I have a pentium 3 650 Mhz.
2006-08-29 08:50:52 · 12 answers · asked by Dave G 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Not very long I am afraid. If you just use it for email and some letter writing you can get maybe ten years out of it. If you use it for anything intensive like photo image editing you are probably out of luck after two or three years. If you use it for gaming you won't enjoy competing without yearly upgrades.
Sadly sooner or later either something will wear out (like a printer) or will be obsolete (like the version of software you like to use). At that time you will most likely find that all of the replacement stuff will say "requires Windows xxx" where your poor machine is still on "Windows x". At that point your machine reached the end of its life. It doesn't matter that it still turns on and smiles back at you - the sucker is DEAD right then.
2006-08-29 09:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, the physical lifespan is probably somewhere around 10 years for all the parts. The usefulness lifespan is more like 3-5 years if you are using it high-end uses (graphics, games). If you are only using it for internet and word processing, you can probably use it for the full ten years without a noticable problem.
2006-08-29 08:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by napsterator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the brand, what model of pentium 3 you have, how secure your system has been through its life, how well maintained the internals have been.
A high quality system should last on average 5 years. Most of the time it will be so obsolete by that time its working condition wont matter.
2006-08-29 08:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Bryant M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about this. The answer is decades. I'm serious. I have a lot of old dos games that I want to play. But I can't play them on XP. So I still have a 486 sitting around. If I can get a small 4GB hard drive, and a CD drive it is still useful. As for yours, you or someone can easily have it for at least 10 years. I am using a 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB hard dirve now. I don't need to upgrade for a while.
2006-09-02 07:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by William P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Useful life is roughly 3.5 years. Part life can vary from 5 days to 10 years. I would suggest upgrading a 650mhz machine as is beyond useful life. or simply replacing. The machine should be good for small children and the simple things they enjoy or simple websurfing and document creation.
2006-08-29 08:58:59 · answer #5 · answered by hardirish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on if your happy with your current games and applications or you want to keep using newer software. I get about 3 years out of mine before it is too slow to run the latest games.
2006-08-29 08:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by timespaperboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only dies if the cpu frys or shorten out the motherboard otherwise it will say alive forevery.
Its time to upgrade AMD an Intel has new technonlgy now.
2006-08-29 18:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard they're obsolete within 3 months.
Mine's still working fine... XP, AMD 64. So until it quits working completely, this computer is all I need for email, etc.
2006-08-29 08:55:38 · answer #8 · answered by northernbornsoutherner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The avarage is 10 years.
2006-08-30 07:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by Nik S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 5 years. Maybe 7 or 8 if you get a REALLY good one.
2006-08-29 08:56:29 · answer #10 · answered by Chas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