Finally got rid of the old 200.
Feb. 6th, 2008 09:49 pmThe last time I attempted to use my old 200 MHz Windows box was last year - which was when I decided I would never use it again. Its processor had never handled XP too well, and finally it had deteriorated to the point that it would gridlock when presented with the slightest challenge. I'd bought the old computer around 1993, and had upgraded it until the parts were too obsolete to upgrade any more. After that, I held onto it as long as it would run. After one particularly heinous episode wherein it took 5 hours to do a 15-minute operation, I mercifully decided to spring for a new laptop for myself. Why that was such a difficult decision is anyone's guess. Yesterday the old box was taken to the thrift shop. I kept the old computer's disk and connected it to the laptop with an external USB case.