C:\Documents and Settings\Richard.AZRAEL>systeminfo|find /i "install date"
Original Install Date:     20/03/2005, 18:23:00

I cant remember definately, but mine was either nearing, or over 3 years before I trashed it and switched to Linux

the one @ work is 3 years, and runs like a complete dog. Really needs re-doing..

17 days old.

Original Install Date:     14/08/2005, 19:08:14
That isnt accurate though.  That will have been a repair install after an upgrade not a proper reinstall.

Coming up to a year, about three weeks short of.

Jaimz

Original Install Date:     04/05/2006, 19:54:39

I cant remember why I reinstalled (oh yes I can, HDD packing in...) but I suspect this install will last another 4/5 years, unless I make a major hardware change and decide to reinstall to make it easy.

Quote from: Clockd 0NeOriginal Install Date:     04/05/2006, 19:54:39

I cant remember why I reinstalled (oh yes I can, HDD packing in...) but I suspect this install will last another 4/5 years, unless I make a major hardware change and decide to reinstall to make it easy.

4-5 years??

everything will be way out of date by then surely?

On average computer stuff is out of date before you buy it...

Otherwise its basically obsolete in three years.

I normally upgrade every 2-3 years mainly using the rule of twice the power for the same cost...

Quote from: SeriousOn average computer stuff is out of date before you buy it...

Otherwise its basically obsolete in three years.

I normally upgrade every 2-3 years mainly using the rule of twice the power for the same cost...

except....

windows xp was released in 2000. Its now 2006, thats six years by my count, and will likely be 2007 before we see Vista hit the shelves.

2-3 years is normally a term used to describe computer hardware, not software, and as a rule its no longer accurate, we recently came out of a long stagnant period where no extreme developments took place, and now were in a stage where it seems every month theres a new advance in technology.

Compare the "Athlon + Overclock" phase, that lasted 2 or 3 years to my knowledge, to the now, 757,939,sli, pci-x, ddr2, am2, (no idea what intels developments have been), 500gb storage. Thats hit us all over the last 9 or 10 months.

As covered above already brummie, tbh.

But regardless, I dont need monsterous computing power so it wont become obsolete in that space of time since it does what I need now.

It depends. I like Vista and I may upgrade to it straight away when it comes out.

My old work pc that now sits in the comms room monitoring a client tool 24/7

I:\>systeminfo | find /i "install date"
Original Install Date:     3/3/2003, 9:57:00 AM

I:\>uptime
\\GEMPC-142 has been up for: 173 day(s), 12 hour(s), 19 minute(s), 18 second(s)

I:\>


hah !!

Quote from: BXGTi16VMy old work pc that now sits in the comms room monitoring a client tool 24/7

I:\>systeminfo | find /i "install date"
Original Install Date:     3/3/2003, 9:57:00 AM

I:\>uptime
\\GEMPC-142 has been up for: 173 day(s), 12 hour(s), 19 minute(s), 18 second(s)

I:\>


hah !!

Booo, thats cheating

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad

Quote from: SeriousOn average computer stuff is out of date before you buy it...

Otherwise its basically obsolete in three years.

I normally upgrade every 2-3 years mainly using the rule of twice the power for the same cost...

except....

windows xp was released in 2000. Its now 2006, thats six years by my count, and will likely be 2007 before we see Vista hit the shelves.

2-3 years is normally a term used to describe computer hardware, not software, and as a rule its no longer accurate, we recently came out of a long stagnant period where no extreme developments took place, and now were in a stage where it seems every month theres a new advance in technology.

Compare the "Athlon + Overclock" phase, that lasted 2 or 3 years to my knowledge, to the now, 757,939,sli, pci-x, ddr2, am2, (no idea what intels developments have been), 500gb storage. Thats hit us all over the last 9 or 10 months.

Yes but thats been the average for M$ in the past. Equipment can go on forever but as soon as M$ drops the software from its list other companies start to updating their stuff for it too.

TBH we might be on a complete change in the way M$ operating systems are updated.

Original Install Date:     17/05/2006, 23:26:01

my blazing fast new workstation (omg they really do spoil me here... not)
A64 3200
1.5GB of ram (had to buy the extra gig and put it in meself after nagging)

still at least i can have 3 IDE instances open and actually do me job now  



im curious, im thinking unless vista gets a major kick up the arse and drops all the DRM crap then i wont bother with it and just use all the shiny new hardware that itll bring to the table.

shame DX10 is only coming on vista and that may well be a clincher in a few years when the good games become "exclusive" to vista, like microsoft started doing with lots of its games where theyd only run on XP and not 2000 because.... well they want to sell XP  

D:\Desktop>systeminfo | find /i "install date"
Original Install Date:     01/08/2002, 00:55:57

4 years, 1 month and a day

I know, its sick and wrong  

This is on a RAID-0 array which has been through 2 failures now.