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Deus Regum
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I found my mothers old desktop pc. It has a Intel pentium dual core 1.8Ghz/1Gb of DDR2/Ati X300/30Gb HDD(IDE)/450w generic psu along with a cheapo generic case.

so i booted it up. it was running windows ME(haha). and was surprised that there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

But i don't know what to do with it. 

 

soo. its pretty old. around 10years old. was just curious on what you guys do with your old pc's? xD

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i would say turn it into a media centre of some kind, but i dont think the pc could handle it.


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soo. its pretty old. around 10years old. was just curious on what you guys do with your old pc's? xD

 

Use it as a file server :)

 

or

 

 

Frisbee it off the roof

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Use it for quick-access cold storage or software experiments...

Try running Windows 10 Tech Preview on it and see what happens...

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A pentium Dual Core running Windows ME? That thing should be running at least XP or Vista!

 

I don't think its a Pentium Dual Core its probably a Pentium 4 HT. Post up some pictures.

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Run a IRC server file server or game server but I think you will be pretty limited in terms of what games you can run.

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Frisbee it off the roof.

Can you demonstrate how that would be done exactly?

*hands old PC to ShadowCaptain* :D

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RetroBOX

 

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Can you demonstrate how that would be done exactly?

*hands old PC to ShadowCaptain* :D

 

Step 1 ) take pc to roof

Step 2 ) pick up old pc

step 3 ) throw pc, preferable in a spinning motion, off the roof

step 4 ) hope you did not hit anyone in the face

step 5) run

step 6) get arrested for murder

step 7) stay in jail for 20 years

step 8 ) get released and continue life

 

I would advise skipping 4 onwards just incase

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A pentium Dual Core running Windows ME? That thing should be running at least XP or Vista!

 

I don't think its a Pentium Dual Core its probably a Pentium 4 HT. Post up some pictures.

Which, as we all know, is built on the Netstar architecture, which was so bad that the first Core 2 Duos were souped up dual core Pentium IIIs.

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Step 1 ) take pc to roof

Step 2 ) pick up old pc

step 3 ) throw pc, preferable in a spinning motion, off the roof

step 4 ) hope you did not hit anyone in the face

step 5) run

step 6) get arrested for murder

step 7) stay in jail for 20 years

step 8 ) get released and continue life

 

I would advise skipping 4 onwards just incase

ROTFL LMBO :lol:

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whooa. so many replies. @_@. uhm. ill get take a picture of it when i have the camera. xD

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I would personally take it apart and just dismantle the components as much as I could. Just interesting to see all of the internals. 

i think i would do that too. but when i kill it off or something. xD not now that its still working. 

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A pentium Dual Core running Windows ME? That thing should be running at least XP or Vista!

 

I don't think its a Pentium Dual Core its probably a Pentium 4 HT. Post up some pictures.

well. maybe its supposed to run xp. but i think this pc was given a fresh install of an OS. my mom isn't tech-savvy. maybe even tech-aware. haha. so it had a fresh install of an OS. and this was the one that was put in it. xD

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Step 1 ) take pc to roof

Step 2 ) pick up old pc

step 3 ) throw pc, preferable in a spinning motion, off the roof

step 4 ) hope you did not hit anyone in the face

step 5) run

step 6) get arrested for murder

step 7) stay in jail for 20 years

step 8 ) get released and continue life

 

I would advise skipping 4 onwards just incase

ill do that to the i get bored enough. HAHAHA

Lo and Behold

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i would say turn it into a media centre of some kind, but i dont think the pc could handle it.

media pc? i dont think so. it cant handle 1080p playback. @_@

 

but as a huge mp3 player. maybe. xD

Lo and Behold

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RetroBOX

 

Carmageddon

Interstate'76

MDK1+2

Emulators Dream

hmm. awesome idea. ill give it a try. xD

Lo and Behold

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dual core old?

I think I am getting old ...

 

My thoughts exactly. When I read the title I thought the OP had found an old Commodore 64, Spectrum, Amstrad or something :)

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Turn it into a beast ass gaming machine.

Jk, could probably use it as a file server or something...

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scrap it for gold  and copper.

 

the amount of heat and power usage makes it pretty much pointless to keep

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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scrap it for gold  and copper.

 

the amount of heat and power usage makes it pretty much pointless to keep

The amount of gold and copper makes it pointless to scrap it.

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The amount of gold and copper makes it pointless to scrap it.

eh still get abit of it.

Its all about those volumetric clouds

 

 

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