*Finally* a new computer at work, P2/266 to a P4/2.4 with a gig of memory

[glenn1]

Talk about a slow upgrade cycle. Finally got to dump my old POS Compaq with a Pentium 2/266 and a whopping 96mb memory for a brand new Dell P4/2.4 with a gig of DDR. Boots faster than an application could be launched on my old system.

 

[minendo]

Nice upgrade. Enjoy it for the next few years.😉

 

[FoBoT]

sweet!

guess your next upgrade will be in 2010 ?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Don't just sit there, SETI it. 😉

- M4H

 

[glenn1]

sweet!

guess your next upgrade will be in 2010 ?

If I'm really lucky, maybe we can cut it down to 2008 or 9 😉

 

[MystikMango]

Finally got to dump my old POS Compaq with a Pentium 2/266 and a whopping 96mb memory for a brand new Dell P4/2.4 with a gig of DDR. Boots faster than an application could be launched on my old system.

POS? As in Point of Sale? Isn't this a bit of overkill for something like that? Not that I am knocking your good fortune.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MystikMango

Finally got to dump my old POS Compaq with a Pentium 2/266 and a whopping 96mb memory for a brand new Dell P4/2.4 with a gig of DDR. Boots faster than an application could be launched on my old system.

POS? As in Point of Sale? Isn't this a bit of overkill for something like that? Not that I am knocking your good fortune.

LOL

POS = Piece Of (If I have to fill this in, get off the Internet.)

- M4H

 

[RU482]

I went from a P1 233 to a 3Ghz P4
I was pleased to say the least

 

[TheAudit]

That's cool.
They tend to not like to upgrade anyone in here unless your PC crashes.

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: TheAudit
That's cool.
They tend to not like to upgrade anyone in here unless your PC crashes.

I can make that happen... 😀

 

[Spike]

Holy crap, that is an insane upgrade. IMO, those upgrades are the best. It sucks to have to wait so long but when you finally do upgrade it is more like a "WOW!!!!" upgrade than a "now windows loads 3 seconds faster, yes!" upgrade.

<----- upgrades way more frequently than budget should permit 🙂

 

[emb09]

Originally posted by: minendo
Nice upgrade. Enjoy it for the next few years.😉

 

[Noirish]

what's your job?

 

[glenn1]

what's your job?

Business analyst for a brokerage house (i.e. stock broker who fixes other brokers' mistakes)

 

[LAUST]

Bummer it's a Dell though.

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: minendo
Nice upgrade. Enjoy it for the next few years.😉

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: LAUST
Bummer it's a Dell though.. we are dumping our contract with them finally after 30 bad motherboards in 2003 and about the same number of power supplies. (opitplex GX 150's and 260's)

My company has turned away from Dell because we got 60 bad Optiplex machines out of 500 or so.