OT - Video Card Question(s)

...plus the usual floppy drive
Why?

Despite their reported obsolescence, they are still exceedingly useful
for tranfer of small files from machine to machine, especially those
without USB connections and drivers for whatever brand of thumb somebody
has.

The cost? $13 bucks. No sense in eliminating it, for that!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The cost? $13 bucks. No sense in eliminating it, for that!

It costs more than $13 (ignoring for the moment that $13 is pretty steep for
a floppy). That's just the cost of the part. There's an incremental cost
in labor to install it, plus additional support costs related to the fact
that it's just one more component that can fail.

And when I wrote that a floppy drive is a "dust collector", I wasn't just
using that as a figure of speech. The floppy drive is literally a place
where dust will collect. Over time, this will impair the functionality of
the drive, and it also provides a route for dust to enter the PC case. Not
that most people have cases that otherwise eliminate dust, but the more dust
going in, the more often the electronics (and especially the heat-sinks and
dissipaters) need to be cleaned off.

There are some people who know for a fact that they will use a floppy drive.
For everyone else, today there is no good reason to have one.

Pete

There are some people who know for a fact that they will use a floppy drive.
For everyone else, today there is no good reason to have one.

Agreed. In fact, I tried to remember the last time I used a floppy,
and I think it was earlier this year when my 13 year old daughter
needed to take a Powerpoint presentation to school. For some reason
only a floppy would do -- no CDs allowed -- so I dredged one up out of
our lockbox, from back in the days when we kept our home inventory on
floppies.

Musta been from the '80s...

;-)

Still, for $13, I included it, simply because you never know when you
might need it. If computers continue to progress the way they have, my
new "God System" will end up in my daughter's dorm room in five years,
as a "junk" machine.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Agreed. In fact, I tried to remember the last time I used a floppy,
and I think it was earlier this year when my 13 year old daughter
needed to take a Powerpoint presentation to school. For some reason
only a floppy would do -- no CDs allowed -- so I dredged one up out of
our lockbox, from back in the days when we kept our home inventory on
floppies.

My kids each have a USB flash drive for transporting files between home
and school.

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
If computers continue to progress the way they have, my new "God System"
will end up in my daughter's dorm room in five years,
as a "junk" machine.


Ain't gonna happen.

Daddy's little girl is getting a new (2011 model year) machine, to help her
get the most out of that $57,000/year education you'll be footing the bill
for.

At $570, her NEW computer system will be 1% of her first year college
expenses.


Montblack

Daddy's little girl is getting a new (2011 model year) machine, to help her
get the most out of that $57,000/year education you'll be footing the bill
for.

At $570, her NEW computer system will be 1% of her first year college
expenses.

Geez, you couldn't have depressed me any more than THIS. What a way to
kick a guy -- and on the day before Thanksgiving!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"