What is the oldest computer you still regularly use/support?

[Deleted member 4644]

My Intel Pentium II (400, I think), is being used by my grandpa for email and extremely limited web browsing. All things considered it is pretty damn good for that job, and its not that slow.

Things do slow down if there is more than one browser window open or too much scripting on a web page.


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[Linflas]

We still have some Compaq EVO d510's chugging along here at work, I just surplused the last of our HP DL400's and 420's.

 

[SlitheryDee]

The one I'm using now.

Athlon xp 3000+ (socket A, underclocked to 1750mhz) | Abit NF7-S2 | 1gb ddr memory | 60 GB WD hard drive | Geforce FX5200

 

[BassBomb]

AMD 64 3000+ 754
P4 3.0ghz Socket 478 (or whatever its called)

 

[sdifox]

Posting from my Athlon 700 Slot A. Yes, 700MHz.

 

[mmntech]

Me personally, an iBook G4 1.33ghz system I use as a file server. I bought it new in 2005.

 

[Crono]

I was temporarily using a T21 as a laptop a couple months ago.

Now the oldest computer I use is a Pentium M 1.6GHz laptop.

 

[amdhunter]

Q6600 running at 3.2GHz at home (fastest but oldest.)
At work, we have a couple of Prescotts at 2.4GHz. Non-Hyperthreaded.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I tend to upgrade a lot ...

I think my 1.8 Celeron server is the oldest machine, I use it as a file server for my lan, as well as for my Ventrilo server. I don't have a keyboard or monitor hooked up to it, but it gets usage every day...

 

[Leros]

I gave my dad my old AMD Athlon x2 3800+. I guess I can say that I support him.

Edit: I lied. I also gave my little sister my old AMD Athlon 64 3000+. I support that too.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

For regular use, my C2D E6600 at home LOL . Still pretty zippy.

For occasional use, my parents' P4 3.0 Ghz, or my grandparents' PIII 1 Ghz. The latter system is a dog, since it has only 256 MB RAM (it would be pretty decent with 512/1GB I'm sure)

 

[acheron]

nothing too old anymore.

as of 2005 I was still using a 150 MHz Pentium. In 2006 it was a 500 MHz Celeron. Both those got retired though probably 2007.

 

[HumblePie]

Celeron 333 that I gave to my aunt.

 

[spaceman]

obd i

 

[Jzero]

My PC at home...It's 2x 800 or 1000 MHz PIII. Probably 12 years old. I don't game...all it does is web/e-mail/MP3 ripping/occasional GIMP, so it's plenty fast enough running linux.

 

[ForumMaster]

my computer that i'm posting from now:
athlon xp-m 2400+ oc'ed to 2.2Ghz,
asus a7n8x-x
1gb ram
nvidia 6600

don't play much games so it does most of the things i need. might replace it soon since it's getting a bit old...

 

[Kanalua]

Nothing older than 2009. Upgraded all my computers when I got a job out of law school.

 

[crownjules]

My current rig isn't very old. An E8400 on a GA-P35-DS3L bought in Jan '08. I bought a new 5770 last month and bumped up the RAM from 2 to 4GB last August. I may turn my older Opteron 160 system into an HPTC. That one was Jan '06.

At work, I think the oldest system we still use is a Pentium 4 of some kind.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

holy crap, you guys are using dogs! haha

 

[Mathlete]

Shoot, I am posting from an Altair 8800.

 

[Oyeve]

Pentium I - 66hz for all my Dos/win3.1/3D-FX gaming.