When to call it a day....??

Into The Blue · 16-01-2015 03:59PM

not too high, or it'll be 128bit. no support!

Meathlass · 16-01-2015 04:03PM

I'd had mine since 2003 - it's very slow. Still running XP.

I use every day for MS documents but have to now log in to virtual classrooms for lectures so not sure how it's going to cope

Reoil · 16-01-2015 04:11PM

Add more RAM and install a SSD.

Duggy747 · 16-01-2015 04:25PM

My trusty Medion lappy from 2005 still works, albeit bits and pieces fell off it but I have it put aside for whatever use since it had some novel (gimmicky) features that I don't see on modern laptops.

Have a good few Dell laptops that are still going (People give them to me because they think they're shíte / for the bin), some are from 2002 / 03 but the beefy one I used the most was gotten in 09 and it's now used for music recording.

What usually kills people's laptops is not wiping them the odd time and cleaning the fan / new thermal paste at least once in it's life.

Or generally just thinking they should be gotten rid of because the battery has lost it's charge.

the groutch · 16-01-2015 10:39PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

My current laptop is slooooooooooow, even after a full factory reset within a couple of weeks its back to its slow self again. There again, it is about 6-7 years old, and running Vista..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctr9ZfeyvXg

Capt'n Midnight · 16-01-2015 11:02PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

My trusty Medion lappy from 2005 still works, albeit bits and pieces fell off it but I have it put aside for whatever use since it had some novel (gimmicky) features that I don't see on modern laptops.

Real Parallel Port and Real Serial Port because USB doesn't always work. Infra red, pcmcia are also handy. SVHS out and other stuff too.

And having a docking station that takes PCI cards means you can use a satellite tuner card or scsi card

BlaasForRafa · 16-01-2015 11:09PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

True.
I was throwing out a desktop pc 9 years ago as I was ready to buy a new one. But there was no way I was going to leave the hard drive in it :pac:
I tell ya, those hard drives are one of the best made things in the world lol. I started out hitting it with a lump hammer to no avail.

Oh aye, I've had a go at one with a sledgehammer just for the laugh. Made more of a hole in the yard under the hdd rather than on the drive itself

Disassemble with screwdrivers first then chop up the disks with a bolt cutters does the job nicely!

Calibos · 17-01-2015 05:52PM

I despair at the thought of all the expensive perfectly good laptops mothballed or dumped after only a few years that would be right as rain after an OS re-install or swapping out of a slow 2.5" HDD for an SSD or a new battery etc. But sure if they did that people might [Horror] think they are a Nerd or something and they'd have no excuse to throw away a perfectly good €1000 laptop in order to buy the latest model €1500 macbook air.

conorh91 · 17-01-2015 05:58PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

True.
I was throwing out a desktop pc 9 years ago as I was ready to buy a new one. But there was no way I was going to leave the hard drive in it :pac:
I tell ya, those hard drives are one of the best made things in the world lol. I started out hitting it with a lump hammer to no avail.

Into The Blue wrote: »

Bit of thermite.. Yer only man.

What do ye be doing online, that you have to destroy your hard drives with lump hammers and pyrotechnic fuels?

Capt'n Midnight · 17-01-2015 07:59PM

conorh91 wrote: »

What do ye be doing online, that you have to destroy your hard drives with lump hammers and pyrotechnic fuels?

Identity / password theft.

When to call it a day....??

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