Some E Waste FYI - Page 2

SSD drives will not replace regular drives for some time. The ISSUE with an SSD drive (yes it is an issue somewhat) is that SSD drives only have so many read/write cycles before the cell goes bad (think sectors on a regular HD)...I had discussed this in a previous thread. Once too many cells go bad, then the drive essentially cannot relocate info and is dead. This sounds fine until you start saving and deleting alot of small files, browser cache, etc etc. Whereas, a mechanical drive can last an extraordinary amount of time if it is taken care of (not overheated, banged around etc).

I use a SSD drive for my programs (they do not overwrite info often) and have a regular mechanical drive (also for sheer size...up to 4 TB per drive on those these days) for all of my data. My machine is SCREAMING fast because of the setup.

just thought I would give that nugget of info out there for people thinking about SSD drives etc. If you set them up correctly, they are screaming fast...just have a regular mechanical drive for all the files you save and delete.

Originally Posted by matador

Exactly, though technically we're on the Third generation of the i-Series CPU. I think SATA hard drives will stay relevant, though- at least the larger ones. They don't make many 1TB or larger SSDs.... yet.

I'm interested in seeing how Windows 10 does. It'll either go over very well, or 7 will still be king.

It's hard to say with the 3 gb/sec SATA's. For me: It's always about trying to identify what my customer wants and then finding a way to meet that need. I think i spent an hour and a half this morning over coffee with a new customer just getting to know her & building a friendly rapport. This particular one is middle class. It's unpaid time, but in the future i'll know just the right balance of quality in workmanship & cost to best meet her requirements.

You kinda have to do the same thing with hard drives & figure out what the market is looking for. That's a toughie because your average consumer has little or no idea of what they're buying.

Somebody who is really into the whole computer thing is likely to want the latest and the best that's available. It's a relatively small niche market though. It's so easy to say that what you want is what everybody should have or should want.

One of the most difficult things that i've run into as a Master tradesman is how to communicate with my customers. I have to stop and say to myself ... what if i was a person that had never driven a nail in the wall ? Would i be able to understand what this guy is trying to get across to me ? You kinda have to dumb it down and make it easier for them to understand. Once they understand the basics they can make an informed choice about what they want.

I'm rambling here but the debut of Windows 10 is likely to have a big impact on things. It may go down like AGW said and render everything but the most recent generation of tech obsolete.

I suspect it may go the opposite direction completely. Bear in mind .... this is supposed to be the last & final version of an operating system that Microsoft ever releases. If Microsoft is smart, they will have designed this OS to run well on just about any machine large or small. That way it's on as many machines as possible and they can hog up so much space that it shuts out the competition.

It would be like any other yearly subscription service like an anti-virus program. If you're selling a subscription you want to make sure that it has a universal appeal to the broadest market possible. (If you focus just meeting the needs of a niche market you're limiting yourself.)

There's just no telling .... it could revitalize the core 2 duo market if it's lighter on system resources. A lot of folks haven't even upgraded from XP yet and that will be four operating systems back when 10 makes it's debut.

About all we can do is wait and see. I was going to wait on my core 2's that are running win 7 pro genuine and upgrade them to win 10 at the end of the month. That might give them a whole new market appeal ?

See ... your average customer knows little or nothing about the specs. They might be vaguely aware that Win 10 is the latest & greatest thing to have because they see it advertised as new in the stores.

If you can offer a quality refurb at 1/3 the cost of new they might bite.

Originally Posted by ChildhoodDream

I'm using a Dell gaming computer with Vista. It does well on dial up with the modem it came with. In the past I had to use external modems with the older machines I was using.

Most of the salvage computers I have are from the first computers put out for small business up to computers from about 10 to 15 years ago. I don't have a lot of computers compared to what others around here deal with. Maybe a hundred of them or so. I keep finding out that I have far more of things then I can remember from all the years of hauling it home and storing it away for later. I have computers up to those using Windows Pro.

I have been having a blast from the past going through areas around the yard that I haven't been in for years. Gives me interesting and entertaining things to do to keep busy and try and keep making a go at Life with the economy factor that requires all the more thought and energy to keep on top of.

You have Dial Up?!?

I also have been having that "I forgot I had this" issue every time I look for something in the garage.

Childhood, I was just kidding anyway.