daaaaaamn, my parents have a faster computer then I have

[dighn]

clean install of windows is always blazing fast

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: ndee
athlon xp 2200 plus 2x256mb in dual channel thingie... I have a xp 2400 and 1x512... their computer feels faster... bleh 😉

no fear dude... i give them about two weeks and it will be full of spyware and searchbars... it'll feel like a 700mhx duron in no time!

I gonna make 2 user accounts for them, they won't install anything... or so I hope 😉

So what you are saying is that they are PC illiterate enough to not realize that you swapped a few parts between the two computers, right 😉

 

[Walleye]

the computer i built for my parents also feels snappier than mine.

theirs:

xp-2400+
2x256 ddr2100 (crucial)
K7S5A pro board
120 gig hdd (my old one)
nec dvd burner
asus cd drive
Radeon 8500 LE



MINE:

P-4 2.66 ghz.
2x256 pc1066 dual channel RD RAM
Liteon 48/24/48 cd burner.
Samsung DVD-ROM
zip drive
Radeon 9700.


ah well.. i attribute the snappyness aspect to the fact mine's a Dell, and i have to deal with their mainboard drivers. oh well.

edit:

i've used my brother's computer too..

1 ghz p3
512 mb pc133 SD-RAM
some other crap..

damn, it feels slow as hell. i dont think it's due to the processor, even the 600 p3 downstairs feels faster than his. i think it's mainly due to a crappy mainboard. takes a hell of a long time to respond to user input.

 

[StageLeft]

My dad has had a faster one for a long time now. My pC sucks and is slow as hell.

 

[petery83]

my dad had a faster one than me for a while (tbird 1.3 vs. celeron 366) until my athlon xp based one came along 🙂

 

[MournSanity]

I have the fastest rig in my house. My sister has a mobile Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz with 512 MB ddr and my dad has an XP 2000 with 768 MB ddr.

 

[BigJelly]

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
I have the fastest rig in my house. My sister has a mobile Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz with 512 MB ddr and my dad has an XP 2000 with 768 MB ddr.

I think 99% of ATers can say that too.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: BigJelly

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
I have the fastest rig in my house. My sister has a mobile Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz with 512 MB ddr and my dad has an XP 2000 with 768 MB ddr.

I think 99% of ATers can say that too.

I can

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: MPankau

Originally posted by: nebula
Well by specs alone yours should be faster. But you said their's feels faster so what I'd suggest is time for a clean install of Windows on yours, then let me know whose feels faster! 🙂

How about a clean install of Mandrake (not trying to start anything - just referring to that 'quick' feeling).

MP

Edit: Always forget my closing parens.....

nah, they're not ready yet for Linux and I don't have the nerves to explain it to them 😉 and my mom wants that stupid Kyodai Mahjongg and my Dad that stupid Yahoo Messenger Voice thingie...

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: PCMarine

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Bah. My little cousin convinced her parents (who know zero about computers or if she really even needs one) to buy her one. Another one of my cousins went shopping with them. Now she has some HP 2+ Ghz Celeron with a 17" LCD. Did I mention they live in government subsidized housing and she's still in elementary school. Talk about friggin' wasteful!!

That is wasteful... who'd pair a celeron with a sweet 17" LCD? 😕

the same type of company that would pair a p4 2.6ghz cpu with intel extreme 3d graphics?

Oh you mean Dell?

The fact still remains, does the average user care? Or rather, does it make one bit of difference towards the useability of the computer?

 

[gistech1978]

our secretary has a faster computer than mine
p4 2.4 HT with 400 mhz RAM
the most complex thing she runs is office xp.
meanwhile i toil with a 1.6a and 256 pc2100
the most complex thing i do is only display 500 meg rasters.
hmmm.
which computer should be mine?
😕

 

[DrPizza]

My kids have a much faster computer than mine (2600 vs 1000) I have more Ram (640 Mb vs 512), but mine's SDRAM vs their DDR (not sure what speed their ram is running at).

The biggest difference between the two computers though is the video card. Theirs kicks my computers butt all over the place. I never realized how much of a difference a video card could make. Other than graphics/games, neither computer is used for anything that an older Pentium 2 couldn't handle.

Heck, I'd bet that 75% of all computers are used primarily for email, web surfing, and simple spreadsheets and word processing. None of those tasks require anything remotely close to the power of today's computers.

 

[Booster]

Heck, I'd bet that 75% of all computers are used primarily for email, web surfing, and simple spreadsheets and word processing. None of those tasks require anything remotely close to the power of today's computers.

I tend to disagree. For example, I don't game and I got a P4 1.6 running WinXP. And sometimes it slows down quite a bit. It's just slow in general.

 

[InlineFive]

Mine is faster then my Dad's. It's kind of a competition but he's not as willing to spend money on it which is why we are where we are now.

Mine:
Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7N8X-X
512MB Corsair XMS PC3200LLPT
Radeon 9600 Pro @ 470/310
Maxtor 80GB DM9+
Lite-On LDW-401S DVD+RW
Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1
Viewsonic VP171b 17" LCD
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Super Tweaked by yours truely

Dad's:
Athlon XP 1700+
MSI KT4VL
640MB Kingston PC2100
GeForce4 Ti 4200 @ stock
Maxtor 80GB DM9+
LG GCE-8160 16x10x40 CD-RW
Crappy Integrated Audio
Viewsonic E70f 17" CRT 🙂()
Chugging along with standard Windows XP stuff