dafduc
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I have this 3-year old PC. A few problems over the years - bad software install forced a reinit and lost a bunch of stuff, it's on its 3rd modem, 2nd CD-RW drive. I added a second hard drive, and doubled the ram. It's an 866mhz Compaq P3, now with 512mb ram. Running WME.
I've been okay about buying USB devices, figuring they'll port to my next environment. But right now, my CD-RW is USB, and it's slow as hell - because I'm only running USB 1.1.
I could add a card to upgrade to 2.0 (the CD-RW supports 2.0, and will burn at 16x instead of 4x), but it would be of no use on the next PC, which would have 2.0. The new one was going to come early 2004, but $$$ are tight. And a H/W upgrade will likely force me into WXP, which will force me to upgrade Cubase (5.1) and Encore - more $$$.
In the past, I've been burned buying hardware to extend a machine's useful life. More than once.
So how do you guys handle this? Where do you draw the line on upgrading the old POS?
BTW, a USB 2.0 card is probably only $40 or so - I'll probably take the plunge. But I'm thinking I need to draw a line somewhere.
Daf
I've been okay about buying USB devices, figuring they'll port to my next environment. But right now, my CD-RW is USB, and it's slow as hell - because I'm only running USB 1.1.
I could add a card to upgrade to 2.0 (the CD-RW supports 2.0, and will burn at 16x instead of 4x), but it would be of no use on the next PC, which would have 2.0. The new one was going to come early 2004, but $$$ are tight. And a H/W upgrade will likely force me into WXP, which will force me to upgrade Cubase (5.1) and Encore - more $$$.
In the past, I've been burned buying hardware to extend a machine's useful life. More than once.
So how do you guys handle this? Where do you draw the line on upgrading the old POS?
BTW, a USB 2.0 card is probably only $40 or so - I'll probably take the plunge. But I'm thinking I need to draw a line somewhere.
Daf
