Posted by jdemaris on December 27, 2010 at 08:39:41 from (67.142.130.38):
In Reply to: Re: Laptop posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on December 27, 2010 at 08:28:34:
Seems time will tell. My experience with other types of solid-state storage is - when it goes it goes instantly. I've had several 8 GB thumb-drives crash and lose everything - with no warning.
I find conventional hard-drives to be very reliable, considering they are partly mechancial. Kind of a hybrid of the old floppy drive disk and an old record-player with an arm that reaches out to play a record.
Considering that a 20 MB hard-drive was once considered HUGE, and we now have 2 Terrabyte drives for $200, seems storage is amazingly cheap.
My wife's first lap-top finally got so slow we stopped using it. 7 year old HP Compaq with a single 1.6 processor and 500 MB of RAM. I just stuck a new 500GB hard-drive into it (for $50) and 4 GB of RAM (for another $50), plus a new DVD burner for $25 and it runs almost as fast as our newest lap-tops now. We're going to use it as a portable "file cabinet" and TV when we travel.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - An AC Model M Crawler - by Anthony West. Neil Atkins is a man in his late thirties, a mild and patient character who talks fondly of his farming heritage. He farms around a hundred and fifty acres of arable land, in a village called Southam, located just outside Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. The soil is a rich dark brown and is well looked after. unlike some areas in the midlands it is also fairly flat, broken only by hedgerows and the occasional valley and brook. A copse of wildbreaking silver birch and oak trees surround the top si
... [Read Article]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
