I agree with your statement to a point. Generally, the newer PCs have more
real memory, and a bigger hard drive, all for the same or less money. Of
course every time MS updates Windows, they use up more of the memory and
storage so you can't use it for your own stuff.
I bought a new Dell laptop 2 years ago. It has several times the capacity
of my old Toshiba. I have to keep the Toshiba around though because when I
plug the headphones into an amplifier, there is a bad hum. I play guitar
along with Midi music I generate on the laptop. The hum goes away when I
unplug the laptop from the AC power, but now my battery only lasts 45
minutes or so, so if I'm playing for a party for a couple of hours, it won't
work. I probably should have returned the new laptop when I first
discovered the hum, but I didn't.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Jaffe" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
I'm like you. My PC gets upgraded only when it breaks. I think that's
because there just isn't enough compelling new content in a new PC. Most
of it seems like change for the sake of change. Consequently, I'm still
running Windows XP on most of my PC systems. IMHO, a PC upgrade is more of
a PITA than anything else...
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-338-0400 x318
[email protected]
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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