RIP old friend
You ran almost non-stop for twelve years. Through electrical storms and blackouts you never failed me. Ok, you DID shut down but you never failed to reboot and I can't ever remember you taunting me with a BSOD.
From XP to 10, you handled every OS that was thrown at you. Remember that time we ran Linux on a virtual machine?
For ten years I blew nicotine into your body. That must've hurt. I'm sorry. You know I stopped?
I nursed you when you were unwell; I performed a few amputations but always replaced the old part with something newer and better. I tried to be proactive about your health and take good care of you. You served me magnificently for over a decade.
So my dear Limpet, goodbye from me and all your friends on our network; Shrimp the mini box, Squid your temporary replacement, SeaDragon, the small but elegant friend driving the front of house and your as yet un-named replacement who has a Ryzen 5 and a GTX 1680.
Farewell Limpet, my old Phenom II and 890GPA-UD3 H. You served me magnificently.
Tetrachloride
(8,456 posts)i am glad to keep my mothers computers.
canetoad
(18,147 posts)Are only good for recycling. I try to buy a reasonably good machine that is sorta/kinda cutting edge so that I will get a good few years out of it. Less e-waste, less consumerism and all that. I'm not really emotionally attached to boxes of chips and wires
babylonsister
(171,636 posts)for clarifying, re: emotional attachment. That was good, though I send my condolences for your loss.
canetoad
(18,147 posts)Only because it's easier to know what is what on the network. That's my story!
brer cat
(26,331 posts)You grok.
C Moon
(12,567 posts)orleans
(35,033 posts)OnDoutside
(20,658 posts)outlook to you ie buy the best you can afford at the time of purchase.
hunter
(38,967 posts)But I live in a place where good computers with minor problems are simply thrown away because it's too much trouble and expense to troubleshoot them. I don't charge myself for my own labor.
The most expensive computer I ever bought was a shop-worn 386 for $350. The 486s were coming out and they were getting rid of old stock.
The amount I'm willing to pay for a computer has since fallen.
I don't do anything that requires a lot of computer power and Debian runs fine on most anything.
Most of my writing is done on a cheap Chromebook. That computer was a customer return before I got it.
PJMcK
(22,936 posts)In my collection of old hardware, I have two ancient laptops: a 1992 black & white Macintosh and a 2004 17 Mac. They still work and Ive kept them because every now and then I need a file that cant be translated or an application that no longer exists.
Theyre like old friends. Its remarkable how sturdy the hardware and operating systems are and how similar they are to the current systems.