Your Worst Computer

[CrashG]

Why do you wrap quotes around the word "worst"?

Because it's a subjective question that you asked and some people may find that my "worst" computer is "better" than their main machine.

Also just because I felt like doing it. :laugh:

[redeemed]

My laptop: Dell Inspiron 6400; Intel Core 2 Duo T7400, 2GB Super Talent DDR2-667, ATI Radeon X1400, Hitachi 160GB SATA HDD, 15.4" screen (1440x900 res).

Lol I guess it's not too bad haha :p

I wish my best was like that :(

My worst is a Toshiba satellite lappy: Intel Celeron M 1.46 GHz, 256 MB RAM of which 32 MB is reserved for graphics [which are integrated ATI btw], 40GB Seagate (??) hard drive [~50% free], running Windows XP SP2. :pinch: ... *cringes at slowness :cry: *

It's still running some of the bloatware that it came with, although I disabled some startup items and installed avast! instead of NIS 2006.

I haven't reinstalled since April '07, which wasn't a proper reinstall; that was a restore to factory setting. I think I should look into formatting pretty soon :p

[beanboy89]

Probably my IBM PS/2 Model 55SX. It has a 16 MHz 386, 2 MB RAM, and a ~20 MB hard drive. It still boots up, but can't do much because I have to replace the onboard battery chip. I have older ones, but they don't boot up any more.

[Xenon]

Mine was my IBM PS1.

Intel 80386sx @ 25 MHz

2 MB Ram

85 MB IDE Drive

It ran Dos 4.

[DigitalE]

G3 iMac (2001 model) w/ 512MB RAM and a 16MB video card running OS 10.4

It actually performs just fine, surprisingly.

ooh, what color is yours? Mine's indigo :)

Edited October 15, 2008 by DigitalE

[-Hiroshi-]

I have no room to complain, after my 677Mhz Celeron with 320MB died, the torch was passed as the least specced computer (Can't call it worst, thing still gets more usage than any PC in the house as a file and print server) are these specs..

Windows XP Pro

2.0Ghz AMD Athlon XP+

1GB DDR-SDRam

80GB Seagate IDE HD

256MB Radeon 9550 AGP 8x

[planetik]

My sister who goes to university still uses a P4 2.4GHz with 512MB and a 80GB HDD. Not too shabby I guess.

[darren89]

my "worst" computer is running on an 80286 processor with 1MB of RAM. :D

[Behemoth]

<off-topic>

I'd try Debian (or another Linux distro) on my desktop, but it causes all of these stupid problems when used as a print server.

Try openSUSE - pretty easy to set up as a print server - here's a tutorial. Link

</off-topic>

[Denis W. Veteran]

Slowest computer still in service:

Sony VAIO RX755: Pentium 4 2 GHZ, 1 GB of RAM (can be 1.5 GB but I took out a stick for now, originally came with 512 MB), 200+60 GB of space, SB Live MP3 and Radeon 9200 (originally POS SiS 650/740 graphics and SiS 7012 audio chipsets). A Designed for XP machine, runs latest Ubuntu versions rather well, and does manage to squeak by in Vista except with no compatible WDDM display driver.

Older computers include my IBM Aptiva 2168A50 (Pentium 150 MHz, 32 MB of RAM, 1.6 GB of HD space, built for Windows 95 but can run up to 98 SE just fine) and this really old computer from Phoenix Technologies that sports a 6 MHz processor (12 MHz with the turbo switch :p) and probably 512 Kbytes of RAM? I think it ran DOS 2.0 or 5.0. Previous two computers were hand downs.

The VAIO's sitting nicely beside my current desktop, the Aptiva is resting behind me with a box on top of it, and that old POS is collecting dust in the basement. :)

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

My 486 still works, but I don't use it...

[NEVER85]

An old HP with an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor with 768 MB of RAM, 200 GB hard drive (old 60 GB drive it had crashed), and a GeForce FX 5500 video card. I actually run Vista Home Basic on it, and it works rather well. Might be SLIGHTLY slower than XP, but it's barely noticeable. I gave that comp to my mother so it would get more use, as it's a perfectly good computer, and it's surprisingly running MS's latest OS well.

[hawker1986]

Im afraid mine isnt awful and im just using it as testing rig, its not great though:

Celeron [email protected]

1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667@800

Gigabyte P35 DS3R (with 2 broken RAM slots)

Generic 300W PSU

80GB SATA HDD dual boot XP/Ununtu

7100GS

Card Reader

Floppy

Sony DVDRW

Lian Li 6081A

Hawker

[+shift. MVC]

That's not bad compared to the antiques some of the other people have around here :p

[jamesclarke555]

Dell Inspiron 1520

Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz

4 GB DDR2 PC2-5300C5

NVIDIA GeForce 8400GM

120 GB SATA HDD

Running Vista Ultimate x64... Can't complain really :D

[White Cuban]

Dell Inspiron 1520

Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz

4 GB DDR2 PC2-5300C5

NVIDIA GeForce 8400GM

120 GB SATA HDD

Running Vista Ultimate x64... Can't complain really :D

Your oldest>My newest.

damn lol

[Geranium_Z__NL]

Laptop

Turion X2 1.8 ghz

4 gb ram

(slower then my desktop)

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I have an Athlon 1800 at home, 750meg ram, Gforce 4. It still works just fine for what I use it for. And up to Feb this year it was mymain system for both work and gaming.

