When was the last time you bought a new PC
 

well for me its over 12 months the things are just so good now I cant see the point we have 4 PC's and 2 laptops here in the office and normaly I buy every 12 months but the new ones are not that much better anymore so maybe its every 2 years now.

half a year ago
and yeah... I buy new every 12-18 months, I think

We upgraded two older ones in the last few months with new motherboards, new processors, new hard drives, new OS and more RAM and video cards that handle two monitors. All the other parts were recycled from the previous boxes.

New machines are nice but unless you need to write them off for tax purposes it seems a bit pointless.
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Although I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade a lap top

bought one just 2 months ago
amd 64 3500+
radeon x800 xt
etc... :)
great machine

1.5 years ago!

Tuesday.
Mac Mini, will be here in March :Oh crap

too long ago lol

i think what im gonna start doing is just buying a new PC/laptop (or doing alot of upgrades on them) every year with my tax refund. (since they're tax deductable anyways)

been about 6 months. will probably buy a new setup this summer and pimp it out real well.

Good choice :thumbsup :thumbsup

12-18 months ago or so

6 months ago...Apple ibook, months later it already feels so old...

Today :)
LG LS50

2 months ago, what a great feeling :)

1998. Been building my own since 1999

Last week :winkwink:

Bought my computer in August, and just bought my girl's new computer last week. :)

12-18 months here as well

2 years ago... Time for a new one or a custom job.

I built a top of the line computer last July which costed me $4600. I think that I'll probably build another one towards the end of this year.

As far as my laptop, it's almost a year old now. I don't spend a lot of time on it, so it'll probably hold me over for another year.

My Ex-Boss wants his Powerbook back, so i had to buy.
The Mini is 2x faster than the PB, so what :1orglaugh

this machine is a year and two months old.
last weekend I had to put a new hard drive in it.
no more factory garbage, next time I will build my own.

There isn't much improvement in performance on the horizon and until it gets to say 30% over what I have now I won't buy a new motherboard or CPU.

My last big upgrade was to go all SATA drives, and that was a nice improvement.

I may buy a Mac Mini to screw around with as I think it's and interesting idea (computer as cheap disposable appliance), but it's hard for me to take Apple seriously in terms of performance.

about a week ago and it was supposed to be delivered by fedex but i still haven't gotten it because of the snow storms that we got hit by I should have it early in the morning UPS said.

a year ago, I got my laptop. 2 years since I got a new desktop.

May 2004

I got a new one for Christmas actually. Much better. ;)

I built a new machine in December, spent a month trying to convince them that the motherboard was bad, so really, I haven't even had it "working" for a month. Didn't think upgrading from a P4 2.4 to a P4 3.6 would make such a difference in speed, but boy did it. Unfortunately I can't overclock it, it runs way too hot as is. The newest chipsets are just too hot.

I got a new Dell lappy 2 weeks ago. Now I'm thinking about a new desktop build.

Just built 2 of these...

AMD 64 3500+ 90nm
geForce 6800 Ultra OC (from XFX)
2GB Corsair 2-2-2-5 XMS Dual Channel
Audigy 2...
etc etc...

Words cannot describe how sweet these things are, it beats the hell out of my P4 3.06GHz that I use at work :)

about 5 months agow

In the last two months I have gotten about 6 computers

I only "bought" one new pc in my life, and that was back in the late 80's, complete with Windows 3.0 and DOS 5.0

I buy a new part every few weeks

I bought a Dell three months ago.
I am currently downloading the internet.

You get a tax refund? :Oh crap

It was about 1-2 years ago. I need a new one.

Just a couple weeks ago from this thread: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=414649

Rhino22 put together a great box for me. Asus K8V SE Deleuxe MB, Athlon 64 3400+, gig of DDR ram, ATI x800 Pro, Serial ATA, Aspire 520 watt PS, Promise SATA Raid chip and Via SATA Raid built into the southbridge, built in gigabit networking, 6.1 surround sound, you name it, this Mobo has it.

$1180 including shipping. This beast is fast!

$875 if you want the standard ATI X600 pro (plus shipping).

BTW - if you are looking for SATA drives, NewEgg.com has the Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB for $98.00 each (OEM).. killer deal. 3 year warranty.

It's been a little while. I'm still using this but I've been considering an upgrade:

http://www.stateoftheark.co.nz/images/trs_80model4.jpg

I am on the Apple Store online right now, shopping for a new one.

Hmmmm...17in Powerbook or Dual G5 Tower? Tough decision.

just bought a $5500 alienware laptop this week, got everythign with it possible. bought a desktop about 2 months ago, and a dell laptop about 1 year agos

Got one for my wife recently, so she can use it in the kitchen.

Picked myself up a kick ass Vaio recently too.

What do you want to use it for? For normal, everyday use, the Powerbook is more than enough, for serious video editing the Powermac is better.

About 4 years.. It still works great for what I do ..I don't download music or design so .....

about 2 weeks ago I bought 2 new PCs - one for work and one for audio recording :thumbsup

I bought and built my new pc a few months ago.. my old P3 800 with 512mb of ram died so I bought all new parts (except sound card, video card and network card)

P4 3.0Eghz with 1mb cache - 800FSB
Asus P4P800-SE motherboard
1gb Kingston HyperX Dual Channel PC3200 DDR400
new 480watt Thermaltake power supply
thermaltake tsunami case
200gb Western Digital Caviar SE w/8mb cache
Pioneer 16X DVD burner

put it all together (new part and some of the old parts) and now I'm rockin'

No video card?

dude you wasted so much money... even the AMD 64 3500+ (not even the FX-53) beat the living shit out of my P4 3.06GHz :)

I bought my laptop in May of 2003... Seems really old now... I am waiting for the G5's though, then I will upgrade!