🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello ALL!

>True enough, but the difference was companies weren't requiring me to upgrade
>my computer every year.... My C64 and 1541 drive lasted me for about 6 - 7 years.
>You can't say that today. You buy a high end computer today, it will be bottom
>line in about 1 1/2 to 2 years and completely obsolete in about 3 to 4.

Same here. My Apple II+ stayed with me from 1981 'till the end of 1989. 
Even in its hay days, it still had a healthy number of games to choose 
from. Since 1991, I have upgraded from 386SX/16 to 486DX/33 to 
Pentium/90. In just four years, I have upgraded my computer three times. 
Three times! Each time, I had to spent about US$1,200 to upgrade my 
motherboard and CPU. Good gosh, I could buy a decent used car with that 
kinda money!

And my Pentium will probably last me for 1 1/2 year or so...before 
another upgrade. <sigh>

>Actually, I finally broke down and bought my own CD-ROM (I had been borrowing
>my roommates until now....). I must admit, I had the same fear, but from
>what I understand, CD-writable technology is going nowhere right now. The
>best they have is CDs where you have a limited number of writes allowed, and
>even those are ridiculously expensive right now. I wouldn't worry about
>CD-writables. 

After I got my 2x CD-ROM, they released the 3x-speed the very next week. 
You could never be certain about anything with computer technology these 
days...

Heh heh...CD-writable technology won't be commonly available to the public 
until two years from now. So which CD-ROM did you get?

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