Can you live with an old PC/Mac?

Can you live with an old PC/Mac?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 40.0%

  • No!

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Are you crazy!? Thats old skool!

    Votes: 4 26.7%
  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
Corpfox

Corpfox

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I'm curious, now-a-days its dual cores, quad cores, etc.

I'm currently using a 633Mhz Celeron and have been using it since February.

I could get my 2.4Ghz PC but then I'd be back in my addictive habit, to play very long hours of computer gaming.

I have Doom II, Starcraft, Freespace: Demo and Starlancer installed in the PC.

It is also using a wireless antenna for wireless internet.

Though, it does suck, of course. Can't play games with large maps/areas/crowds.

If you went back to your old PC/Mac instead of current GHz PC/Mac, can you live with that? Playing limited or old games, etc.

I forgot to mention, I will be back on my PC by next year, hopefully on my vacation.

And for sure, I will get rid of my lame operating system (Win XP Pro 64) and go back to Windows XP.
 
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i would do just fine cuz all i need to do is write papers and check e-mail, that would return me to my base
 
Corpfox said:
I'm curious, now-a-days its dual cores, quad cores, etc.

I'm currently using a 633Mhz Celeron and have been using it since February.

I could get my 2.4Ghz PC but then I'd be back in my addictive habit, to play very long hours of computer gaming.

I have Doom II, Starcraft, Freespace: Demo and Starlancer installed in the PC.

It is also using a wireless antenna for wireless internet.

Though, it does suck, of course. Can't play games with large maps/areas/crowds.

If you went back to your old PC/Mac instead of current GHz PC/Mac, can you live with that? Playing limited or old games, etc.

I forgot to mention, I will be back on my PC by next year, hopefully on my vacation.

And for sure, I will get rid of my lame operating system (Win XP Pro 64) and go back to Windows XP.
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My system is 7 years old and honestly I haven't fired up a game for more than 5 minutes in nearly two months..haven't had the time.
 
Could I go back to my old PC? Sure, but I'd be very reluctant. After switching from a PC to a Mac, I couldn't be happier. To be honest, I'd prefer an older Mac over a newer PC just because Apple takes pride in their work and it shows.

Note: I no longer computer game, so that's not a criteria for me.

Note: I don't mean to derail the tread into a Mac vs PC debate. Just stating my reasoning!
 
I have an older mac that works great for surfing the web, checking email, writing papers, and playing classic games. If my PC or macbook died, I wouldn't have any problem hooking the old mac back up.

The thing I doubt that I could do is to go back to my really old apple. lol

My mom gave them both away years ago, but my first computers were an Apple IIc and an Apple IIgs.
 
No I cannot go back to the old machine. Why? I do like my windows programs to load sometime within the hour...

Games or non, I cannot stand to sit and wait while something loads. If it takes a while to load, it had better be worth it or I'm finding something else that has a faster load time. That's just how I am.
 
I live with all my old pcs..........hoping someday they make it to the electronics recycling depot....
 
I use my notebook computer to surf the web, check e-mail, chat, and play games. Basically, I use it for everything but BitTorrent.

That's where my desktop computer (my "old" computer) comes in: My desktop computer is set up as a torrent box. The anime fall 2008 season just started last week in Japan so my desktop has been working overtime downloading episode ones.

My notebook is under warranty until mid-2010, but if, for whatever reason, I was suddenly without my notebook, I'd have a tough time going back to my desktop since it can't run Team Fortress 2 or newer Source-based games.

I could survive, but it wouldn't be nearly as fun.
 
I literally could not survive. The old computer I used a few years back would have to be left running overnight sometimes to finish calculations on the stats program I use. There was nothing worse than leaving the thing running all night to come back the next day and see that I had put a backslash in the wrong place and have to run the thing again. ahhh

I have a new reasonable high end PC now and I have never had to wait more than 20 minutes. The excellent benifit is that many of the components needed to run high end stats programs just so happen to be useful for running new games.
/looks innocently at wife...I really did need if for work sweetie.
 
