On September 4, 2005 01:20 am, William Chops Westfield wrote:
> On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:44 PM, digitaladdictions wrote:
> > This isn't to say you cant MacGyver some cool innovative stuff
> > using old technology but I don't feel most people do.
>
> This is something of a catch-22.  There are lots of useful things
> one can do with a 2-generations old used PC (nearly free.)  But in
> order to do that, you have to understand a lot more than the average
> person who can't afford a new computer.  You're no longer
> "mainstream", you're no longer "supported."  To a large extent,
> you're no longer
> "supportable",
> except by the rare (relatively speaking) geek.

Loaded mandrake 10.2 (loaded just fine) and turned an old 300mhz machine 
into a samba server at work. The desktop runs slowwww, but it's 
normally off anyways, otherwise who cares because it seems to run just 
fine when viewed from the other machines.
Sort of a burr in other IT's sides when they demand fast computers, 
windows server software etc... meanwhile, cost of this system was the 
price of a 2nd harddrive to act as a backup to the main drive.
Total project cost still less than $100.00 hehehe.
....before people start the flame-fest, yes, you do got to know where a 
slow machine will do just fine.
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