--- On Mon, 6/13/11, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/13/2011 12:25 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > After all, most of the hardware is at least 6 years > > old. So, by today's standards, for a desktop, it's > > OLD, and I need it to maintain usability for another 2 to 3 > > years. > > The mobo and CPU on my main desktop box go back to '03, and > I'm not in a > position to consider an upgrade. F14 works fine for > me, although it's > starting to slow down a tad as things get more memory > intensive. (The > biggest problem is that the mobo is maxed out at 1Gig, even > though the > chip can handle twice that.) Of course, your needs > are probably > significantly different, and a "merely" 6 year old box may > well be too > old for you. Not too old, yet, but showing its age. My previous system was from the same era as yours--1GHz Duron, up to 1.5 GB RAM, although I only had 768MB in it. Fairly modern and speedy for its day. But 6 years ago, due to my work, I was forced to upgrade. The old system was just taking too long to do what needed to be done. I'm a commercial photographer, and work with large image files, some up to 100+ MB, but the average is 6 to 12. My current system was the optimum build--cost vs speed--6 years ago, but since that time the newer digital cameras have increased their image resolution, and, thus, exponentially their file sizes. It's taking longer and longer to do things that a few years ago was accomplished almost immediately. And since time is money . . . I figure I've got about 2 or, maybe, 3 years before I need to replace it as my primary work machine. Such is the price of progress. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
