[lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu--posting from "the top"--ode to PPC <snif>

[Eric Bradshaw]

On Sun, 14 May 2017 11:44:08 -0700, Brendan || Lyn Perrine wrote:

> Although I know pentium IV( prescott) to core 2 was a huge jump on the
> intel side I also have 4 GB of ram in this laptop. It seems to do
> everything but gaming and running virtual machines well.
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Just wanted to chime-in and lament the loss of the PPC *and the P4.* 
When Computers4Christians started, I was the "Mac guy." I greatly 
enjoyed giving a new life to PowerPC Macs for a good while, but soon the 
demands of the Internet made all but the most souped-up PPC Macs 
impossible to give away and feel good about it. The same thing happened 
roughly two years ago with i386/32-bit/P4 computers (PIII was already 
too old in 2011). Technology marches on - and on the Internet - that's 
video technology. Even when a parent says they just need their child/ren 
to be able to do homework - that now necessitates that computer being 
able to reliably stream video.

Websites I use to test machines include http://www.godtube.com/movies/, 
http://www.godvine.com/, http://www.jesuseveryday.com/onlinemovies.htm, 
and for Flash specifically (yes, Flash is still around); 
https://michaelianeade.wordpress.com/good-flash-websites/, 
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/best-flash-sites and always 
http://www.snailsanimation.com/benchmark08_play.php

Eric
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