Hi Mark, The story was about phones.
Interestingly, I also have the same setup - 4 year old clone called DELUX with a 19-inch Samsung LCD (those days 9ms of LCD response time was killer!) running Linux Mint 12 (upgraded on Sunday). I have done so much to it, only failed to close it up permanently, runs with the side open. On the same computer table, however, lie the dead bodies - Nokia N80 - 2006 - 2010 (pioneered small-pin charger), Blackberry Pearl 8100 - 2009 - 2010 and the G1 which still part times as a 3G modem. So, in my case, phone hardware and software really expired so fast! And the PC seems to be going nowhere but up..... Kind regards, Bernard On 13 December 2011 06:28, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- Bernard Wanyama Technical Manager SYNTECH ASSOCIATES Ltd Kampala, Uganda Cell: +256 712 193979 Fixed: +256 414 251591 Web: www.syntechug.com Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
