Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:01:25 03/27/01
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On March 27, 2001 at 10:30:11, Albert Silver wrote:
>On March 26, 2001 at 17:26:57, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>On March 26, 2001 at 17:09:48, John Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>I was thinking I would buy a Palomino when those came out in June, but I
>>>recently saw an article saying that they wouldn't be out until fall. Is this
>>>true? Also, I read about AMD's 64 bit chip. When these come out in 2002, will
>>>they replace 32 bit chips, and be much faster? Will I be able to upgrade to a 64
>>>bit from a 32 bit?
>>NO
>>>I know that's a lot of questions, but the main one is- I want a computer that
>>>will last for awhile,
>>ALL COMPUTERS LAST FOR A VERY LONG WHILE(MY PENTIUM 75 IS STILL WORKING
>>PERFECTLY WELL AFTER 7 YRS)
>
>My Apple 2e still works and it is about 18 years old. Plus I can even play
>Sargon II on it.
>
> Albert
Where I live I cannot hope to have a modern computer running for more than 4 to
5 years. After that, corrosion kills the motherboard.
This is true only for recent computers. Older computers (years 85-92) last much
longer. But recent computers are really fragile.
Christophe
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