I didn't even notice the part about it being 64-bit. Hmm. I could see problems there if you have an older printer (or other external device). You'd need to make sure you can get a proper driver. (And I don't think upgrading would help with that issue.) Otherwise it shouldn't be a problem, hopefully.
I don't know much about 64 bit platforms to be honest - I've been avoiding them as I've always been a bit worried that nothing else at home (printer, scanner, external hard drive) won't work with it.
They need to be maintained and parts replaced for functionality every few years.
Sadly, yes. Although with computers, the problem tends to be worse, in the sense that if something's more than two years old, unless we're talking about a new hard drive or DVD drive, replacing might just not be possible - say you want/need to replace (or add) either memory or the processor, and this might well mean having to replace the motherboard, all memory and the processor as you just can't get compatible parts any longer.
Which pretty much means that you can keep the hard drive (maybe) and the case and replace everything else .. at which point it would be easier and possibly cheaper to just get a whole new computer. :-S
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I don't know much about 64 bit platforms to be honest - I've been avoiding them as I've always been a bit worried that nothing else at home (printer, scanner, external hard drive) won't work with it.
They need to be maintained and parts replaced for functionality every few years.
Sadly, yes. Although with computers, the problem tends to be worse, in the sense that if something's more than two years old, unless we're talking about a new hard drive or DVD drive, replacing might just not be possible - say you want/need to replace (or add) either memory or the processor, and this might well mean having to replace the motherboard, all memory and the processor as you just can't get compatible parts any longer.
Which pretty much means that you can keep the hard drive (maybe) and the case and replace everything else .. at which point it would be easier and possibly cheaper to just get a whole new computer. :-S