[dba-Tech] How to revive an XP POS PC

Hi Arthur

I don't, but I do buy non-expensive workstations with Xeon processors and 12+ GB ram. The trick is, that the built-in Intel P6000 graphic processor is fast enough for me (no gaming), thus I can save the cost of an optional graphics adapter and buy SSD drives. A marvelous combo - life it too short for slow machines.
My home machine always runs the latest Windows preview (soon Windows 9) while my office machine runs the latest official Windows (currently 8.1).

/gustav


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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:08 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] How to revive an XP POS PC

Good advice in general, Jim. Just one question: who spends $2k on a PC these days? I bought a pretty serious laptop (Dell, with 8GB RAM and 1TB hard disk) for $750 and that was almost a year back, so the same machine should cost less now. I plugged in an old 22" monitor so it now has two screens when it's at home, which is almost always. When I go out, I take the Acer Iconia, which is also more than a year old but back when it was new it was slightly more than $200.

Arthur