[.tony]

Pentium MMX 233mhz

80MB RAM

Around 5ish GB hard drive

CD-ROM, 15" monitor, some PCI graphics.

Windows ME

First, and worst, though in terms of specs, that is.

It ran alrite when I was using it, Windows ME had nothing wrong with it for me.

[Kami-]

Can I count things in my loft?

If so:

Atari ST (1987 model) - Plugs into TV and runs mostly from Floppy Disks

&

An old IBM machine...

50MHz CPU

16MB RAM

4Gig HD

Running Win95... slowly :)

[FredEx]

My worst is a HP Pavillion Laptop...ZV5405US. It has an AMD 3000+ and invidia graphics. It was okay for many months and then started running hot. Getting help from HP with it was a joke. It is a graphics chip issue, it runs way to hot under load. I ended up tearing into it, cleaning it up, using a high grade thermal paste and modifying the venting to allow easier air flow. That helped some. I also added a laptop cooler. Later the memory went on me, I then opened it up again (you can only access one SODIMM via the bottom) and I installed a matched pair of 1 Gig SODIMMs to bring it up to 2Gig. I had tried 4 brands before it would work without errors and it was not cheap stuff. At about 2 years old the display hinges cracked and the display would not stay up. I could get no parts at a reasonable cost, they would cost more than the system was worth anymore. Again I tore into it and halfway got the hinges working. If they are tight enough, the bezel cracks again, so they are a little loose and I use a metal bookend behind the display to hold it up. I retired it and my mother uses it to play games, mostly cards and things like Bejeweled.

I'll never buy an HP laptop again. :crazy:

[MightyJordan]

My worst computer? My current desktop.

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5GHz
  
• 2GB DDR2 667 RAM
  
• 1TB Hard Drive
  
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB
  
• Windows Vista Home Premium
  

Sounds like a dream setup to some people, but it's been a bloody nightmare for me. :(

I've been back and forth on the phone to tech support, and it keeps conjuring up new problems after solving the old ones. First, it caught a virus, which prevented it from starting up. I had to format it, but the only Vista disc I had in the house was one that came from my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop.

It worked fine, for a short while. It then decided to freeze up entirely at random times. This problem was a git to sort out. Turns out in the end, it was the Belkin wireless adapter, so I had to set up a wired connection for it. Not a problem, but for some reason, I have to wait a few minutes after booting up for the internet to come through.

After that, a worse problem occured. It wasn't letting me install programs, or if it did install, it didn't install properly. Two days ago, on the phone to tech support for the billionth time, I was a very lucky git. I decided to see if Norton 360 was causing the trouble, so I uninstalled it and rebooted, and then joy of joys! It installed programs!

Sadly, it's entered another downward spiral. Yesterday, I was installing the latest NVIDIA drivers, then rebooted. Now, it won't start up at all. It keeps going into Startup Recovery, which keeps saying it can not fix the problem, and it won't load up System Restore. Even worse, the recovery disc I got from tech support isn't working now. :(

I have a feeling it's a hardware fault this time round, as I did a memory test, and when it reached the end, Blue Screen of Death!!! I am praying that it is a hardware fault, because that means I can get a replacement! :D

[MasterSasuke]

I vote: set a new disc label, and Install Ububtu, then run windows through VMware

[Knife Party]

My worst computer? My current desktop.

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5GHz
  
• 2GB DDR2 667 RAM
  
• 1TB Hard Drive
  
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB
  
• Windows Vista Home Premium
  

Sounds like a dream setup to some people, but it's been a bloody nightmare for me. :(

I've been back and forth on the phone to tech support, and it keeps conjuring up new problems after solving the old ones. First, it caught a virus, which prevented it from starting up. I had to format it, but the only Vista disc I had in the house was one that came from my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop.

It worked fine, for a short while. It then decided to freeze up entirely at random times. This problem was a git to sort out. Turns out in the end, it was the Belkin wireless adapter, so I had to set up a wired connection for it. Not a problem, but for some reason, I have to wait a few minutes after booting up for the internet to come through.

After that, a worse problem occured. It wasn't letting me install programs, or if it did install, it didn't install properly. Two days ago, on the phone to tech support for the billionth time, I was a very lucky git. I decided to see if Norton 360 was causing the trouble, so I uninstalled it and rebooted, and then joy of joys! It installed programs!

Sadly, it's entered another downward spiral. Yesterday, I was installing the latest NVIDIA drivers, then rebooted. Now, it won't start up at all. It keeps going into Startup Recovery, which keeps saying it can not fix the problem, and it won't load up System Restore. Even worse, the recovery disc I got from tech support isn't working now. :(

I have a feeling it's a hardware fault this time round, as I did a memory test, and when it reached the end, Blue Screen of Death!!! I am praying that it is a hardware fault, because that means I can get a replacement! :D

haha, i sympathize you for using Norton

although, the driver problems are easy to fix, just research the most stable driver for your hardware, the newest versions aren't always the best working :p

[paxa]

my worst computer?

a p3 500 with 512 MB 133 ram, an 8 MB integrated graphics card and with a 15 gigs hd...all of this running centos 4.