Time to retire your old friend computer Dane. It has served you well but was only designed to run for about 3 years. You got your moneys worth and some.
For basic singer/songwriter demo recordings a smartphone and recording apps work just fine and sound great. If you want to do a full featured DAW, simple laptops and netbooks/tablets work well. Because they only use about 1/20th of the electricity your old XT uses, they might actually pay for themselves in Edison bill savings. About $300 will buy a workable netbook or tablet that will be light years better than a 10 yr old XT machine.
http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/ ... ay-lt2120u
For basic singer/songwriter demo recordings a smartphone and recording apps work just fine and sound great. If you want to do a full featured DAW, simple laptops and netbooks/tablets work well. Because they only use about 1/20th of the electricity your old XT uses, they might actually pay for themselves in Edison bill savings. About $300 will buy a workable netbook or tablet that will be light years better than a 10 yr old XT machine.
http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/ ... ay-lt2120u
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