I talked to an idiot tonight who had an old system. How old is old? 2000 old. Well, in the year 2000, I had a 850 MHz Athlon on which I had penciled in some lines and was then running at 1050 MHz and holy jesus, was it wicked fast. I had a huge copper brick on top of it to cool it (anybody remember the Kanie Hedgehog? It’s heavier than the Zalman on my A64, for fuck’s sake.)
Where I am going with this?
Aforementioned idiot had totally horked up his box. Bad. Not like those goddamn things ever worked right anyway. I was going to go on a long diatribe about how unstable those systems were, until I remembered how unstable my Athlon was in 2000. Took me about 3 weeks to find an set of OC settings that worked without blowing up at semirandom times.
Back to the story again, I promise.
Previously mentioned idiot apparently loved this box like his firstborn. I told him he was going to have to get some parts, and he was so quiet for a minute I wondered if he was going to break down and cry. I suggested that it might be cheaper to replace it than repair, and he spent ten minutes telling me how his system was designed for AutoCAD and how it had SCSI hard drives (U2W, screamin’ wicked fast half the speed of Firewire, yo, that’s quick!)
Seriously, people. It’s just stuff. If my Powerbook were to be crushed by a giant atomic chicken from outer space, I’d be upset for a while too, but in the end, it’s just stuff. Stuff is replaceable.
