I have been upgrading the same machine for over 10 years (although only my floppy is over 6 years old) and found over time that the place to put the money is on the peripherals. Purchase the best monitor, mouse, keyboard, CDRW, scanner, printer, computer box etc. Spend moderately on your soundcard and video card, and hard drive and the least money on the motherboard/CPU/ram.
I find I upgrade the first group every 4-6 years, the second every 2-4 years, and the latter every 1-2 years so this scenario leaves me with the best overall parts for the money.
Spending an extra 50% on a very upgradeable motherboard or 100% more on another 25% of CPU performance is just not worth it if by the following year I can save that budget to pay for most of my new mid-ranged board setup based specifically on price/performance considerations instead of being stuck with only what fits my old technology.
I have noticed something curiously absent from many of the debates concerning global warming. I think it is best expressed by what I call the "Domino Effect." At the heart of this concept is what most climatologists have known for years; that is, the sum of human society's impact on the global climate is only the first domino that once knocked over triggers a larger natural chain reaction that is both irreversible and catastrophic.
The other dominos come in the form of vast frozen methane sinks, storing billions of tons of the green house gas, contained in the permafrost and on the ocean floor. Once human beings affect the climate enough to thaw out portions of these frozen methane sinks, nature takes over, thawing still more sinks, releasing more greenhouse gas, and raising global temperatures to again release more methane until the temperature is hot enough that plant-life cannot survive and in turn decays releases masses of carbon into the atmosphere of an exceedingly inhospitable earth.
What I hear the latest U.N. reports are saying is that a 6 to 10.5-degree change is forecasted for the next century - which is an amble amount of climatic change to knock over the first domino.
This is both an uncomfortable and a hugely complex problem that challenges the way humans live and organize our societies. In the face of this global problem, I am humbled and am deeply sympathetic to everyone adversely affected - however as painful as it is, how we handle the stabilization of the earth's climate over the next few years will be for better or worse the greatest legacy we leave behind. Let's keep the dialogue alive!
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Sounds like another creation of a business before any reason to have the business. Hmmm, I suppose that means more money for Office Depot.
More of the same, and we will all be just watching!
I have been upgrading the same machine for over 10 years (although only my floppy is over 6 years old) and found over time that the place to put the money is on the peripherals. Purchase the best monitor, mouse, keyboard, CDRW, scanner, printer, computer box etc. Spend moderately on your soundcard and video card, and hard drive and the least money on the motherboard/CPU/ram.
I find I upgrade the first group every 4-6 years, the second every 2-4 years, and the latter every 1-2 years so this scenario leaves me with the best overall parts for the money.
Spending an extra 50% on a very upgradeable motherboard or 100% more on another 25% of CPU performance is just not worth it if by the following year I can save that budget to pay for most of my new mid-ranged board setup based specifically on price/performance considerations instead of being stuck with only what fits my old technology.
I have noticed something curiously absent from many of the debates concerning global warming. I think it is best expressed by what I call the "Domino Effect." At the heart of this concept is what most climatologists have known for years; that is, the sum of human society's impact on the global climate is only the first domino that once knocked over triggers a larger natural chain reaction that is both irreversible and catastrophic. The other dominos come in the form of vast frozen methane sinks, storing billions of tons of the green house gas, contained in the permafrost and on the ocean floor. Once human beings affect the climate enough to thaw out portions of these frozen methane sinks, nature takes over, thawing still more sinks, releasing more greenhouse gas, and raising global temperatures to again release more methane until the temperature is hot enough that plant-life cannot survive and in turn decays releases masses of carbon into the atmosphere of an exceedingly inhospitable earth. What I hear the latest U.N. reports are saying is that a 6 to 10.5-degree change is forecasted for the next century - which is an amble amount of climatic change to knock over the first domino. This is both an uncomfortable and a hugely complex problem that challenges the way humans live and organize our societies. In the face of this global problem, I am humbled and am deeply sympathetic to everyone adversely affected - however as painful as it is, how we handle the stabilization of the earth's climate over the next few years will be for better or worse the greatest legacy we leave behind. Let's keep the dialogue alive!