Which 4th May is this from? Because if it’s from 2007 then that’s a perfectly reasonable mid-range machine, but if it’s from last month then I really hope he’s only using it as a personal Linux box for tinkering.
Well, the x1950 Pro is from Oct 2006 but Grindr didn’t launch until March 2009. And I don’t know if it launched with the iconic colours but I don’t remember any other colours and I do remember using Grindr in 2010. Not sure about 2009.
Edit: nice dick tho
You remember using Grindr? Hah, gay
I mean it’s from at least roughly back when ATi was a thing
That’s actually kind of sad.
I remember doing a ton of stuff on my core 2 Duo iMac with 2gb ram.
Sure, you won’t be playing cyberpunk, but it ran all the creative suite apps, a few games, and I did a ton of image editing, made movies, and did programming on it.
My 2007 MacBook (white plastic) had a Core 2 Duo and 4GB RAM. For my first MacBook it was a perfectly usable laptop, but boy did it drop off a cliff fast. Tried putting Linux on it a while back, but it didn’t want to know.
Meanwhile, the 2011 MacBook I replaced it with (Core i7, 16GB RAM) is running Mint like a dream.
Or he’s just saying he’s an older gentleman
A gentleman using a Core 2 Duo rig from a more civilised age.
Old enough to be someone’s father or grandfather
ATI graphics sucked ass on Linux. Back then nVidia was recommended due to their superior drivers.
Those are like espresso machine specs nowadays
Could be a perfectly good FreeBSD box!
Buddy I have less than that I’m so fukken done… I’m bout to go to hexbear mutual aid and beg for some buck to get a new pc…
Plus the required network connection and AI.
Intel Core 2 Duo? 4 GB DDR3 RAM?
Cretaceous period intensifies
That was my home server specs til February. Upgraded to a third gen i5 and 8gb ram
I don’t know what you guys are talking about?
I’ve used an old laptop with Windows 11 (just because I wasn’t supposed to) which had Core 2 Duo T7500 (upgraded from T7100), 4GB of DDR2 RAM, GeForce 8600M GT, but with an SSD rather than HDD. Pretty usable with that thing.Unfortunately it broke, but I think it would still be just as good.
oh god what the fuck you ran windows fucking 11 on it??? i have no words
Pretty usable with that thing.
Unfortunately it broke, but I think it would still be just as good.
So pretty usable until windows 11 broke it?
No, the hardware died. Just randomly shut down a few times until it didn’t boot nor POST anymore. The most it could do is spin a fan and output 5V to USB.
How is that usable? My work laptop with win11 is at 8-10 GB after boot
Perhaps early Windows 11 was a bit different. Plus I disabled Superfetch and BITS which would otherwise max out CPU, and when still on HDD, that too.
Though I am not entirely sure if I also disabled something else.It could idle at around 5% I believe.
Also, unused RAM is wasted RAM. Just because it’s used doesn’t mean it’s unusably full. Linux too will eat up entire RAM for caching, but it can be freed when needed.
Is it easy to permanently disable Superfetch?
Probably the faulty nvidia die substrate issue. I’m amazed it lasted this long, most of those chips died long ago.
Yeah, I’ve seen such stuff on old forums. Unfortunately, a replacement GPU would cost around €50, and that is just not worth it to try obviously.
The CPU was €1.38 on AliExpress, so that was worth a try, but for the most part it just produced more heatSome different GPU would probably work there, but then again, I don’t know if it is a GPU issue. It wouldn’t even show any drive activity when attempting to boot.
I had a t61p that suffered from it. Unfortunately I came to the same conclusion that it wasn’t worth fixing. It’s too bad since that was one of the last really good thinkpads.
You think thats hot…I got a Ryzen 3…
This is just being poor
5400RPM?!
Ghosted.
5400 RPM spinning rust? Walk away.
This exchange is older than grindr
4GB ram? this guy is lemon party material.
I know you’re supposed to say size doesn’t matter and I don’t want to be mean, but really… 4GB DDR3 RAM? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Considering the rest of his specs, it’s ridiculous overkill.
True 😅
🤏
5 inches thick? It’s a chunky clam chowder can, yikes
Unless it’s circumference, otherwise it should be advertised as a 5.25inch floppy
It is circumference. And thickness >>> length.
needle dick then
Thank you, this detail had me scratching my head. D≈1.56" makes so much more sense.
Not knowing the difference between circumference and thickness? Instant turn off.
The rule is that you would report the bigger number. It’s dick sizes - there’s hundreds of contrived ways to brag.
If it’s 5.25 inches when floppy, how big is it when the drive is hard?
I hear it gets to 10.5" right before he faints from the sudden drop in blood pressure.
…what year is this???
You completely forgot to mention it runs Arch
That is implied.
The Arch is slightly to the left.
I hope this is a really old meme, otherwise I fell bad for my bro.
otherwise I fell bad for my bro
Not sure if you meant to write “feel”, but it is too late now.
Maybe you should get in touch 😏Pretty sure that set up and this guy both sucked before Grindr launched.
Those specs suck.
I’m going to take a shot in the dark and say the toned one wouldn’t know the difference
They’d have been alright in 2009.
But ATI drivers suck, especially on Linux. Everyone knows that you need nVidia if you want to game on Linux!
Seagate never made a 512GB HDD at least that I can find.
Now, now, I’m sure the first guy was “enhancing” his own specs a little bit, too. We all do it.
That said, there are some arguably similar drives listed at 500 GB capacity on ebay. But it’s not the size of the disk, it’s the gesticulation of the allocation.
I have several 500gb hdd’s. I’ve never seen one labled 512 gb. Only micro sd cards and SSD’s. If they did exist, I’d suspect they were either IDE or SAS.
Are you telling me this post is fake?
I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic
Look, we all exaggerate a lil’ bit on dating apps.
Im almost positive they did, i had one in my core 2 quadro machine iirc, but it was 7200rpm not 5400.
I’ve never seen a 512gb hdd. It’s such a weird number. I’ve seen 512gb micro SD cards.
How is it a weird number? Its 2**9
HDDs have generally been dec round numbers rather than binary
Maybe but its still not a weird number in this context :p
I feel like for HDDs it is. In general it is not. The even weirder thing is that HDD sizes are expressed in decimal gigabytes to inflate the numbers. A 500 GB drive will show as around 480 in some operating systems.
Eww 5400 rpm hdd, even in the year here the pc is new is a hard no (also the drive would be 500 gb not 512 that’s an ssd thing not mechanical drives typically). 7200 rpm and highest cache amount possible please
Smell like server specs. Put Jellyfin on it haha
What? No tons of desktop drives were this way too. I mean yes WD RE style drives were fantastic but WD black was always the way to go back in mechanical days. They were for desktop.
I mean homelab server
This thing sounds like it would eat more power within a month than its hardware is worth. This is fine for a proof of concept, but not much more.
I would still use better drives even for home lab. In my opinion, 5400 rpm drives should only be used for slower nas / backup applications if at all. Or grandmas pc to save a few bucks.
Intel
Okay off to a bad start.
Core 2 Duo
Ok boomer.
But what’s the radius of the balls?
