"Out, but with a W - has found the answer" (belg)
09/10/2016 at 05:42 • Filed to: None
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"Out, but with a W - has found the answer" (belg)
09/10/2016 at 05:42 • Filed to: None | 1
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Threw together some old and new components to build my parents a desktop. Great success!
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Out, but with a W - has found the answer
09/10/2016 at 07:31 |
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W00t! Mom’s computer for me is an old laptop (Core 2 Duo - I think 1.8Ghz?, 2GB RAM) that I was given for free running Linux Mint 18 MATE. It’s fine for her needs. :)
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Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/10/2016 at 07:46 |
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My parents have the habit of buying cheap(ish) Windows laptops, and being surprised when they start to lag and fail after a year, so I futureproofed them by reviving my 5-yo desktop for about a third of the money they usually spend. It’s got the original i7 920 with a new SSD, PSU and cooler, some extra RAM and an AMD R9 280 I had lying around.
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Out, but with a W - has found the answer
09/10/2016 at 07:53 |
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I have an older Intel Core 2 desktop sitting around I could give to her if push came to shove - would still be fine for all she needs it for. Basic web surfing, Kijiji, and email and that’s about it.
Kanaric
> Out, but with a W - has found the answer
09/10/2016 at 10:21 |
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I noticed computers are a lot easier to build these days. Like 15-20 years ago I always had problems with something, now I really do not. It wasn’t with just driver issues and things like that, I would get bad parts.
However the biggest problem I had was on one of my most recent computers. I just couldn’t get Windows 7 to recognize my SAS drives. This was a workstation with 15k rpm drives in raid 0.
Shouldn’t have that problem in the future though, I built that computer before SSDs were reasonable.
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Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> Kanaric
09/10/2016 at 10:53 |
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Yup, it’s just a bit more advanced, cabled Lego basically. Lots of documentation and online help available as well, which doesn’t hurt.