What kind of computer does the average person have?

[FearoftheNight]

who do u work for thraxes?

 

[wampa]

Originally posted by: compudog
Mostly Dell/Gateway/H-Paq/eMachines;

Celery 333 through 1.7, PIII 600, some P4's, few AMD's🙁

Average of 128MB with 20-40GB HDD

Most with burners 8 to 24X range, many with DVD-ROM's

yea, something that allows you to play solitare or minesweeper

as well as surf the web and type documents

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: DaWhim
like the pc in library. those crappy computer with 15" CRT @ 60mhz. can't use monitor under 75mhz.
😀

wow libraries have displays that refresh 60000 times a second? :Q

that's kilohertz dude.

 

[hjo3]

The average person who owns a computer? Ehh... I'd guess:

1 GHz PIII, 128 MB RAM, 60 GB HD, 36x CD-ROM, 32 MB video card.

 

[kenshorin]

Originally posted by: TC2181
One that has porn on it, that noone in the house will fess up to.

One that instantly blasts you with pop up ads and spyware the minute Windows boots up.

One that locks up constantly, and one that makes dad say "we need to get that friend of yours over here, you know, the one that knows alot about computers".

One that has so many icons loading in the taskbar at startup, that it reaches halfway to the Start button.

One that has icons for EVERYTHING on the desktop.

One that has so many processes running on it, and they can't figure out why your PIII 733 backup computer pwnz their new 2.4 GHz celly e-machine. 😛

 

[takeru]

Originally posted by: kenshorin

Originally posted by: TC2181
One that has porn on it, that noone in the house will fess up to.

One that instantly blasts you with pop up ads and spyware the minute Windows boots up.

One that locks up constantly, and one that makes dad say "we need to get that friend of yours over here, you know, the one that knows alot about computers".

One that has so many icons loading in the taskbar at startup, that it reaches halfway to the Start button.

One that has icons for EVERYTHING on the desktop.

One that has so many processes running on it, and they can't figure out why your PIII 733 backup computer pwnz their new 2.4 GHz celly e-machine. 😛

one that has 5 versions of aol on it.

one that has multiple copies of an icon on the desktop to make it more easier to find.

one that has a 3" cd AND a floppy in the floppy drive AT THE SAME TIME. (true story)

one that buys a top of the line computer from dell and understands how to use 5% of it only.

 

[compudog]

One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: DaWhim
like the pc in library. those crappy computer with 15" CRT @ 60mhz. can't use monitor under 75mhz.
😀

wow libraries have displays that refresh 60000 times a second? :Q

They don't refresh 60000000 times per second (60mHz).

lmao....didnn't realize it is 60hz 😀

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: compudog
One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

It's funny cause its true!

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: compudog
One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

It's funny cause its true!

I'd second that!

 

[Quixfire]

HP Pavilion, one of the free Ford computers.

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: dquan97

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: compudog
One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

It's funny cause its true!

I'd second that!

That is my parents computer exactly; with all the crap by lil brother puts on well minus backstreet

 

[jpeyton]

Average computer is probably a 1GHz CPU with 256MB of RAM and a 20GB HD.

 

[Mucho]

My Ex has a 266 Mhz clone running Win98, she use it primairly to chech her email, surfing and playing solitaire . Which is common among most of the people I know.

 

[DougK62]

The average user does not have 256MB RAM. 128MB is more realistic.

 

[DrPizza]

here goes... the best answer:

What kind of a computer does the average person have?

One that's WAYYYYYY more powerful than the average person needs
(since the average person only uses it for surfing the web, checking email, and downloading mp3's and porn.)

edit: Of course, though, the average person will be replacing their computer in less than 2 years because

One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

and

One that has so many icons loading in the taskbar at startup, that it reaches halfway to the Start button.
One that has icons for EVERYTHING on the desktop.
One that has so many processes running on it, and they can't figure out why your PIII 733 backup computer pwnz their new 2.4 GHz celly e-machine

 

[lsman]

the stupid kind of computer.... it does't work

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: compudog
One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

He, he, you've just described my father in law's computer...

I'm building a new one for him out of left over parts I have tonight.

I hate installing AOL on it for him, he could have broadband for what he pays for AOL
:evil:

 

[OIKOS]

maybe a PII 200.....

 

[sadb0i]

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: compudog
One that has Gator, eZula, mySearchBar, eBargains, AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, SexTracker, CoolWWWSearch, QaBar, PowerScan, PurityScan, TurboDownload, WhenU, CyDoor, KeenValue, MyWay, KaZaA, WinMX, GigaTechSuperBar, eBuddy, BOnziBuddy, expired anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, PCCillin etc), More Trojans than the ancient city of Troy, More viruses than all of Africa, AOL 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0. A 25 minute boot time, 12 copies of each Back Street Boys "hit" in directories called New Folder, New Folder(1), New Folder(2), New Folder(3).... .... ....

It's funny cause its true!

 

[Electric Amish]

My FIL:

Athlon 800mhz, 256mb, win98, 17" monitor, I don't recall if it has a burner or not...

My Mother:

Just upgraded from a 533celly to an Athlon XP 1800+, 512mb, Radeon 7500, CDR, 19" monitor, Win2k

My SIL:

Just upgraded from a P2-233 to an Athlon XP 1800+, 256mb, Radeon 9200, CD, 17" monitor, WinXP

My friend's parents:

Just upgraded from a Micron 400mhz (something like that) to an Athlon XP 2000+, Radeon 9800, 512mb, CDRW, 19" monitor, WinXP....so they could use Office, Email, and solitaire. 🙂

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I'd love to put all that "Average Person Has _____" into a sig, but I can't.

That's awesome. :beer:

- M4H

 

[KarenMarie]

My guess is that the average American with a computer will have something like 1.5GHz, 512MB DDR, 64MG Video Card, and 80GB HD.

Now as for me.... Ha! Look at my main squeeze! To me this is normal and ready for upgrade within the next 2 months.
😉

 

[dexvx]

Average person and average business is entirely different. Businesses and even educational insitututes have set budgets, so they usually upgrade by the batch every few years or so.

My school library's lowest end machines are P3-1Ghz/256MB/19" CRT Dell's. Several newer batches include P4-2Ghz/512MB/17"LCD to P4-2.6C/512MB/17"LCD/DVD+RW

 

[UNCjigga]

I don't know, but I'd imagine the average Anandtecher would have something similar to my rig or what KarenMarie posted.

I'm still running an Athlon XP 1700+ on a K7S5A...that setup was so 2 years ago...