Comments on: As long as it works, keep using it

By: linuxishbell

linuxishbell — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:24:12 +0000

well, agree with you. in fact if you are using linux as OS and not a gamer, the vintage machine still is powerful toy. All you need is ssh, file server other other basic functions.

By: 8.04 might be your best bet « Motho ke motho ka botho

8.04 might be your best bet « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:22:33 +0000

[...] Use whatever machine you like, and if it doesn’t work as well as you would hope, that’s for you to deal with. I type this on a 14-year-old Pentium machine that boots to the login prompt in under 26 seconds — faster than my dual-core can reach the desktop with Ubuntu 10.04 — and I consider that no loss of function or speed. And so long as it keeps running, I intend to keep using it. [...]

By: Timmy Macdonald

Timmy Macdonald — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:09:20 +0000

I just got a job programming for a small startup. They had mentioned providing a company laptop, and a few weeks later when I reminded them about it, they said I could use it if I wanted, but that it was an old Thinkpad T40 and was not very good.

Nonsense–it’s the sixth laptop I’ve used extensively, has the second-best specs, and is by far the most reliable, well-designed, and downright enjoyable to use. As my uncle always said when raiding the community dump, “One man’s treasure is another man’s trash.”

By: Litho

Litho — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:17:05 +0000

I actually agree that 2 or 3 of those mentioned in that msn article are pretty useless, but the author should be shot (multiple times) for dissing turntables >:-(

By: Nugnuts

Nugnuts — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:10:51 +0000

Well said. The best comment here.

By: Calvin

Calvin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:08:28 +0000

I wanna see some of the hilarous “ur PCs are obzoleet” posts.

By: gullars

gullars — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:36:49 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head there, he works with promoting new stuff, probably get it all for free, well in addition to him not knowing what he talks about, I mean, it would be more appropriate if he would diss something that actually have no merit like screen savers or all the functions in the word processors,,,

By: mrreality

mrreality — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:02:20 +0000

the thing for me is ,as an example of re purposing is my name came from my old cb handle.This place is what inspired me to find a older p1 lappy and use it to save some $$ and learn more about linux.I have an aunt who still uses a old reel to reel tape player for her classical music( for you youngsters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording )Hell I still fire up the old turntable from time to time

By: poss

poss — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:01:57 +0000

typewriters are way cool – mechanical marvels! turntables are neither uncool or obsolete if anything they are so “hip” to by a new one or even a needle for one can be an expensive proposition. and god forbid anything such as ones personal taste. well what if i had a lovely upright piano and some boffin told me i ought to replace it with an organ??…but hang on there probably obsolete ok a midi keyboard? well i’d keep the piano personally…

By: poss

poss — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:41:41 +0000

Tech pop boffins…:/, ha! surely there are thousands of bits of useless crap that rate a mention before the things he listed off and my bet is he promotes useless crap for a job.