[SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)

[CyrusM.Reedreedc at cc.wwu.edu]

Yep, this happened when I worked at the campus computer helpdesk.  We had
one P166 with 32-64MB RAM (can't remember which exactly).  The only thing
nice about it was the 17" Sony monitor.  Oh, and the machine would crash
every other time we ran Norton Disk Doctor - that was fun.  At least three
of the computer labs at the time had PII 450s with 128MB RAM.  We finally
blackmailed a "lab spare" out of them so we could at least do our jobs
with a machine that didn't crash every 5 minutes.

I built my home dual PPro 200 MHz system when it was "trailing edge".  I
haven't upgraded since.  (Well except for adding a couple components, like
a bigger HD, another network card, and an extra SCSI card).  I probably
won't either, becuase it still beats any PII machine I've seen (course
they usually run Winblows, while mine runs Linux).  For what I do, it's
plenty fast.

-Cyrus

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 03:11:37PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
> > Like many on this list
> > I'm sure, the people around me are amazed at what you can actually _do_ with
> > an "old" computer. *grin*
> > You just have to remember you're driving a VW Bug instead of a Jaguar. ;-)
> 
> One thing I used to notice back when I worked tech support at an ISP:
> 
> The people who NEED good computers (ISP techs, sysadmins, etc) have 
> old crappy machines held together with duct tape & bailing wire and
> trips to Goodwill.
> 
> The people who DONT need good computers (doctors, lawyers, etc - the people
> who use their computers ONLY for stuff like email, wordperfect, lotus/
> excel, etc) have the 2Ghz 200Gig Athlons with the 24" monitors.
> 
> Anybody else ever notice this?
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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