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Wow, that person was really unhelpful. I'm sorry Merc. I'll never write S*ny the way they do ever again. It's a curse word in my book. On that subject, there really isn't anything fundamentally different between 2k pro and server, is there? Server just supports more RAM, right?

This new drive is the original CD-ROM drive that came with it, is 10+ years old works like a charm, copying files right now

it is looking really hopeful right now The new drive is really noisy, but it's working and much faster than it was off the old drive too I'm wondering how I ever got XP installed properly off the old drive

replaced the optical drive, trying again might end up taking the iso image and forcing it onto my dads 2G thumb drive it can boot from usb

Wow, you had to recompile your own kernel? I'd have backed out.... that's too advanced for me. I'm still trying to get lubuntu installed... Jesus it's slow loading off a CD... Some good news, though... it successfully shrunk my xp partition and made its own, didn't trash my HDD - - SHIT...

Installing now, but Jesus H. Christ is it slow... might just be my optical drive, it is a bit ... er, SHIT. Error copying files to the hard disk. God dammit. Looks like I'll be trying again later. Here's hoping it didn't trash my hard drive.

Hah, took a quick look at the PC specs from '04 page. Looks like my GX270 isn't far off the mark - - w/ gigabit lan, sata, dvd rom, 80 GB HDD, and 2.8 GHz P4... AND 6 USB 2.0 ports... AND a whole gigabyte of RAM...

I didn't know you could even use a Xeon for daily use! What is it like?

Just curious, why do you guys censor S*ny but not shitboxes? Some kinda royalty payment avoiding thing going here?

Okay, so I have Lubuntu 13.10 on a CD right here. MATE is a 400 MB download? Dammit, looks like I'm heading to Mickey D's after this damnable snow clears. I'll stick with LXDE till then, I guess. Thanks for doing my dirty work guys! Dirty work here being looking up hardware support. Man, that...

Okay, so I have Lubuntu 13.10 on a CD right here. MATE is a 400 MB download? Dammit, looks like I'm heading to Mickey D's after this damnable snow clears. I'll stick with LXDE till then, I guess. Thanks for doing my dirty work guys! Dirty work here being looking up hardware support. Man, that...

This looks pretty cool. I'll have to try it whenever I can get around to it. Also - - in the screenshot showcasing the CPU clock speed - - 1.97 GHz? Kinda oddball, but it was probably meant to be 2 GHz. But 1.97 GHz = 1970 MHz, so... kinda sorta wayyy off. I'm not saying that's not what the CPU...

Thanks for the input, but the price just jumped out of my range on that particular piece of hardware. I'm not paying over $70 for a 60 GB SSD, no thanks.

I recently got a hold of a Dell Optiplex GX270, and although it is running XP quite happily, XP doesn't have a whole lot of life in it. Do Lubuntu or Mint support an Intel 82865G onboard gfx chipset and SoundMAX integrated audio? I want to dual boot, running XP for my games while running Lubuntu...

I had an 8 32 bit dvd and code, but it refused to activate. Windows 7 it is then!

How big was it? Also, just like that, Windows 7 goes back on. My copy of Win8 refused to activate, and I wasn't about to do some hoop jumping for an OS that I really didn't like. I'm getting the aforementioned ssd, and I'm just going to get rid of all my games and stuff that I don't use. I...

Now Windows 8 is installed. Though I do have settings set and files copied, I do not have apps installed, nor will I install them until I get my SSD, which by the way, I actually am getting. I'm just gonna go the "reset everything" route. A peculiar thing is that PAE is pretty much enabled, but...

Srsly? Wow. Well, it's kinda a moot point now, seeing as I am now installing Windows 8. 32 bit, because I heard about PAE and how to use it. I'm sorry for being so wish washy. Thanks for the input.

My thoughts exactly. I laughed when I first saw that many months ago. Glad to see someone else who reads PA! I haven't read it actively in a few weeks but I think I'm going to pick it back up again.

Wow, derailed that didn't I? Well, back to the topic: If I could go with a ThinkPad, I'd go for a T420 not just because the model number's funny (tee hee), but because it seems to be the better value for the money. 100 MHz isn't a noticeable difference anymore, hasn't been for a few years now...

^ I lol'd. I want to chime in and say that, if I could afford it, I'd be heading for a ThinkPad. But realistically, I would have to settle for a Dell Latitude, because they aren't terrible for the money. But PC sales are dipping in general, and things look bleak, though I will say I don't think...

My thoughts exactly, but I don't have an easy way to clone hard drives (after purchasing the SSD I'd be el broke-o so no Norton Ghost for me unless I torrent it, which I am not about to do).

After further deep-thinking I've decided not to get an SSD right now after all - - I just went through the trouble of setting up Windows the way I like it, and all my programs too - - I don't want to do that again. Also, I will wait until such time as larger SSDS are in my price range (with...

That's what I did - - move up to Cyanogen CM9.

