computers dont just die the way you describe them doing a computers life should go on way past a humans, so what are you doing to them to make them die?
Maybe bad compnents such as ram?
Sigh. OK, just to be clear. If this comes across as rude or short forgive me. It isn't intended to be. Just getting into waaay more detail than I thought I'd have to.
I am a geek. Professional, programming, managing techno-geek. I have more computers in my home than I do people. I have more networks in my home than I do people. Hell, I have more
wireless networks in my home than I do people. I do more things with my cell phone as a small computer than most people use theirs for making phone calls. If I were to make a list of what I do with computers in order of priority it would be something like:
1) Programming
2) Video editing
3) Audio editing
4) Video/Audio streaming
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9999) Video game playing.
I only had one Windows box and all it was used for was IL2. I bought it 5 years ago. IL2 was really the only game I played. I started losing interest in it about a year ago and only stayed active with my squad. Now that the one machine I used for game playing has gone Tango Uniform and, my interest has faded, I looked around and had all this flight equipment I won't be using laying around and decided to de-clutter the environment.
It's up for sale. It's that simple. If not here then on E-Bay.
Once I wrap my work at this current job I'm headed back overseas (where I've spent most of my life) and probably to Africa (where I've spent a good portion of my overseas time). There is a lot of stuff I want to do there--finishing up some of the work I started a few years back. Lots of the places I'll be headed won't even have electricity. In the grand scheme of things virtual flying--and more importanly, my desire to do so--just isn't in my future for the next few years.