Topic: I just upgraded my 2005 Dell Optiplex from 1 to 4GB of RAM using some memory they were throwing away
Meta !Sober//iZs started this discussion 7 years ago #83,199
Ask me anything.Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #958,177
Is it up to becky micropenis.jpg storage capacity standards.
Real Indy !WBBizM.tDU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #958,179
4GB. Wow. You had better start playing Battlefield 5 on ultra settings.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #958,185
Cosmic Cuttlefish is such a great name for an OS version.
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #958,194
@958,177 (B)
500 gig hard drive so you can store about a million micropenis images at 500kB per image.
@958,179 (Real Indy !WBBizM.tDU)
The Pentium 4 chokes trying to render a YouTube video in 1080p and it's almost like a slide show.
@previous (D)
I find it kind of sad that this would have been absolutely top of the line 15 years ago and now it can barely play a YouTube video. How did the web get so bloated?
LibreOffice and non-video web browsing still work really well though.
500 gig hard drive so you can store about a million micropenis images at 500kB per image.
@958,179 (Real Indy !WBBizM.tDU)
The Pentium 4 chokes trying to render a YouTube video in 1080p and it's almost like a slide show.
@previous (D)
I find it kind of sad that this would have been absolutely top of the line 15 years ago and now it can barely play a YouTube video. How did the web get so bloated?
LibreOffice and non-video web browsing still work really well though.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,227
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,250
@958,194 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
> The Pentium 4 chokes trying to render a YouTube video in 1080p and it's almost like a slide show.
LOL Yeah, no one was using their Pentium 4 back in the day to stream HD video to their SVGA CRTs. You can adjust the quality down on YouTube videos until they run. I've streamed old TV shows on a Pentium 3 box with shitty onboard Intel graphics without too much trouble.
> How did the web get so bloated?
I have no fucking clue, but it has in a lot of ways. Look around you now and start coming up with your "back in my day..." stories. You'll want to have them ready for when you get older.
> The Pentium 4 chokes trying to render a YouTube video in 1080p and it's almost like a slide show.
LOL Yeah, no one was using their Pentium 4 back in the day to stream HD video to their SVGA CRTs. You can adjust the quality down on YouTube videos until they run. I've streamed old TV shows on a Pentium 3 box with shitty onboard Intel graphics without too much trouble.
> How did the web get so bloated?
I have no fucking clue, but it has in a lot of ways. Look around you now and start coming up with your "back in my day..." stories. You'll want to have them ready for when you get older.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 6 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,306
Find an Nvidea GT 8800 used and maybe YouTube will work... idk if browsers use the video card though
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 28 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,335
@958,250 (D)
"Back in my day..." stories will just be generated automagically by the Facebooks with @'s to all the ignorant young people you know.
"Back in my day..." stories will just be generated automagically by the Facebooks with @'s to all the ignorant young people you know.
MR STEVEN MNUCHIN joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,340
MR STEVEN MNUCHIN double-posted this 7 years ago, 30 seconds later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,341
Mostly because YouTube didn't exist yet
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 47 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,362
@previous (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)
YouTube was founded in 2005. I think it was 360p (or 240?) in the beginning.
I have no doubt this mid range 2005 desktop would have been able to watch 2005 YouTube without a problem.
YouTube was founded in 2005. I think it was 360p (or 240?) in the beginning.
I have no doubt this mid range 2005 desktop would have been able to watch 2005 YouTube without a problem.
MR STEVEN MNUCHIN replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,367
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
It is also able to watch a 2019 YouTube video in 360p!! Possibly even better since html5
The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
It is also able to watch a 2019 YouTube video in 360p!! Possibly even better since html5
Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,371
@958,362 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
A question I did not ask in your AMA
Why are you spending time on this relic? Honestly there is much more fun to be had with Strawberry Pi. And even old computer parts mated with Strawberry Pi end up truly useful and fun - If I remember correctly Dreamworks not long ago was playing with one. - I have one that just helps me with my morning cup of Triple Espresso
A question I did not ask in your AMA
Why are you spending time on this relic? Honestly there is much more fun to be had with Strawberry Pi. And even old computer parts mated with Strawberry Pi end up truly useful and fun - If I remember correctly Dreamworks not long ago was playing with one. - I have one that just helps me with my morning cup of Triple Espresso
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,374
@958,367 (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)
> [Youtube] didn't launch until December 2015 though.
Do we keep slipping through different universes or are you a fucking retard? I can't really tell.
> [Youtube] didn't launch until December 2015 though.
Do we keep slipping through different universes or are you a fucking retard? I can't really tell.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,376
@previous (E)
Go easy on him. In another thread he said Semen was gross. Autistics everywhere these days.
Go easy on him. In another thread he said Semen was gross. Autistics everywhere these days.
MR STEVEN MNUCHIN replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,378
@958,374 (E)
Re: re: Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day.
Re: re: Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day.
Anonymous H replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,380
@previous (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)
Re re Re re
It has been said in jokes - If you fap fap fap you go blind blind re blind
@958,367 (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)
Where U yes U that is You as in U said
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
Re re Re re
It has been said in jokes - If you fap fap fap you go blind blind re blind
@958,367 (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)
Where U yes U that is You as in U said
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
> The site didn't launch until December 2015 though.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,388
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #958,463
@958,371 (Syntax)
I do own a Raspberry Pi 3B. This Pentium 4 is actually, believe it or not, a better computer. Mainly because it has 4 vs. 1 GB RAM and it feels like the Pentium 4 is just a bit faster. If I had to pick one to be to be my only computer, I'd pick the Pentium 4.
Add in 500GB HDD vs 64GB on the Pi and it's no contest.
That being said, the Pi definitely has better video and doesn't choke on 1080p as bad. But 1 GB RAM runs out fast with more than a few things open.
As for why, I just kind of enjoy computing on a vintage machine sometimes. It's fun. I want a Pentium 3 next.
I do own a Raspberry Pi 3B. This Pentium 4 is actually, believe it or not, a better computer. Mainly because it has 4 vs. 1 GB RAM and it feels like the Pentium 4 is just a bit faster. If I had to pick one to be to be my only computer, I'd pick the Pentium 4.
Add in 500GB HDD vs 64GB on the Pi and it's no contest.
That being said, the Pi definitely has better video and doesn't choke on 1080p as bad. But 1 GB RAM runs out fast with more than a few things open.
As for why, I just kind of enjoy computing on a vintage machine sometimes. It's fun. I want a Pentium 3 next.
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Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #958,619
@958,367 (MR STEVEN MNUCHIN)> It is also able to watch a 2019 YouTube video in 360p!! Possibly even better since html5
You can but it fills up more pixels on the screen now. It used to be smaller on the screen. So even if its still 360p, the computer has to render like 720p area of pixels.