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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>
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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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