Originally posted by racketboy@Aug 27, 2003 @ 08:55 AM
so basically it's just to say you have it.
collectors......
See, most people look at it like 'you can get a brand new PC for xyz' which is true, but what isn't made mention of is purchasing all new peripherals that don't work with legacy stuff (i.e., ISA stuff). That's a whole lot of capital to be dropping on a new system - in my case, I had my 5.25floppy, a scsi scanner, an ISA hand scanner (I don't understand why they don't make those anymore), and a bunch of sound and video peripherals ('kitchen sync' hardware and software - needless to say I sold). Then there's the time committment, and having to use a new OS because they don't make motherboard drivers for Win95 or even *gasp* Windows 3.11 (one of my clients was legally blind, and used voice software that was made ONLY for 3.11 - so upgrading to a new PC for her would have actually cost well over $25,000).
So, for a lot of people, $220 is warranted. And then it leads to 'might as well get the best for the price'. The K6-3+ after all is said and done has 3 caches (!), and you don't have to overclock it to get 550Mhz (OCing with these processors is much trickier, since they run at 2.0v and not the customary 2.3v).
It lasted me quite a while. I eventually built a second legacy PC (and a third and fourth) and upgraded, which is why I sold the processor.