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What are your parents running?

Mine are on a:
(Frankenstein of my old parts)

Intel E6300 (65nm) on an Asus P5B Deluxe
4GB DDR2 RAM
Nvidia 8600GT
320GB SATA HDD
Vista 32-bit

A significant upgrade from their previous comp which was some sort of 1Ghz AMD chip with like 512mb RAM. I gave it to them last christmas
 
Mac Pro dual 2.83Ghz Xeon quads, 12GB DDR 2 ECC memory, whatever basic video comes with the system and a SAS controller card running RAID 5 array.

Dad does graphic arts work for a living so...yeah
 
My mom 'n dad are using some old Dells with Pentium 4's and Windows XP. But hey, they still work... Heck my dad has a 14-year old HP LaserJet 5P that still works.
 
Athlon XP 2400+
Abit mobo?
GeForce 2 MX200?
A random bunch of DDR, 768MB total?

If he ever decides he needs a new comp, I have an htpc he could upgrade to. I could just use my laptop as an htpc anyways.

E2200
ECS mobo w/P945 chipset, also has an IGP
2x512MB Kingston DDR2-533

It doesn't sound like much, but it does what I want when I want to.

pukemon said:
My mom 'n dad are using some old Dells with Pentium 4's and Windows XP. But hey, they still work... Heck my dad has a 14-year old HP LaserJet 5P that still works.
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My dad also has an uber old HP laserjet he's still using as well. Unfortunately, none of the newer computers have parallel port anymore. I think the ECS mobo in my htpc has the parallel port pins on the mobo. Kinda useless though, since I don't have anything to connect the parallel cable to the pins on the mobo.
 
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my old built computer:

intel core 2 quad q9450 2.66Ghz @ 3.8Ghz
asus p5q deluxe mobo (P45 express)
evga geforce gtx 260 896MB (the one before the 216 core versions)
g.skill 2x2GB (4GB) DDR2-1000 (forgot the timings)
dell 2407 WFP 24" LCD 🙂
seagate 300GB sata and 400GB sata

would love to dump it for a core i7 imac, but i wouldnt be able to get over the downgraded graphics. 🙁
 
The same as my company's Windows SBS 2003 server (running 24/7 since 2005):

Dell PowerEdge SC420
P4 Celeron 2.53 GHz 775
512 GB ECC DDR2
80 GB SATA hard drive
Built-in ATI Rage 8 MB video
XP Professional
CDROM drive
SoundBlaster 16 (I think)

Not state-of-the art, but the server was only $215 in 2005. I try to buy my servers when Dell is closing them out.
 
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Just upgraded Mom this past weekend:

Athlon II 620
4GB DDR3 1333
640GB HD
Blue-Ray / DVD Burner
ATI 4670
WinXP

Her last system was about 7 years old. She was running Win2K.
I'm hoping this one lasts her just as long, if not longer. The new system was put together with the intention of going to Win7 - 64, when she's ready.
 
My sister, mom and dad still run a duron 800 system with 512 MB mem a Gefoce 2 MX (My dad has an ATI Rage Pro) and some olfddisks (around 40 gb each)
But they also have a laptop that's more poweful.
My old hardware (3500+ proc, 2 GB mem and a 7600 GT) will go to my GF once dell has a good monitor deal.
 
My parents have three computers they got from their business when they retired. Their primary home computer is a Compaq Presario R3000 laptop. A big desktop replacement thing with a 17'' screen. Has an Athlon XP3000+, one of the rare Dublin core models which were the precursor to the Athlon64 based Semprons. Has 768mb DDR and a Geforce 4 MX with XP Home.

My mom's work computer has an Athlon XP 1600 and 1gb DDR, with XP Pro. Runs slow as molassas. I don't know what's in my dad's system.

I'm trying to push them to getting something more modern like a MacMini to replace these old systems.
 
My Dad: (my old rig)
AMD 3200+ 939 Venice (@2.0)
Kingston Value 1GB DDR dual channel
BFG 6600GT

My Sister: (my dads old rig)
AMD 3000+ 754 (@2.0)
1GB DDR
FX5200
 
Upstairs PC circa 2006 Dell (BTX layout!) with an

- Athlon X2 3800+
- 3 GB DDR2 memory
- nVidia GeForce 7300 LE video card
- Seagate 320 GB hard drive (7200.10, I think), and a WD10EADS TB drive

But I suspect they'll be getting one of the new 27-inch iMacs this holiday season.

Downstairs PC the pater uses is the Antec Fusion HTPC in my signature, with an Athlon X2 4850e, 4 GB memory, and an ASUS HD 3850.
 
My mom has:

AMD x2 4850e
Foxconn 780g AM2+ motherboard
2gb DDR2
320GB Western Digital HD
Windows7 Profession x64:biggrin:

My dad has:

HP laptop (he works for them so he gets one every couple of years for free)
~2ghz mobile Core2
2gb ram
160gb HD
Windows Vista Business 32bit
 
Mom:
Athlon 3200+ Socket 754
fx5200
1gb ddr ram
windows xp pro
80gb hd

Dad's Htpc:
Athlon x2 5600+@ 3.0ghz
3450 256mb and 3300 128mb integrated in crossfirex(why not lol)
4gb ddr2
BD/HD-Dvd drive
160gb(most stuff stored on my WHS)
Windows 7 Pro
 
My parents have one of my old systems

AMD Athlon 3800x2
2 gb ram
2x80gb hard drive
And i think a 8400gs video card or some variant of it
Win XP Pro

Runs nice and quick. No need for them to upgrade for years yet. Although I may put Win 7 on for the better security since they're a bit lax.
 
My mom has my old Lenovo laptop.

Some kind of dual core Pentium. 1.6ghz I think
2gb ram
Integrated gfx
120gb hd
 
Dad:
core 2 duo e6300
2GB ram
Geforce 7 era IGP (nvidia 630i based motherboard I think)
80GB hard drive
Windows XP

Mom:
Athlon XP 2400+
1.25GB ram
Geforce FX 5200
80GB hard drive
Some sound card
Running Ubuntu (runs better than my dad's windows xp computer, but he installs too much crap and start up apps)
It had via integrated graphics and sound, but those didn't work in Linux so I threw in a sound card and FX 5200.
 
Dad and Step-Mom

Pentium 4 2.6Ghz (highest end 400Mhz FSB model made!!)
640MB SDRAM
nVidia Geforce 6200 AGP (GeForce 2 GTS wouldn't cut it for Luxor 2 since they needed DX8 or better to run it)
40GB IDE Hard Drive
DVD Burner
Windows XP Pro


Mom

Pentium 4 2.0Ghz
512MB DDR RAM
Radeon 7000 AGP
DVD Burner
40GB IDE Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro


My In-Laws...now we'er talking Speedy Gonzalez!!
Pretty close to top of the line when I built it.

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz S775
2GB DDR RAM
80GB SATA I Western Digital HDD
nVidia GeForce 6600GT PCIe
DVD Burner
Zip 250 Drive
Windows XP Pro
 
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