ETenebrisLux | 09 Apr 2012 4:56 p.m. PST |
How is your primary computer ? A recent article suggests that computer owners purchase a new one every 18 months for dedicated users. While casual users buy a new one every 4 years. |
Cufflink | 09 Apr 2012 5:02 p.m. PST |
I got my current one last Summer, after the previous one gave up. I'd had that one since 2003! |
Mooseworks8 | 09 Apr 2012 5:08 p.m. PST |
2009 for my gaming rig. 2010 for my laptop and netbook. |
CorpCommander | 09 Apr 2012 5:11 p.m. PST |
3 months, built it in December. |
Mako11 | 09 Apr 2012 5:14 p.m. PST |
So old it probably uses vacuum tubes
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Little Big Wars | 09 Apr 2012 5:15 p.m. PST |
Mine's about two years old at this point
need to look into turning 4 GB RAM into 16
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Flat Beer and Cold Pizza | 09 Apr 2012 5:16 p.m. PST |
My Powerbook G4 turns eight this month. |
DalyDR | 09 Apr 2012 5:16 p.m. PST |
At least six years old. Dave
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Cardinal Ximenez | 09 Apr 2012 5:33 p.m. PST |
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Norman D Landings | 09 Apr 2012 5:33 p.m. PST |
Put it this way
when I'm not using it, I have to put a tea-towel over it to stop Sauron looking through it. |
nudspinespittle | 09 Apr 2012 5:35 p.m. PST |
July 2007 and giving me problems. Time for a new one this summer, I think. |
Cmde Perry | 09 Apr 2012 5:36 p.m. PST |
The DROIDX is a year and a half. The iMac is six. Everything else is MUCH older. |
Cold Steel | 09 Apr 2012 6:03 p.m. PST |
6 years old. But then, it is a Mac, so it is just getting broken in. |
JSchutt | 09 Apr 2012 6:09 p.m. PST |
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Bunkermeister | 09 Apr 2012 6:10 p.m. PST |
2009 got new everything, inc laptop for MRS Bunkermeister. Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek bunkermeister.blogspot.com link sgtsays.blogspot.com "As our nation's forefathers would likely agree, the beguiling problem with quotes seen on the Internet is that you can never be certain they're genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln |
greatwhitezulu | 09 Apr 2012 6:27 p.m. PST |
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Lentulus | 09 Apr 2012 6:30 p.m. PST |
about 5 or 6 years I think – I got it used when it came out of lease at work. |
Rudysnelson | 09 Apr 2012 6:31 p.m. PST |
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Volstagg Vanir | 09 Apr 2012 6:58 p.m. PST |
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Gonsalvo | 09 Apr 2012 7:02 p.m. PST |
I have not one but two x 1999 models – replaced the old ones then for Y2k (unnecessarily as it turned out), and aside from new PC games from the last 3-4, they basically still work fine, and even that's more an issue of video cards and related accessories. I'd like to replace one, but other priorities for the $ for now – mostly my daughter's education! |
Sergeant Paper | 09 Apr 2012 7:31 p.m. PST |
I wish -- I'm a dedicated user, and this machine is 5.5 years old
and this was not a bleeding-edge system then. I do need to buy a new one while Windows 7 is still available -- I shudder looking at Win 8. |
John the OFM | 09 Apr 2012 7:44 p.m. PST |
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Uesugi Kenshin | 09 Apr 2012 9:04 p.m. PST |
WAY too old. Even having trouble playing basic downloadable games now! Waiting on tax return, then new printer AND computer. |
SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 09 Apr 2012 10:30 p.m. PST |
17 months on this laptop. The last had been 10 years old, but had been rebuilt for 3. |
CeruLucifus | 09 Apr 2012 11:17 p.m. PST |
Well let's see. My netbook is 18 months old, that's easy. My work laptop is 2 months old, that's easy. My gaming PC probably depends how you count it. If we go by when I put together case + motherboard + CPU, it's 3+ years maybe 4. But during its life I've had 5 different video setups, I've overclocked the CPU, I've added an SSD as a boot drive, and of course redone the OS. If we go by the last performance hardware change, it's 3 months. |
