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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Let me make one thing perfectly clear.....  ....
I was planning to drop from a 2.8 GHZ processor machine to a 1.6 GHZ processor machine. That's a downgrade, No? Less power? The 1.6 GHZ processor is newer than the old one. It has newer (but less capable) OS software installed. Is that an upgrade? Downgrade? |
Depends...without getting into a ridiculous amount of geek-speak, all is not depndent on clock-speed. I had a 3.0 Prescott-core Pentium 4 have its binary a$$ handed to it by a 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
In other words, useless. Loaded Mint Linux. It works, but unlike my ASUS EEE PC (with hard drive) it couldn't connect to the internet out of the box.
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YMMV but my experiences with Mint were less-than-peachy on a full-blown desktop; I can only imagine how much fun it would be on a net-appliance-type device like the Revo.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
And I can't just replace one machine. All my old ones have PS2 connectors and the Revos are strictly USB, so my KMV switch wouldn't work....
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rp.-_-12199008 will take care of that for you fairly cheaply.
I'm by no means trying to tell anyone what to do with their hard-earned money but one of my strong suits is trying to help people do more with less, i.e. save money. I don't believe anyone should be locked into proprietary hardware Fascism, and where there's a will there's a way. HTH