10MPlayer Loc: California

That's hilarious. I worked with a guy who used an old MS-DOS program to do his surveying calculations. He refused to learn the newer, slicker apps. It wouldn't run on Windows without installing a DOS shell, or something like that and the company wouldn't allow him to install it on their system. He brought in an old computer like the one you described and used it for doing his calcs and used the company's system for everything else. Old dog, new tricks. Not.

jpgto Loc: North East Tennessee

Congratulations and good luck

taitman

"Why are people so nasty on here at times? He said he was no computer expert so maybe he was looking for some reassurance that his new machine was adequate and would do what was needed to do for awhile?"

The comment is a waste of space and time for people who use this site to learn from other photographers, but if he's looking for reassurance it is too late. I will say that he doesn't seem very open to suggestion, because if he were, someone would certainly have pointed out that relying on a "fairly old monitor" for photography is dumb, considering how far monitors have improved and come down in price. A new high resolution monitor would be at the top of my list. Hope the video card is good. Not being mean, just puzzled as to what his point was for posting.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

If it was mine I would have opted for the 1060TI Video Card. It is getting excellent reviews compared to other cards. Just out of curiosity can you tell which I7 cpu, and what brand of motherboard you are getting? Another thing I might point out, and I think other computer people will agree with me, is the fact thaat high end I5 cpus are out performing I7s, and save you a little money. Most of the high end gamers are now using I5s, and there are an awful lot of very demanding graphics in todays games and simulators. Just some info for others who are considering building new computers. A very good monthly publication to buy is "Maximum PC". A lot of reviews, and a ton of info on hardware and computer performance.

taitman

Thanks for the inf. I too will be looking for a new computer soon.

JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii

Enjoy your new computer. For those who have to denigrate the OP for posting It's always nice to tell people of something you have done. Congratulations again and enjoy.

BebuLamar

It was not a case of teaching old dog new trick like in the case of your co-worker. The PC has an ISA card in its ISA slot to interface with the machine. So to the least you need to get a PC with ISA slot. The card and the machine controller goes together and thus you can't interface with that controller by other mean. The option for the company was.
1. To buy a new machine for nearly 1 million dollars.
2. To have the machine manufacturer to retrofit it with a new control systems for 200K dollars.
Either option would take at least 2 months to complete while the lost of production was calculated by the accounting dept to be about $10,000 a day.

Putting the old 386 in its place would keep the machine running for at least another year and keep the customers happy and prevent loss of revenue. They can do the upgrade later and the upgrade time can be cut short to about 2 weeks because all of the negotiation, shipping, preparation can be done while they still have a machine producing their products. So the old 386 PC I gave them was worth a lot to them. I am glad that it served a useful purpose and was appreciated. I hate to donate these old computers (or cameras for that matter) to the people who feel that we dump obsolete useless stuff to them.

Neverlost99 Loc: Sarasota

Is there a way to block people that respond like this?

fcg1936

Only some adults!!

Novicus Loc: north and east

Good to see someone`s new system , may give me a pointer or two..thanks for posting

Marionsho Loc: Kansas

Enjoy your new computer Jack. Ignore the negative replies.

Marion

RPaul3rd Loc: Arlington VA and Sarasota FL

Looks like you bought a Ferrari. Kudos for NOT buying a gaming machine. But I would STRONGLY suggest you spend $150 or less and buy a new Monitor. Makes a world of difference in your visual perception.

Maggielle

I might suggest a nursing home or similar facility.....schools generally need to have similar configurations and newer software. A nursing home could use it for individuals who most likely will not need the latest processing capability.

BebuLamar

Which responses you talked about?

johnblenko Loc: Pittsburgh

And how does this differ from someone who posts that the big brown truck just came with a package from B&H? We congratulate them and ask them to post some pictures. I don’t ever recall anyone saying “there is no question involved and no education needed.” What WAS the intention of your reply to the OP? Give us a break.