GVTucker,<<<5 year old Pentium 90s (and a lot of 'em have 32 MB of RAM, almost all have at least 16MB) surf the 'net just fine. I really don't think that you're putting an employee that is responsible primarily for Excel and Word documents at much of a disadvantage. And I think that there's a whole lot of lower end Pentiums in Fortune 500 shops than you think.
The key to me is the speed of upgrade to Win2000. And that upgrade is going a whole heck of a lot slower than Microsoft ever expected. And if Linux ever gets so that it can scale well, the upgrade might never occur. >>>
I think you are right wrt a lot of lower end Pentiiums in F500 shops. But that is the good news (for Intel). And you are also probably right that the old processors have a lot of useful life left in that software environment.
The problem is that when the two gigabyte HDs are fragmented and full of those mpg, jpg, xls, ppt, and large doc files the F500 types are not just going to replace the HD, they are going to toss the whole system.
And, when you replace the old system, you are not going to get a CPU that was good enough - are you?
And, pretty soon, I think even your little shop will be confronted with the same replacement issues. Let's see how you guys solve it.
Mary |
