Was gona upgrade to Windows from DOS this year..perhaps...but then you need stuff like this.
 
 Windows 1.0 requires a minimum of 256 kilobytes (KB), two double-sided floppy disk drives, and a graphics adapter card. A hard disk and 512 KB memory is recommended for running multiple programs or when using DOS 3.0 or higher.
 
Jeezs...who could ever deal with all that!
 
Billy

Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM anyway, roight?

craigb
Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM anyway, roight?

As fast as things are going these days, pretty soon the word "memory" or "ram" will be a joke anyway! it was needed in the old days, but going forward, I doubt that these will be an issue.

Moshkito

craigb
Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM anyway, roight?

As fast as things are going these days, pretty soon the word "memory" or "ram" will be a joke anyway! it was needed in the old days, but going forward, I doubt that these will be an issue.

Yes, a common problem with Alzheimer's.

bapu
It's been three years since I did my DAW build which means that it's time to replace my C: drive (samples and projects drives were already replaced in March).
 
I've yet to fill up my 500GB c:\ drive. Seagate ST3500413AS. 
 
I've been told that the best cloned drive is same model if you highest rate or auth'd software to work withiout re-authing.
 
Found the same model dive for $36 delivered.
 
So my plan is clone my C: drive to the new one when Win 10 is available. As wll take an image. Install Win 10 on the old drive. Verify that all works. If so, re-clone old drive (now Win 10) to new drive. Re-image old drive back to Win 7 (as a 30 day revert safety net). Destroy old drive after 60 days.
 
Good plan?
Flaws?

I have used the old hard drives as backups ... you go to the computer shop, get a "drive enclosure" and put that drive in there, and it is USB, and it becomes a nice backup drive, that you can use when you need it, and if it dies next month, or next year, it only cost you 19.95 for the enclosure, but you have one extra backup!
 
I have 3 of these and basically, if I want, it's 3 old drives that I can plug in to any computer.
 
 

It's cheaper to just get a "toaster" drive connector.  Then you can just swap internal hard drives to your heart's content without having to put the drives into separate enclosures (which I used to do).
 

I have one of those but it's build into the top of my tower. Sort of like a 21st century 8 track player.

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