On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Ed Grey <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what makes computers so much "fun" - the incredible amount of > hairsplitting and detail-poking necessary to do what used to require > just a pencil and paper. > > I suppose for that .01% of the population that knows that SSD used to > use volatile RAM (and of course someone here will look that up and > start another incredibly detailed thread about how that is only .7343% > true), your post is wonderful and much more important than the real > questions being asked in this thread - about finding SSD's that plug > into IDE cables and PCI slots, for the purpose of retrofitting > somewhat older computers (which I was under the delusion that this > general topic was the whole reason for Lowendmac's existence.) But for > someone trying to find such a device, it's just more confirmation that > getting rid of computers would be so much better than trying to get a > computer to work without an unlimited budget of time and money, and > the ability to take any problems to the expensive shop down the > street, and without a need to get any useful work done. > ______________________________________________________ >
Whoa! careful with the stepping on of the toes there ! ;) Yeah, it has amazed me over the years that although we are all on LEM the Low End part has often been forgotten by those with lots of cash to throw at problems. " Lots of cash ? No problem ! " Which has often made me wonder why those who are quick to criticize those who must innovate Mac solutions need LEM at all. Car and bike magazines which started out aiming at " junkyard craftsmanship " show this same phenomenon. Yeah , we all like cool solutions and great running classic machinery. And finding a way to make a bargain priced windfall work in an old machine is cool. But Putting an SSD in a $ 10 computer is an anachronistic exercise at best. I am not against it and it may indeed work very well. But am I rich enough ? ? Perhaps many " Low Enders " have more money than they want to let on about ? -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
