Comments on: Do You Really Need a New Computer? Frugal Tips to Extend Your Computer’s Life

By: How We Spent Our Economic Stimulus Check | Frugal Dad

How We Spent Our Economic Stimulus Check | Frugal Dad — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:00:25 +0000

[...] still serve me well. The truck still runs, I repaired the sofa leg myself, and I’ve made some small upgrades to the computer to extend its useful life. No sense in replacing these things just for the sake of getting [...]

By: missy

missy — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:24:19 +0000

IF YOUR HARD DRIVE EVER CRASHES ALL U HAVE TO DO IS PUT UR HARD DRIVE IN A ZIPLOCK BAGGIE FOR 15 MINUTES IN THE FREEZER ONLY 15 IT WILL GET FIXED!TRIED IT AND IT WORKED !

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:44:58 +0000

Zach, I have an old computer sitting there not doing anything, so I might give t a go. I don’t know much about installing it (and wiping Windows off), so I may find someone to help.

By: Shanti @ Antishay

Shanti @ Antishay — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:43:32 +0000

Thank you for linking back to my article

By: zach @ Pennywise

zach @ Pennywise — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:45:53 +0000

I will second all of the above linux users.

TRY LINUX.

I downloaded and burned a live-cd to test it out before I installed it (read: find somebody to install it cuz I don’t know anything about it and don’t have time). Awesome.

By: For Mac Users: Frugal Tips to Extend Your Computer’s Life | Antishay Ventenne

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:17:32 +0000

[...] at Cash Money Life wrote an incredibly detailed post for Windows-users about how to extend the lives of their computers. I bow down to Patrick for all of his awesomeness, [...]

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:44:13 +0000

…[Another article that I enjoyed was Do You Really Need a New Computer? Frugal Tips to Extend Your Computer’s Life » posted at Cash Money Life. For skeptics those tricks did seem to work. After I defragmented my hard disc over the weekend, my computer started running better]…

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #6 | Free From Broke — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:06:37 +0000

[...] Do You Really Need A New Computer? Frugal Tips To Extend Your Computer’s Life by Cash Money Life. I recently upped the RAM on my laptop and it definitely saved me from getting a new computer! [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:40:16 +0000

MITBeta, Thanks for the info. I have an old (slow) laptop that doesn’t see much action now, so I may try uploading Ubuntu on it to see how it goes. I’m all about increased performance, and I don’t like dealing with malware or viruses either. Thanks fo the tips.

By: MITBeta @ Don't Feed The Alligators

MITBeta @ Don't Feed The Alligators — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:32:05 +0000

@Rachel: All versions of Linux are free. Companies can charge for the actual CD/DVD on which the OS comes, and they can charge for support, but they can’t charge for the actual OS.

I’ll throw my hat in the ring for Linux as well. I’ve been using it for a little over 3 years now. My brother called me up the other night with a tale of woe over viruses and spyware. What a hassle, I thought. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that crap anymore.

Beyond the malware, Linux is faster because it’s leaner. There’s far fewer resident programs running at any given time.

I’ll second the suggestion to try Ubuntu. Download a “Live CD”, pop it in, and you’ll be amazed at how intuitive and simple it is.