I followed a guide somewhere on how to get a Samsung Galaxy Tab (which normally supports only up to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread) onto 4.0.3 ICS. Mic doesn't work, camera's a bit flaky but I don't use either of those anyway. Everything else works perfect, much smoother than on Gingerbread. It...

I've decided to put the SSD into the laptop (which I actually did get, today in fact). Pentium Dual-Core T4300 @ 2.1 GHz, 4GB RAM, Intel Mobile 45 chipset. Dell Inspiron 1545. Not much of an upgrade, but it's portable and free.

But when I had Skyrim, it jumped up to around 50 GB used, but I got rid of Skyrim (mostly cause I suck at it). Hindsight being 20/20, I probably should've edited my previous post.

Thanks. I'm OCD about putting large media files on an external hdd or something similar. Right now my used space on my 250 GB with it (IMO) cluttered beyond belief is hovering around 40 GB.

This is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Adapter%C2%A0Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1387852049&sr=1-1&keywords=solid+state+drive It's not the best but it's the best deal I could find for the money. Should work just dandy for me, net a decent...

The computers we had at my first school were all iMacs, that is, the old iMacs with the colorful cases and handle on the CRT casing. I want to say they ran Mac OS X 10.2 or something. This was in 2003, mind, when 500 MHz PowerPCs weren't that special. The oldest computer I used in school was a...

Funny. I have the same mobo with a P4 1.9 GHz, 1 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 2 MX 32 MB, WD800 Caviar and Lubuntu 13.10.

I'm not saying I want to upgrade the GPU, I'm just weighing the benefits. Whatever it's running is a formidable upgrade over my aging PDC E2.2K, and to be honest it might just have a decent enough onboard GPU to run Skyrim. That's it. That's the full extent of the torture I put on a GPU. Skyrim...

There are people who torture Windows 98se by <a=href"http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/386vers.htm">forcing it to run on a 386SX</a>. I would like to do exactly the opposite. Let 98se live out it's golden years on a PC that, while far more than enough for it, would be just enough for 98se to...

You've all had some interesting machines. I have a C64 in the garage, mostly because it doesn't work (RAM or PIC went bad). I have the 1541 drive too and plenty of software, a few pieces of hardware (even a C64 Modem!), but I'd have had to have bought an A/V cable for it (yes, they exist, I've...

Originally it was supposed to be your first computer, but now its basically all of them that you remember.

Oh balls, I forgot to change the title from what I originally wanted to post before I posted.

Do you guys remember specific specs on your old computers? I remember some on mine, but they're kind of vague. Unknown NEC model Pentium MMX 200 MHz 8 MB EDO RAM Windows 95 That's all I remember/have been told about it. Considering I was 3 when Dad gave it to me... remembering even that much...

Yeah, you guys are my "group of people who know more than I probably ever will." Dad finds it humorous that I'm referencing real people instead of books or internet articles or whatever, actual responses to my questions.

Exactly how much data does this consume over the internet connection? I'm on a limited mobile wifi unit (it's that or dialup where I'm at), and if I eat up all the data my parents will kill me.

I run Skyrim on this machine. I think it will handle it pretty well. Started it. Should I set up my P4 as a dedicated folding machine? I don't have funds to drop a couple grand on a brand spanking new i7 with dual GTX TITANs, sorry.

I only just now looked into F@H. How have I not heard of this before? I'll install the client when I get home - at school at the moment - but when I do, watch out. If I set up my P4 as a more or less dedicated folding machine (unless my main dies, I'm not going to be doing much else with it)...

Because they save about 3¢ worth of plastic that way. Funny enough, my Dad bought that for me (I guess he got tired of me hijacking his computer to screw around with). Money was tight (still is, hence the reason I'm still using it) and we had to consider what we could afford. That was...

I second this. I'd say try a lighter-weight distro such as Lubuntu, and see if a Windows like UI can't be found (again, Lubuntu is what I'm referencing, though I'm sure XFCE is available for everything else, and it feels much more like Windows than Unity or GNOME.

I'd go with Windows 7. It's supported until 2020 while regular Windows 8 (not 8.1) is only until 2015. I'm pretty sure Windows 8.1 won't run on it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Still, coming from a prebuilt manufacturer like Dell I was surprised they didn't pull another Dimension 2300 and give me 512 MB RAM to get the price that low. The 2300 had a fairly beefy Pentium 4 but only 128 MB RAM, and this in ~2002ish when 512 MB was mostly universal. It sold for $300 and...

... That makes sense. To compensate for the somewhat slower access times across the network, they'd want to use much faster storage.

What is the point of having an SSD if not to be able to boot from it? Fast, expensive HDD storage?

Most of the bases here have already been covered, and I concur. Linux is a good option for those wanting to get a little more life out of their old box.

And what sucks is that these people don't even know that they're getting... Er, "found in the alps." They see that big fat error message that Windows 8.1 setup.bombs out with and think, "Well, looks like it's time to buy a new computer!" Nevermind the fact that when they were just using Windows...

No, I'm just talking hypothetically. If you were looking at this system in late 2008, would you consider it?