On 2021-03-16 8:38 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-16 10:14 a.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> When my 14" laptop died I bought a new one, but, since fixed the old one.
>> Now I have two 14" and a desktop.Â* Have another desktop that has not
>> been hooked up in over 2 years and I gave away a 17" laptop.
>>
>> The 14" is perfect for my needs.Â* Fits on my belly sitting in the
>> recliner and easy to travel with.Â* I use a mouse instead of the touch
>> pad too.
>>
>> I'm afraid to count all the others I've owned over the years.
>
> I replaced my desktop in December and my laptop in January. The desktop
> was 8 years old and I figured it was time to replace it before it
> crashed.The wifi on the laptop was getting worse and worse. I did keep
> the old laptop, and I still have the one that it had replaced. I took
> the hard drive of the desktop and trashed it, but I am reluctant to
> trash the laptops.Â* So, as it stands now, I have one desktop and three
> laptops.
>
I have kept all the old computers as they were replaced by newer
technology. Thus I have one desktop in use and 3 old ones in the
basement. The oldest is a 486!!
I'm glad I kept them as the government wanted data and charts that were
prepared for them and saved originally on 5.25" floppies. I used 2 of
those old machines to transfer the data to memory sticks and
subsequently updated the charts using specialist software.
I have a 17" XP laptop which cannot be updated and the battery doesn't
hold a charge for long. However, the software it runs for my Garmin is
obsolete and can't be updated so I keep it going just to record my
biking activities.