Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:46:27 -0600 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildreth@allantgroup.com> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What type of hardware are you using? Message-ID: <1137077187.11930.96.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <43C5CEB1.1070909@pacific.net.sg> References: <1136994833.11930.62.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <43C5331B.1070301@pacific.net.sg> <1137004216.11930.82.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <43C5CEB1.1070909@pacific.net.sg>
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Well, I couldn't help myself. I bought a new board and Celeron D 2.93 GHz last night. Only $60 after rebates, figured I couldn't go wrong for that price. Will put it in this weekend, that should eliminate the slowness....I hope :-). On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 11:36 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 00:32 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > >>Get an SMP machine when you upgrade. It will cost more but it will feel > > > > Yeah, I thought about that, I may just go the cheaper route right now. > > keep the money in your wallet for the moment. I worked recently with a > Pentium IV running at something above 3 GHz. The machine felt so slow > even under low load. > > I use to upgrade since decades to leading edge hardware and keep it for > a pretty long time. This saves me some money and a lot of time on the > long term. > > I then get the itch when new hardware comes to the market. As long as > the itch does not get to bad, I stick with the old one. The current one > I got 2001. > > Erich -- Scott T. Hildreth <shildreth@allantgroup.com>
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