On 08/27/2016 02:36 PM, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 08/27/2016 11:34 AM, Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: >> Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >>> The reason for laptop upgrades is often needing more memory or disk >>> space but by the time you get there 2-3 years down the road the keyboard >>> has food bits under it and the touch pad is wearing out so getting a new >>> laptop is the way to go. >> I had a Thinkpad from around 2000 that lasted more than a decade; it >> was solid hardware and I didn't abuse it. And ultimately Moore's Law >> caught up with it, even though I'd maxed out RAM once that got cheap >> and upgraded the hard drive. >> >> I could probably haul it out today and get it booted, but why bother? >> >> Lesson from that is buy it to use it not coddle it, and plan to upgrade >> in not more than five years. Though maybe Moore's Law is levelling out? >> > I also had a ThinkPad from that vintage, an R31, IIRC. It worked well, > but I eventually bought a new E520, as the R31, while still usable > wasn't keeping up with the software. > If we are into playing mine is bigger ^h^h^h^h^h older then yours... I have a multibus NS16032 in my basement with an ST-506 multibus interface.
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