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Desktops: Poll: How old is your current main computer?
- 10/17/08 11:17 AM
Two new ones...
by LouCap - 10/18/08 5:57 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I bought a Mac Book Pro a few months back for my main office computer ( yes, I went tot he dark side, but hey, it just works), and I just bought my wife an Acer Aspire One netbook for use around the house while surfing the internet. Prior to getting these machines, we had our laptops (Acer & Toshiba) for 3-4 years, and truth be told, we still use a 4 year old Toshiba for the "heavy lifting" at home.
desktop
by Phil Crase - 10/18/08 6:03 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My main tower is a clone, Gigabyte MB, Intel dual core, 3GB DDR 6400, 512mb VID 400 GB WD HDD, BLASTER sound card in ANTEC mid tower w/ 500 watt supply running Win XP professional. Runs well for me.
5 years old
by Carizma22 - 10/18/08 6:04 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
God moornin:
I have a titanium Powerbook (Apple)--867 MHZ. I mostly use it for word-processing and surfing the Internet, but I would like the functionality of the Intel Apples to be able to run Windows for some of the applications I want to use. I have Virtual PC but it runs really slowly and the screen is tiny. But I have loved this computer more than the ones I have had before--I have had Macs since 1984 and the very first one with 128k RAM!
I am interested in the new line of Apple laptops, which I have yet to see. My new laptop will be, as it is now, my only computer, so I am swithering between the portability of the Macbooks and the bigger screen on the MacbookPro. I am not sure that I need that much power though and the price difference is significant.Or maybe I will just stick with what I have until it won't do what I need it to do.
Carole
Oops!
by Carizma22 - 10/18/08 6:14 AM In reply to: 5 years old by Carizma22Good morning, I meant!
It's brand spanking new.
by jpprice47 - 10/18/08 6:34 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
After 25 years I finally went back to Apple. I've got an Intel-based MacBook. If I just have to use Windows, I can run it simultaneously with VMWare Fusion.
One to Two Year PC
by maldelus - 10/18/08 6:36 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Dell Dimension E521 with changes - added Lite-On Blu-Ray drive, ATI 1650X Sound Card, 4 GB memory, and replaced crt monitor with Dell 1720W flat panel.
its an oldie but a goodie
by wheelnut53 - 10/18/08 6:41 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've been lucky I have a friend who steered me in the rite direction off the top. he told me PC's are like cars they will all get you there .I was a compaq die hard . So I went to the store with a list of what I wanted /needed. My first and only computer. 1 gig ram cd-rewrite, DVD player/burner etc but they gave me a bootleg windows OS. Well now 4 yrs later the only original part is the Mobo. I've cut holes in the side panel added additional RAM, Fans & Lights recently a new Heatsink fan. I found out about thermal gel by accident actually purchase some before I needed it, I've learned a lot,just dont ask me to count RAM.
How old?
by Misha331 - 10/18/08 6:51 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My main (work) desktop is a two-year old Intel iMac, and it's running beautifully!
I like the dual-boot ability allowing me to switch to Win XP with a simple 'restart'.
Thinking of getting a new one...
by Joshua Kwoon - 10/18/08 7:06 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My no-longer-sold Dell Inspiron 640M was a hand-me-down from my mother last year, running XP Media Center Edition 2005. Now she is using an Inspiron 1420 running Vista Home Basic. I've been eyeing one of Dell's XPS laptops lately. Deciding between a XPS 15" or 13".
