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# yeah he called me just before that
it`s still for sale : Pentium 133, 96MB of RAM, and 2 hard disks - 1.6GB and 4.2GB

you`d better look after it

*is MINTED*
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:48, archived)
# oh dear... i remeber drooling over a machine with almost those exact specs when i was younger
in fact i probably still have the issue of Computer Shopper that it graced the cover of
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:50, archived)
# aye thankfully I think I`ve hit the sweet point
got the current PC 2 years ago, a custom jobbie - 2.8GHz PIV, 1GB RAM, ~200GB hard disk, CD / DVD writer, and a decent* graphics card

thankfully I don`t play games, so don`t need to go crazy - but it`s stupid spec just to browse the web, do a bit of Java/PHP, and remote desktop into the office


*whatever that means these days
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:52, archived)
# i'm still playing reasonably current games* on my 3 year old cheapy packard bell
2Ghz celeron, 768MB RAM, 60Gb HD and a £30 graphics card from 2 years ago, it's been an absolute trooper, but it's getting pretty creaky

*HL2, Age Of Empires 3 and stuff
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:56, archived)
# i dont agree
with people buying computers with...3GHZ and 2GB ram and 200GB hd etc. and all that crap bout the psu...for typing and browsing the internet. Surely they could donate them to needier people!

'lol'.
(hamstrungbarber chris, 1990, united kingdom, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:58, archived)
# at home
I alternate between my P2 600 with 200and something ram, a nothing graphics card and a shit hot sound card, and my brand new work laptop (1.6g P4, gig of ram etc etc).

I'm not a gamer as such, and the home PC does just fine.
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:59, archived)
# aye I might hide funkyspice under a pillow or something and get a mac mini
desk is too small - one PC + one monitor is all it`ll hold, and I need ASHTRAY ROOM!
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 20:00, archived)
# Or get one of these thingies
www.hluxx.de/Images/Chyangfun/7989/CF-S768-HW.jpg
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 20:13, archived)
# I gots me nice performance from my XP2500+
NF7S and 9700np (Softmodded 9500) but I wants me one of those lovely X800 jobbies.
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:59, archived)
# Ever read the computer section in a free-ad newspaper?
I swear to god last year I saw someone expecting £400 for a 486.
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:50, archived)
# seriously?
fuck it, I`ll throw in a ZX81 for £500
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:51, archived)
# Sold!
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 19:52, archived)
# people buy it too
I think the logic to a certain ludite type of mind that if it is in the free ads it has to be a bargain. There are pipe smoking men by the score out there standing proudly next to 133mhz beasts bought for £300 proud of the saving they made when they almost bought the latest dell budget model for £320.
(Stonkwood Pipes made me do it, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 20:03, archived)
# Sad but true.
(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Thu 10 Nov 2005, 20:05, archived)