Thread: Your old PC is not a junk

Any new technology in computers and we want to upgrade or change our PC too. But then what to do with old PC? Selling them is out of question as it will not give you anything substantial. Let’s explore couple of ideas to make a better use of that old PC. How about converting it into a digital Juke Box by installing some music players like real player or windows media player… Who doesn’t enjoy gaming! One can also convert this old PC into a multiplayer gaming system, if your PC supports 3D network games. Another interesting use is by converting old PC into an educational gadget for your kids. Download some children’s learning and educational stuff and let your kids learn through the most exciting and interactive platform.

Its a very good idea to convert old PCs into a digital Juke box, but the only downside i see to it is that older PCs generally run hot and consume lots of power too.

install TV tuner card and enjoy movies and tv channels while working, also download favorite programs.

OK
i see it this way... suppose i have an old pc.. it can run IE than i will use it as an internet machine, cause its the one and only thing that i am doing on my pc(rest is music- and docs rarer)

if i have to do some docs, office 2003 is best that i can work on..
if i got to music, i will have a winamp.
i will play some old nes games on the emulator..
thats alll!! fair for me..!

I like old PC`s as they are slow..
and i like to speedup them..........

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

I like old PC`s as they are slow..
and i like to speedup them..........

Same here.
And I do all the testing of my computer knowledge in that pc only
I had 3 such PCs till last week and I destroyed 2 of them day-before-yesterday unwittingly

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

I like old PC`s as they are slow..
and i like to speedup them..........

yeahhh !! me too

For experiments they are really excellent.............
i like them when they hangs......

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

For experiments they are really excellent.............
i like them when they hangs......

i like a clean desktop..

Old pcs with old yahoo, IE, .. its my like..

i still want those old days of dial ups..

I have seen a computer with 64 MB RAM , Windows XP installed and having 1 Mbps unlimited internet in it..........That PC was even cannot able to handle that Internet........

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

I have seen a computer with 64 MB RAM , Windows XP installed and having 1 Mbps unlimited internet in it..........That PC was even cannot able to handle that Internet........

hey dont fake.. windows xp cannot run on this config..

Originally Posted by mickey

hey dont fake.. windows xp cannot run on this config..

i have seen this in my fathers office
Dxdiag shows 61 MB.....

Originally Posted by mickey

i still want those old days of dial ups..

wow 6Kbps download :rockout:

Originally Posted by rajan1311

wow 6Kbps download :rockout:

How much years would it takes to download Mass Effect 2 Torrent.???

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

How much years would it takes to download Mass Effect 2 Torrent.???

took me 2 days at 30KBps, you do the math

Originally Posted by rajan1311

took me 2 days at 30KBps, you do the math

Only 2 years.......

Originally Posted by rajan1311

took me 2 days at 30KBps, you do the math

it took me 1 day on dial up

install readon player and enjoy movies/music TV channels etc

I like your idea. good one

Sigh now I remember my PIII machine lying on the slab / rack above my room. It is around 10 years old and I stopped using it since I got new laptop, but even today it runs fine with about 64+120MB Ram and a 10 GB + 80GB HDD, it still gave me blazing speeds in internet I used to download all movies and store in it, but since I got laptop the laptop makes less noise and also ideal for night downloading, the PC used to make some Brrrrrfrrr fan noise initally and then become quiet after some time, also I could hear the HDD growling, and grinding, it was too good still my old PC rockks and its not at all worth to give as junk.

Try AntiX (a Linux distribution based on Debian, Debian is the distro Ubuntu is based of also). You'll be shocked a really old computer can run so fast!

technology is evolving all the time!! Better to get new stuffs when they are old or dead! Not re-use them!