I'm not sure how I gave the impression that you must upgrade to the newest stuff immediately. I'm just trying to make it easier for you when you do.
And for the record, my hardware is nowhere near cutting edge. I've got a 3-yr old CPU and a medicore video card in my desktop and older AMD in my HTPCs. I have a rule to never spend more than $200 on a video card, so I'm generally well behind. And I think you are overestimating the cost of upgrading - see the latest Arstechnica builders guide. You can build an excellent basic machine for less than $1k: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/03/ars-system-guide-march-2011-edition.ars ----------- Brian Sent from my iPhone On 2011-04-04, at 6:22 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Brian, > You are so far into your new exciting 64-bit world, I suspect we have little > to quibble about. > I understand. Fair Dinkum. > When you choose to gratis me with about $8.5K for m/bs, ram, cpus, and OS, I > will be very happy to have a clock benchmark race. Until then, I run what I > brung. > Please just be co-existent. Happy you are happy. > Best, > Duncan > > > On 04/04/2011 17:50, Brian Weeden wrote: >> My comments refered to the adapter you were liking at, not the UPS. I still >> use a pretty old UPS myself, although you need to make sure the batteries >> are still good. >> >> If you are still using WinXP, at some point Microsoft is going to stop >> putting out security updates for it. When they do, you'd probably want the >> option to go with a 64-bit OS. >> >> All I'm saying is that spending a few extra bucks now might save you more in >> the future when you choose to upgrade. >> >> ----------- >> Brian >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2011-04-04, at 5:22 PM, DSinc<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Brian, >>> Please define "dead-end?" >>> All my clients and server play USB happily ATM. >>> If I read your share in the harshest terms, you'd have me dust-bin a >>> working UPS, >>> and, spend $2100 to upgrade my home to Win7pro/Server 2008r2. >>> Did I miss something? >>> Duncan >>> >>> >>> On 04/04/2011 16:57, Brian Weeden wrote: >>>> Completely agree. No sense wasting money on something that is already a >>>> dead-end. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Brian >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:47 PM, >>>> Winterlight<[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wouldn't buy anything that did not have Win7 64 bit support . I still >>>>> use a 90s voice modem as a message Fax center, primarily because the >>>>> software I use can record phone calls which I often do when speaking to my >>>>> CPA , attorney, tenants, or even tech support. >>>>> >>>>> When I built my machine in 08 I used Asus Formula Maximus II which has no >>>>> serial ports. Like you I went looking for an adaptor and I found a >>>>> reasonably priced one at monoprice.com . It worked in Vista 64 with a >>>>> signed driver work around, but then Vista SP1 came along and plugged the >>>>> hole and then it stopped working because VSP1 and Windows 7 require signed >>>>> certified drivers. So then I had to buy a 30 dollar adaptor with signed >>>>> certified drivers. >>>>> >>>>> Signed certified drivers will allow you an upgrade path and may be more >>>>> stable over all. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 01:15 PM 4/4/2011, you wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looking at: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232006&cm_re=serial_to_usb-_-12-232-006-_-Product >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156008&cm_re=serial_to_usb-_-12-156-008-_-Product >>>>>> >>>>>> Personally I favor Vantec over Sabrent. >>>>>> Both read as USB hubs that will register in DM. Plan to use on an old >>>>>> Serial-only APC BP1100 UPS. Wish to use as back-up, and, test to figure >>>>>> out >>>>>> whether a newer APC UPS is being "USB-comm-silly." Another working >>>>>> project! >>>>>> >>>>>> Plan to order one of the above with 15ft Non-Active USB extension cable. >>>>>> Opinions welcome! >>>>>> Best, Duncan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>
