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Poll: Long term upgrade plans. Could you survive with this system till 2003?

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Rigoletto

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You can see my core system in my profile below.
After careful consideration, I consider the
Athlon 600 (-> overclocked to 800 in the future) with SDRAM able to last me until 2003 before I feel the pinch. I invested a not inconsiderable sum for me in this base. I consider the
V3-2000 to be capable enough in 2D and 3D especially as I rarely play games. I think it's going to be some time before the majority of games are going to use T+L and bump mapping consistently.
My components are all great- I think. I even think my HD may make it.
The one thing I would allow to be changed is memory, I intend to get some more memory for my photo editing and putting into other systems.
I am a user who uses the internet mainly, but has tried programming, a little gaming, DVD films, CD burning, printing, scanning, and MIDI sequencing. Since my core speed copes with power to spare with everything, the slow way that software is developing in comparison to hardware makes me think that I will make it to 2003. My chess program already plays as strong as Kasparov (remember he lost to a Pentium 90 once).

So could you cope with this system if you had to till 2003? Not changing what's in the PC case except memory up to 192MB? Would you really be suffering not to play games at 100FPS on it? What would happen to you if you did have to use the system?
Yours, curious.
 
Maybe till 2002, probably not till 2003. But that's because I like computer hardware and I like playing with it and upgrading, and I don't like knowing that the high end has gotten so far beyond what I have. For a normal user, that system would run perfectly well to get them to 2003, though towards the end even they would be complaining about it being slow.

When I reach the point that my system is now the lowest possible that you can buy as an average computer purchase, that's when I start getting itchy. For a 600MHz, that's not going to be all that far off.
 
Sure. I plan on using the machine I have now until at least 2003 and maybe beyond. Of course the RAM will eventually go up to 384+ MB and the CPU to 850 MHz. But everything will pretty much stay the same.
 
Well, most Anandtechers probably couldn't cope. It all depends on what you use it for. If your just using the computer to check your e-mail then your computer lasts a REAL long time. My dads computer is a P60, but he doesn't need to upgrade because he doesn't do much. It sounds like you use your computer enough for it to be outdated before 2003. It might last till 2002 for you.
 
Well I for one have never had a computer last for more than 6 months. Then again it's how I make my living. More power to you but it seems overly optimistic to me.
 
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