On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 03:02:56 AM Bernard Wanyama wrote: > Moral of the story, hardware nowadays expires just as > fast as software. It is now more about the latest device > than the latest kernel or patch!
Ummh, I don't think so. Hardware expires quickly because we all want new toys as fast as they can come off the production lines (even though many of us can't always have them). I bought a no-name Intel Core 2 Duo PC back in 2008 for my house + a 17" Samsung LCD display. I still have the same today, running Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), no sweat. The only work I've done is upgraded from 2GB of DRAM to 4G, then to 8GB; added a 1TB hard drive; added some fans; and switched from my 480W power supply to a 600W unit. That's it. This tech. is nearly 4 years old - I could hardly get the RAM for my motherboard here (everybody has since moved on to DDR3), but Windows 7 runs beautifully and no one is complaining (the box came with Windows XP back in '08). Don't even get me started on other kit I have running in my service network that is quite long-in-the-tooth, but still doing great work with current software (yes, not exactly consumer-grade interest, but in relative terms, it's lasting). The point is, new hardware does not advance that much that an upcoming software release will not run on previous hardware that is no more than 1 - 2.5 years old in the mobile phone business. It's just our appetite for new gadgets that is causing this phenomenon. I, for one, refuse to buy into it. Mark.
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