They have such a racket!! 5-year old car, no problem finding parts. Even my 15 year old Toyota, my 40-year-old sewing machine. But I needed a new mobo, and I asked Gigabyte about my CPU, and they replied “such an old CPU. Sorry it’s not in our database any more. You can go to http://xxxxx, but it won’t be listed there any more either.”
They’re dating parts in dog years.
I’ve been to 4 forums and 3 IT friends for 6 weeks trying to find a mobo. A forum devoted just to CPU’s produced no answer at all. (Finally found ONE, but the specific CPU is not the issue here.)
What a racket! We’re constantly upgraded to technologies many of us don’t use, and the older parts are made obsolete every few years.Do I need high-definition sound to talk to my friend on Skype on my 15-yearold speakers, hi-def graphics to play puzzles? A DVD-RW when I don’t burn DVD’s? A quad-core CPU for internet, email and Paint Shop Pro?
One wise IT moderator advised me to get a quad-core CPU + matching mobo, not because I need one, but to make the system more future-proof in case the one part goes. Oh, one little hitch, I can’t use my 2-year-old RAM, and maybe not my HD, and not my $60 HSF…. Added up the cost, had to get an older mobo to go with the “old” CPU.
And then there’s the software racket. Can’t buy the old system any more, buy a new system, but now your software doesn’t work, and half of your hardware, and don’t you want the latest and greatest and fastest? FASTEST, that’s most important!!
NO. It’s fast enough.
Now I feel better.
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