Hitting the performance ceiling.....
Feb. 2nd, 2008 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Now that I've upgraded the hard drive in my laptop, I think that will be the last hardware upgrade I perform on it. I think I've pushed and hit the limit on what I can do with the laptop. While it's fine for email, web surfing, and downloading (via a wireless card), it lags behind in word processing and multimedia. (The processor inside is an Intel Pentium MMX 166 Mhz, and I have 80 Mb of memory.) OpenOffice crawls on it, and I hear Flash files before I see the associated video (which is jerky at best).
I'd like to upgrade the laptop with a new or used one, but the price is still out of reach, unless it's a free one.
There's one at work I have my eye on. No one's used it for over a year, and I'm waiting for it to be surplused. It's missing a hard drive and caddy, but I can get a replacement on EBay for a reasonable price.
Even after I upgrade to a new machine, I'll still keep the old laptop. Why? Because I still like old technology. I've had this laptop for over 6 years, and it's become a good friend. Besides, I doubt anyone else will want it. I still have its predecessor, an NCR 3180 Safari, stowed away. Nobody wants that, and I don't blame them. 33 Mhz processor, 16 Mb of memory, no USB ports or CD-ROM, runs Windows 95. It would make a good toy for my daughter.
Isn't is amazing how quickly we've become accustomed to new technology?
I'd like to upgrade the laptop with a new or used one, but the price is still out of reach, unless it's a free one.
There's one at work I have my eye on. No one's used it for over a year, and I'm waiting for it to be surplused. It's missing a hard drive and caddy, but I can get a replacement on EBay for a reasonable price.
Even after I upgrade to a new machine, I'll still keep the old laptop. Why? Because I still like old technology. I've had this laptop for over 6 years, and it's become a good friend. Besides, I doubt anyone else will want it. I still have its predecessor, an NCR 3180 Safari, stowed away. Nobody wants that, and I don't blame them. 33 Mhz processor, 16 Mb of memory, no USB ports or CD-ROM, runs Windows 95. It would make a good toy for my daughter.
Isn't is amazing how quickly we've become accustomed to new technology?
