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Date:	Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:10:14 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: OS/2 and Athlon 64 compatibility

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J. R. Fox wrote:
>
>>Do you pay any attention to what is on the market. The life cycle of
>>hardware is months. By the time it is on someones list, it is no
>>longer on the market.
>
>
> Ray,
>
> You are saying that the info is never going to be current enough, therefore it is
> worthless or irrlevent. (Fair paraphrase ?) No, it is almost certainly available.
> In closeouts, leftover stock (from various online dealers), and will be available
> *for years* on Ebay. I have bought a lot of components there. You just have to
> look. And I would always rather go with something that is / was well thought of and
> is known to work for us. There aren't too many areas -- like a DVD burner, perhaps
> -- where we have that much of a need for the latest & greatest. If you want to play
> in this "outlaw" league (OS/2, Linux), you have to learn some good scavenging
> procedures.

And don't forget yard sales.
>
> Then again, if you're set on being a trailblazer, have at it.
> Maybe others will derive *their* info on what or what NOT to get, based on whatever
> crevasses you fall into or manage to leap over.

Fair enough. I have lots of old computers. I want a NEW one.

Ray

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