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Poll: how old is your home PC?.

Posted by TFox Dec 23 '11, 07:34

I ask because I was floored when I realized the other day mine was 7 years old. When I bought it, I thought the days of being able to get that much mileage out of a PC were over, especially for a budget Dell like I got. But I've made a single inexpensive RAM upgrade to it, and it's still running great.

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Just over 4 years, but I have a new one on order already. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 08:43
A couple months. Replaced a 7 1/2 year old. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 08:36 1
- HP replaced an HP. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 08:37
Mine is 1 yr. old, but the one before that was at least 8 years old. -- nm - pmb Dec 23, 08:09
Dell from '95 IIRC -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Dec 23, 08:06 1
- D'oh - make that 2005 heh -- nm - And a JenBro in a Pear Tree Dec 23, 08:33
About 15 months (but the one prior to that was about 5 years old) -- nm - Dano Dec 23, 08:03
This laptop is about three years old and needs to last about another year and a half. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 08:00 9
- laptop, about 4, 5? -- nm - Andie Dec 23, 08:04 5
  - The biggest reason I would have to upgrade is games, although that strikes me as silly - Reagen Dec 23, 08:15 4
    - I'm betting there won't be much I can't play on a console, and I'll typically have a really good work laptop anyway. -- nm - mafic Dec 23, 08:27
    - My mom did something like that for our little bros back when the original Sims was out... she's still talks about that to this day -- nm - con_carne Dec 23, 08:17 2
      - "Our little bros?" My. My little bros. -- nm - con_carne Dec 23, 08:18 1
        
        So that's how it is en su familia. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 08:24
- I love how people talk about laptops like cars now. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 08:01 2
  - I've had trouble figuring out how to winterize it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 08:04 1
    - *puts some chains on Ol' Bessy* -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 08:20
4-5 years IIRC. *pets shiny new upstairs laptop* -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 07:56
I think 2.5 years -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 23, 07:56
Dell desktop. January 2008, only a new power supply. -- nm - Jelly Dec 23, 07:54
It was at least five years or more years old when I bought it in 2007. But my unit's likely dead following our move this summer. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 23, 07:53
about 2.5 years old i think, maybe closer to 2 yrs. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 23, 07:51
The laptop is just about 19 months old. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 23, 07:47
Mine is 1 year old and building a new one. Waffle's computer is old old old like 5 years plus -- nm - Bacon Dec 23, 07:43
I just bought a new Dell, but prior to that 7 year old laptop, no upgrades. -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 07:43
8 year old Dell with a RAM upgrade, no problems other than one virus last year. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 23, 07:43
2 or 3 I think now. HP -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 07:43
I never use the desktops and I'm not even sure how old they are. My Macbook Pro is 7 months. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 23, 07:43 2
- Six months old and four years old but the old one has entirely new components so it is really six months old, too. -- nm - David Dec 23, 07:57 1
  - It's Cher? -- nm - Reagen Dec 23, 08:05
desktop is almost 1.5 yrs but the mobo and ps were replaced under warranty earlier in the year. laptop is 4 yrs just changed the battery and added ram -- nm - zork Dec 23, 07:41
about 3 -- nm - decline Dec 23, 07:41
mine is maybe 6 - 7 years old. - Mel Profit Dec 23, 07:39 5
- it's younger than that I think. Didn't you get it after I moved in? I moved in Sept 2007. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 07:43 4
  - you're right. I can't remember if I got him just before or after your move. - Mel Profit Dec 23, 07:55
  - this means that you make time drag for him - zork Dec 23, 07:50 2
    - If only I could stretch out my time with Diva like this... - Mel Profit Dec 23, 07:56 1
      - yonh! -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 08:09
A couple years at least. I think I popped in a larger HDD and maybe added more memory. Otherwise it's still running strong with XP. -- nm - sycor Dec 23, 07:36
About four months. -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 07:36 1
- I want to sell this one and build a new one next year. -- nm - Krusty Dec 23, 07:41
4, I think. No problems with it other than the DVD drive crapping out. -- nm - mafic Dec 23, 07:36
2 years and 8 months for our 2. - Will Hunting Dec 23, 07:36
Feb 2009, iirc -- nm - Beryllium Dec 23, 07:36
I don't want to talk about it. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 07:35 2
- I think Bessy has vacuum tubes. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 07:38 1
  - "Aw man, you get to work with Bessy! I'd give my left two lugnuts for somethin' like that!" -- nm - TFox Dec 23, 07:38
8 months or so... -- nm - znufrii Dec 23, 07:35

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