[AccessD] Windows 8

Not to mention the massive pollution to the environment by simply discarding computer hardware just to get that new upgrade to something new or run the latest version of Windows. It would be far better to recycle and repurpose computers you presently own, if you plan to upgrade your main desktop (ie. put linux on it or turn it into a media or web server or something like that), or give it away to someone else who can make use of it.

This is an oft neglected subject, simply because all the waste gets exported halfway across the world, where we don't have to see or deal with the effects of it ourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMOAWW6I0k

- Hans






On 2011-12-02, at 6:34 AM, Gary Kjos wrote:

> Most of our machines are work are still running XP and Office 2003.
> Works fine until you hit the row limits in Excel or something.   I've
> never been a fan of upgrading operating systems - well not since the
> DOS days anyway. The hardware requirements go up with each new version
> and so you are usually not as happy with the new OS on old hardware as
> you would be with the New OS on New hardware. With the price of
> hardware as low as it is now I thinik it's a better choice to just
> replace the enter box OS and all. If you need to upgrade at all that
> is. The question is, what do they need to do that they can't do now?
> 
> GK
> 
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> The client wants a full version of Office, word and excel for cheap and they
>> have been hearing how fast a Linux server is. Two years ago they would have
>> never said such a thing. Linux, if they even cared about it, was just for
>> geeks. Now they are asking. Android has changed all that.
>> 
>> I have not decided what to tell them yet but if dollars are a concern stick
>> with XP until you need new computers would be my first thought.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
>> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:08 AM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
>> 
>> I never really understood what "their old XP computers do need a face-lift"
>> meant. Why?
> 
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