When do you consider a computer "old"?

**geekygirl** · August 27th, 2008

depends I think, I upgrade on average every 6 months or thereabouts, but it isn't because I consider the PC old, its because there is usually something newer, and in most cases faster/better (not always though) to upgrade to, and I like being able to play with the new hardware...its actually a vicious cycle.

I think a PC is old when you no longer can use it to do what you want with it and for some people out there that is many years old, and for others that becomes months!

**Pogeymanz** · August 27th, 2008

It's old when parts start failing and will cost more than the computer is worth to replace. I'm looking at you, 9 year old Dell with an incredibly weird proprietary power supply!

I'm also looking at you, Compaq Laptop that is only 2.5 years old with a broken DC jack which I'm sure also caused the LCD to fail.

I have terrible luck...

**regomodo** · August 27th, 2008

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**ssam** · August 27th, 2008

currently about 5 years is old. but thats no reason to stop using it.

**suri.mahendra** · January 22nd, 2009

It's a cost benefit analysis. My old computer: ASUS 333 FSB, 950 MHZ, IDE 512 RAM. New Computer: MSI 800 FSB, 2.2GHx64, SATA, 1G RAM.

Why fancy new x64 platform? This was cheap, like 130$ cheap. To get the same specs or x32 was just as much, if not more than my MSI setup.

My previous computer was not "old", ran FC4 swimmingly, it simply wasn't cost effective to keep around.

**clhsharky** · January 23rd, 2009

If it has a AT motherboard!

I still have a AMD K6-2 533MH, 384MB ram, Compaq for a server.

**Old_Grey_Wolf** · January 23rd, 2009

I treat computers like cars. I think about how much it will cost to maintain it or upgrade it to reasonable performance versus what it costs to buy a new one.

I don't play games on my computers, and I have no need for the newest OS release; therefore, my computers can last for a very long time.