Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?

[Anton Graham]

Submitted 23-Jul-00 by John J. LeMay Jr.:
> 
> Doesn't there come a point when using a machine as old as an XT clone
> actually costs more to run (heat/electric) than grabbing something like the
> BookPC machines (around $500 ready to roll) and tossing the "classic" into
> the antique rack?
> 
> I'm not blasting anyone for still using old equipment, I would never do
> that. I'm just curious as to the trade off. I would assume their has been
> significant advances in power efficiency and in the physics involved in
> keeping machines cool in the past 10 years or so and that these features may
> make purchasing a new machine more cost effective than running an old one.
> 
> Just curious!

Yes, it probably does cost more to run it than say one of the
everything on one board machines.  I actually did it originally as an
exercise in adapting old equipment into terminals.

Bottom line is that I can get an XT with a monitor for around $50-100
while a real terminal will cost me at least twice that :/.  Around
here, I am more accountable for initial investment than cost of
operation.

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