find out what ASU does with their old hardware.... buy some and spruce it up On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 6:29 AM, trent shipley wrote: > 1. It's a business computer. Most businesses think of IT as a cost, not a > strategic advantage. Most business that treat IT as a cost center. > > 2. Presumably, in budgeting $400 for a machine, and wanting to spend $200 > on a machine, the customer is severely constrained in initial cost of > ownership. > > 3. There's no point to worrying about total cost of ownership or longevity > if you can't meet the initial cost of ownership hurdle. > > 4. Sometimes it can be reasonable, and even cost effective, to buy cheap > hardware and treat it as disposable. > > Trent. > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 1:39 AM Eric Oyen wrote: > >> I wouldn’t stop there. Some machines can now support up to 32 GB of ram. >> Sure, that may seem insanely expensive now, but as time goes on, you will >> still have more than enough machine to handle whatever the world throws at >> it. It’s like the 2 10 year old desktop machines I have here. They were top >> end gaming machines in 2008 with 32 GB of ram, 500 GB storage and Nvidia >> cards in the GT 9xxx series. Even today with only 2 cpu cores running at >> 3.02 Ghz each, those machines are still beastly. In fact, I did a game test >> with one of the room mates machines (he likes world of tanks but can’t get >> his newer machines to perform all that well) and pitted it against both of >> mine. Frankly, he want s mine (but doesn’t have the funds). >> >> Btw, the motherboards on these machines are as follows: >> 1. Intel core2 duo cpu on an ASUS IL0-9 pro with 32 GB ram (DDR3 800 Mhz >> FSB) and 500 GB HDD with a 32 GB Nvidia GT-9600 video card. >> >> 2. AMD X2 CPU running at 3 Ghz with 32 GB ram (same as above) on a Tyan >> Motherboard using a Nvidia 9800-GTX 32 GB card. Also has 500 GB storage. >> >> His machine? >> An intel i5 4 core CPU (2.66 Ghz), 4 GB ram, 256 GB HDD and the built in >> intel graphics using shared ram. It’s your basic E-machine brand. >> >> So, older isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it is built up right. >> >> So, if you are going to acquire a laptop, make it as future proof as you >> can. Sure, you will pay through the nose now, but will still have a beast >> later. :) >> >> -Eric >> >> >> > On Jun 15, 2018, at 10:31 PM, Steve Litt >> wrote: >> > >> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:15:12 +0000 >> > "Carruth, Rusty" wrote: >> > >> >> Personally, 4G is not QUITE enough RAM. >> > >> > I can get 4GB RAM to walk and talk if I use Openbox and equivalently >> > svelt software. Firefox and Nautilus need not apply. >> > >> > But the OP is asking about a business computer, and in my opinion he >> > should buy an amount of RAM that will be useful 3 years from now. I'd >> > call that 16GB. >> > >> > SteveT >> > >> > Steve Litt >> > June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting >> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: