🚀 go-pugleaf

Daniel J Thomas <DanTheMan@airbus.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Ok, here's my 10 pence worth...
>
>I bought an AST 6050d thinking I could upgrade it from 50Mhz 486 to
>pentium.  I bought it second hand withouth thinking about any possible
>problems that would arise from upgrading.  Well, it was 500 quid down
>the drain.  I had the computer for 1 month and got pissed with the
>speed.  So I called AST about a m/b upgrade - 340ukp for a pentium m/b
>that would fit the case!!! What a rip off.  What I did was to buy a new
>case and motherboard and also a K5-100 and a a graphics card.  It all
>cost about 230 quid but it was the best money ever spent.  If I was you
>I'd get a new case and m/b.  This way you will always be able to upgrade
>the computer without too much expense.

Yup, I have just upgraded a machine for a client with the same
problem, I say it over and over again to clients - but few of them
listen - buying a machine from a big name, with a snazzy case, is not
a good idea.

Gareth Jones