How Many Computers?

[Deleted member 152047]

You guys are old, lol. Punchcards?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

You guys are old, lol. Punchcards?

Yep. Punch card nightmare. Punch for a hour, wait in line to read, wait in line for print out. My first programmable calculator was an Olivetti 101....

By 1988 I was writing and publishing a program called Drill Sam II for use with a TI 88, in World Oil magazine to use to detect over pressured zones (the ones that blow out).

 

[Evincere]

Is Quill and ink out of style?

 

[Deleted member 128537]

3 computers. One MacBook, one older MacBook, and a Mac mini that acts as back up just in case something happens. 2 IPADs, but really 1 I really use. I do have a few old PC's but never use them. My wife also has a MacBook. The thing about macs is they just keep going and going.

 

[Eli]

Parts are really inexpensive now if you can pinpoint a problem. I have an 4-5 yr old good desktop where I think it may be the video card or little receptacle on back because the screen won’t light. I am considering fixing it myself when I get time to troubleshoot. They are really not hard to fix on most components.

A repair shop will just keep replacing parts til they get the right one. Lol

I am a desktop person. I am twice as fast on a desktop. A laptop is like my iPhone to me.

The difference in the keyboard and mouse is what what makes me so much faster on a desktop. And screens too to a degree.

 

[QWERTY Pi]

Parts are really inexpensive now if you can pinpoint a problem. I have an 4-5 yr old good desktop where I think it may be the video card or little receptacle on back because the screen won’t light. I am considering fixing it myself when I get time to troubleshoot. They are really not hard to fix on most components.

A repair shop will just keep replacing parts til they get the right one. Lol

I am a desktop person. I am twice as fast on a desktop. A laptop is like my iPhone to me.

The difference in the keyboard and mouse is what what makes me so much faster on a desktop. And screens too to a degree.

There’s a software application , shoot, I forgot the name. Search for Graphics Driver Removal Tool. Run it, and it will remove everything (back to default VGA). Then Id start with drivers. Check your BIOS settings ofc, check cables, fans/cooling (sorry, Im sure you know the drill). That graphics driver removal too is the bees knees (which is what I wanted to mention here). If you find the DL, run it through VirusTotal ofc (it’s a widely known .exe, but heads-up as there’s a cpl/few garbage knock-offs bundled w/ PUP).

 

[jay trotta]

If time is money, is it worth fixing or just go new ??

 

[Sid Holderly]

5 but only 2 actually run the appraisal business.

Today many entry-level computers are fast enough for appraisal work if they have substantial RAM. But, you may have to build one to use multiple monitors especially if over two.

I use one 5-year old desktop running Linux with Windows 7 in a virtual box with two 23" monitors (one horizontal and one vertical). I would like a third monitor.
I have a 10-year-old XP computer as a backup. It has an older version of the software that can open newer appraisal files and squeak through to finish a report if needed. I have used it once in the last three years. My wife has a newer Windows 10 computer for the bookkeeping, an Amazon fire and a Chromebook. A stand-alone hard drive on the network is for backup of reports and appraisal computer needed info only. I can access either through a local network. The Brother multi-function color laser scanner/printer is hooked to all through the network. With a little work my cell phone could also print to the printer.

My next addition will be a better backup, likely a NAS on the network.

If new forms are only in letter size I might make some monitor changes. The County assessors office now has wide curved screens that look promising.

 

[EddieB]

My two year old HP's hard drive crashed last weekend. I have a good backup system, but it will take most of tomorrow to get back up! I didn't think about it but SSD drives are almost impossible to recover data.

I'm considering going back to pen and paper until all my software needs are cloud based!

 

[Eli]

My two year old HP's hard drive crashed last weekend. I have a good backup system, but it will take most of tomorrow to get back up! I didn't think about it but SSD drives are almost impossible to recover data.

I'm considering going back to pen and paper until all my software needs are cloud based!

Desktops are much easier to work on than laptops. You can even pay to have a computer diagnosed like a car and fix it yourself much cheaper than taking it to be fixed if you have the tools and mechanical ability. On recovering data, the experts have tools most don’t have.