On Monday 07 May 2007 00:50, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > Pueblo Native wrote: > > Fred A. Miller wrote: > >> http://newsblaze.com/story/20070502150502jnyc.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top- > >>Story.html > >> > >> "Are you an owner of an old laptop or a slow computer? Maybe you just > >> don't have the money to buy a new one at this point of time? Don't > >> worry. Ira Hyman gave his presentation on a seven year old 500 MHz > >> laptop using PCLinuxOS. He surfs on the Internet and does his daily work > >> without any problems. Like many other people I took away a free > >> PCLinuxOS CD. Having installed it after the meeting I've been using the > >> distro for a month now. I have never had to restart my computer and all > >> its applications run perfectly." > > > > Not that I don't mind a little extra publicity from time to time, but > > in an age of $300 computers at Wal Mart, do you really think people are > > going to use Linux just to bump up an old computer? > > Well, I would hate to tell you how many OLD computers I've refurbished > and given away to people that can't afford anything. Most in the 400 to > 500 MHz range. There ARE people out here that can't afford to buy the > newest wiz-bang computers. Anything to wring a little more out of old > box's would be a great idea.
Same here. I have an agreement with a few companies to donate their older hardware to me. So i get loads of older P2/P3 computers from time to time. They immediately gets a fresh Linux install and gets reborn as NFS servers, firewalls and sometimes X-terminals. My next batch will be for setting up radio beacon repeaters, and MOBITEX terminals. Old P3 500 Mhz with 128 Mb ram.. Runs smooth as nothing else at the cost of some $15... My own park has nothing above P4 2.5 Ghz. Most are P3's around 7-800 Mhz. And i am very satisfied running them. And i even run dual and triple head setups on them. -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
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