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Re: [Rant] Sites that keep killing their design and functionalit said by silentlooker:It's those people problem. Dual core been out for a while now, no point in keeping old design of your website just for those that refuse to upgrade. It's not "those people's" problem, but those people are indeed the problem.
Coders and designers have to try their best to be innovative and creative with the newest technologies, yet they also have to go out of their way to make sites as backwards-compatible as possible due to the fact that there are people who patently refuse to advance along with the technology. Work-arounds for IE6 are the worst, in my opinion. Your average customer will buzz right along through all the sites previously mentioned, not having any difficulties.
It's the squeaky wheels plodding behind the pack with Win2k and WinME and IE6 that cause the most problems. They will whinge and complain that they aren't being accommodated to their satisfaction while the remaining 90+% of the customer base has to suffer with buggy coding and shoddy work-arounds to facilitate the people that believe Windows 95 is sufficient for their needs. Guess what: you're the problem, not the website.
Take your obsolete hardware and software, give it away on craigslist and get something that will make your whole browsing and computing experience more enjoyable. You can build a very nice machine that will run quite well for under $350. Quit wasting your valuable time and expertise reconditioning antiquated junk. | |
 ParogadiWhat? Stop Looking At Me Like ThatPremium
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Racine, WI | You're chasing the gaming dragon, for browsing the hardware I mentioned is just fine. Not everyone needs to game, most people just want Who said anything about 98, ME and IE6? Of course kill support for that unsecure pos, but even the most recent iterations Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera, Konqueror, Safari, Chrome, Epiphany and Galeon all run perfectly fine on said old hardware.
The only places that use IE6 are the companies that are too cheap and stupid to have their proprietary webapps rewritten to use a modern browser because the app dies on any newer version ten what they have as the app relies on halfassed coding and hooking into bugs in IE6.
The desktop CPU has been "good enough" for basic tasks that 99% of people use ever since 2002, ram hit that point once 2Gb became $50 and GPUs are now reaching that point with IGPs.
The computing experience is fine provided you pick your software properly, with the old versions of Windows and OS X being EOL'd that leaves you with Linux as the only remaining option, but it's an effective one that runs quite well on old hardware while remaining up to date with software support and security.
Soon we may have Haiku as a viable option, ReactOS might have potential as a Windows replacement, but is still quite far from their goals.
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Mele20Premium
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kudos:4 | reply to GamerGeek
said by GamerGeek:[ You can build a very nice machine that will run quite well for under $350. Quit wasting your valuable time and expertise reconditioning antiquated junk. That depends on what you call "nice". You must call "nice" a piece of junk. "Nice" is going to cost you at least $1000 just for the machine and another $300-400 for the monitor. Plus, you'll need to get new speakers, new UPS, maybe a new printer, etc. It goes on and on. A lot of folks can't afford $2000 every few years.
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| said by Mele20:said by GamerGeek:[ You can build a very nice machine that will run quite well for under $350. Quit wasting your valuable time and expertise reconditioning antiquated junk. That depends on what you call "nice". You must call "nice" a piece of junk. "Nice" is going to cost you at least $1000 just for the machine and another $300-400 for the monitor. Plus, you'll need to get new speakers, new UPS, maybe a new printer, etc. It goes on and on. A lot of folks can't afford $2000 every few years. Where are you buying your computer parts? Hammacher Schlemmer? Jesus...
A core i5 mobo /proc combo w/1gig of RAM can be had for $150. New case/PSU, maybe $100. GPU with 1gig of memory, say $75-$100. A 1Tb HDD goes about $70-$80. That is a nice machine that will hold up VERY well for several years for the average user and do pretty close to anything asked of it. Do you need assistance with your shopping list?
And why would you need new speakers, monitor or printer? | |
Mele20Premium
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kudos:4 | In the first place, i am not interested in building my own computer. I was saying that folks who BUY computers not BUILD their own are not going to be able to buy a nice computer for $350. As for a new monitor, my 19" digital Dell Ultrasharp LCD is almost 7 years old. I'd say it is about time for a new monitor and I want the Dell 24" Ultrasharp at $400. My printer is 11.5 years old and even though it is an HP deskjet it is getting difficult to find color cartridges ...can't buy them here now. I have to order and that is a hassle in Hawaii. So, about time for a new printer also. My speakers are Altec Lansing 4 speakers (and subwoofer box) not 5. They are almost 7 years old. So, it is beyond time to replace them. My computer is 4.5 years old and still fine but I want another one (it is my only computer now that my ancient 998SE Dell finally is almost dead) so, if I have a problem with this one, I have another computer to research the problem. But I want a nice computer and I don't want to build one...real hassle with getting parts when you are in Hawaii and not cheap either. Plus, I don't want to be my own support person.
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Gautier, MS | reply to Mele20
said by Mele20:said by GamerGeek:[ You can build a very nice machine that will run quite well for under $350. Quit wasting your valuable time and expertise reconditioning antiquated junk. That depends on what you call "nice". You must call "nice" a piece of junk. "Nice" is going to cost you at least $1000 just for the machine and another $300-400 for the monitor. Plus, you'll need to get new speakers, new UPS, maybe a new printer, etc. It goes on and on. A lot of folks can't afford $2000 every few years. Heheh, I actually got lucky trying to keep up with modern builds, sorta.
My monitor is a 3 or 4 year old LG 19 in. widescreen display that I got for free (Broken; fixed it myself in 30 minutes, bad capacitor.)
I'm still using the same, ugly beige case that I got probably 6-7 years ago.
Got a pair of speakers that were retailed at $70 or so but Staples mis-priced them at $30.
The inside of my system contains a Biostar A785GE board with a 2.8 GHz Dual-Core Athlon regor x2 AM3 CPU (2x 1 mb cache), 2 gb of DDR2 ram, a 320 GB HD, and a DVD-RW I traded for some speakers I don't use. 
Everything else in the tower is actually being re-used from several years ago (350w Antec PSU; actually had to buy a SATA power adapter.)
I pretty much just sold my 360 and gave myself a Christmas present.  I make very little money, and I thought it was time I got something nice.
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