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What ever do you mean I did not have the word finnish in my *cough edited cough* post. You appear to have mis-quoted my post how rude. ;)
 
Pondering about this thread, I got to wonder, how much longer can the older PC games go?

Starcraft has been out for over a decade and have about 100,000 players active (excluding hackers and spammers, assuming).

Counter-Strike has been out for almost a decade too and people still play, as most complains/dislikes about CS: Source.

Those are the 2 primary games I play and been playing since brought.

Lately, the new shooters and RTS look much, much better than my games above, but they are practically the same game. I've played that kind of game already.

Though, I have tried BioShock, CoD4 and many others (on demos/trials), they are just the same as the games I've played before, except much better looking.

Except for Heroes V and its expansions, that is a re-playable game!

While I have been playing SC a lot, my skills CS has died down. :(

I couldn't even do a decent job with a Versus battle with Atown.
Your so dang pro-ish, Atown! :p

He even beat me on a CS: Source Versus battle. :eek:

Its funny, I haven't brought a new PC game since Heroes V: TotE, which was a year ago.

I was thinking of getting Lost Planet and CoD4 but their companies said my last PC's OS wasn't compatible.

Yeah, I really wonder, by the time you guys and gals are playing the new Starcraft and Counter-Strike games (Yes, another CS...), will I still be on the original games? :confused: :D
 
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Corpfox said:
I couldn't even do a decent job with a Versus battle with Atown.
Your so dang pro-ish, Atown! :p

He even beat me on a CS: Source Versus battle. :eek:
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haha, i havent played at all because of school lately :(
 
Do manual shutdowns, kill the PC?

Honestly, I can survive with an old PC/Mac, but when it becomes problematic after every start-up, makes me want to stab the PC with a flat head philips screwdriver.

Start-up (Green power button) -> Windows XP screen -> Username and Password screen -> Desktop screen for about 5 minutes -> No loading from anything (Orange light not active) -> Right-click something, crash -> Manual shutdown (Press and Hold Green power button).
 
I could go back to my old AMD 3700200gb HD/1 gb Ram/500watt PSU/Dvd Burner/Rom[needs a Video card] as it was not a bad Desktop overall but I built my Dream system Last October and Now I have been spoiled, although it is a year old it is by no standard outdated so I keep going but upgrades will start soon[ Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6850/2 gb DDR 3 @ 1333/ Nvidia 8800 Ultra OC/ 1000 w PSU/2 x 500gb HD/water cooled]
After this it would be hard to return but I could :)
 
As much as i would love a tricked out pc, i can live with a doorstop. All i do is surf really. Gaming is restricted to consoles.
 
Corpfox said:
Do manual shutdowns, kill the PC?

Honestly, I can survive with an old PC/Mac, but when it becomes problematic after every start-up, makes me want to stab the PC with a flat head philips screwdriver.

Start-up (Green power button) -> Windows XP screen -> Username and Password screen -> Desktop screen for about 5 minutes -> No loading from anything (Orange light not active) -> Right-click something, crash -> Manual shutdown (Press and Hold Green power button).
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Not really. What happens is the file system can get corrupted. When the OS writes to a disk it tends to throw it into a buffer and it slowly writes it as it can. Most of the "modern" file systems are journalized, which means that they log when they have finished a transaction. If it never finishes then that space is usually reclaimed (or in the case of linux, the file is usually put in a lost and found directory) on say the next boot. This can cause issues like say an important shared library is suddenly missing or corrupted and that can cause anything from segmentation faults to the OS not even booting.

Generally it is about the same for the hardware in terms of shutting it down and pulling the plug. Some Operating Systems handle the shut down a little differently, for instance Linux usually spools down the drives with the power on instead of forcing them to use the remaining rotational energy to move the head to rest. But for the most part it is pretty much the same.
 
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