How often do you change/upgrade your pc

macafee2 · 10th January 2019, 07:37

just wondering how often people change or upgrade their pc or laptop.
By upgrade I mean new operating system and or hard drive.

I think we are on our 3rd pc and first laptop.
I still have our second pc and its 12 years old with something like a 40gb or is it mb hard drive. It's way to small for me to use to back up my laptop or pc.

macafee2

Lancpudn · 10th January 2019, 07:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by macafee2

just wondering how often people change or upgrade their pc or laptop.
By upgrade I mean new operating system and or hard drive.

I think we are on our 3rd pc and first laptop.
I still have our second pc and its 12 years old with something like a 40gb or is it mb hard drive. It's way to small for me to use to back up my laptop or pc.

macafee2

I change the Ubuntu & Linux OS's on my desktop PC's every five years when the LTS (long term support) runs out, just hit the upgrade button when it flashes up on screen and it takes 15 minutes to change everything over to the new OS, but recently I've been swapping the hard drives out for SSD's on my old desktops.

They run like new machines.

ceedy · 10th January 2019, 07:55

think i'm 3 or is it 4

years since i put in my 6 core CPU, motherboard, 2 TB 16gb ram etc .... still running ok for gaming and other stuff ,

Still on Win 7 been on 10 and back to 7 for me ..for the moment

C

topman · 10th January 2019, 08:16

Can't say I ever have upgraded either not that I can remember on my laptops. Haven't had a PC in i can't remember how long, too big for me. I much prefer a laptop although I've got a chromebook at the moment.

ceedy · 10th January 2019, 09:04

given both our old Laptops a boost with maximum ram and fitting an SSD in place of the Hard drive

and both are very usable again, even the single Core CPU jobbie ..

Definately worth investigating before splashing out on a new machine

C

Lancpudn · 10th January 2019, 11:07

I have a good spec desktop computer with windows 10 that I use for music recording & video editing and certain software that only work on Microsoft, I fire it up about once a month to keep abreast of the updates otherwise it's all day of a job updating it.
I much prefer Ubuntu for everyday use.

MSS · 10th January 2019, 18:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by macafee2

just wondering how often people change or upgrade their pc or laptop.
By upgrade I mean new operating system and or hard drive.

I think we are on our 3rd pc and first laptop.
I still have our second pc and its 12 years old with something like a 40gb or is it mb hard drive. It's way to small for me to use to back up my laptop or pc.

macafee2

Interestingly, I would not consider a change of OS or had drive to be an upgrade. To me, the former is a feature change and the latter just adding additional consumables.

We upgrade the games PC every 18 months to 2 years (that is one or more of motherboard, CPU and graphics card). Other PCs less often.

My oldest laptop is now about 10 years old and the youngest about 2. I just adapt their software and application to suit the available processing power.

gnu · 10th January 2019, 18:58

My HP desktop is over 10 yrs old. Was a decent spec when i got it and have upgraded RAM, fan and OS as well as regular house keeping (remove rubbish, clean, defrag etc). As I don't use it for gaming it's fine, and I use the tablet more now, although a desktop is better if serious work needs to be done.

Best_of_British · 10th January 2019, 19:33

SSD swap is something I've been planning to do with Laptop and PC, the prices mentioned seem cheaper than they used to be. What make and where to you recommend sourcing SSD?

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MSS · 10th January 2019, 19:35

eBuyer is the place to get your SSD.

https://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage...rd-Drive---SSD

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topman This is my second home MG ZT-T 190 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 5,493 Thanks: 372 Thanked 647 Times in 534 Posts	Can't say I ever have upgraded either not that I can remember on my laptops. Haven't had a PC in i can't remember how long, too big for me. I much prefer a laptop although I've got a chromebook at the moment. __________________ Like being creative? http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/

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ceedy This is my second home All Trophy Blue ,ZT260#50 , ZT CDTI Auto, ZR105+ and 1.8T Firefrost spoiling the Set . Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nr Sherborne But in Somerset.. Posts: 6,077 Thanks: 916 Thanked 1,214 Times in 768 Posts	given both our old Laptops a boost with maximum ram and fitting an SSD in place of the Hard drive and both are very usable again, even the single Core CPU jobbie .. Definately worth investigating before splashing out on a new machine C __________________ The Three Bloo's Wifey's Zr105, MY CDTI & 260 #50 and Number One sons 1.8T in Firefrost When I were a lad Zero to 142 in 10.25 secs at the Pod on my Blown Norton. 210 Kart Champ in 70's

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Lancpudn This is my second home MG ZS EV Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 15,587 Thanks: 4,591 Thanked 3,427 Times in 2,565 Posts	I have a good spec desktop computer with windows 10 that I use for music recording & video editing and certain software that only work on Microsoft, I fire it up about once a month to keep abreast of the updates otherwise it's all day of a job updating it. I much prefer Ubuntu for everyday use. __________________ Blessed are the tea makers. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3b...auto-2000_auto

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gnu Gets stuck in MG ZT Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Bristol Posts: 696 Thanks: 332 Thanked 164 Times in 133 Posts	My HP desktop is over 10 yrs old. Was a decent spec when i got it and have upgraded RAM, fan and OS as well as regular house keeping (remove rubbish, clean, defrag etc). As I don't use it for gaming it's fine, and I use the tablet more now, although a desktop is better if serious work needs to be done. __________________ gnu

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