Sunday, November 22, 2009

Attack Of The 7 Year Old PC

Success! My PC's up and running again after buying a generic power supply ($40) from CyberActive at Sengkang Compass Point.

It's been down for almost a year as I simply couldn't find the time to go and buy one.

I have totally forgotten what crappy specs it has.

Gotta get some new parts so I can install Windows 7 RC and enjoy Aero.

2 x 1GB DDR SDRAM 266MHz at $50 each
Currently, BIOS says I have 768MB RAM.

Largest 3.5" IDE HDD I can find:
500GB at $80

A new LAN card $20
I have no idea where my current LAN card or it's driver comes from. Windows 7 and Google can't find the drivers either

That's $200 to run an OS that WILL die in March 2010

Now I'm wondering if it's worth it