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Dell, HP and Lenovo join Intel and Microsoft in push to shave replacement cycle Ad says what?
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Yeah, I'm with you, Kent; they should keep their grubby little hands off my replacement cycle.
It looks like my primary system has an Intel Q8200 which was released Q3'08 and my secondary system has an Intel E6850 which was released Q3'07. Both still work just fine. I have no plans to buy newer stuff, and when I do it'll likely still be replacing the motherboard, processor, and RAM. I don't buy complete systems.
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They need to learn from apple iPhone, or at least Microsoft need. Windows 10 is perfect for this, just keep pushing out crapdates that demand more and more system resources every year so that you have to upgrade to be able to retain the same performance.
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Ssshhh.. don't give them ideas.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Computers are became hundredfold times powerful over years, but even an old (?) computer from 2000 can carry out most of the task a standard user need (documents, internet, movies/music)...
The problem, that the basic software (OS) on those systems created in such a rush to provide more and more (mostly needlessly) pyrotechnics, that the companies left no time to fine tune the code, so the most basic OS will claim 2GB memory in start, and a command center installed by manufacturers (to handle 'special' features of their masterpiece) will actually render useless the computer...
It is time to invest along that line...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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This reminds me of all those articles and blog posts I've read about the old days of programming. Chip specific assembler code optimized to be able to squeeze every last calculation our of the chip.
That type of programming is on another level when it comes to efficiency. But at the same time even thou a lot of people write less optimized code it's easier to create complex programs today.
But it wouldn't hurt to write 'green code', especially for mobile devices in order to save battery life. Maybe that's the next big thing, environmentally friendly code. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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That's exactly the problem... OS is written like it was a document editing application... Such an improvement...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Millions of people are still using outdated systems. Outdated maybe, but what if they still work and are fine for the task? I'm still using a 2011 X201 and it works great, and I have no intention to recycle it until it breaks (that is, mainboard-wise or the display).
My only concern is that PC laptop makers will eventually go down the SmartPhone route and make replacing parts impossible. You can already see that in closed systems like the Surface Pro where it's impossible to open the device without breaking it, or pretty hard like with the iPad where you need a heating fan or frame at the right temperature to remove the display. I mean, at least CPU, RAM, and disk drive should be exchangable. Another point is fixed/soldered RAM.
It all just happens for the sake of profits, at the expense of exploitation and pollution.
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FIorian Schneidereit wrote: My only concern is that PC laptop makers will eventually go down the SmartPhone route and make replacing parts impossible.
Will return back to, you mean. Until circa 2005 it was the same, proprietary connectors and soldered pieces all the way on lapstops. Proprietary RAM sockets and so on.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Okay... didn't know about that... never used or opened a laptop before 2008, I guess. 
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I'm already convinced; just waiting for Fractal Designs to put a 3.1 USB on their R5 case and for the Z170 ASUS motherboards to stabilize.
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In a pilot project announced Wednesday, students will be able to take a semester of free online courses in one of MIT's graduate programs and then, if they pay a "modest fee" of about $1,500 and pass an exam, they will earn a MicroMaster's credential, the school said. Which could lead to a virtual job!
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"one-year master's degree program in supply chain management"
AKA: How to bullshit a bullshitter.
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I didn't got it... $33,000 for a semester?
Do they carve the certificate on gold plates?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Almost every idiot out there will virtually do it.
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Microsoft has a new trick to convince Windows 10 users to stick with its new Edge browser over Chrome or Firefox. It looks like you're trying to improve your life. Would you like help with that?
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Yes, help me installing Google Chrome. Only that!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I said "Please, please understand, I'm in love with another brand. And what you couldn't give me, oh no, was the one little thing that it can."
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Didn't much like Windows 10 and found Edge to be extremely buggy.
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A new change.org petition asks Satya Nadella for common-sense improvements to the new operating system A return of Freecell, and what else?
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They got rid of Freecell?!? 
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Traumatized the heck out of me, until I found it in their Solitaire pack. Life is worth living again 
TTFN - Kent
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They passed up an opportunity to spy on us...maybe watching how we play solitaire might tell them what products we need to buy
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3. Let me get the taskbar and jump list colors of Windows 8.1. (I really hate white on black UIs.)
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The online advertising business, which has for years struggled against a rising tide of ad blockers by deploying ever-heavier and more-invasive ads, this week publicly acknowledged the error of its ways. I'll believe it after I block them too
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