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Originally Posted by Blossom
So because if the gorgeous weather I decided today was a good day to clean my desktop....
So I spray all the dust out and it looks like new. It was bough in 2008 and has Vista on it....
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Same here. Mine was bought in 2008 as well, running Vista Business. Then I got back to school for some additional courses in 2011, and qualified for free Windows 7 through Technet, so I upgraded.
I actually did an in-place upgrade, putting Windows 7 on top of Vista.
Then a few months later, still in 2011, I decided to upgrade that computer; I created an image of the boot HDD (a WD Raptor), and replaced it with an SSD. Then swapped out the 9600GT graphics card for a GTX 560 Ti. Then got a Q8400 quad core on sale to replace the E8500 dual core, and in the end, added a second 1TB hard drive. It already had 8GB of RAM from the start.
Half a year ago, I put Windows 10 on top of 7, in-place again.
Three months ago, I removed all programs except the essentials, upgraded everything that was left (including drivers), cleaned out any remains of old software (CCleaner and by hand), and moved all data to my new, and much more powerful laptop.
One day, I have to take the case apart, because the 2011 upgrade left the cabling in a mess. It does work however, so I've never bothered. After fixing up the case, I think the computer can be mostly retired. It's still connected to the second input of the monitor, as the case is not in the way. (The monitor has a built in keyboard/mouse switch, so the laptop's docking station is connected to the first input.)
I still have the 19 inch Eizo monitor I got for this computer as well, including the (seperately bought) color calibrator and software.
I've never used a computer this long, and to be honest, as long as I don't want to play games newer than 2011/2012, it would *STILL* work for 90% of the things I'd like to do.
Although, I do notice that the new laptop can convert books and music MUCH faster per book/song than this one, and more books/songs at once as well. It's almost three times as powerful.
To some extent, this computer will probably reach 10 or even 12 years of serviceable life, the first 8 as a main computer, and the rest as a backup/standby. That would make a 2008 computer still in use in 2020. I can't imagine a computer from 1994 still in active daily use in 2006, barring some special circumstances...
such as this epic 30 y/o old-timer, which was still running half a year ago.