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September 9th, 2005, 12:45 AM
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Re: Well Its Official
Yes, and it too failed.  I tried NTFS first, then went back to FAT32.... by this time it was hopelessly toasted. I rebooted and tried again, no joy.
Time for new HD.. this one is old and well, its been a pain since day one. I hopefully backed up everything I needed a year ago when I knew the drive was failing.
Its just sad in a way, As I move to a new PC I seldom keep the stuff on the old PC. Then when I do need it, its gone.
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September 9th, 2005, 01:58 AM
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Bleeding edge is never really worth it for a home user.
Consider your old hardware; it does the job, right?
If it didn't, you certainly wouldn't have waited until now.
How many years ago did it come out?
Your new one will probably have a similar lifetime. Is it worth taking a year off that by buying a year-old model and saving a buttload of cash? Probably.
If it is fast enough to run SE5, you'll probably be happy with it for about 4 years while waiting for SE6 to come out.
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September 9th, 2005, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
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Bleeding edge is never really worth it for a home user.
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I would disagree with that statement. Bleeding edge is never enough. Engineering samples kick butt 
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September 9th, 2005, 10:13 AM
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Re: Well Its Official
At the risk of bringing down the vengance of the computer gods, I've been pretty happy with my home PC... I bought it in June 1999 and it has been my little workhorse since. I bought a top-end for that time device with the hope it will serve me for a while, and it has done that job proudly. The only thing I've had to replace is a modem that got fried by a power surge on the telephone lines. I'm now holding on while the new 64-bit chips get sorted out, and when the market begins to mature in that area I'll upgrade.
Good luck!
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September 9th, 2005, 01:29 PM
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Re: Well Its Official
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I would disagree with that statement. Bleeding edge is never enough. Engineering samples kick butt
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September 9th, 2005, 02:05 AM
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Well, too bad about the loosing stuff. Hope the back-ups work.
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