I made that suggestion b/c I have read of such people who have shown up on the forum running very old machines basically just for p2p; be they old macs or pc's or whatnot. And not only on this forum.

Why should I make any xcuses for them. I suppose people use what they can get their hands on or just an old machine that's lying around doing nothing better so puttting it to good use. The previous are people who don't have much money & can't afford to buy the latest & some have even rebuilt a machine from old parts. These people complain about not having much space. That's if I believe what I read.

But barely an xcuse when you think about it. I have just the same thoughts as suggested in my earliest post. It's probably better they share 20 decent quality rips than 50-100 crappy things that few people seriously want.