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Would this thing even run?
« on: January 19, 2007, 09:12:20 AM » |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2007, 09:47:16 AM » |
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Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional • PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended • 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) • 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space* • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor • CD-ROM or DVD drive • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device I'm going to go with 'maybe' and 'probably not'  That thing was probably between 1500 and 2k bucks not so long ago.  |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2007, 10:02:09 AM » |
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16 MB of RAM  |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2007, 10:03:24 AM » |
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16 MB of RAM I know, that's about what I was like: |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2007, 10:05:05 AM » |
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My first computer had 64k system ram and no hard disk. You had to boot from a floppy.  |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2007, 10:13:51 AM » |
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My first computer had 64k system ram and no hard disk. You had to boot from a floppy. Luxury! My first (after Atari) had 1k of ram and you had to program it. Cardboard box. My second (1982) had 16k (upgraded to a fuggin whoppin 48k) and could load stuff by audio tape baby. Warm gravel. Before that we had punch cards. Uphill, both ways. Yes, I have a TARDIS. Hole in the road. Tell that to kids these days and they won't believe you. |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2007, 12:28:30 PM » |
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What were you searching for when you found this?  The sad thing is that there is a bid on it. |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2007, 12:30:09 PM » |
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16 MB of RAM I know, that's about what I was like: And then when he called me to come and see this great find, you double it. We were both like this: |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2007, 12:35:22 PM » |
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My first computer had 64k system ram and no hard disk. You had to boot from a floppy. Luxury! My first (after Atari) had 1k of ram and you had to program it. Cardboard box. My second (1982) had 16k (upgraded to a fuggin whoppin 48k) and could load stuff by audio tape baby. Warm gravel. Before that we had punch cards. Uphill, both ways. Yes, I have a TARDIS. Hole in the road. Tell that to kids these days and they won't believe you. You lucky bastard! We had to fill a room with servers the size of refrigerators in order to have enough memory to program a simple dot-matrix printer driver. Even then, we had nothing to print because it would take another warehouse full of 19mm tape drives just to run a word processing program to type up a simple letter. |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2007, 12:46:15 PM » |
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Torpedo
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2007, 03:12:00 PM » |
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What were you searching for when you found this? The sad thing is that there is a bid on it. A PC like that to fit your needs perfectly.   |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2007, 03:12:12 PM » |
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I'm just sayin' lol |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2007, 03:30:57 PM » |
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I don't know, but it will cost you at least $16.50 to find out. |
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Re: Would this thing even run?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2007, 06:21:00 AM » |
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I don't know, but it will cost you at least $16.50 to find out. Make that $31 now. |
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