a photo of an old pc from 2006 or 2007
Posted by AlexgamerNokiaYT@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 25 comments
Posted by AlexgamerNokiaYT@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 25 comments
NightmareJoker2@reddit
The case is from 1999 at the latest (more like 1997), someone swapped the motherboard for a Pentium 4 from 2002-2004. The DVD drive is new from ~2006/2007. That CRT looks like it’s from 1995 or 1994. The keyboard doesn’t have a Windows key, so must be from before 1994. Interesting mix of components for sure. 😀
inthevendingmachine@reddit
I am so old. 2006 is old? I'm sitting here knowing that old means 8-bit 8088 from the mid 1980s...
tektelgmail@reddit
even in 2006 this machine looked like 10\~12 years old
Interesting-Ad8002@reddit
No. Not if you were using computers in 1994/1996 it didn't. Maybe if you were a little kid on 2006 it fit your idea of what "it probably was like to be on a computer in 1994/1996." But that's perception vs. reality.
Superbead@reddit
I was using PCs all through the 1990s and I'm downvoting as well, more because you're being pathetic, and incorrect into the bargain. Here's the same case hosting a 486 with 1MB RAM, with a near-identical monitor. So, yes, it very much looks like an early '90s computer, because it was.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/odyshape/1272549362
And another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnxZDKHTKYU
sputwiler@reddit
ACER hasn't used that logo since 2001. That's a 90s PC.
BCProgramming@reddit
The computer itself looks physically similar in design to my Digital PC 3000 desktop which is from 1996.
Phayzon@reddit
What do you mean? This is pretty much what the Phoenix BIOS POST screen has always looked like. Ignoring the "DDR266" and DVD drive text, this could just as well be a 486 or an Athlon64.
Also, the commonplace desktop formfactor of the 90's became nigh unheard of soon after the turn of the millennium. Coupled with the beige keyboard, this could easily pass for a mid-90's PC at a glance.
tektelgmail@reddit
Im 52. It looks a bit like the amiga 4000 or like some gateway and compaq we had at work
zeocrash@reddit
Who still bought CRTs in 2006 or 2007?
johnlewisdesign@reddit
i see your carbon dating is as good as your processor installation knowledge
skyprimes22@reddit
🤣
LateralLimey@reddit
It's an old Acer Acros but the internals have been swapped out.
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/acer/faq/chassis.htm
TxM_2404@reddit
I'd say it looks more like an AcerMate or AcerPower 486, e.g. the AcerMate 466d. But it is 100% an old Acer. It even features the "Acer •P•L•U•S•" sticker you see on some of their old computers. The Bios string indicates a socket 478 motherboard with a Via P4M266A chipset. That was certainly not original. The Via chipset has horrible integrated S3 graphics, sound and ethernet were also standard on pc motherboards by the early 2000's. So they didn't use any expansion slots, but still some work was needed to make it fit an ATX motherboard and PSU.
aws-ome@reddit
All the old BIOS screens always conjure up great bouts of nostalgia.
Amazing_Actuary_5241@reddit
Generic clone desktop machine P4 with DDR1@266. Bios dates it to 05/27/2004.
Possibly the CMOS battery was dead or had some issues as there is no master hdd and the slave seems like a seagate 80GB with a standard DVD/CDRW optical drive as a secondary master.
Don't think it would've been top of the line with DDR266.
sputwiler@reddit
ACER hasn't used that logo since 2001, but the BIOS says 2002 on it.
In any case this PC was already old in 2006 when this picture was taken and certainly isn't a 2006-2007 PC.
Superbead@reddit
The BIOS version is dated 2004 in the bottom left corner. But it certainly looks like a relic for 2004. I thought this was from 1997 or something
lordofthedrones@reddit
That would be a cheap machine back then. 333+ were the standard back then. I run 433.
Morpheus_DreamLord@reddit
Nah bro. It was released a couple of years back. Windows XP was there ar 2007.
1997PRO@reddit
Windows Vista
gnntech@reddit
Most definitely an Acer desktop PC or some sort. You can see a similar style machine here (click on the image):
https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/acer/acer-pentium-ii-red-hat-6-2-server/
The monitor also appears to be Acer branded but can't be sure due to the compression artifacts in the image.
ExoticAssociation817@reddit
How Tf is this old? Man, us 2000s kids were spoiled.
omgfoz@reddit
The case form factor makes it look older than that. I don't think I've ever seen a horizontal case with a CRT on top after the late 90s!
TxM_2404@reddit
Well that was not even a good computer in 2006, or when it was new.