The Joy of Upgrading

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03-10-2007, 06:02 PM
farplaner

The Joy of Upgrading

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!"
03-10-2007, 06:04 PM
Momiji

From riding a bicycle to driving a car. That's the biggest upgrade for me. xD
03-10-2007, 07:16 PM
farplaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poetically Pathetic

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

PP is on the roads.....?

*stays indoors. :tongue:
03-10-2007, 07:18 PM
Odaisé Gaelach

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:
03-10-2007, 07:26 PM
Sergeant Hartman

Dialup to Broadband, lovely upgrade :hat:
03-10-2007, 11:21 PM
Xander

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.
03-10-2007, 11:24 PM
Araciel

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.
03-10-2007, 11:26 PM
Dreddz

I upgraded to Vista, pretty dandy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poetically Pathetic

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

Right with you there.
03-10-2007, 11:35 PM
rubah

I upgraded from Windows XP to OS X.
03-14-2007, 02:09 PM
farplaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odaisé Gaelach

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! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rubah

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."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Araciel

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
03-14-2007, 02:13 PM
41-Inches-Wide

Paying for internetz in various cafes to having our house WIFI-ed. w00t.
03-14-2007, 02:30 PM
Loony BoB

4GB RAM? What the hell are you doing with that thing?
03-14-2007, 03:20 PM
Madame Adequate

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.
03-14-2007, 03:30 PM
Owen Macwere

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.
03-14-2007, 03:34 PM
Iceglow

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.
03-14-2007, 06:02 PM
Yamaneko

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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

The motherboard supports up to 4GB. He only has 1GB, though.
03-14-2007, 06:50 PM
MikeL Valentine

Quote:

Originally Posted by farplaner

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:
03-14-2007, 06:52 PM
escobert

Well, I just finished building my new computer for the most part. I made a computer thread. Yeah.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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

I wouldn't mind having 4 GB RAM :p
03-14-2007, 07:36 PM
Nominus Experse

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
03-15-2007, 06:03 AM
Shadowdust

I just upgraded from an old 90 Plymouth Laser to a 2007 Nissan Versa. I'm happy. :D
03-15-2007, 06:15 AM
Gabranth

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.
03-15-2007, 09:04 AM
Peegee

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
03-15-2007, 10:52 AM
Meat Puppet

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.
03-17-2007, 05:51 AM
farplaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrowaBartonIV ^_^

Well, I just finished building my new computer for the most part. I made a computer thread. Yeah.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

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