Yeah for the longest time I was using a P3 600Mhz, which ran Linux like a young greyhound. I recently bought a Athlon 1.6Ghz off some women who were practically giving it away. That is the only reason I upgraded. The fundamentals of Capitalism, it sucks yet the world gobbles it up. Austin > You're kidding, right? You're actually defending software bloat for the > sake of software bloat? I run a PIII 800 I bought 3 years ago. Given the > current needs of Open Source Software I can see myself using this > machine for another 4 years. Easily. Is there something wrong with > stretching your dollar for computer hardware or did I miss the memo that > we must purchase new machines every other year? This machine works > great. I do email, web, development, run a mySQL server, CVS server and > an HTTP server on it and I have RAM and CPU cycles to spare. Even when > I'm ripping CDs, burning CDs and watching DVDs. I don't need more power > now and I'm already like 3 years behind the curve in terms of power. I > can't imagine NEEDING the specs that this article describes. > > If I do, there's something fundamentally wrong with the software I'm > running. Either that or the software better be balancing my checkbook, > running my budget, setting up appointments for me, answering my voice > mail and returning phone calls per my instructions and looking up all > data I request via voice recognition. Oh, and it should carry on > conversations with me if I'm bored. Meaning, this kind of power means > the software better be doing a lot more than just bloating an already > bloated OS and adding a few minor software enhancements. Otherwise, I > don't see what Longhorn could do to justify these specs. > > Preston >
