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Re: [LUG] Save your old hardware!

 

On 05/06/06, Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
it used to boot a lot faster than anything today....
ooooh when I was a kid.......

It's interesting to note that my dad's business computer, running Windows 95 on a P75, would boot in about a minute. My Ubuntu installation takes about the same. Parkinson's law is apparently true of processing power, as it is with hard disc space and social work.

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