Desktops forum: Poll: How old is your current main computer?

I built my computer in Aug. 2006 and it consist of:
Dual boot XP Pro and Vista Ultimate 64 (Dont use XP any more)
Asus P5WD2-E Premium motherboard
Intel PD 950 3.41GHz 775 2x2mM R processor (dual-core)
Asus Silent Square CPU Fan and Heatsink
4GB DDR2-SDRAM Kingston KST DII667 memory
2GB Kingston CF card used as ReadyBoost for Vista
NVIDIA EN8600GT/HTDP/256M Video Card (dual monitor setup)
NVIDIA EN8600GTS/HTDP/256M (I use this for my 67 HDTV)
(2) Western Digital WD2500YD SATA HDs
(2) SeaGate ST3320620NS SATA HDs
(1) SeaGate ST3250310AS SATA HD
(total of 1.39 terabyte hd storage)
Optiarsc AD-7190 SATA DVD RW drive
NEC AD-7190S SATA DVD RW drive
Sony DVD-ROM DDU1612 ATAPI drive
Rosewill RC-211 SATAII PCI card (I needed more SATA ports)
Rosewill PCI USB card
Lian Li Clear side case
Rosewill modular 550W power supply (need to upgrade soon)

i have a 1 year old macbook, and its the best computer i've ever owned. while all my friends have been dealing with hardware faults and windows vista, i have not had a single problem. I am a full blown apple convert.

I have an Alienware Area-51 3500 that I got back in 2006, although it's taken so many upgrades it's practically not the same machine.

As of now, it houses a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R motherboard, Intel Core2 Duo E8400, 4 GB of DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM, Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT graphics card, 2x 80 GB Hard Drives, DVD RW drive, LG Blu-ray and HD-DVD drive. I use a 500 GB external drive for all my "stuff" so if I have problems, reformatting is easy, although I'm highly sick of it and probably won't do so again for a while.

I have a Toshiba laptop, 4 gigs ram and 320 gig hard drive. It has dual 2 core, so is fairly speedy even with Vista. I've had no trouble with computer, but sure have had trouble with Vista.

Pretty much love the laptop.

Also have (business requires extras) an HP laptop about 2 years old, which has had some repair problems, and an older Fujitsu that I've never had a problem with. Both of them have XP. Both are laptops. I travel, so need portability.

06 after katrina acerpower intel p4 modified my local microsource shop. trouble free and quick enough with xp. use all freeware such as open office and serif graphics. Why pay when stuff is free and works.

My main desktop is an HP Pavilion which I bought in December of 2001. I just this week upgraded it to 2 GB RAM and it's leaping around like an Olympic jumper!

A Great machine, it seems to not be showing its age. 2.4 GHz P4, with 2 GB RAM, an 80 GB HD, a CD/DVD RW (Burner) and all other stuff seems to have been brandy new, even though it is not. It works like a charm.

My laptop is less than a year, and it runs Vista SP1 like a new-born, no problems, it's an Acer 5920 Aspire, and is a joy to use. Alas, I picked up a Trojan and am going to rebuild it but that will take me all of an afternoon and it will be back in business.

They're truly making better machines these days, and thanks to that, it is easier to deal with problems than it ever used to be.

So, the 7 year old HP Desktop Pavilion, and the > 1 yea old Acer Aspire laptop, and I couldn't be happier with my hardware.


(Once more, please forgive any glaring spelling errors ...).

-a.

A month old at best. Pretty nice expandable computer for 300 bucks

What is remarkable is that as we all learn more about the technology, we become more able to manage what we have, rather than immediately say, "I gotta get new stuff!"

And be it a MAC or a Windows machine, we all are indeed learning more - thanks to fora like this and other locations, in which we can share information, ideas, suggestions, and the like.

Folks, without the trumpets, we have walked quietly into the information age, and it's a nice place to be. We can relax, sit and learn from others, teach if we want to and are qualified to do so ...

So, my thanks to all from whom I am learning - and I've been working with PCs since 1985 and computers since ... well, I don't want to give away how old I really am <BG>!

The Info Age is actually a nice place to spend some time, no?
-a.

I had an older Dell as our second computer. Since my wife was starting a college course, I wanted her to be able to use our faster, newer computer, but also was working at home using it. So we decided that we should get a newer computer a couple of months ago and retire the older Dell. Since I buy a computer to last a few years, I usually pay a little more ($1100) to get something that will last a little longer. This time:

Dell XPS-420
Q9450 2.66GHz. quad-core processor (12Mb. of cache), FSB 1.33GHz.
Memory 3Gb. 800MHz. DDR.
320Gb. SATA hard drive

This desktop works great with Windows Vista, and I'm very happy with it. I think that it has enough horsepower to feel fast for at least a couple of years.

-Roger

I don't know exactly how old it is, because my aunt gave it to me when she bought a new computer.

It's an HP Pavilion, with a Pentium III processor, and 127MB of RAM.

One thing I don't like about it is: Every time I restart it, (which is a few times a week,) it puts an Outlook Express shortcut on the desktop. (This annoys me because I don't use Outlook Express, and I heve to delete it again.)

I have a Dell Dimension 8100, P4,1.3 GHz., 60 gig HD, beautiful 19"
monitor. It came with Windows ME(horrible), and 128 MB of memory. I added XP and more memory(512 MB). Oh, it also came with a modem because I had dial-up access at first. I keep it clean and tuned up and it serves me well.

I love seeing older PC's still kicking it.

I wish you many more faithfull years of service!

My main computer is a two-year-old Toshiba laptop. It's my fourth personal computer since the early 1990's. The Toshiba was an inexpensive little laptop, but has proven to be extremely fast, with an incredible memory capacity. I have a secondary laptop, an eight-year-old Gateway, that still works remarkably well.

My pc is 18 months old. Even though I hate HP, that is what I have. I know some are asking why did you buy it? Well, that's the catch. I didn't. When someone is buying you something, you take it, even if you don't want or like it. If it had been my money, I would have bought a Sony.

The pc in question is a custom a1750y series HP 3 gig using Vista. Prior to that, I was on another HP, that was purchased in 1999, the 6746C 733-MHZ using Windows Me.

I basically skipped over the XP thing where folk preferred it to Vista. I prefer Windows 98 to all other OS, even though Vista is just fine to me.

in reply to your question i have an e machines T5010 with an intel p4 with 3.0 chip only things i did was add an extra cdrom drive and a 19 " flat screen never given me any trouble and probably won't either since i stay pretty much on schedule of keeping it run efficient