Desktops: Poll: How old is your current main computer?
- 10/17/08 11:17 AM
How old is my current computer
by Terdog - 10/19/08 12:12 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Its a home built pc, most of the machine is about a year old, but I have done some upgrades to it. When i first build the computer, I was running an Dual Core e6600, and a Nvidia 8600 GTS Video Card. I bought a better video card this March. A Sapphire Radeon 3850 HD, and in August, upgraded the CPU to a Quad core Q6600. Other than those upgrades, its pretty much the same. Still using XP Pro for my Operating System. Tried Vista, hated it, went back to XP.
Oldest and best of those I own and use
by wljones - 10/19/08 12:52 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I bought a Linux preloaded computer from Cyclox (apparently out of business now) in 1991. It has never been contaminated with Microsoft software, but has run several variations and iterations of Linux. It is not ready for retirement yet.
5 Years and still going strong
by Shadowfax7 - 10/19/08 12:53 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a 2.6 ghz eMachines from Wally-Shop. Model # is W4682. I have finally upgraded the memory recently from it's wimpy 256mb by adding another 1Gb. The 80Gb hard disk is original. The only other mods have been adding a 128 Mb AGP card, and replacing the power supply 3 years ago. Between my son and myself, we run the machine between 5 and 10 hours a day, 355 days a year.
off grid desktop replacement
by bush4rat8kizzy - 10/19/08 3:27 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Living offgrid, no landlines likely in my lifetime, got the gamers 17" Artorius laptop from Vigor, 18 mo. old for desktop replacement loads of upgrades and addons and seller left almost all his stuff on, so have been cleaning alot. Using Ccleaner, Defraggler,(same site) and RevoUninstaller, too much stuff sharing to reformat with OS. Had it a month now and runs like new except startup still abit slow, have more to get rid of...and we will live happily with no bugs. And I'm an old slow brain ...
What I have
by oldhouseman - 10/19/08 9:31 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a Dell Precision 670 Workstation, dual Xeon processor, that I got to do graphics work. I do a lot of photography and work with old photos, especially old aerial photos, which tend to be pretty big (some get up to 250-260MB or larger). When I start manipulating them, the extract files can grow even more. So I decided that I wanted a graphics workstation like the pros used to do their work, and I've been very happy with the decision. It works well, does a nice job and is pretty fast. The only downside is the 64-bit O/S. Sometimes finding things that work with it can be hard, but, so far, I've always managed.
Another workstation user!
by nerv2010 - 10/21/08 6:57 AM In reply to: What I have by oldhousemanAfter reading the numerous posts, I'm relieved to know I'm not the only workstation user. I was starting to think there were only gamers and vintage PC users. Ah, ha, ha!
About a year old.
by malcolmb3 - 10/19/08 11:20 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I assembled my first over ten years ago. I usually upgrade until the motherboard can handle no more. When I replace the MB I consider it to be a new PC even though some of the old stuff stays. This is my fourth. I'm running Vista Home Premium SP1 on an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400 2.3, 2 gigs of DDR2 PC2-5300/667, 500 Gig Hard Drive, DVD+-RW Disc Drive/Burner, 450 Watt Power Supply, SB Audigy, ATI 2600 Pro PCIe, Altec Lansing 2.1 Speakers (these are 3 PCs old - still sound great), 22 inch WS/HD LCD Monitor, APC UPS, Cordless Mouse, and a Cheapo Keyboard. I'm no gamer but I like media. I tend to buy middle of the line competitivly priced stuff. I've ordered an AMD Dual Core 6000+ 3.0, two more gigs of RAM, and a 64 bit upgrade to Vista. This will lead to a better sound card, more powerful video card, and so on.
I've no problem with Intel processors except price.
How old is my computer
by Gordon Wileman - 10/20/08 2:04 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My computer is almost six years old and is a COMPAQ Presario 6000. It has behaved faultlessly, encouraging me to buy a s/h COMPAQ Deskpro EN, on which to run MANDRIVA LINUX.Yhe Presario came with XP Home Edition.
I have a six year old generic desktop
by doc1947 - 10/20/08 2:29 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
AMD 1.53 gig Athlon with 2 hard drives that total 140g of storage space running XP. It does everything I need. But then, I'm retired. If I get into Photoshop CS 4, I will have to get a new box. But I will not replace this old model T until I can't use it anymore.
my computer
by Bharat Puri - 10/20/08 8:48 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a HP Compaq Presario computer with XP windows. It is four years old. It has 120 GB hard disk with 516 RAM and DVD writer and Combo drive. It is working prefectly though some times have problem with Windows and I have to reinstall windows again otherwise it has no other proble.
BHARAT
Wow, almost 10 year old, no name, Pentium 4, 1.8 GHz
by slong3 - 10/20/08 10:41 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I put it together using all the best components of the day and it still works well for my use.
golden oldies
by sheaverbaan - 10/20/08 1:23 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Although we have one, 3months old computer and one about 1 year, I still go to my old Sony Vaio, 5 years old and running like sunshine!
3 years
by Nightmares0nwax - 10/20/08 5:27 PM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
about 3 years, the mother board is 2 years old
asus A8R32 MVP Delux ##// great board, supports dual channel
AMD Athlon 4000+ ##// slow but reliable
1gb crucial pc3200 ddr single channel ##// no problems, 400mhz
ATI Radeon x1900xtx ##// ace card, 140fps on some games ATI ALL TEH WAY!!
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity ##// poor, i wont buy creative again
Seagate Barracuda 250gb IDE ##// no probs
asus IDE dvd/cd rw ##// never really worked
last time i reformatted was dec last year, still works like brand new.
there are some hardware issues. my xtreme fidelity souncard causes POST failure from time to time, my dvd drive has stopped playing copied dvds, dvd roms play fine. apart from my antec p180 case falling apart its fine. i did replace an abit motherboard that lasted only about a year. that pissed me off to say the least =)
The older pc
by fishandgrapes - 10/21/08 6:28 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It is branded Packard Bell, made by NEC. Cost about 900 dollars four years ago, incuding a nice TFT, from high street chainstore. Windows XP home. 80 gig disk. Less trouble than anything else I use (and I'm not smart technically) but gets glitchy for a while after anyone else uses it. I have always found this to be so with shared pcs. Paranormal interaction?! Dodgy web visits??
At first, with 150 meg of ram, the thing didn't cope with photos, but an upgrade to 750 which I did myself made a huge difference. I don't do gaming or massive video - would rather read a book!
My music-loving son says my next computer should be a Mac. They look friendly. Why not? Howard, Devon UK.
5 year old custom made PC running Vista!
by aximuser - 10/22/08 3:03 AM In reply to: Poll: How old is your current main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My main pc is over 5 years old. I have it setup as a dual boot PC running Vista Home Premium and XP. I spend most (99%) of my time running Vista. Vista runs really well on this PC. I have 1GB of RAM and an ATI 9800 video card (128MB) of RAM. The CPU is an Intel P4 2.6Ghz single core, hyper-threaded processor. This PC is proof you can run Vista just fine on some older PCs.
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