I am glad to see that I am not alone in using ancient hardware. For me, I am just being a miser. I don't believe in scrapping something that still works perfectly well for my needs. I don't do "gaming" and I don't stream Netflix, so this old netbook gets by just fine with emails and general web browsing. I'll upgrade it when it finally dies. I am curious to see how long I can milk this netbook. I have a column of dead pixels along the far right side of the screen and some of the keys on the keyboard have stopped working. If any keys I commonly use stop working, then my hand will be forced and I will buy a new one.
I got my netbook in 2008 and I am running Windows XP (SP3) Tommy, you have me beat by two years! And Linton had us all beat by a mile with his 2001 Dell desktop. Funny thing is, I had that same desktop (or close). I bought a Dell desktop back in 2001 and used it up until I bought this netbook in 2008. The desktop ran Windows Me - yuck! Best regards, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 2/28/15, Tommy via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > Don't worry Mike, I'm running this 2006 Macbook here but using > Linux Mint 17 at least! > > > MikeG wrote: > > "I thought it was just me. I am on an ancient netbook running on an > obsolete OS. I am trying to set a world-record for long-term continuous > use of a netbook PC. LOL. It is currently 7 years and counting...." > > Regards to all. > > Tom > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list