Help me dumpster dive

tw · 12-16-2005, 07:24 PM

The Pentium 233 belongs on a network where it can access selected Internet functions. I still use a few 486s to access the internet. However I must avoid Netscape, Adobe after version 5.0, and other CPU intensive programs that are poorly written or that do so much more than I need (ie moving advertisements). Still even a 486 works fine for many function - as would the 233.

However 486s would long ago been retired if using Windows 9x/ME (pathetic) software. 486 is sufficiently faster due to Windows NT 4.0. 486s also serves as data backup. One serves as a print server. It also serves as a test station to learn which application software is so pathetically designed as to waste CPU cycles. Or to better learn what software is really doing. In your case, a platform to learn about derivatives of Unix. And as a platform to appreciate what new features make computer living better.

12-16-2005, 07:24 PM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	The Pentium 233 belongs on a network where it can access selected Internet functions. I still use a few 486s to access the internet. However I must avoid Netscape, Adobe after version 5.0, and other CPU intensive programs that are poorly written or that do so much more than I need (ie moving advertisements). Still even a 486 works fine for many function - as would the 233. However 486s would long ago been retired if using Windows 9x/ME (pathetic) software. 486 is sufficiently faster due to Windows NT 4.0. 486s also serves as data backup. One serves as a print server. It also serves as a test station to learn which application software is so pathetically designed as to waste CPU cycles. Or to better learn what software is really doing. In your case, a platform to learn about derivatives of Unix. And as a platform to appreciate what new features make computer living better.

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