FingerandToeGlenn | 09 Apr 2012 11:30 p.m. PST |
2 years for the big desktop, six months for the lap top, three years for the net book. The desktop needs a memory upgrade, but then, so do I. |
Marcus Maximus | 09 Apr 2012 11:44 p.m. PST |
6 going on 7 years old this year, recently upgraded three years ago with new grpahics card, however, applications and the increase in streaming media on the web is starting to show its age. And I am classed as a dedicated user
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blacksmith | 10 Apr 2012 1:51 a.m. PST |
MIne is around 12 years old but I've been replacing broken parts. |
Roderick Robertson | 10 Apr 2012 2:52 a.m. PST |
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etotheipi | 10 Apr 2012 3:22 a.m. PST |
2004 We buy a new computer every couple of years and they rotate to son, daughter, wife. I get the hand me downs. One kid in college and one this fall means we have had a couple of years of broken, dynamically reallocated, and "no, I'll keep the six year old one instead of taking the Vista one" computers. I am a programmer and would say that the dedicated user would want the older one. If I write code that runs on an old computer, it will scream on a newer one. |
Saginaw | 10 Apr 2012 4:00 a.m. PST |
I think mine is about five years old, or at least as long as Windows Vista has been on the market. Changed my monitor a couple of weeks ago, after the old one burned out after eight years of service. |
Patrick R | 10 Apr 2012 4:08 a.m. PST |
4 months old desktop here, Laptop is about 3 years old. |
jdpintex | 10 Apr 2012 6:39 a.m. PST |
All of our computers (3) in the house are less than a year old. However, mine was running close to five years old when I replaced it. |
Rdfraf | 10 Apr 2012 6:55 a.m. PST |
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LeadLair76 | 10 Apr 2012 7:01 a.m. PST |
First Laptop is about 8 years old Desktop about 6 years old Current Laptop 6 months old Still like the old laptop with XP running on it for certain things. |
ochoin deach | 10 Apr 2012 7:26 a.m. PST |
Old enough to vote but not old enough to drink. |
Altius | 10 Apr 2012 7:36 a.m. PST |
I've got several. The server is 5 years old Desktop #1 is about 4 years old Desktop #2 is 2 Desktop #3 is also 2 Laptop #1 is 3 years old Laptop #2 is about 8 months old And my son built his computer about 5-6 months ago. |
PapaSync | 10 Apr 2012 7:57 a.m. PST |
All three last Christmas 2011. Upgraded my Rig (gaming). New mobo, cpu and memory. Acer laptop for me. 4g,i5.500gb. Acer Tablet for her. 32g HD and all sort of nice stuff. 8) |
Scorpio | 10 Apr 2012 9:23 a.m. PST |
Every five years or so, enough stuff is broken and prices have dropped enough for me to upgrade. |
Stronty Girl | 10 Apr 2012 9:40 a.m. PST |
Um
I'm guessing at 10 years old. Maybe 11. Though it's had some extra memory added. |
Given up for good | 10 Apr 2012 3:10 p.m. PST |
What bit specifically? Last bit of software was yesterday Last bit of hardware was Friday Oldest bit would be the power lead and fuse – they must be 7 maybe 8 years old
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Blackhorse MP | 10 Apr 2012 9:05 p.m. PST |
About two months old. Replaced one I bought back in '03. BTW, cell phone is from '03 also
I'm not exactly a cutting edge technology guy. Oh, and what's this I hear about some new-fangled music system called a CD player? What would I do with all my cassette tapes?
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Bashytubits | 10 Apr 2012 9:26 p.m. PST |
One year old, I actually have a fairly high end system. |
Dynaman8789 | 11 Apr 2012 8:25 a.m. PST |
I replace my primary machine every 3 to 4 years, with a mid life graphics card update. The old machine becomes my sons' hand me down machine, usually getting a ram and video card update. Their old machine is usually ready for the trash heap. |
14Bore | 11 Apr 2012 3:16 p.m. PST |
The Box or Hard drive? seem to replace hard drives every couple of years, only now I have back up (which I NEVER had before) so less than 1 year |