Poll: How long have you owned your main computer?
How long have you used your main rig? Cast your answer in the poll below. What is your main rig? Sound off in the comments below!
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Dave Aronson
December 28, 2010 at 6:20 pm2003 Apple Powerbook, still going strong. Considering upgrading ONLY because I can’t find a recent Ruby implementation that doesn’t require an Intel CPU. :-(
Krishna
December 28, 2010 at 6:42 pmThat’s great longevity for a machine, Dave! If it ain’t broke, keep using it! For me, I’m running a early 2008 MacPro (10GB RAM) with an OWC SSD as my boot drive. My machine feels very fast, despite the fact that it’s over two years old. My laptop was bought in late 2008 (an early 2008 model Macbook Pro) and it also has continued to serve me well. I’ll use ’em as long as I can before upgrading.
William 'Shaggy' Chrapcynski
December 28, 2010 at 6:45 pmRight now my main machine is a 3ghz Intel Core 2 duo 24in iMac with 4GB of RAM. So far it’s not dragging me down too much. I really would like to max out the RAM in it, though. It’d be nice to have a machine with more cores so that my 3D rendering goes a bit faster but it’s not too bad most of the time.
Tanya
December 28, 2010 at 6:50 pmStill plugging away on a 17″ MacBook Pro Circa 2007. Just upgraded to a 500GB 7200 RPM harddrive and will be dropping 2 GB more RAM in soon.
Timelawd
December 28, 2010 at 7:19 pmPower Mac G5 1,6 GHz Uniprocessor (2003)
4 Gb RAM – GeForce 6800 GT DDL – 2 internal HDs 1 Tb + 500 Gb
Never had any problems with it.
Henrik Schröder
December 28, 2010 at 8:11 pmYes, I’m a PC:
Acer Aspire M7810
Intel Core i7 860
8 GB DDR3 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5850
1 TB HDD
MikeW
December 28, 2010 at 8:12 pmSony laptop, VGN AR550U.
Mike
December 28, 2010 at 8:25 pmI build my own PC so 1-2 years is what I consider the current PC. I upgrade things randomly or as needed, but my last major upgrade was about one and a half years ago.
I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, on an ASUS P5Q Turbo mobo. It has 6gb of RAM. It would be 8, but unfortunately one of the dual channel slots is broken. I keep forgetting to buy an unmatched pair to get the full 8gb. I have a BFG 8800 GT overclocked, which has let me plow through a ton of games I bought recently :p I love when Steam does massive sales.
I have a NAS as well, which is my old computer and quite frankly way more powerful then a data server needs to be.
I don’t own a laptop, but keep thinking I should get around to buying one, but I’m currently unemployed, So that will have to wait a bit.
Larry Gusaas
December 28, 2010 at 8:46 pmUsing a MacBook 2GHz (2,1 late 2006) bought refurbished in May 2007. My first Mac. I will never go back to windows.
Upgraded to Seagate 7200 rpm 500 GB HD. Previously had upgraded to Hitachi 7200 rpm 320 GB HD but two drives faill in a year and and half so I switched to Seagate.
JackB
December 28, 2010 at 9:23 pmMacPro 1,1 (3 Ghz dual dual core) from 2006 – although I *did* just order a new 6 core a couple of days ago.
Krishna
December 28, 2010 at 9:31 pmWith computer speeds plateauing over the past few years, I’m finding that machines are serving their purposes longer (i.e. not as much of a compelling need to move up to a new machines every time a new model is announced.) The survey, so far, seems to indicate that the majority of people are working on iron that is 2+ years old.
madscott
December 28, 2010 at 9:34 pmI’m on about year 4 or 5 with the same HP desktop it’s been a work horse but is starting to drag. Some websites just require to much of the poor box.
eidolon
December 29, 2010 at 2:09 pm11″ MacBook Air 1.6GHz/4GB/128GB with a 27″ Apple LED Cinema Display for home…. If you can get a solid state drive for your main boot drive, do it, you won’t regret it, 18 second boot time and applications launch very fast.
Jim Ourada
December 29, 2010 at 2:55 pmHome built Asus P4P800 mb / very rare northwood/Gallatin Server hybrid cpu, running at 3.4ghz. 2.5gig memory. 22″? Hitachi CRT. Weighs over 100lbs, nearly died getting it to my desk.
Slow, now, but can’t find a good enough reason to replace it.
docstar
December 29, 2010 at 4:23 pmCurrent machine is less than 3 months old. HP with a AMD Phenom X6 running at 2.6 ghz, 8gb ram. A lot more power than i ever need but it will most likely be around a long while.
The machine it replaced was an old eMachine, I think it was about 5 and a half years old. Decided to do away with cable and needed something that could handle flash full screen, not to mention something that would actually work on the big tv.
Seamus
January 1, 2011 at 12:55 pmMine is 6 years old and still plugging along….It’s a Dell XPS Gen. 2 with a Pentium 4 at 3.2Ghz.
Though for what I need in my degree work these days I must say it is time to replace the ol’ girl. Don’t despair though, she will still be here plugging along as backup and for other basic computer needs around the house….I wouldn’t be surprised if this system last a decade, its been that good of a work horse.
GEEKONCALL
January 4, 2011 at 9:09 pmDefine old. I own 2 pc’s at home. They are built, repaired & upgraded by myself. The case have had so many parts added and removed that you could argue that I have had more than a dozen machines in the last 20 years.
Presently my Entertainment rig is about 10 years old P4 3.0ghz, 3-gb ram, 1-tb total hdd. My Work related PC is 4-cor amd 3.2ghz, 4-gb & 800-gb total hdd. (I replaced the M/B, Ram & Cpu about 4 months ago)
Yes. I are a computer nerd & I have no life.