gotten to yet that i'm looking to make into a PBX

THe UNIX boxes do a few simple specific jobs. terminal server web
server FTP and they silently purr along in a closet under my
staircase.

I dont replace computers unless i scrounge a way better one or i get a
hardware failure that is not worth the cost of the box to repair


If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
It's only obsolete when it won't do what YOU need it to do. I
generally end up upgrading when a new application is required that
will not run on what is there, or when a software upgrade requires it.

Then I look at what spec needs updating and decide whether to replace
the processor, the motherboard and processor, or the entire system. Or
to just add more ram, a larger (or faster) hard drive, or a CD.DVD
burner - whatever.

Usually slide the machines down the line discarding the oldest/lowest
functioning/most troublesome computer.

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