Upgraded the rig today - Page 2

Skybird · 01-19-11, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

It was a great time! Things and gaming still had magic! Today, we have seen it all, nothing really new anymore, we buy games (or not), but we do not get surprised, fascinated anymore like we used to back then! The looks slightly change with each new title - but we have been there before.

I was running an Amiga 500 from 1988 until I think 1997. Typed my diploma paper and ran SPSS on the Win95 machine of a close friend of mine.

Last game that truly electrified me, was Oblivion (late comer I was), and before that: SBP. The Aha!-experiences come only every couple of years now. Back then, in the 90s, they kept tickling in almost every months, at least several times a year.

Penguin · 01-19-11, 07:34 AM

My last upgrade, 2 months ago, when I got myself a new cpu and mb, included a nice 2 TB drive - in addition to my 1 TB and 750 GB drives + my external 300Gigs.
At the moment I would still go with 2TB, just the best price per GB.

Maybe I'm just a data messie

, but there is no such thing as too much harddisc space!

Gargamel · 01-19-11, 07:45 AM

Hell, my first PC (Not counting the TI-99 I had, learned to program BASIC on that in first grade) was a Compaq suitcase, didn't even have a Hard drive, just two 5.25" floppies. Like a bad porno.

Castout · 01-19-11, 09:13 AM

My first was a CGA that's all I remember and its OS was dos and came with a huge floppy disk drives. Two of them I think.

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 09:35 AM

The first PCs I ever used were the first ones our office ever got, when we upgraded from the old system where all we had was a terminal connected to the Unix server so we could access our medical management software.

Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.)

Having one at work made me want one at home. But no way I was gonna make do with a measly 1 GB hard drive. So I went all out, people, I went ALL OUT.

I got myself a whole 10 gigs of HDD to play with. YEAH BABY!

Two computers and many HDDs later, the 180 GB drive my current rig came with is now a secondary internal drive, with a 1 TB drive as the primary/boot drive and a 1 TB external drive that I was using for media and backup on the previous rig.

I tell myself there's no way I will ever run low on space now... but then that's what I was telling myself when I splurged on that 10 gig hard drive all those years ago.

Sailor Steve · 01-19-11, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.)

My Atari 520ST had no hard drive. I had a choice of add-ons: 20 MB or 50 MB. My friend said "Get the twenty. The fifty crashes all the time."

My first PC also had a 10-Gig drive, and I too thought it was enough, likewise the 160 that came with my current machine. And I too have a 1 TB external drive, and since I don't download movies I can't conceive of ever filling it up.

On the other hand, I just downloaded the Complete Bach and the Complete Beethoven, and they're about 10 Gigs each, so...

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

On the other hand, I just downloaded the Complete Bach and the Complete Beethoven, and they're about 10 Gigs each, so...

Yeah, I don't download movies either, it's the music that takes up the space. At some point I realized I never played CDs on my stereo any more... it was easier just to pop them in the computer while I was sitting right there.

Then I realized it would be so much easier just to rip them all to the hard drive and not have to get up and go looking for them if I wanted to hear something.

Then I realized that in most cases I didn't really care about having a CD, just buying the download from Amazon was good enough.

Then I realized how easy (and in many cases, cheap) it was to buy music off of Amazon.

And that's how I ended up with a 1 TB HDD.

Sailor Steve · 01-19-11, 01:23 PM

I recently found a site that charges a fair price and lets me download gobs of stuff for a flat monthly fee. I still buy some stuff at Amazon I really want that they don't have, but mostly it's where I go first thing every morning.

The Beethoven set isn't available anywhere at any price. Well, Amazon does have one listed, but the guy wants $4000 for it, so that's not gonna happen.

Feuer Frei! · 01-19-11, 05:09 PM

My first PC was a 486, and to be absolutely honest, i can't remember what sort of specs it had.
Only reason i got it was for gaming.
One thing i remember from that system was the fond (and sometimes downright headshaking) moments i had playing games like Civ 1, Armored Fist, Warcraft 1.
Warcraft 1 and Civ 1 played fine, Armored Fist though was an issue.
The game was a 4 or 5 floppy disc install

01-19-11, 07:45 AM	#18
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Hell, my first PC (Not counting the TI-99 I had, learned to program BASIC on that in first grade) was a Compaq suitcase, didn't even have a Hard drive, just two 5.25" floppies. Like a bad porno. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	My first was a CGA that's all I remember and its OS was dos and came with a huge floppy disk drives. Two of them I think. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

01-19-11, 01:23 PM	#23
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I recently found a site that charges a fair price and lets me download gobs of stuff for a flat monthly fee. I still buy some stuff at Amazon I really want that they don't have, but mostly it's where I go first thing every morning. The Beethoven set isn't available anywhere at any price. Well, Amazon does have one listed, but the guy wants $4000 for it, so that's not gonna happen. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-19-11, 05:09 PM	#24
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	My first PC was a 486, and to be absolutely honest, i can't remember what sort of specs it had. Only reason i got it was for gaming. One thing i remember from that system was the fond (and sometimes downright headshaking) moments i had playing games like Civ 1, Armored Fist, Warcraft 1. Warcraft 1 and Civ 1 played fine, Armored Fist though was an issue. The game was a 4 or 5 floppy disc install __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

01-19-11, 07:34 AM	#17
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	My last upgrade, 2 months ago, when I got myself a new cpu and mb, included a nice 2 TB drive - in addition to my 1 TB and 750 GB drives + my external 300Gigs. At the moment I would still go with 2TB, just the best price per GB. Maybe I'm just a data messie , but there is no such thing as too much harddisc space!

01-19-11, 09:35 AM	#20
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	The first PCs I ever used were the first ones our office ever got, when we upgraded from the old system where all we had was a terminal connected to the Unix server so we could access our medical management software. Windows 95 and a 1 gigabyte HDD. (Yes you read that right.) Having one at work made me want one at home. But no way I was gonna make do with a measly 1 GB hard drive. So I went all out, people, I went ALL OUT. I got myself a whole 10 gigs of HDD to play with. YEAH BABY! Two computers and many HDDs later, the 180 GB drive my current rig came with is now a secondary internal drive, with a 1 TB drive as the primary/boot drive and a 1 TB external drive that I was using for media and backup on the previous rig. I tell myself there's no way I will ever run low on space now... but then that's what I was telling myself when I splurged on that 10 gig hard drive all those years ago.