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Poll: How old is your computer? | George Washington's Axe

Angela Dickson (X) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:46:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Angela Dickson (X)
Post title: George Washington's Axe

[holds up axe]

This is George Washington's axe.

A few years ago I replaced the handle.

More recently I replaced the head.

It's George Washington's axe.

My computer is like that! And is super-fast and does what I want it to do.

Poll: How old is your computer? | PC + laptop

Prokop Vantuch — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:10:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Prokop Vantuch
Post title: PC + laptop

I've got a good combination - desktop+laptop. Desktop from 2004, laptop from 2005. Definitely the most practical combination. I've also recently bought an external harddisk (250GB) for my laptop. Very good thing, too.

Prokop

Poll: How old is your computer? | I chosen the one I work most frequently on when translating...

Robert Zawadzki (X) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:01:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Robert Zawadzki (X)
Post title: I chosen the one I work most frequently on when translating...

[quote]langclinic wrote:

....with different ages, what should he mention :o)[/quote]

... which happens to be the oldest one at home. Children need more advanced machines to dress dolls and chop these nasty aliens...

In fact I use all three computers I have at home. Simply my Trados and dictionaries do not need as much power as Visual Studio, Virtual PC, IIS and all the stuff I use for my IT job.

Poll: How old is your computer? | Old and brand new.

Juan Jacob — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Juan Jacob
Post title: Old and brand new.

I've got 7 computers:
1 from 2000 (almost out of order, of course), 3 from 2003, 3 from 2005.
Prices going down and technological improvements make us change them every 2/3 years.

Poll: How old is your computer? | mine is 3 years old. Not sure I need something newer right now...

Heidi C — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:10:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Heidi C
Post title: mine is 3 years old. Not sure I need something newer right now...

... though I could not live without my computer and cannot figure out how we ever managed without them (do I sound old?) and was among the first translators I know who started working with a computer!

Nevertheless, I am stuck with "inheriting" my son's computers when they get a new one. The truth is they need more memory and newer systems than I do... So this is my third aquisition!

Of course, each upgrade feels great; but also, each time I feel there is a smaller difference with the computer I had before. Actually, this last change really was almost unnecessary (I can still use the previous one and the only difference is the connection with the Internet, and I think that is due to a configuration error and is not the old computer's fault)
And when I use my son's new laptop (which has all my programs installed), there really is no difference...

What I would feel would make a difference would be getting a newer monitor! but that is not a new computer...

Poll: How old is your computer? | Happy to say brand new!

Rebecca Barath — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:04:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Rebecca Barath
Post title: Happy to say brand new!

I am happy to say mine is brand new! As of Tuesday!
I was fighting with a 5++ year old with so many upgrades it wasn't funny! And I finally realized that if I was to be able to continue jamming it full of new stuff I needed to buckle down and call Dell! Getting all the info I needed from my old one was no picnic, since I was advised by my "PC guru" not to load from one unit to the other, quote:" don't bring the old problems to the new one!" So, after 12 hours of cursing and calling my guru it is now up and running. Hubby now has a "spare tire" to play with!

Poll: How old is your computer? | Oops!

Parrot — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Parrot
Post title: Oops!

[quote]Marion Schimmelpfennig wrote:

I would refer to the newest computer :-)[/quote]

Got me there. I put 3-4 because my main PC is around that age (the motherboard, anyway) but it keeps growing in the way Kirill says. The "spare tyre" - a protable unit - is brand new but will be bound to age faster (rather hard to modify, like portable PCs).

Poll: How old is your computer? | regular upgrades

Konstantin Kisin — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Konstantin Kisin
Post title: regular upgrades

My gaming needs force me to regularly update my computer. The only original component in my PC, other than the case, is the CPU. Everything else is new :)

Poll: How old is your computer? | upgrades too

Sandra C. (X) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:24:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Sandra C. (X)
Post title: upgrades too

my Mac is from 2000, so I chose >4 years, but we've done many upgrades on it, so it's really not the same computer anymore!

Poll: How old is your computer? | More computers / new parts:

Marion Schimmelpfennig (X) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:25:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Marion Schimmelpfennig (X)
Post title: More computers / new parts:

[quote]langclinic wrote:

And if a person has two or more computers with different ages, what should he mention :o)[/quote]

I would refer to the newest computer :-)

[quote]kirill wrote:

I 've been upgrading my computer since the moment when I first bought it (1996). Changing this or that, so now there is no detail left from that the first configuration which I bought 10 years ago. Anyway, a computer is like a LEGO game: you can change any part of it. So, I selected `1-2 years' option, too - this is the average term, but during the last year I changed my motherboard and videocard, added more RAM, installed a DVD reader/burner, and so on. Is it still my `old' computer? I'm not sure... [/quote]

I voted brandnew too because I just had my mainboard, RAM, harddrive etc replaced. Wow, it's fast :-)

Poll: How old is your computer? | Updates

Kirill Semenov — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:55:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Kirill Semenov
Post title: Updates

[quote]Fabio Scaliti wrote:
I voted "1-2 years"[/quote]

Hi Fabio,

Yes, me too, I 've been upgrading my computer since the moment when I first bought it (1996). Changing this or that, so now there is no detail left from that the first configuration which I bought 10 years ago. Anyway, a computer is like a LEGO game: you can change any part of it. So, I selected `1-2 years' option, too - this is the average term, but during the last year I changed my motherboard and videocard, added more RAM, installed a DVD reader/burner, and so on. Is it still my `old' computer? I'm not sure... :)

Poll: How old is your computer? | New

Alicia Casal — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Alicia Casal
Post title: New

Mine is new. i left the old one as "spare tyre".

Alicia

Poll: How old is your computer? | Continuous upgrade

Fabio Scaliti — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:37:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Fabio Scaliti
Post title: Continuous upgrade

Hi everybody,

I voted "1-2 years"; I bought mainboard, CPU, RAM, HD and most critical components in October 2004, but since then I have been upgrading the system continuously by replacing the video card, adding 512 MB RAM and an additional hard disk, changing my monitor with a 19" flat-screen (the best investment I could do for my eyes) and many other minor modifications.

This way I hope that my PC continues serving me faithfully for the coming 2 years, since it bases on a 3.2 Ghz Pentium IV. But I believe that constantly investing in this major "work tool" is unavoidable, also because it represents one of the few tax-deductible expenses we have as translators.

Bye,

Fabio

Poll: How old is your computer? | And if a person has two or more computers..

Rajan Chopra — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:30:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: Rajan Chopra
Post title: And if a person has two or more computers..

....with different ages, what should he mention :o)

Poll: How old is your computer?

ProZ.com Staff — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:43:47 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How old is your computer?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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