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My Xeon box at work is 7-10 year range but, had it not been for Sandy giving my home systems a salt-water swim I'd be running some vintage boxes.
Like another (earlier) respondent in the thread, I don't get rid of PC's (or Cars) until they don't work right anymore. Oddly enough, I lost my oldish cars the same way (salt swim) - perhaps theirs some cosmic connection.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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My condolences on the hurricane damage. What cars did you lose?
My PCs never get replaced either if I can avoid it. Only failing components get replaced.
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Hurricane Sandy was a few years ago, now (2012). House is rebuilt and it's faded to merely an unpleasant memory ('that left a mark'). I was able to salvage the HDD's from five ruined PC's and Laptops. By the time all was said and done, I broke even financially on the house (not on the cars). In case you're thinking of a home make-over via hurricane/flood damage, take a hint: it's not worth it. But really, the mental cars faded (or numb?).
Your Question: The cars were a 2002 Saturn SL2 and a 2009 Hyundai Accent. Both Standard Transmission. Of the two, I miss the (far superior) Saturn.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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To clear up any misunderstanding, I most definitely do not think hurricane (or any other) damage is a good way to do anything (IMHO, those who say that dark clouds have a silver lining know f*ck all about dark clouds  ). For me, I am thankful for being spared the grief of any disaster so far.
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my laptop 2-3 year old and my desktop 5 year old 
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Do : (You Feel your machine is slow ?)
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Buy new RAM, Driver, H/W parts...
filling Happy :)
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After 8 months
Filling....machine slow again :( : Go to Do
}
While
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The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Your machine is always suspect for you application performance. 
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koolprasad2003 wrote: Do : (You Feel your machine is slow ?)
{
Buy new RAM, Driver, H/W parts...
filling Happy
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After 8 months
Filling....machine slow again  : Go to Do
}
While
But what do you fill Happy with? And does Happy like being filled? Does it make him taller? Or less happy?
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My company's computer is a Dell laptop that was recently upgraded to 500Gb SSD and 16Gb of RAM so I can't complain
My personal computer is the latest MacBook Pro Retina 15", so I can't complain either 
I need fast machines to keep myself focused.
If a machine takes too much time to do something, I tend to get more distracted.
This is something I believe is true for everyone.
Having machines that take ages to compile or perform other recurrent tasks, greatly reduce productivity and motivation.
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AlexCode wrote: Having machines that take ages to compile or perform other recurrent tasks, greatly reduce productivity and motivation.
Or increase the consume of coffee and bacon 
No joke, I go to pick a coffee when I start a process that is going to need some minutes. But in my case it is not a problem of the machine, it is a problem of the software we use. Java based and with limitations on the RAM it may use.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Dell desktop about 5 years old, but upgraded with SSD and plenty of RAM has kept it humming. The SSDs made a huge difference.
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I agree, SSD gives a second life to the laptop.
Windows also likes a lot of RAM, and uses it, which is good.
I have a "problem" that my dev environment runs on a VM and currently is a Sharepoint machine that pretty much sucks every single resource available. Inspite of that, the 16Gb and the SSD are pretty much up to the job.
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Pentium E 2160 with a whoppy 1GB of RAM. VisualStudio 2008 runs walks crawls extremely... extremely. Luckily we use VS6.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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den2k88 wrote: Luckily we use VS6.
Luckily? 
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</sarcasm>
Well, for what we need it is sufficient anyway, realtime performances aren't .NET shining area, neither is obfuscation. Guess what? We need both, aplenty.
Still I'd like to go native with a more modern environment, VS2008 is great (but not fully backwards compatible, code written for 2008 need adjustmensts to compile under 6 and viceversa) both at a compiler level, debugger and GUI - I mean, auto-hiding side panels! The whole screen is code unless I specifically need a tool!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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At work mine get replaced every 3 years
At home it's another matter, I've had 2 in just over 10 years I only replace it when it broken or I can no longer do the basic stuff
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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What basic staff, watch short film?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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Just got a new machine a couple of months back however it will probably not be usable for another couple of months as it is the first 64bit os to be subject to their corporate policies. I have an outstanding ticket (5 weeks) for them to transfer my local admin rights. Ahh the joys of corporate developing...
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Got it new when I started for my current employer on Januari first second
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...because on the first couldn't stand still...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I don't use it to program so much as before but I continue using it daily basis. It is my only machine at home. My wife has her own laptop too, getting close the 10 years right now, used in daily basis as well.
For those who think 
I am not one of the "I need to posses the last of the last" guy. As long as something works fine... it is OK for me. I prefer to use my money in other things that I consider more important.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The actual box, the power supply, some of the fans, most of the cables are with me for more than 5 years...But I'm constantly replacing parts...
But! the OS is the same (Fedora) with all the updates (I think I started with 15 and now it is 23) and most of the VM's are the same, and I also have an older VM of XP, that came from a totally different computer...
So the body is changing, but the soul remains the same...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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This is one of the oldest paradoxes[^]
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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