How old are the computers you use in your office? And what Operating System, like Windows 98/2000/XP /Vista are you using?
My profession is notoriously behind the times but this industry, in my estimation, is more cutting edge.
What do you all use?
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How old are the computers you use in your office? And what Operating System, like Windows 98/2000/XP /Vista are you using?
My profession is notoriously behind the times but this industry, in my estimation, is more cutting edge.
What do you all use?
I consider my stuff old. But my laptop is about 2 yrs old and my desktop is about to turn a year old. Both running XP...but I think I'm about to try Vista on my desktop. I think my next purchase will be a mac. It's about time for me to start foolin' around with those more.
We dont have anything older than 12 months in the office with the exception of our router and HP fax/scanner/printer all-in-one system.
I seem to go through laptops like they are going out of fashion and need to buy a new one every year because of hd errors or broken keys on the keyboard, etc.
Regards,
Lee
Got a Mac Pro back in March- OS X 10.4.10 :)
I also have a Toshiba laptop which is a few years old. That computer sucks though.
My Dell Inspiron laptop is about 9 months old and runs XP. I tend to get a new laptop every 1.5 to 2 years. I no longer own any desktop computers, they are too bulky when you move around as much as I do.
slaxxx - my partner had a Toshy, it lasted less than 12 months before we essentially had to throw it away as it was rusting out and the disk was giving more errors than not. I would not recommend a Toshiba to anyone.
Ouch chili, yeah I'm not really a fan- that was not a good purchase. While I haven't had problems like that, it came with so much bloatware and such a strange driver configuration, it was one thing after another.
I didn't use that as my main computer though, as I prefer to work on desktops. Before the Mac Pro I had a Dell Precision workstation which was pretty good, only problem I ever had with it was Dell's motherboard being overly picky about RAM.
:cash: Alienware Aurora 7500 :cash: , just over a year old with Win Xp on it. I luvs my alienware.
I only suggest Sony! My current sony laptop is almost a year old. My other sony laptop is almost 2 years old and my sony desktop is 5 years old. No problems on any of them ever!
MyLifeUncut - Windows Media Encoder won't run on macOS/x so you would have to run bootcamp or parallels and install Microsoft OS also to make it run.
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I'll keep my Windows computer if nothing but just to run the encoder. ;)Quote:
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XP on all my machines, but I am not one for always upgrading either. I am cheap. so my newest desktop is a few years old. Monitor is new though.
Plan on upgrading to a new desktop by end of the year, if I am convinced that its a viable need. I'd rather spend the money on really important stuff, like toys for the wife... :kickcan:
That sounds like a good investment to me. The only reason I may upgrade to Vista is I got a copy for 20 bucks from school. :square:Quote:
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My main desktop is (I think) about 18 months old. It's a really deluxe HP with 2 HD's in RAID 0 array. This was the first computer that I didn't 'step down' to save money. I bought the most computer that I could afford at the time and I have no regrets. But it is starting to show it's age now. I will probably need to replace it in another 6 months. Hopefully Vista will be mature by then.
My laptop is around 9 months old... another HP. I am officially and HP fan now. It's a nice little laptop used mostly for travel and video encoding. It's nearly as fast at encoding video as my desktop.
The third computer is my partner's. It's about 2 years old and was kind of a budget buy Sony desktop. My partner is much less demanding of his computer than I am. It's a nice backup to use for video encoding as well but nothing special.
I've really become fond of HP the past 2 years. They don't seem to be as afraid of the cutting edge as Sony, Dell and Gateway.
Btw, my sister who has a computer programming degree, bought a Gateway last year. It was built and shipped to her and immediately it malfunctioned and refused to burn discs. She tried to fix it (bad drivers) but failed. She returned it for repair. It was returned to her still malfunctioning. I tried to fix it but failed. She went round and round with Gateway until eventually she just threw it away and bought a Sony.
I have an Asus laptop. Never heard of them? They are mainly know for motherboards but they make a number of laptops which are sold mostly outside of the USA.
I bought my current laptop a year and 1/2 ago. It is a duo core and was sold as Vista Compatible. I have installed Vista Ultimate on it and it runs great. Very stable and at least as fast as XP.
Just as Luke said, I normally replace my laptop at least every 2 years just because new and better models are introduced. I also travel around so I am into the portable aspect of laptops but with them being as powerful as desktops I would never buy another desktop again.
Lee
We have a Core 2 Duo machine that is primarily used for editing and rendering, an Athlon 64 which is mostly for rendering, both with 20" lcd monitors, and a P4 running Linux with 8- 750 gig drives in RAID-5 which serves as our media storage server. My main desktop machine is also a P4, 3800 or something, i think. All except the Core 2 Duo are about a year or so old.
I have an Athlon 64 laptop (HP) and an older Celeron laptop (also HP) that I use when traveling or when I just don't feel like sitting in the office. AJ just got a shiny new high end Mac laptop that can run the pants off of any of our full size machines.
Generally, we upgrade either when something breaks or when we need something new. Almost all of our machines are ones I built up from parts, which allowed me to get a faster and better quality machine than what I could have bought off the shelf.
Except for the Mac, everything runs XP. I will only switch to Vista when I absolutely, positively have to. :)
We are all Mac. We run OS 10.4.8 Because of some compatibility issues with Final Cut Pro Version 4 and 10.4.9, and we don't want to upgrade yet. We have an old PC to see what our stuff looks like on PC, and it is running some sort of windows, but I have no clue which one.
let's see - I'm 53 so that makes my "hard ware" about 53 - !
(we don't talk publicly about what we have at our business - too many people read these things and might take a sudden interest in coming bye when we're not around you know....)