Getting that new hardware itch...

[Net Llama!]

On 12/22/2005 07:06 PM, Leon Goldstein wrote:
> Alan Jackson wrote:
> 
>>Well, my system is 4 1/2 years old, and beginning to show it's age so
>>early next year I plan to replace it. It will force me to move to Linux
>>2.6 too!
>>I have an old AMD 500 Mhz system with 500 Mb of RAM. 
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> For less than $200 you can possibly* replace your K6-2 with a K6-III+ 
> and get an add-on Promise ATA100/133 IDE interface card and get a very 
> substantial and noticeable performance boost. 
> 
> *http://www.upgradeability.com/K6plus/index.htm?source=AdWords1

Sorry Leon, but I really have to vigorously disagree with this 
suggestion.  I wouldn't call a substantial or noticeable performance 
boost upgrading from one ancient CPU, to one slightly less ancient CPU. 
  On top of that, for around $400 he could get a low end modern system 
that would outperform that K6-III by several orders of magnitude.


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