On 2009/12/16 17:32 (GMT+0100) Clayton composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
So puters in homes are all toys? No one who uses a puter at home uses it for work? A computer is by design a tool. Some use the tool for playing games. Many don't.
All I meant was that the typical home computer does more than work. people tend to like to explore more than the terminal window, and read webmail.
Family trees Banking Investing Twittering/Facebooking Telephony Researching Writing Many things to use a home puter for besides email not needing 3DFX.
On, but nevertheless they shouldn't become obsolete from mere passage of time. They shouldn't need to be replaced before they die of natural causes. Forced advanced retirement is an ecologically bankrupt paradigm.
But.. they do. The theoretical "usable" lifetime of a computer is about 18 to 24 months at best. Yes you can use an older computer, but you are rapidly left in the dust as the rest of the world moves on, and less and less of the new features. Yes a 5 year old computer will still work, and will still do the basics, but if you want to move beyond the basics you're going to struggle.
Must be nice to be rich and care not about the ecology. That new technology advances rapidly is not justification to shut doors on the poorer who must make things last respectably.
Web sites requiring bling haven't yet enabled accessibility. Every (e.g. Flash, theoretically accessible-enabled, but not in the wild) one I've ever been to is unusable even with required plugins or enabled 3DFX hardware. All
Did I mention websites? Nope. I pointed to a few specific applications that specifically require or work better on video hardware that is OpenGL capable.
I wouldn't know about applications requiring state of the art hardware. My work is keeping old hardware working for those who can't afford better, and those who respect the ecology, and without suffering the risks of M$-targeted malware. -- " We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion." John Adams, 2nd US President Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org