Still Runnng
by psharer4062 - 10/18/08 7:07 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I built my own computer, when I first builit it I had put an intel 915 board in it and now I just recently within the year put a DP35 board in it. Have two optical drives 4G of ram runnng Vista ultimate. Love it. I also have 4 laptops and a xbox 360 that are all wireless, No wires in this network at all except for the ones comming into the house....lol
Old and running fine
by finalquest - 10/18/08 7:34 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I usually build my own boxes and I've really gotten upset with the constant un-needed changes. I have an AMD Athlon XP 3200 CPU on a SOYO Dragon MB with a gig of ram, 160 gig WD HD, ATI 128 AGP graphics, Creative Labs sound with XP as the OS. I keep it alive and it still serves me well for graphics and work. I've been working with PC's since the dawn of the Tandy Home computer. Heck I even had an Osborne. What gets me is how we've become slave to the OS rather than the other way around. Every upgrade that comes out from Microsoft has required a substantial hardware upgrade which creates an incredible surge in the waste stream. My question to everyone is, do you really need that much computing power? The average home user never hits the limit of their PCs' capability because all they're doing is sending e-mails and surfing the net. That can be done with cheap, less power hungry boxes or laptops. I still recall my favorite software bundle of all time. It was Geoworks and it would run on a 286. AOL actually used it as their GUI before switching to then Windows 3.1. Geoworks had everything a home user needed. I know some people like to chase the technology but think about it. Over time, how much money do you spend doing that and do you really need that much power ? Will you ever reach the full capability of your PC if you are an average home user? (providing that you're not into high order fragging)
Take care !!
Less than one year
by philipmm - 10/18/08 7:39 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
System Model
Intel Corporation
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Main Circuit Board
Board: Intel Corporation D945GCPE AAD97209-201
Serial Number: AZPE74100ALF
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 07/10/200
Drives Memory Modules c,d
370.08 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
254.19 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
ELBY DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 [CD-ROM drive]
Seagate FreeAgent Go USB Device [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 1
ST3250310AS [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 0 1014 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'J6H1' is Empty
Slot 'J6J1' has 1024 MB (serial number 0x65031D51)
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 26.21 GB 13.59 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 52.43 GB 51.30 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 0) 52.43 GB 52.36 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 0) 118.98 GB 32.75 GB free
h: (NTFS on drive 1) 120.03 GB 104.19 GB free
re:How old is your current main computer?
by Bruce Pattinson - 10/18/08 8:07 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 933 MHz (7 x 133)
Motherboard Name AOpen AX34 (Pro) (1 ISA, 4 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 3 DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT82C694X Apollo Pro133A
System Memory 768 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (05/03/01)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Monitor AOC 7Elr(A)/7Elr(A)+ [17" CRT] (112798539)
Have trouble downloading updates or new software
by gthopper - 10/18/08 8:11 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Windows XP home edition, HP Pavilion a 320n, System number DM168A-ABA, Serial number MXK 34500 MW. I don't know if you need any more than this, if you do then you would have to tell me where to find it, I am a computer illiterate, most problems are probably my own. The computer is strictly home use, I'm disabled so its pay my bills on line confer with my doctor recieve reports or results from test, appointments, look up medicines and supplements. nothing that I would think would harm it other than age. I have automatic security update but most of the time it doesn't work. It will show as being installed but its not there. It will be in my update history but not in my add/remove programs. I'm trying right now to install a 90 day trail for anti-virus. 90 days is a long time for limited/fixed income. I get so far and get an error report. start over, another error. I don't have any idea what these errors are or why. I follow instructions so in my thinking it should be simple, no, doesn't happen. Is it because the computer is too old or I'm too old and stupid. I don't know if you can help or not but maybe a couple of suggestions.
Mac Pro All The Way!
by techgeek44 - 10/18/08 8:28 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This past spring, I decided I'd had it with crashes and other maintenance issues with "Microsoft Windows" based machines....been using them for over 10 years. So I decided to try the switch to an Apple product. Bought a Mac mini, learned how to use OS X and then sold the Mini to a friend. I then purchased a Mac Pro with dual 2.8GHz processors, installed 16GB's of RAM and have never looked back. It's powerful,OS X runs smoothly and it does everything I used to do on my Windows machines without the hassles. HD video editing, photo editing and even gaming are all fun now! No OS or hardware is perfect but this is as close to perfection as modern technology allows.
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