On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)<mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote:
> Depends on what you use the computer for and your budget. Generally > every three to five years is common. Some high end professionals > replace their computers in two to three, some more often. My company > replaces laptops every three years. Some home users keep them much > longer, but they become less useful as things change, such as faster > interfaces. I have to keep an older computer around because it has a serial port that is needed to drive my plotter/cutter. Could I get another newer plotter/cutter that uses USB instead of a serial interface. Yes, but only if I am anxious to go deeply into debt. Keeping the older computer is costing me nothing. The maker of my plotter/cutter is not going to produce a a USB driver for this older device, so a serial to USB conversion cable will not do the trick. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
