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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:22 PM
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DU "Contest" Who's Posting From The OLDEST Computer?
Mine, iBook, bought in December 2003.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:25 PM
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1. I built this one in 2002, but I've upgraded it. However, I have posted here from
an Atari ST, a 1040, from 1986. That was a while back. I do regularly post from a 6-year-old laptop though.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:30 PM
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3. Showoff!


:rofl:

The best I can do is a Tandy 1000!

:P
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:31 PM
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4. lol, actually, I still have a fully operational Atari 400 from 1979 :) n/t
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:25 PM
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2. Got this in June, 2001
the speakers are pretty recent, though. :P
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:34 PM
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5. Well, speakers *are* the heart
of any computer system.

:crazy:
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:35 PM
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6. Not me, but my dad still has his Mac IIsi from 1991.
He's not a DUer, but the fact that that computer still works is something I find amazing. He's an astronomer by trade, so he also has a Powerbook to do...you know...everything. :P
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:36 PM
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7. I'm not on it now
But I often post from my IBM ThinkPad 560X, running Windows 95A.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:38 PM
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8. January 2001 - laptop running Windows ME
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:38 PM
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9. And it still works?
:P
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:40 PM
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10. Yep!!
I remember it used to crash constantly when I first got it, but it must have downloaded enough fixes for ME that I don't have the problem any more.

It does slow down something godawful after it's been on for a couple hours, though. I reboot it about every three hours.

The only thing wrong is the DVD player won't go more than about 20 minutes, and I had to replace the hard drive a couple years ago. I installed the new harddrive with velcro almost three years ago, and it's still kickin', even after about 50,000 air miles.
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Sacajawea Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:44 PM
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11. 1999 Compaq laptop running Windows 98 (on dial up)...
And as if that's not enough....A few summers ago I left it in the car and fried the screen...so now the keyboard part is hooked up to a huge old-fashioned monitor. No printer either. But, it works for me.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:46 PM
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12. Wow, I Bet You Really Are Sacagawea!
Edited on Sat Feb-24-07 10:51 PM by Dinger
Wow!!
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Sacajawea Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 11:08 PM
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13. LOL!!! Well, most of my preferences are rather 18th-19th century.
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