Can't be that old, we are told constantly by the mac glitterati that pc's don't last that long. You must mean five or six months :p
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whoops I meant semi-annually. It's like a spring cleaning. > > I treat computers like cars run until dead. I still have an HP running as > my main PC from five or six years ago. It mostly runs what I need it to > fine except for iTunes which sucks all the life out of it. I do use my > wife's Mac fairly frequently > > > > > By the time you talk biannually then at that point there would also be > > hardware issues like new motherboards to prompt a clean install. Note > > that my workstations, not connected to the internet, or subject to > > constant program installs, will run as fresh in a few years when it's > > replaced as it did on day 1. > > > > > > >> I keep hearing that advice as a method to make sure you have a virus > > free > > > environment. Windows may be stable enough to run but it isn't secure > > enough > > > to run for years. I tend to reinstall biannually due to the system > > > degradation. > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
