[ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

[Alan Jenkins]

For me its a 3 year old computer. The older one I had (6 years old), died
not too long ago due to hardware failure. Neither of those computers would
have ever struggled running Linux or any non heavy gaming / rendering
software.

Before my fathers computer's hard disk died that was also about 8 years old
and running Linux as he found it easier to use than Windows (he was never
taught to use a computer so with him starting with a blank slate he
actually found Gnome 2 easier to use than Windows). On top of that, before
he was using Windows and I could not keep that free of Malware that he was
routinely downloading by accident. The computer was not running fast as
such but was running faster than it was under Windows with one exception.
The graphics card ran slower and rendering of web pages took longer. It was
an old PCI card from some obscure manufacturer (don't remember what it was).

On 4 December 2014 at 15:26, Barry Titterton <titterton.barry at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> How old is the oldest computer that you have in regular use?
>
> I was prompted to ask this question by a comment that I over heard while
> doing some Linux advocacy at my local community centre. They run
> beginners computer courses (Windows only) so I popped along to see if
> anyone would be interested in Linux and FOSS. There was a conversation
> which included the statement "If your machine is 3 to 4 years old it
> must be getting worn out, so you need to think about getting a new one".
> This got me thinking about my own machines and I realised that my main
> desktop PC (Pentium D 3.2GHz), that I use every day, will be 9 years old
> in February, and it is still capable of running Ubuntu 14.04 very well.
>
> So how old is your machine?.
>
> Regards,
>
> Barry T
>
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