The slowest desktop you've worked on recently

[waqas]

Ok I am writing this post from one of the slowest PCs I have worked with ever. I am running Windows xp Professional on a Compaq Machine, Pentium 4 to be precise, with 512 mb RAM and 40 GB Hard disk (Non-SATA). No Graphic Card, nothing it just has a Graphic adapter with 128 VGA sharing I guess which I can crank up to around 256 MB. It has a DVD reader (Only Reader).

This is my desktop and I haven't really upgraded it from the moment I bought it in 2003, Yes ! I bought this almost a decade ago. So my question to you guys is, what is the slowest running desktop/PC you have recently used and please keep it post 2011. Also I would love to know what applications did you run on that machine when and if you were using it. I do Skype, Word Processing (2003 version) from this PC. Plus I have this one hooked to my Google Drive and stream music via Youtube.com and other websites.

Cheers
Waqas

 

[Rebecca Chambers]

Most recently? A low-spec Dell running Windows Server 2003 for my IT class. Not only that, the monitor is taller than it is wide.

 

[Potato]

I haven't a desktop besides my good desktop for a while now...

I have used a DELL something with 4GB of disk and 32MB if RAM, it ran linux pretty well though, so it was still plenty fast for internet browsing and stuff.

 

[Han]

Back when I was at primary school using good old-fashioned dial-ups - but then they were considered fast at that point. Recently, I haven't.

 

[waqas]

[MENTION=1016]Potato[/MENTION] Which year was this? 32 MB RAM (We're you running 486) ?

 

[Potato]

erm, I used it in 2011, but it was way older than that, not sure what the cpu was to be honest.