Tom Austin wrote:
> Who runs an old PC at home as their main PC.

Define 'main' PC.

I have a several year old desktop that I do most of my work on. AMD 64 
3200+ single core with 1 gig of ram and several HDs from all of the old 
computers that have died. Not that old, really.

I have a second computer at my feet under my desk, that I use for email, 
IMs, and web browsing when I don't really feel like hearing the fans on 
the desktop and don't need to do any real work. It's a Pentium 2 333, 
with 256 megs of ram and an 8 gig HD. Admittedly, I can use it for just 
about everything because I've got no problems using a CLI, and text only 
IMs and web browsers. I recently installed Xorg on a lark, and one day 
may actually need to use a graphical interface. It won't do any of the 
Flash code I've been writing, and I wouldn't try running Eclipse on it, 
but it does everything else.

I have family using my discarded desktop workhorses, my parents had been 
using an old Athlon 800MHz until the memory (or the controller, or the 
main board) started suffering random errors. Since fixing the problem 
meant trying several different options, and replacing it meant them 
hauling one of my old PCs out of my closet and putting a disk drive in 
it, they went with the easy option of just moving a case and a HD.

Strangely, when I have a head ache and MUST check email for the latest 
'OMG something broke, fix it now!' message, my Wii has turned out to be 
quite useful. If it would do IMs, I could think about getting rid of the 
Pentium 2.

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