On 4 December 2014 at 16:43, Alan Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > For me its a 3 year old computer. The older one I had (6 years old), died > not too long ago due to hardware failure. Neither of those computers would > have ever struggled running Linux or any non heavy gaming / rendering > software. > > Before my fathers computer's hard disk died that was also about 8 years old > and running Linux as he found it easier to use than Windows (he was never > taught to use a computer so with him starting with a blank slate he actually > found Gnome 2 easier to use than Windows). On top of that, before he was > using Windows and I could not keep that free of Malware that he was > routinely downloading by accident. The computer was not running fast as such > but was running faster than it was under Windows with one exception. The > graphics card ran slower and rendering of web pages took longer. It was an > old PCI card from some obscure manufacturer (don't remember what it was).
Blimey. I don't think I own one that young! My main machines are a 2007 Toshiba Satellite Pro and a 2nd-hand IBM Thinkpad X201S. Both are Core 2 Duo machines and around the same age -- the Thinkpad might be a bit younger. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
