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farplaner
03-10-2007, 06:02 PM
My online order has just been processed, and my new computer set-up should arrive in a week or two.

Here are some comparisons to illustrate how happy I am about this:

old computer: 633 MHz processor; 64 MB RAM (upgraded to 192 MB); 15 GB hard drive; 14 in. monitor. Upgraded to Windows XP.

new computer: 2.2 GHz pr. 2,000MHz bus speed; 1GB RAM (upgradable to 4GB); 320 GB hd; 17 LCD flat screen monitor. Running Vista.

It's not exactly the top of the line, but in my case it's the difference between the vacuum tube and the microchip!

Oh right! a topic.....Share your "Joys of Upgrading!"
Momiji
03-10-2007, 06:04 PM
From riding a bicycle to driving a car. That's the biggest upgrade for me. xD
farplaner
03-10-2007, 07:16 PM
From riding a bicycle to driving a car. That's the biggest upgrade for me. xD

PP is on the roads.....?

*stays indoors. :tongue:
Odaisé Gaelach
03-10-2007, 07:18 PM
I got glasses a week ago. It was like upgrading my graphics card: everything was sharper and more detailed.

Good luck with the new rig. :cool:
Sergeant Hartman
03-10-2007, 07:26 PM
Dialup to Broadband, lovely upgrade :hat:
Xander
03-10-2007, 11:21 PM
Recently trying to upgrade tiscali to faster speed has been a pain in the arse, so I wont say that. Upgrading a computer's hardware in any way is always a big happy feeling, like a new hard drive I got recently, space is like BLISS.
Araciel
03-10-2007, 11:24 PM
my comp is pretty much tapped out...so i have to buy a new one next...i think i'm gonna build it, and then they will come.
Dreddz
03-10-2007, 11:26 PM
I upgraded to Vista, pretty dandy.


From riding a bicycle to driving a car. That's the biggest upgrade for me. xD

Right with you there.
rubah
03-10-2007, 11:35 PM
I upgraded from Windows XP to OS X.
farplaner
03-14-2007, 02:09 PM
I got glasses a week ago. It was like upgrading my graphics card: everything was sharper and more detailed.

Good luck with the new rig. :cool:

:D Yeah, I got new glasses a couple of years ago. The glasses I had before that were loooooonggg overdue.

...and thanks! :)


I upgraded from Windows XP to OS X.

Wow, my dad would love you. He's one of the leading advocates of the "Bill Gates is Evil Foundation."


my comp is pretty much tapped out...so i have to buy a new one next...i think i'm gonna build it, and then they will come.

The computer geeks? :p
41-Inches-Wide
03-14-2007, 02:13 PM
Paying for internetz in various cafes to having our house WIFI-ed. w00t.
Loony BoB
03-14-2007, 02:30 PM
4GB RAM? What the hell are you doing with that thing?
Madame Adequate
03-14-2007, 03:20 PM
Actually, I'm just starting to look at upgrading to a new computer. This one's still very nice, but it's getting a bit old, and new games just can't be handled anymore.
Owen Macwere
03-14-2007, 03:30 PM
I just upgraded some of my computer's programs, it feels like I got whole new computer. :D
specially the new microsoft office programs, they are so fantastic.
Iceglow
03-14-2007, 03:34 PM
recently upgraded laptops because I fried mine, upgraded from stealing bandwidh off my neighbour to 8 meg wireless of my own, upgraded phone from the sony ericsson t6-10 to the sony ericsson w300i only this week.
Yamaneko
03-14-2007, 06:02 PM
4GB RAM? What the hell are you doing with that thing?
The motherboard supports up to 4GB. He only has 1GB, though.
MikeL Valentine
03-14-2007, 06:50 PM
Oh right! a topic.....Share your "Joys of Upgrading!"

I don't like upgrades I hate it when things are changing exept when I updated my PC for Gothic3 :D

Before: Pentium4 at 2.67Ghz, 512MB RAM, GeForce FX 128MB, HDD 80GB. :eep:
Now: Pentium4 at 2.67Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, GeForce 7600GT 256MB, HDD 80GB. :cool:
escobert
03-14-2007, 06:52 PM
Well, I just finished building my new computer for the most part. I made a computer thread. Yeah.

4GB RAM? What the hell are you doing with that thing?

I wouldn't mind having 4 GB RAM :p
Nominus Experse
03-14-2007, 07:36 PM
I will soon update Nominus Experse from Home Edition v19.5 to the upcoming College Edition v1.0. However, to compensate for the costs of the future College Edition, I will run Nominus Experse - once again - with the popular mod Boring-ass Job v3.0.5
Shadowdust
03-15-2007, 06:03 AM
I just upgraded from an old 90 Plymouth Laser to a 2007 Nissan Versa. I'm happy. :D
Gabranth
03-15-2007, 06:15 AM
my ex-girlfriend to my current one..lol.

hmm....upgrade from driving like a '89 cutlass to a '95 f-150 that only had like 65k miles when i started driving it. that cutlass was a trooper though. it probably had more time in the air than on pavement.
Peegee
03-15-2007, 09:04 AM
dood u gotta dell!

I have a P4 3.8 Ghz processor, 2.5 gigs of ram, a 16x DVD burner, some 512 meg vid card, a 650W PSU...

I need to buy a pci internal fan xD
Meat Puppet
03-15-2007, 10:52 AM
Old: Speakers that crackle, and painfully short cords.

New: Speakers that don’t crackle (yet), has longer cords, and a volume knob.

Apologies if I did not use correct terminology.
farplaner
03-17-2007, 05:51 AM
Well, I just finished building my new computer for the most part. I made a computer thread. Yeah.

4GB RAM? What the hell are you doing with that thing?

I wouldn't mind having 4 GB RAM :p

Imagine all the porn you could store!

And don't worry Meat Puppet, I barely know what I'm talking about when I list specs., but they're easy to read off the front of the PC. :p