How old is your computer

Now runs better than new I like having the DVD drive. Prior to buying it in , I was a PC guy, going through PC laptops at the rate of one every three years and by the end of that three years they were useless. My only regret is that I didn't switch to Apple earlier -- and recognize the brilliance of the company and bought stock earlier -- like after watching Forrest Gump talk about Lt.

Dan putting his money in "some kind of fruit company" back in My wife never used a PC until going to work for the school system in Until then, she only used Mac, worked for a Mac-related magazine, milking a Mac desktop from the mids until and then a laptop from until Stock up x since then, of course.

I generally buy a very fast desktop that I work from home on and use it for years before replacing. SpareChange Pencil Stache Posts: I'm a simple guy. I have an Asus Chromebox that I bought last year after my previous computer died. Celeron cpu. I upped the ram to 8gb, and have it attached to the VESA mount on my monitor. GenXbiker Bristles Posts: I've worked in IT for about 30 years, so it's no surprise, I build my own desktops - heck, about anyone could do it with a little effort.

No desire to replace or upgrade at this time. My daily driver is a Asus Chromebook Flip laptop, got in November fantastic device! I highly recommend Chromebooks. I have an Acer netbook from for when Windows is needed. I do have to say, the OS X Operating system is really growing on me. Tris Prior Magnum Stache Posts: This spring I replaced my year-old Macbook Pro with a Chromebook, as I was primarily using it for Internet anyway, and I can use Google docs if I need something spreadsheet-like or Word-like and couldn't justify the cost of a new Mac.

I've also got a Mac desktop that I bought off of an old boss for 50 bucks when she was moving cross-country. No idea how old it is. It's the huge metal tower. I have all my Adobe design software on that version 5. The Macbook still runs, albeit slowly, but it's unable to take any more OS upgrades; therefore, some websites don't work since I also can't upgrade the browser given its current OS.

I haven't totally ditched it, as I've also got Adobe software on that one, that still works and I don't want to pay for Creative Cloud should the desktop Mac ever die. Quote from: Laserjet on August 06, , AM. Dell Latitude D gotten for college back in Still going, although I do wonder sometimes about how much it may have left in it.

Battery will hold 0 charge so it is basically a desktop, but I keep it plugged in and it works just fine. AccidentialMustache Pencil Stache Posts: Quote from: marty on August 06, , AM. SSDs make swapping quite fast and the benefits taper off long before even 32GB for most uses today. August 5 O'Clock Shadow Posts: Currently meeting my needs perfectly well. I use Ubuntu Linux as my operating system free updates.

I also have a Chromebook and a couple old Macs that I rarely use. My oldest is an Apple iBook made in Quote from: Syonyk on August 06, , PM. My gaming rig is about 5 years old, however it had a new GPU installed around Quote from: jim on August 06, , PM. I put but only because I have two. My personal one is 7 years old MacBook , while my work one is a younger 1. My work one has become my personal one, since my other is having problems, but I still use both on a semi-regular basis.

Haven't had a desktop PC since Also as no longer playing PC games there was no need to have a desktop machine, and upgrading it to play the newer games made no sense. I have a second X laptop for travel, two others for RAM testing for eBay-for-charity RAM trading little side business , a spare at parents' house and one I don't use so should sell. So all 5 years old or more. The lack of big improvement in single threaded CPU performance in the last 5 years or so, that I already have SSDs installed, and that I have laptops that can take 16 GB RAM only have 10 at the mo , means I see no driver to upgrade them for the moment.

Had a five year old Dell laptop that I gave to my son to use. Still have a ten year old Toshiba laptop, upgraded three years ago. Works fine, but I hardly ever use it, replaced the battery about 3 yrs ago. No more laptops for me, I like my LG Flex phone for surfing on the go, e-mail, reading books and gps function. It's three years old now and was last years model when I bought it. I may upgrade after Sep of next year. Bought my current HP Laptop in Sept Still kicking strong.

Current home desktop is a Dell Inspiron running Debian I got free it second hand sans hard disk about years ago; I do have the system restore disk that can install Vista on this computer. It has an intermittent issue with shutting down suddenly not solved by changing power supply or OS - initial reason for trying Debian - so I'm pretty sure the issue is on the motherboard so I am considering replacing it.

This will show you the list complete system information. Note: This method does not work in most of the cases. Even it fails to tell the age of my laptop in my case. So, try the alternate method. You can also calculate the computer age from the BIOS information. To know that, in the command prompt window again type systeminfo to get system information. Using this method, you can also find the approximate age of the computer. Whenever you are buying computer or laptop, the manufacturer pastes the sticker somewhere on the laptop or the computer cabinet box.

In case, there is no date available, then look for the serial number. Once you have it, just call the system manufacturer for further details. You can also find the age of your computer or laptop by performing a quick search.

But for that, you need to find out the model laptop of your computer or laptop. Using the same systeminfo workaround, you can also find the system manufacturer and system model. In my case, it is Dell Vostro Once you have the model number, visit the official website of the manufacturer to get more information about the computer age.

You can also perform a quick Google search using the model number to get the release date of the machine. In most of the cases, the user purchases the latest models, so this also gives an idea about the age of computer or laptop.

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