FerretSimp wrote:
koaftder wrote:
800MHz PC w/ 256MB ram, 20Gig HD from dumpster: free
You can goto a thrift store and pick up a PC with twice the power of an efka for $20 and run aros on it. To me, aros on efika is worthless.
Wow! The wonder of the free country. Over here, they'll charge you $200 for a P2.
Actually I can find 600MHz PIII's and Athlons in skips... they are pretty much free... a local Computer store had some 1Ghz Athlon XPs for £5 the other week...
And you can't directly compare the processor megahertz, the 400mhz PPC chips tended to be at least as powerful as the 700-800mhz chips they were competing with.
Don't be silly. a 400Mhz PPC G4 is about as fast as a 400Mhz PIII...
Maybe the PC would have more ram, but it's still a huge, butt ugly PC. PC. Not Amiga, not AROS computer. I hate PC hardware. It's shoddy, cheap and unreliable.
Shoddy, cheap, unreliable? lets see some stats?
My PC's tendto average 5-6 years TOPS before they burn out, while some manage 3 years.
You called 6 years unreliable? Weird...
After 3 years computer hardware is obsolete. Fact.
I have UNIX workstations and Amigas and goodnes knows what else, running still when they were madein the early nineties.
That must be nice for you...?
In fact I think my oldest functional PC is around 1997 after continual repair with NOS parts, whereas I have a BBC that still work perfectly.
Right... and I have a
TI-82 that is probably more functional than your BBC...
If you want to stick with a PC, stick with a PC. GO install windows. I'm happy with getting an Amiga.
Good.
