Work is using Athlon X2 systems, what ancient tech are you running?

[Kaido]

I actually just dusted off my old Core 2 Duo PC from college because I needed something with a PCI slot. Forgot I even had it. Booted up just fine! Hahaha.

 

[JEDI]

How are these still working? What sort of voodoo magic is this? Most importantly, why why why?

So picked up some work in a retail joint with a number of branches for some extra cash. Great! Except the till hardware is 15 years old and still running XP. The master server in the office is using a brand spanking new from 5 years ago i3 2100. Everything is like treacle yet still somehow works . . . . . what ancient tech are you still using?

athon x4, win7, 4gigs ram, 256gig ssd, 2tb data drive

since i quit gaming, never felt the need to upgrade.
at that time, everything seemed to be a rehash of Doom, Age of Empires, Diablo, or Civ

also, mom has an even older system.. athlon 5000

 

[JEDI]

Most office applications simply don't need much in the way of computing power so an X2 or older Core based system can still be usable.

I myself have an X2 6400+ system currently booting Free-NAS.

Two work laptops from 2013. WFH all of a sudden meant we had to get laptops for people at home. Glad I didn't get rid of them.

Rather than recycling them I installed SSDs in them and gave them new lives.

yes, any dual core system machine with 4gigs ram will work with Win7/office apps.

add a ssd and you're all set.

Heck, i still have a Dell laptop with one of Intels first dual core mobile cpu's, the SU4100 (2009):

Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 Notebook Processor

Benchmarks, information, and specifications for the Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 laptop processor (CPU).

www.notebookcheck.net

works fine with a ssd.
the only problem i have is the 10.1" screen.
it 1024 x 600 resolution, i think. (Might be 1366 x 600)

i cant stand all that scrolling down

 

[Red Squirrel]

I actually just dusted off my old Core 2 Duo PC from college because I needed something with a PCI slot. Forgot I even had it. Booted up just fine! Hahaha.

Lol a while back I needed to get stuff off a floppy so I fired up one of my older machines, a magnificent beast that machine was:

Back before RGB was cool, we had GB. I never even bothered to mount any of the lights I just threw them in there lmao.