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Say what you want about Microsoft, about it's less than savory business practices and not listening to consumers and whatnot, but they make some damn good mice. I bought this mouse...

I always went with what I've had around - - I once had a (almost definitely overdriven, at 1024 x 768 with 32 bit colors) 14" CRT VGA monitor that was so old that it felt the need to prominently display the fact that it was non-interlaced, despite the fact that people stopped caring about that...

You guys probably already knew of this, but significant performance boosts can be gotten by enabling or disabling certain options in the chrome://flags section. It even works on Android! Of particular note are the "Override software rendering list," "GPU Accelerated SVG filters," "Disable...

I used to have one, so being on a limit now hits harder than it would for others. I'm still used to not having a limit, which, unsurprisingly, sends the used data skyrocketing. As such, I am limited to downloading large files (100 MB+, or somewhere thereabouts) when I am at school on my GTab...

What do you mean by that, aside from the obvious "being on my own" thing?

Linux is a bit difficult. I've finally found something that can challenge me. This is a good thing. There, happy now? :-D Also, broke down and installed Chrome. I originally didn't want to (didn't like the prospect of Google acting like Big Brother...) but, you were right, it does have built...

Mint 16 Petra is installed! Honestly, I'm shocked, as far as Linux goes for me, it installed without a hitch! I even configured MATE to look (exactly) like GNOME 2.xx! Much easier to navigate, at least for me. I will get a screengrab when I get home, if you guys care. I will say that while...

Good to know, but as I've said, the money's already spent.

I just grabbed a Mint x64 w/ MATE ISO while I was at school. Gonna set up setup probably on my dad's old 2 GB flash drive (the ISO was a little over 1.2 GB). From there I'll put it on my laptop.

That'd be nice, only I already spent the money - - and after S&H, that price'd likely skyrocket. What I did was I bought two 8 GB USB sticks (for OS installing purposes), a new keyboard for the laptop, and a new external mouse for the laptop, as the one I'm using now is on loan from my mom.

Now, not only do I have Lubuntu as a secondary on my GX270, but I also have it as my main OS on my laptop! I had to update my wifi hardware's firmware to get it working.

Haha, and Lubuntu is installed. It's alive! IIIT'S ALIIIIIIVE!!!

I never understood SpeedStep. How does it work, exactly? Dynamic clocking?

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...