Kiirimi Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 around atleast 6 years old and running well as ever
Wizard Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I have a laptop that's about a year or two old. It's fast. Any experienced user running on Linux should have fairly fast computers, no matter how old they are. [i'm running Linux, ftw.]Still shining... Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2GB RAM ASUS P5K SE M/B 500GB SATA HD 160GB IDE HD 40GB IDE HD DVD +/- RW DL Rubbish graphics card. Runs: Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy), Kubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy), Gentoo 2007.0, openSUSE 10.3 That's godly *bows down*
Kim-Lan Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 My PC is about only a few weeks old! Nice and black (not that it's dirty or anything).
Golden Tiger Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 I have a variety of computers with some being ancient and others just being gracefully old. Most of them serve purposes though... My main machine --------------------- AMD Athlon 1800+ overclocked to be a 2400+ Radeon 9600 video card Asus A7N8X ver 1.0 motherboard 1 Gb Ram -- 6 years old or so -- My main machine has held up well running Windows XP. Granted, it can only play newer games at the lowest settings, but it works for most everything else just fine. However, the motherboard in particular is not supported in Vista. Therefore, I will upgrade this system soon. Laptop -------- Compaq Presario v5303nr AMD Turion 64 ML-28 1.6GHz processor AMD Radeon m200 integrated video Windows XP, but Vista capable -- 2 years old -- Other than the memory, this system should run better than my desktop. However, it simply serves as a valuable laptop for when I am not at home. I have the Vista install disks as provided by HP however I have yet to install them. The memory is simply too lousy for Vista and I haven't gotten around to upgrading it yet. Also, the integrated graphics borrows some memory for itself which would make the Vista experience even more lousy. Laptop -- Testing -------------------- Compaq Armada m700 Pentium III 700 Mhz processor ATI graphics (Rage?) with 4 Mb (!!) memory 512 Mb ram Ubuntu Linux -- had for 3 years, is 8 years old -- This is a rather thin and light laptop which is simply out of date by today's standards. No trackpad, just one of those weird joystick track points. However, it works well with Linux and with the Netgear wireless card I have. As stated, it is a testing laptop for Linux so that my digital life doesn't come to an end if something wonky happens with that OS. However, this laptop does have a dead battery... the nice thing is that it has the same power adapter as the laptop above. Desktop -- testing ----------------------- AMD K6-3 400 Mhz Voodoo 3 video card 384 Mb memory -- a long time??? -- This desktop would be a decent server except for the fact that it would take electricity if it was on. Also, I'm not sure if my ISP would be too happy with me having a server. Thus, this computer is sitting at the moment. It has Ubuntu Server edition on it though... I have some other digital devices that might count as computers... those being a Nokia n800 and a Dell Axim x30 High. However, since they are not computers per say, I will exclude them from this listing. I found that having a purpose for each device is vital. If the devices do not serve a discrete role then they are likely to be ignored. Otherwise, as you can guess, I am behind on the upgrade curve. I will eventually choose a desktop machine that will serve me for years to come... once I figure out what to purchase.
awesomegamer Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 About one year, which is almost too long because we get robbed a lot.
teh silly Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 Got a couple. Laptop's about half a year. Main desktop about 2 years. Other desktop about 3 years. Storage about 6 years. Current test machine somewheres in the 3-5 year range (I don't know, I got it free! ). I'm assuming all the computers in my basement don't count, because I never use them (they're along the lines of 286's or 386's, mostly). New main desktop coming this summer (yays, can't wait!), pushing either "other desktop" or "main desktop" to Server 2003, the other one gets whatever Linux distro server edition I'm trying out at the time. Currently running a couple versions of Ubuntu, XP, and Vista.
Augus.to Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 1 year... its a celeron D 2.66ghz RAM: 1.5gb Nvidia Geforce fx 5200 80gb hard disc (330gb soon xD) probably a real [bleeped!] for some people but I can't afford something better LOL
Blackwolf Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 it is quite old maybe too old, i think it is over 3 years.
Master Posted March 15, 2008 Posted March 15, 2008 My laptop's 10 years old...not kidding (it still has the designed for windows 98 sticker on it...and a 98 SE key on the back). PIII 450mhz 320 MB RAM (upgraded it ) 8 MB S3 Savage/IX @ 100mhz clock (120 safe overclock) DirectX 8.1 (no 9 support) And it runs XP Pro perfectly
jjpriest25 Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 My case, motherboard, sound card, and processor are all five years old. Everything else has been upgraded in the last year. So, I really don't know how to say how old my computer is cause some of it's older than other parts.
ninjagaiden Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 My case is new (just fitted up yesterday) i have water cooling a quad core amd dual graphics card and runs visat ultimate great
Teptep Posted April 3, 2008 Posted April 3, 2008 My buddy is almost 4 years with me. Still happy to its performance.
mr.shu Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 My PC model is like 4 years old but it's pretty much just 3 years old and running " kinda' " good.... ; not that great, not that bad....
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