JaMi: While using a separate PC for each application will certainly reduce conflicts, it should not be necessary. You see, there is this concept called "multitasking" - check it out! ;-)
I burn CDs on my Protel workstation too. And I'm not talking about MP3 CDs. I burn CDs of our hardware drivers for our customers. So it's entirely work-related CD burning activity. That's just as important as running Protel. I already have 5 PCs (Linux server, linux client, W2K workstation, W95 miscellaneous, and a DOS/W95 hackbox) on/under/beside my desk anyway. No way I'm going to add yet another PC just to run one program which should get along with other programs anyway. I could afford to buy another PC. I just can't stand any more clutter. Behind my desk looks like an explosion in a cable factory. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:39 PM Subject: [PEDA] Seperate Systems - was Roxio, Nero, Virii and crashes > Steve, > > I hope that the long thread of responses in the DXP forum helped you get > your problem resolved with your system. > > Reading the posts gave me pause to think about a few things regarding my own > computer systems, and I thought that I would share some of those thoughts > here in the forums, which are not necessarily related to your problem or > post, but related to the many problems and crashes that I myself have had in > the past, and the many other similar problems and responses posted here in > the forums by both I myself and others who have had problems with our > systems and different combinations of software installed on them. > > The following are my conclusions that apply to me and what I need to keep in > mind in keeping my own house in order. I thought that I would share them > here in the various Protel forums simply to supply some food for thought for > others who may be in situations similar to myself. > > Protel 99 SE had a List Price of $8,000.00. > > Protel DXP currently has a List Price of $8,000.00. > > Irrespective of whatever special package deals or upgrade offers anyone may > have gotten, or which version of the software anyone may be using, the fact > remains that Protel is an $8,000.00 software package. > > That very expensive software package was purchased for the purpose of making > money, by way of making Printed Circuit Boards (or programming ASICs). > > Whether by direct consulting, or performing a job for an employer, the > Protel software package is basically used as a source of income. Some of > this income is secondary income, but most of it is primary income. > > The bottom line, plain and simple, is that Protel is an $8,000.00 software > package that I rely on for my livelihood. > > The reliability of the Protel software package, and the related libraries > (both those supplied with Protel and especially those that I have developed > myself), and related databases, especially of schematics or PCB designs > (whether past (completed projects or Boards), current (in process), or > future (those that I have yet to do)), and related files, when all > considered as a whole, especially when considered in terms of capabilities > and requirements in terms of performing the task of earning that income, > whether primary or secondary, represent far far more that a mere $8,000.00 > investment in piece of software on a CD ROM and the License that comes with > it. > > This is especially true when one considers the amount of actual time one > either has invested in their own Protel "Machine / Toolbox", or the amount > of time that they stand to loose should anything happen to that "Machine / > Toolbox" which would require its replacement or its repair. By "Machine / > Toolbox", I mean not only the software itself, but also all of the other > things that have gone into having the ability to use Protel to "produce" the > end product of "income". > > One of the smaller components of that Protel "Machine / Toolbox", is of > course a computer system, which is needed in order to be able to use the > Protel software package itself. > > Even the very best of computer systems available today, including the > hardware, the operating system, and the monitor, will still come out to less > than half of the original cost of the Protel software itself, in terms of > price, at about $4,000.00. In reality, most people can put together an > excellent system on which to run Protel for much less at around one eighth > the of cost, or $1,000.00. > > Computers systems to do other tasks, whatever they may be, such as email, > browsing the internet, playing games, burning a CD or listening to one, or > even programming, can all be done on last years machine, with yesterdays > operating system and yesterdays technology, on a separate machine which > ranges in cost or value from $500.00 on down to nothing. > > The whole point is this. > > Why take a computer system which may range in price from $1,000.00 to > $4,000.00, including an operating system, and then install an $8,000.00 > software package, and then invest much much more in dollar value in terms of > time and energy, to build a Protel "Machine / Toolbox", on which ones > livelihood depends, and which is ultimately used to generate income, and > then install other "software" or "things" which are not relevant to that > livelyhood or income producing capability, which can ultimately damage, > incapacitate, or even possibly destroy that Protel "Machine / Toolbox", and > cause you to have to repair or replace it, and possibly even loose part of > it (oops!, there goes the hard drive with the file that was just about ready > to get backed up!). > > Hubs, Switches, Routers, Network Adapter Cards, Cat5 Cables, and even whole > Computers, are cheap. Really cheap. Especially by comparison. Computers and > components are getting so cheap today, that for all practical purposes, many > computers and their components can be almost considered as "throwaway > computers". > > Why on earth should one invest more than $10,000.00 in real hard currency > (on average), and much much more in real time and real energy, on building a > Protel "Machine / Toolbox", the prime purpose of which is to use to make > money, and then jeopardize the usefulness and security of that Protel > "Machine / Toolbox" investment, by installing things on that computer system > which really can be done by and belong on a "throwaway computer". > > How much money did I make last year using my Protel "Machine / Toolbox"? > > How much money do I hope to make this year using my Protel "Machine / > Toolbox"? > > How much money do I stand to loose if I don't take proper care of my Protel > "Machine / Toolbox", and respect it as the "tool" that it really is? > > The overall answer is simple. A Protel "Machine / Toolbox" is a very > expensive "tool" to be used for making money. Anything not directly > necessary to using that Protel "Machine / Toolbox" as a "tool" for that > purpose, doesn't even belong on the same computer system. > > Use a separate "throwaway computer" for email, and internet browsing, and > burning CDs, and making backups, and programming, and playing games, etc., > etc., etc., and that way there won't be any problems on the Protel "Machine > / Toolbox" computer system except for those problems with the Protel > software itself. > > JaMi > > (separately posted to PEDA and DXP Forums) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
