Re: New IIgs owner.

["Donald C. Lee" <coach41@pacbell.net>]

Hi FOlks,

   Happy New Year!  Hey, you guys all made good points.  I'll have to
think about what I want to do.  As it is, my time for games is
limited.  Something called "work" gets in the way!  Oh yeah, a LONG
commute (3 hours roundtrip) doesn't help it any!   

Donald

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Apple II user since 1983     "Our Hearts: Some people come into our lives
and quickly go.  Some stay awhile and leave footprints on our hearts and
we are never the same."


On 1 Jan 2002, Supertimer wrote:

> "Donald C. Lee" <coach41@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> >Hi!
> >
> >   My co-worker and I discussed this once:  An X-Box, PS2, Game Cube,
> >etc, etc.....is economically a better choice.  If you have the latest and
> >greatest PC, that is good.  If you're like me and running older systems at
> >home, the latest games for the PC are not usable.
> >
> >   So you need a new PC and I'm sure if it's worth it to keep pumping
> >money to get new PC hardware JUST for games.  I stick with my older PC's
> >because they function and do what I need them to do.  Even for games,
> >albeit older games.
> 
> This is not necessarily true.  PCs are dynamic.  If you choose to upgrade
> your PC by replacing hardware in a timely manner, it will never become
> obsolete.  On my box, I originally had an old 4MB video card.  Then when
> the 3D revolution started, I upgraded to a Voodoo3 video card and in an
> instant, my PC blew away any of the game consoles out there.  Even
> after some two years had passed, a game like Deus Ex that came out
> year 2000 still ran better on my Voodoo3 than on the console version.  In
> 2001, games were again pushing the envelope so I added a Kyro2
> graphics card to keep pace.  I have also been upgrading processor and
> memory to match video.
> 
> My next big leap in upgrading would probably be a motherboard level
> swap to Athlon XP performance and DDR memory.
> 
> As Apple II owners, we know the value of upgrading.  Even after Apple
> abandoned the IIGS, I was basically able to match anything Apple
> threw out in the way of Macs for nearly a decade by upgrading.  In the
> end, Apple's lock on the motherboard finally ended that ride.  But in
> the PC world, even the motherboard can be upgraded.
> 
> So no, you definitely do NOT have to buy a new computer every year.
> Would your computer be new in a couple of years anyway because
> all the parts have been changed?  Probably.  But at each particular
> point, you are not spending a lot of money to keep up.  For sure, my
> upgrades cost less than buying the latest game consoles.
>