On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:51:09 +0100 (CET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sam E wrote:
>> Even $400 US now gets you a Pentium II, 300 with all the toys if
>> you buy used. I'm starting to feel silly with my 386 and the frustration
>> of curtailed surfing with Arachne and my ten year old computer.
> I bought a new Duron 750 for 550USD not long ago so I think you have a way
> to high price on that used machine.
Well, the newspaper ad I'm looking at is from December. I can't keep up
with the falling prices. I hate to buy anything knowing that it'll be
half price in six months. Or less!
Inertia. Lots of inertia here. I was obsolete when I came through the
door.
> All you who sit on 386's should have been able to upgrade to
> (atleast) 486's for several years for the low cost of 0 USD (or perhaps
> 10 at the most). Pentium IIs are old things that people probably are
> starting to throw away now... (yeah I know it's weird but take advantage
> of it). You should be able to easily pick up used Pentiums for almost
> nothing, and pay some low fee for those "slow" machines.
True enough. I could have upgraded long ago. But I like this old
computer. It's been absolutely reliable for five years of daily use.
Mostly tons of email from a shell account with Pine, for which a 386
is perfectly adequate.
Only recently have I felt this growing frustration webwise.
Besides, upgrading is always work even if you get the machine for
free.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
