On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 05:04:18PM +0200, Avraham Rosenberg wrote: > > E. If you are looking for el-cheapo solution nothing beats the > > 754/Sempron combo. > What is that ?
Sempron is AMD's current cheap line, replacing the Duron line. Main difference with Athlon is a much smaller cache. This might have a quite low or a significant impact on speed, depending on the apps you intend to run. For normal office use, I do not think you'll see the difference. > > Anybody still produces 3.5 floppies? > Sorry, I meant 2.5 in No, you meant 3.5 inch :-) 5.25 inch died quite many years ago, and 3.5 inch are dying now. There are very few uses for one today, the most common is probably for upgrading your BIOS, and it's not considered important what make/model you buy, unlike some years ago. To move data manually between machines, most people use usb flash memory, not floppies. > > Couple of questions. > > A. What your budget. > Considering my modest performance needs, this is not really an > issue. I do not need to look for the cheapest. On the other hand > buying much above my needs does not make sense, in the eyes of a > man of my generation (I am 73). > > B. For how many years do you plan on buying this machine? > Do not plan: Until it dies or becomes far behind the standard > needs (first thing that happens) These two questions are quite related: The question is how much do you hate doing this (having a machine die, be some time without one, then go buy a new one, probably spend quite some time on installing/configuring it, etc.). If you hate this a lot, buying a stronger and more expensive machine makes sense, because it increases the chances that it will last longer. Not by much, probably - I guess the difference between a 1500 NIS machine and a 5000 NIS one is not more than a year or two of life. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
