Is it time?

Fun to see all older computers.
I love old computers, i have working computers from the mid 80's to modern.
and i love the retro look.

This is my main PC for work.


But it is no longer a Pentium 4
it became an i3 8Gen 32GB Ram.. but i could not resist the retro look from the 00's when i had two identical machines in the collection.

pparks1 said:

Yeah, I think that although the rate of improvements continues on computers, it's just not as substantial as it once was. I'm in the same boat, I keep computers a lot longer now than I used to. And I think age has an impact too, I find when I have free time I like to sit around by a fire, drink a beer and relax with friends. I work in IT, so I'm on the computer, all day every day. I don't like to come home and sit on the computer all night at this point.

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I used my computer a lot when I was working as I was in avionics design. However, I also got out in the lab and to customers regularly to break up the desk duty. I kinda' miss some of the comradery, we had a fun group.

pparks1 said:

Yeah, I think that although the rate of improvements continues on computers, it's just not as substantial as it once was. I'm in the same boat, I keep computers a lot longer now than I used to. And I think age has an impact too, I find when I have free time I like to sit around by a fire, drink a beer and relax with friends. I work in IT, so I'm on the computer, all day every day. I don't like to come home and sit on the computer all night at this point.

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I think after the 2000's computers become too fast for the average user. Unless you are a gamer or you really need the extra power of a brand new PC, most of us would do our daily computing with a refurbished 5-10 years old computer fine. No need to spend any more money. And if we already own such a PC there is no real need upgrading to something newer. For what? The difference in performance will be not perceivable by the average user. It's like buying a Ferrari to use it for going to your work every day. Simply a waste of money.

Marie SWE said:

Fun to see all older computers.
I love old computers, i have working computers from the mid 80's to modern.
and i love the retro look.

This is my main PC for work.

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But it is no longer a Pentium 4
it became an i3 8Gen 32GB Ram.. but i could not resist the retro look from the 00's when i had two identical machines in the collection.

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My main PC (2nd system specs) is housed on an old white midi tower which started as an Intel Pentium 4 computer! I have even kept my old ATAPI DVD-RW drives (unconnected) and an old 5.25" high density floppy disk drive to cover the bays because I have lost their covers! It looks like an old "useless" 2000's computer, so hopefully a thief wouldn't bother taking it.

spapakons said:

My main PC (2nd system specs) is housed on an old white midi tower which started as an Intel Pentium 4 computer! I have even kept my old ATAPI DVD-RW drives (unconnected) and an old 5.25" high density floppy disk drive to cover the bays because I have lost their covers! It looks like an old "useless" 2000's computer, so hopefully a thief wouldn't bother taking it.

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Cool i was thinking of keeping the CD-RW i had in that Dell.. But as i had an old 00's 5.25" fan-controller i thought that would be more retro-fun.
I would love to have a white mini tower.. but the only white i have is a maxi tower i have an P2 in that was my first members only DC++ server i had with a lot of SCSI drives in that was used to file sharing of games, software music and movies in the late 90's and it still working.. i don't have the heart to upgrade that machine. and as statute of limitations has passed two times over, i can confess to it now. *LOL*

sdtag said:

It's an old Crucial MX500. I don't remember now if that was the good one or the bad one. I hope it was the good one.

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Pretty good reviews on Amazon...


Unfortunately, Micron (Crucial) has gotten out of the consumer market, so not sure what kind support you would get.

From what I understand, they will refund the original purchase price, rather than replace faulty drives, so keep your receipt.

Regarding TPM, I've been running Windows 11 (now at 26H2) for over a year now with no TPM, and have had no issues.

spapakons said:

I think after the 2000's computers become too fast for the average user. Unless you are a gamer or you really need the extra power of a brand new PC, most of us would do our daily computing with a refurbished 5-10 years old computer fine. No need to spend any more money. And if we already own such a PC there is no real need upgrading to something newer. For what? The difference in performance will be not perceivable by the average user. It's like buying a Ferrari to use it for going to your work every day. Simply a waste of money.

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The major reason I ended up upgrading my systems was my old HP was a bit painful with 3D modeling and my larger PCB designs. For stuff like browsing, word processing, etc. it was fine. I did also want native Win11 compatibility, but so far the old HP is running Windows 11 26H2 just fine, so that wasn't really a problem.