Antiquated system?
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| lcafiero Jul 13, 2010 11:05 AM EDT |
On the whole, this is an information laden, yet interesting, article. However, what made me laugh to the point of falling out of my chair is this, in the first paragraph: "This antiquated system has an Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB IDE hard drive, and an ATI Radeon 9200PRO AGP graphics card." Yeah, that's as antiquated as a 2006 BMW. C'mon, Phoronix. Either edit your copy better or go deep with a real antiquated system, like one with a Pentium with Roman numerals. |
| gus3 Jul 13, 2010 12:17 PM EDT |
And a F00F bug. And a division error in the FPU. |
| bigg Jul 13, 2010 1:00 PM EDT |
He's applying the Microsoft definition. |
| hkwint Jul 13, 2010 3:36 PM EDT |
An interesting question, I'm still not sure about the average lifespan of a PC? I've seen many platter-HD's gone up in smoke (literally! Fume and everything) within 5 years after they were manufactured. However, I'm pretty sure most other parts last at least 7 years. Wikipedia says stuff is only antique if it's older than 100 years (and 75 for books), if such were true I think 'antique computer' would be a paradox? |
| Steven_Rosenber Jul 13, 2010 4:45 PM EDT |
My company runs on just such systems - Pentium 4 at 3 GHz, 512 MB RAM (I've pumped 1 GB into a couple), 80 GB IDE hard drive, not even a separate graphics card. I consider these pretty fast compared to what I usually run (Celeron 1.2 GHz). |
| DarrenR114 Jul 13, 2010 7:08 PM EDT |
Antiquated is running Ubuntu on an old '486 ... or better yet - a '386!!!! (I'd suggest a '286 but Linux won't run on anything less than a '386 ... if you can even find them anymore.) |
| tmx Jul 14, 2010 12:02 AM EDT |
I actually don't pay much attention to Phoronix benchmarks. I think Debian with a lightweight desktop environment is going to make that pc even a bit more usable. I used to spend thousands on newegg, but after switching to linux full time, I haven't made a "full upgrade" for 4 years. Also my 512mhz ARM HTC cellphone runs Ubuntu, but its hard calibrating the touchscreen and especially not practical with 800x480 on a 3.5" screen. FYI, none of the WD hdd I bought died on me yet, the downside is I'm left with a bunch of small drives having my data scattered all over, 2x160gb, 2x250gb, 2x320gb. I want to wait for an affordable 7200rpm 2TB harddrive. Meanwhile I notice some of my flash memories slow down overtime. Until there is technology to improve SSD lifetime and affordable for the mass, I won't make the switch yet. |
| gus3 Jul 14, 2010 1:20 AM EDT |
Quoting:I think Debian with a lightweight desktop environment is going to make that pc even a bit more usable. $ sed 's/Debian/Slackware/' |
| jezuch Jul 14, 2010 2:14 AM EDT |
Quoting:Antiquated is running Ubuntu on an old '486 ... or better yet - a '386!!!! I think Ubuntu compiles for at least '686 (but I may be wrong). Even Debian grudgingly droped '386 because glibc maintainers needed some newer instructions... |
| Sander_Marechal Jul 14, 2010 2:56 AM EDT |
Quoting:FYI, none of the WD hdd I bought died on me yet I had a 500G WD Corsair Blue die on me recently. Luckily it was part of a raid 1 array. The store where I bought it only gave me 18 months guarantee (it was over two years old). But luckily, WD themselves give 3 years guarantee. They sent me a free replacement within 5 days. |
| jdixon Jul 14, 2010 9:04 AM EDT |
The system I currently posting from is a Dell Optiplex GX280. It has a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4, 1GB of memory, onboard Intel grahpics, and a 40GB hard drive. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 with no problems. I'm glad "antiquated" systems can be so useful. :) |
| tmx Jul 14, 2010 2:59 PM EDT |
Quoting:$ sed 's/Debian/Slackware/'It is hard for linux noobs to compile their own softwares! |
| tuxchick Jul 14, 2010 3:17 PM EDT |
All I have to say is multicore CPUs rock, and I am never going back to single-core. |
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