Re: Very old hardware...

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

David Christensen wrote:
> On 2020-07-03 11:08, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Friday 03 July 2020 13:17:33 Davide Lombardo wrote:
>> 
>>> Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs:
>
>> Donate it to the curbside pickup.
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> +1
>
>
> On 2020-07-03 11:58, Michael Stone wrote:
> > For practical purposes, you'd be better off with a $35 raspberry PI.
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> +1
>
>
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> On 2020-07-03 12:30, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > The ratio of power consumption to
> > computing power is like with an old 100 W light bulb.
>
> +1


  agreed with all those too.

  much easier to work with more memory and more recent
processor/graphics.

  give it to the recycler and move on.

  i finally gave up a closet full of old hardware and a
huge monitor that was taking up so much space on my desk
that weighed about 70lbs.  replaced it with a monitor i
can pick up with two fingers and it consumes a lot less
electricity.  for the amount of electricity you burn 
using older tech you might pay for the newer technology
in a few years just in electricity charges alone.

  i did reuse an old Dell PC case for this new hardware
but that's about all i could use.


  songbird