I'm almost positive this a Compaq Presario. I can't remember the model number, but the first PC I ever bought was a 90MHz Pentium with a whopping 8MB of RAM and a quad speed CD-ROM. The internals looked identical to this.
Ok, I usually don't go in for the "But wait till you here what I saw" dealios, but, wait till you hear what I saw.I had a client who had a computer powered enbriodery machine, and kept the CPU right under the fabric cutting area.The whole set up was in one of those crafty placed frequented by women in thier 30's and 40's with nothing to fill thier empty lives while thier husbands work all day. It was set up right next to the quilting machine area.Anywho,I got a call because the tower had begun to smolder!I opened it up and it was packed with fibers and chunkys. The drive bays were pretty much ok, but the main cavity was packed.I mean, don't get me wrong, it wasn't tightly packed. But it did look like a muliticolored sheep had had a haircut inside.I filled up one of those grocery bags with all the junk from inside of the tower.
aetaaasDec 23, 2006
Wow... thats dusty...I try to clean my PC every 6 months, typically more... even then, its already got small balls of dust rolling on the bottom...
squeakerDec 23, 2006
I'm almost positive this a Compaq Presario. I can't remember the model number, but the first PC I ever bought was a 90MHz Pentium with a whopping 8MB of RAM and a quad speed CD-ROM. The internals looked identical to this.
hughvDec 23, 2006
I do some work for a small company that has a Mac and several PCs. These two pics are representative of the difference I found when cleaning the cases last year:<a class="user" href="http://hughva.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html">http://hughva.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html</a>I was impressed.I'm a PC guy, by the way. Just giving credit where it's due.
nofxjunkeeDec 23, 2006
Dusty old PCs are a dime a dozen, and this story got 2600 diggs and 240 comments. That's pretty amazing, seriously. We are some hardcore geeks. This is the #2 story in Technology in the last 24 hours. ~>> <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/view/technology/popular/24hours">http://www.digg.com/view/technology/popular/24hours</a>
byruDec 23, 2006
Wow, how can this still work :D Amazing.
mjrparanoidDec 24, 2006
Ok, I usually don't go in for the "But wait till you here what I saw" dealios, but, wait till you hear what I saw.I had a client who had a computer powered enbriodery machine, and kept the CPU right under the fabric cutting area.The whole set up was in one of those crafty placed frequented by women in thier 30's and 40's with nothing to fill thier empty lives while thier husbands work all day. It was set up right next to the quilting machine area.Anywho,I got a call because the tower had begun to smolder!I opened it up and it was packed with fibers and chunkys. The drive bays were pretty much ok, but the main cavity was packed.I mean, don't get me wrong, it wasn't tightly packed. But it did look like a muliticolored sheep had had a haircut inside.I filled up one of those grocery bags with all the junk from inside of the tower.
badaudioDec 24, 2006
agreed
bull3tDec 27, 2006
Uhm... You really shouldn't post things that are going to be deleted in a few weeks. The image has been deleted...