Comments on: The problem is all inside your head, she said to me http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Luca http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48499 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:06:18 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48499 Seriously?

I have a 4 year old machine with a decent graphics card that struggles to play x264 720p in VLC. I need to do some more tweaking…

]]> By: Ray http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48461 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:19:23 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48461 Don’t encourage them to keep their PCs, I need them!

]]> By: Robert Little http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48459 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:59:44 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48459 I have quite a few older computers that see regular usage.
A ThinkPad 760xd (Pentium MMX, 116 MHz, 64MB RAM) that runs stripped down Dapper install is used for field work. My comparatively ancient ThinkPad 500 (486slc, 50MHz, 12 MB RAM) runs BasicLinux and can even run X; lightweight writing machine. Then there are the two Tandy 100 derivatives (a 102 and a 200) that don’t have operating systems per se but work darn fine.
Obsolescence is a state of mind…

]]> By: David http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48456 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:14:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48456 ” The problem is how people look at old hardware ”

That is not a problem – I get to scoop it up by the carload dirt cheap !

]]> By: Thumos http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48455 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:11:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48455 It all boils down to education, knowledge, responsibility and curiosity.

I think your statement “the point of my reply was masked a little in the geek details” explains the bigger issue. That issue is a vast majority of people do not care how most of the everyday things they rely on work. They just expect them to work and replace them when they don’t or think they may not in the future.

This ties into the fact we have become a disposable society and accelerated planned obsolesces is perfectly acceptable to most if not encouraged.

I think we would be much better off if everyone has a look at the “History of Stuff” and read Shop Class as Soulcraft.

Philosopher hat off Nerd hat back on,
Thumos

]]> By: anon http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-she-said-to-me/#comment-48452 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:04:42 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-problem-is-all-inside-your-head-al-said-to-me/#comment-48452 but a 500 mhz pentium 3 people say is only useful as a boat anchor is damn fast. I can play 720p fine even with X handicapping me, with no HW accel.

However, push your hardware to the limits, try new things on it, and you can exceed your expectations :)

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