On Tuesday 08 of September 2015 22:57:43 gumb wrote:
Well, in the case of my folks' machine, a reinstall of the root partition with Mint, preservation of /home and a bit of reconfiguration and learning of Mint's system tools, shouldn't cost anything except a few hours or a couple of days of my time. A new or secondhand machine will be at least 150 UK pounds (if we're talking about anything of remotely satisfactory quality on a par with their old but reliable existing machine).
Depends on how you value your time. I checked the prices two days ago: for ~140 EUR (including Czech VAT which is one of the higher ones), you can have a motherboard, a two-core 64-bit CPU (with integrated GPU as a bonus) and 8 GB of memory; you can keep the rest of the system and get something that would, performance-wise, beat any common 32-bit machine by far. You might actually get even lower with the price if you are not too picky or decide 4 GB is enough - and I'm still talking about a new components with two years of guarantee etc. Second-hand hardware would be even cheaper. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org