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Botnst · #91 12-11-2012, 06:44 PM

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iwrock · #92 12-11-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

LOL..........that would be 5" floppies there sir.............

I've decided to leave the dinosaur stage after I realized that this machine is nearly five years old. It's similar to yours and the larger programs (Adobe acrobat reader and Chrome) have really slowed it down.

I'm tired of waiting 15 seconds to open Adobe............it's time for more speed.

15 seconds?!?!?! You could have sex, shower, and make a cup of coffee in that period of time.

spdrun · #93 12-11-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by iwrock

15 seconds?!?!?! You could have sex, shower, and make a cup of coffee in that period of time.

Your wife must hate you.

cullennewsom · #94 12-11-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

The thread by MS has caused me to reevaluate this machine, and I realize that it will be five years next spring. That's sufficient to make the jump to the next one.

So, a couple of questions:

1) I see no more offerings of a 3.5" floppy drive from Dell or HP...........is this absolutely unavailable anymore?

2) Can Win7 run DOS programs? Is the "Win XP virtual interface" a desired addition to accomplish this? Dell offers it and it appears to be something I'd seriously consider. I'm positive that everything runs on XP.........makes the addition of Win7 a pleasure.

3) There appears to be a bevy of video card options at all price points. The video on the mainboard is a bit limiting for me, but I do not have any huge graphics demands. Would the most basic of video cards suffice?

TIA

1. You can get a USB floppy drive, if you must. I have a few dozen old clunkers if your new PC has the correct interface.

2. Use FreeDos, You'll also need VirtualBox (or VMWare, or Parallels, etc. etc.)

3. No CAD, Video Games, DVD movie watching, etc? Maybe. That's a pretty austere existence. There is also a trend of software developers to use the video card for calculations unrelated to video, since the video card tends to be more powerful than the CPU these days. So, maybe, if you're lucky, and live like a monk. Also, Intel graphics are the worst.

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MS Fowler · #95 12-11-2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

LOL..........that would be 5" floppies there sir.............

I've decided to leave the dinosaur stage after I realized that this machine is nearly five years old. It's similar to yours and the larger programs (Adobe acrobat reader and Chrome) have really slowed it down.

I'm tired of waiting 15 seconds to open Adobe............it's time for more speed.

Guess that makes me even more ancient that you. 8" floppies preceded 5" ones.

My first Engineer had a Viadek Word Processor ( by Exxon). This was a massive "U" shaped desk which housed the word processor--keyboard, display, printer ans 8" floppy drives-- 2 of them. Must have taken 5' X 8' of floor space. It was hardware-based, and so, obsolete the moment it was made. It lasted only a few years before being replaced with PC word processors.
The odd thing was that the 8" discs held less data than the 5", and the 5" held less data than the 3 1/4" ones.

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