Tips from the Techie
Timely
how-to advice for keeping your systems
running
John AndersEn
Owner, John AndersEn & Co LLC
You don't have to be a computer guru to find out how to
keep your computers running smoothly. All you need is a few
good tips. Here are a few suggestions to keep your costs as
low as possible.
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| Computers age 25 years for every
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Where's That
Timebomb!?!
Nobody likes to think that
computers that cost thousands of dollars may actually come
back to bite them. But as any equipment ages, maintenance
costs start to soar. So how old is too old for a computer? For
starters let's compare "computer-years" to "dog-years".
Whereas Man's Best Friend is commonly known to age 7 years for
every one human year, let me suggest that computers age 25
years for every calendar year. Therefore a 2
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year old computer is reaching a
middle-life and a 4 year old computer is a rare find indeed.
As is the case with us humans, there is no formula to
determine when a computer's life is over. The biggest factor
is what the computer is needed to do. If the requirements
never change, then the same computer will be able to do the
same task for quite a while. But as more and more
functionality is desired, the obsolescence monster approaches
rapidly.
Why is this? Because the more times software
upgrades are released the harder it is to program in backwards
compatibility and new features. Typically most software is
designed for one generation back compatibility, but rarely for
more than that. The same concept applies towards computer
hardware too, although it is less obvious. So, do yourself a
favor and try to look at your rapidly aging computers more
objectively. Is it really worth trying to fix the old ones or
just buying new replacements altogether? More often than not,
go for new equipment.
Where did it
go?
What happens when you get a new
computer? Besides the euphoria of "coming of age", most of us
take all those miscellaneous "spare parts" and don't give them
a backwards glance. What "spare parts" am I referring to? Oh,
those wonderful manuals that no
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