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"...a bargain compared to your new entry-level $400 computer plus the work
and software needed to get it to do what one wants."
I don't have a problem getting a computer to do what I want. And no one
would confuse me with a computer engineer.
Eventually, the software that you want to use won't support your old
hardware well or at all. Better to upgrade before that happens.
--
Ted Zieglar
formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:412258bd.7408175@news.charter.net...
> It's not just the cost and time to install the upgrades. Make the
tradeoff
> between upgrading hardware and replacing a computer completely. Many
people
> have programs and data on the old system, and need to install or move them
to a
> new system. The software packages which supposedly move data and programs
to a
> new system do not always do a flawless job. As a consequence, the safer
> strategy is to reinstalll all needed software (and don't forget its
upgrades) on
> the new computer, then move the data via a fast Ethernet connection. Some
> programs will break when installed on the new computer with a newer
operating
> system, so potentially expensive software upgrades (see AutoCAD) are
needed just
> to get the new computer to the point where it will do faster what the
older
> computer was called upon to do.
>
> In short, the tradeoff between upgrade and replace is not as cut and dried
as
> one might think. A half hour $150 upgrade may buy a couple of more years
of
> life out of a system, a bargain compared to your new entry-level $400
computer
> plus the work and software needed to get it to do what one wants.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:11:19 -0400, "Ted Zieglar aka \"Rocky\""
> <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote:
>
> >"...I've updated the hard drives and added an ATA100 card to the other
along
> >with a 1GIG processor and maxed out the RAM. "
> >
> >Any computer you can buy today for a few hundred bucks will have better
> >performance. Can I interest you in some land?
> >
> >--
> >Ted Zieglar
> >formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"
> >
> >
> >"Robert R Kircher, Jr." <rrkircher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:NtadndY0qqX5z7_cRVn-pw@giganews.com...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <ronj@renc.igs.net> wrote in message
> >> news:4u14i0p762ukk8qlmn198nu6dqt3qdq9tr@4ax.com...
> >> > My machine is an older DELL Dimension XPS T550 with 384 meg RAM. A
> >> > couple of years ago, DELL told me that WIN XP could not be installed
> >> > on my machine.
> >> >
> >> > Has this changed? Will WIN XP instal without problems on this
machine
> >> > nowdays?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dell should have said the won't support XP on the XPS T series PCs. In
> >> general XP will run fine on you PC. There is a Check Hardware tool on
the
> >> CD, run it first to see if it detects any problems. Most problems
would
> >> come from things like sound cards etc. Also, it's been advised that
> >update
> >> you BIOS to the latest version.
> >>
> >> So you know I have 2 xpst450's running XP. They both have Sound
Blaster
> >> Live cards and one only has 256Mb of RAM. I've updated the hard drives
> >and
> >> added an ATA100 card to the other along with a 1GIG processor and maxed
> >out
> >> the RAM. It too ran XP but has since been switched over to a basic
file
> >> server running Win2K server.
> >>
> >> The XPST series is a good solid platform with some expandability and
some
> >> shelf life still left in it. Don't expect a screaming gamer but if all
> >your
> >> doing is Internet and office processing it's a good PC. Your real
problem
> >> now is the cost of upgrades like memory and processors. I wouldn't
speed
> >> too much money on things that I would be able to move to a new PC when
the
> >> time came.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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