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MonsieurEvil
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">Why MonsE will be in business forever</div> (original Register article here: <a href='http://www.theregister.com/content/67/31009.html' target='_blank'>http://www.theregister.com/content/67/31009.html</a> )
So you think you use old PC's at home or at work? Look at what these knuckleheads are doing...
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By Startups.co.uk
Posted: 03/06/2003 at 13:45 GMT
Small firms are not investing enough in office technology to ensure their future growth, according to corporate turnaround specialist Begbies Traynor.
In a confidential poll, the firm asked over 200 individual owner-managers of small businesses which was their oldest piece of office technology still in regular use including computer software and hardware, printers, fax machines, photocopiers and video recorders.
The research found over half of the firms were still regularly using technology up to five years old and well over a third (37 per cent) were using equipment and software between six and ten years old.
The study cited examples of a travel and tourism operator based in the Midlands using a 16 year-old Telex machine and a firm of printers in the North East still using a ten year old IBM Datamaster PC with 8 inch floppy drive.
And the oldest laptop computer named in the survey was a Tandy, which had been used by a North West printing firm for the past eight years.
Nick Hood, senior London partner at Begbies Tranor said it came as little surprise there was still so much older technology in everyday use.
“A part of me thinks this might be because smaller firms are prudent to get the best out of fully functioning equipment and it’s pointless replacing something that does the job.
“But another part worries that this is actually a sign too many small firms are not keeping up to date – modern software and hardware is very efficient and, for not much cost these days, many of the companies we spoke to could really up their information flow,” he said.
According to research carried out by Mintel, price is the major factor for smaller firms when deciding whether or not to renew office technology.
Begbies Traynor advises small businesses that they can still take advantage of the 100 per cent first-year tax allowance when purchasing information and communication technology until March 31, 2004.
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So you think you use old PC's at home or at work? Look at what these knuckleheads are doing...
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->So what's your oldest piece of kit?
By Startups.co.uk
Posted: 03/06/2003 at 13:45 GMT
Small firms are not investing enough in office technology to ensure their future growth, according to corporate turnaround specialist Begbies Traynor.
In a confidential poll, the firm asked over 200 individual owner-managers of small businesses which was their oldest piece of office technology still in regular use including computer software and hardware, printers, fax machines, photocopiers and video recorders.
The research found over half of the firms were still regularly using technology up to five years old and well over a third (37 per cent) were using equipment and software between six and ten years old.
The study cited examples of a travel and tourism operator based in the Midlands using a 16 year-old Telex machine and a firm of printers in the North East still using a ten year old IBM Datamaster PC with 8 inch floppy drive.
And the oldest laptop computer named in the survey was a Tandy, which had been used by a North West printing firm for the past eight years.
Nick Hood, senior London partner at Begbies Tranor said it came as little surprise there was still so much older technology in everyday use.
“A part of me thinks this might be because smaller firms are prudent to get the best out of fully functioning equipment and it’s pointless replacing something that does the job.
“But another part worries that this is actually a sign too many small firms are not keeping up to date – modern software and hardware is very efficient and, for not much cost these days, many of the companies we spoke to could really up their information flow,” he said.
According to research carried out by Mintel, price is the major factor for smaller firms when deciding whether or not to renew office technology.
Begbies Traynor advises small businesses that they can still take advantage of the 100 per cent first-year tax allowance when purchasing information and communication technology until March 31, 2004.
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TO BOLDLY FREEZE WHAT NO-ONE COULD BE ARSED TO FREEZE BEFORE
he uses a five year old dell .... and timestar is apparently a dos-based time clock for his two dozen employees. yes, thats twenty five people working and getting paychecks by a 5 year old machine we are gonna fix up for $150....
ive seen more old computers that "just freeze, fix please" in two weeks here than ever before in my life.
Project E.U.N.U.C.H.: The <span style='color:red'>E</span>xtreme <span style='color:red'>U</span>se of <span style='color:red'>N</span>early <span style='color:red'>U</span>niversal <span style='color:red'>C</span>ooling <span style='color:red'>H</span>ardware
TO BOLDLY FREEZE WHAT NO-ONE COULD BE ARSED TO FREEZE BEFORE
Go take a look. It's recommended reading. And it's about <a href='http://totl.net/Eunuch/' target='_blank'>freezing an old computer</a>. So there.
at my work though, its pathetic. most systems are 400mhz dell's, but some are 200 or even 166's... they don't even meet the min system requirements of the software that is now the livlihood of the bank. the worst deal though is that one of the major systems, called CAR, is a very intensive piece of software that actually requires 3 computers in parrallel processing to work right.. well they only have 2, and one crashes all the time. we have a system crash every night. and we're a BANK...
All our PC's are 1ghz and 512 RAM or more, heh. In the CAD lab we have even more RAM and decent video cards as well, so it's fun to download the UT or Q3 demos and sneak a bit of LAN gaming in every once and a while, but that's not the point.
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Project E.U.N.U.C.H.: The <span style='color:red'>E</span>xtreme <span style='color:red'>U</span>se of <span style='color:red'>N</span>early <span style='color:red'>U</span>niversal <span style='color:red'>C</span>ooling <span style='color:red'>H</span>ardware
TO BOLDLY FREEZE WHAT NO-ONE COULD BE ARSED TO FREEZE BEFORE
Go take a look. It's recommended reading. And it's about <a href='http://totl.net/Eunuch/' target='_blank'>freezing an old computer</a>. So there. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
*Me gets idea*
*Me buys tat fridge*
*Me buys fastest slekests companents available with lots of fans and a water cooling system*
*Me assembels and overclocks*
*Doom3 Runs at 200fps*
*Atomic explosion*
Might try that...