Subject: Old Vs New
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <ball@cyberspace.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/09/2002 10:55:15
Hello Chuck,
CY> When I can go to local computer store and get last
> years' good machine...that will NOT die in the next
> year...
Sadly it's been my experience that newer machines (I think
this may be a PC thing especially) can be less reliable than
the gear they're supposed to replace. Hopefully the newer,
cooler (thermally and perhaps spiritually ;-) processors
along with an ounce or two of design sense and care taken in
building them will help fix this.
CY> (RAM, Power and cooling are key to the life of a
> computer).
Kind of: certainly don't skimp on the cooling, but I'd
rather not generate the heat in the first place.
CY> Sometime you have to pull the plug (says the guy with
> several Sparcs, an Alpha, two NeXTs and an SGI Indy at
> home:).
<grin>
Regards,
- Andy Ball.