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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:30:59 -0400, Keyser Soze
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On 3/30/17 5:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/29/2017 9:04 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

You can get back in forth to work in a Tesla too but you don't really
need all of that power. I guess if you want the biggest and baddest
machine on the block, go for it. You can afford it. ;-)

Lesson I learned a long time ago from a old timer
mechanical engineer (P.E.)

"When in doubt, make it stout".

Unfortunately, in the computer biz, stout is not the same as fast.
I had to give up my PC based MP3 players because once you got much
beyond a P1 166, reliability in the Florida car environment because
you couldn't keep them cool. The same was true of hard drives. Once
you got much over 10-15gig, they started getting more heat sensitive.

My interest in laptops used to be as cheap (to run) servers since they
used to run at "night light" levels of power. This last one I got came
with a 90w power brick. You need to put a towel in your lap if you
actually use it as a laptop or you will roast your nuts. The Dell
Latitude (P3/400 W/98 machine) I am running back in the shop is always
cool to the touch.
The specs say it pulls a max of 36w but it seems to cruise in the
10-15w just talking to the printer, scanner or banging an external
hard drive.

Greg, not many people use or are as interested in computers as you are.
I really am not interested in seeing how long I could use Windows 98.

Greg apparently has lots of hours to fill during the day keeping his old
computers running, carpeting his home town with tiki bars, and building
RV trailers out of old bed frames. As soon as he picks up enough old
microwave ovens from dumpsters, he'll be able to communicate directly
with the Trump administration.

These old computers just run and run with no attention from me. The
W/98 machine in the back room has not burped for years.
.... and I like building things. It is far more rewarding for me than
writing things nobody will ever read and will be forgotten before I
get home on the bus.

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