20 Sep
2004
20 Sep
'04
9:50 a.m.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
I don't invest in any of that fancy new-fangled equipment. I use whatever
I already have or what's given to me. That usually means stuff that's 3-7
generations behind whatever is current today. I generally use hardware
until it wears out completely. That means I have lots of older computers
around in use all the time (some of it even on topic here). Either I'm
very cheap or I believe in using something until it can't be reasonably
used anymore (and then I try to stretch it out some more ;)
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>> Sellam
Ismail,
>>
>> I still use them [floppy's] all the time. It's still the quickest and
>> easiest way to transfer files (that can fit on them of course).
>>
>> I use CD-R for backups and transferring very large files.
Compared to a USB memory stick? Unless I want to keep or do repeated
transafers over time, I have lamost stopped using CD-R's completely.