How old is your computer???

[CaptainHawk1]

I'm just curious. I see a lot of people complaining that their computer can't do X, Y or Z or that "X" website's video player isn't any good when not only have I had no problems with it, it's been fantastic.

So, I'm just curious to see who's still running P4 systems or older.

 

[Ethros]

Just had its third birthday, got it in April 2006.
It runs more or less ok, as much I want it to anyway, which is pretty much just for basic web surfing. Although it now won't play DVDs anymore which is a bit annoying, not that I really used it to watch them anyway.

It also seems to be running slightly slower than when I first got it, but maybe that's because of how clogged up with porn it is

 

[Rii]

A little over 2yrs old. With no games both compelling and technically demanding in the offing, I expect it's roughly halfway through its lifecycle, although I'll need another HDD before then.

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

My laptop, which I use for surfing and all things processor intensive, is just a year old.

My desktop, which I use for writing, is a PII 400 MHz, with 128 MB RAM, and 8 GB HD supplemented by a 4GB USB stick, running Win 98SE, with a Voodoo II graphics accelerator. Now that's old. I also use it for music, as its Soundblaster kicks the arse of the laptop speakers. I also occasionally play my games on it, as I like me old school games, and none of my fave games are Vista compatible. Stupid laptop.

 

[John Picard]

Under a year old and purchased from a fellew TrekBBS'r. A Mac Mini, and I friggin LOVE this machine.

 

[JAG]

My desktop is about 5 years old. I use it for general surfing and some writing. Works fine for me.

 

[BriGuy]

Mine was a Thanksgiving 2006 Black Friday special.

I've upgraded its power supply (to 500W), memory (2 gig to 4 gig), and video card (twice, 7900GS and now 9800GT). I recently had to put in a new hard drive, so I went from XP to a clean install of Vista.

It scores a 5, with the lowest score being for the processor, an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, which runs at 2.2 Ghz.

I mainly surf, watch TV shows like Heroes on NBC's site, and play Warcraft. Works just fine, see no need for a new one.

 

[Harvey]

Nearly four years old (purchased July 2005). The CD/DVD drive failed in August, and the hard drive failed in January. Haven't bothered to get it fixed. It's old, the repair expensive, and lab computers plentiful. For now.

 

[Garrovick]

Six this month. Even though cpu, ram, power supply, hard and optical drives are new. But the OEM case and standard connections are the same.

My Acer One netbook is just a month old though. Manufactured early this year.

 

[TremblingBluStar]

I built mine in the fall of 07 with a Core 2 Quad 6600. It seems to be holding up pretty well, given that I play mostly older games. I'm not worried about it just yet.

 

[JustKate]

It kind of depends on how you define "computer." Parts of mine are more than 10 years old, but it was rebuilt with a new motherboard and hard drive and everything five years ago and then again a couple of years ago. The last time I had a brand-new, right-out-of-the-box, packing-peanuts-still-adhering-to-it computer was in 1997...but there's not much of that one left. The fans, I think, are original, but I'm not sure how much else.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

It kind of depends on how you define "computer." Parts of mine are more than 10 years old, but it was rebuilt with a new motherboard and hard drive and everything five years ago and then again a couple of years ago. The last time I had a brand-new, right-out-of-the-box, packing-peanuts-still-adhering-to-it computer was in 1997...but there's not much of that one left. The fans, I think, are original, but I'm not sure how much else.

My Dell 2400 Dimension was like that before I upgraded to my new computer after Christmas.

The only thing original on it was the case and the fan.

 

[Chris3123]

I got mine (a Gateway) as a high school graduation present. I graduated in 2003, so it's 6 years old. I've since upgraded the ram (256 to 512) and the monitor (got a widescreen for Christmas ), but other than that it's the same hardware. It's not so fast anymore, and is a bit sluggish sometimes, even after cleaning it up. But I'm not exactly rolling in dough at the moment, so a new one is out of the question. Besides, it still works fine, just not perfectly.

 

[Hermiod]

My Windows machine was bought in October 2006. My Mac Book Pro arrived in December 2006.

 

[Brent]

Well, I build my own computers, and I am constantly upgrading, so its in a constant state of renewal. I put this current incarnation together though in December of '08.

 

[payndz201]

My G4 eMac is coming up to four years old, and as I discovered today when trying to watch the new Transformers trailer isn't fast enough to play HD footage. My two year old 2.16GHz MacBook, on the other hand, played it just fine. (I might try it on my Aspire One just for laughs...)

 

[JustKate]

It kind of depends on how you define "computer." Parts of mine are more than 10 years old, but it was rebuilt with a new motherboard and hard drive and everything five years ago and then again a couple of years ago. The last time I had a brand-new, right-out-of-the-box, packing-peanuts-still-adhering-to-it computer was in 1997...but there's not much of that one left. The fans, I think, are original, but I'm not sure how much else.

My Dell 2400 Dimension was like that before I upgraded to my new computer after Christmas.

The only thing original on it was the case and the fan.

My ancient Dell (that was what my PC was originally, before I started swapping parts out - now it's more Pseudo Dell) came with TWO fans built in. Which is pretty nice - the guy (brother-in-law) who rebuilt it was impressed. One of the reasons I still have the old case is that he wanted to keep those two fans if possible.

 

[JohnChod]

I've got a 6 yr old Dell that still does just fine by me. I'm an old school gamer - Atari 2600 and NES and PC games circa Star Trek 25th Anniversay etc. So, I don't need the power for the new games - they just don't have any attraction for me.

It can handle music, photos, and even home video and old video tape conversion to digital, so I'm OK.

 

[Ward Fowler]

I built one just over a year ago. I got pretty good deals on all the parts so I built the equivalent of a $1200 dell desktop for just over $500.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

My current rig, Laptop Two, is officially ten months old today. It plays the same things my then brand spanking computer from 2005 can play, with considerable ease.