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Re: Building a rackmount looping computer as an alternative to theReceptor for Mobius
Travis Hartnett wrote:
> Oh, they're both software solutions--one just has a dedicated hardware
> platform to run it on. Dedicated hardware tends to be more stable,
> and computers depreciate at a furious rate. What are the odds that
> your laptop will be running in ten years?
I can appreciate the advantages of dedicated hardware, but this is a
specious argument. I agree that dedicated hardware tends to be more
stable, but the reason computers deprecate is because we keep trying
to do more with them every year. I have a ten year old laptop that
runs Windows 95 as well as the day it was born. No one uses these any
more simply because they don't have to. I gave mine to my kids and
they abuse the crap out of it. The only problem I've ever had with
old computers is a broken CD ROM drive after having a hunk of Laffy
Taffy and a few Polly Pocket shoes crammed into it. Something which
is no more difficult to replace than the rotary encoders on a Vortex :-)
Jeff