I found the same computer on my neighbours curb, it was beaten up on purpose to make sure "all personal information" was ruined. I took it home and discovered the hard drive, operating system and files was in perfect condition :)
I had a Compaq SR5710F. Which was bought in 2009. It came with a Compaq Monitor and at the store I bought it at, they gave me a free HP W2207. I upgraded and loved that PC, I donated it to goodwill in October 2014. Since I built a new computer.
3:46 who the hell is giving you shit for using a CRT monitor?? We're not talking about using an 8 track player instead of a CD player. It's a different picture and nostalgia is a factor that should never be overlooked.
The knock-out slots on the back are used for some special expansion cards. I have an hp from the same time period, and it has a wireless card in one of the knock-out bays. My hp also has the same power supply. It also has the molex to sata adapters.
I used to repair these machines. Wow has time flown. These usually had Asus branded motherboards in them. Sometimes even Foxcon. Seeing this however is interesting.
I've got that same (or very similar) motherboard that I pulled from a slightly older Compaq Walmart special, loaded with 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHz ULV C2D, in my file server. Mine had a slightly chunkier heatsink though, since it was originally equipped with a 2.8GHz P4. It's been surprisingly reliable.
I had an SR5210NX growing up, it was branded under the Presario line with the new Compaq logo, same case, but without the floppy drive and card reader.
Those knock outs on the back are for optional media recorder. They would put the plugs for video and remote control in there. Also sometimes for a wifi internal adapter.
I HAVE A Compaq that looks exactly like this one, but its a Presario SR5710F, original specs were Athlon X2 X4450e Dual Core 2.3 GhZ, Win Vista DDR2 ram. I installed Windows 7 at some point, but the mobo died in 2018. This year I got a new mobo and CPU that has 2.6 Ghz, and installed Linux Mint 20.3. Now it runs safely in todays modern web.
I got an earlier version from Best Buy on clearance back then. It had the card reader and USB, but also had a Firewire on the front. It had an AMD Athlon 64, but crappy onboard video. I doubled the RAM, put in a good PCIe graphics card, and it was a really nice machine.
Wow look at those beautiful Firewire 400 ports. When I got my 3rd gen ipod in 2003 I had to shell out a lot of money at the time for a Firewire card because I didn't have USB 2.0 yet.
My grandparents have a similar Compaq to this one, except it has an AMD processor in it. It was bought brand new in 2008 and they're still using it today, although it's still running Vista.
This is a pretty solid machine, I have one about to go out into the field as a Linux media center PC, I did similar upgrades like you did with the SSD being dual 500Gb instead of a single 250Gb. This thing needs to hold alot of music files. Also I didn't put in a floppy drive because in its intended environment a floppy drive would be useless. We did a custom paint job on the case where the front bezel is white and on the sides we had white airbrushing of Atlas Sound and MTX Audio put on.
Poor Compaq, When I was in highschool I had one of those Presario 5000 series and I ordered the green case/speaker covers for it. I also have a Presario CQ56 notebook, which i think is basically just a rebadged HP.
I would happily use this computer most of the time (I say most and not all because my new computer is too good to replace really). But I love Windows XP!!
Enjoyed this video very much! I appreciate your software choices, I use Cyberfox as my main browser on modern PCs and K-Melon/Palemoon on older systems. Cheers :)
5:48 it kinda seems like that has largely happened with just about all browsers these days, just about all browsers have used chrome or the chromium code as it's base these days, and appears to have copy/pasted the appearance of it a bit too. I liked when the tabs were on the bottom, below the bookmarks, not above the url box. Firefox used to have a setting that allowed you to switch back to that old style before they pulled that setting and put the tabs above by default.
great video, have one of these exactly the same in the UK that shipped with a 160GB hdd and Vista home premium, just got it out today to re install windows and hopefully sell
I recently picked up a working HP P6000 series model of some description from my local thrift store for $15. A score to say the least. The case design is almost identical to this Compaq, including a power supply utilizing Molex to SATA power adapters
The first computer my family ever had was a brand new Compaq Presario 4505. It wasn't special but it'll always hold a special place in my heart as it's where I learned about MS Paint, AOL 3.0 to 4.0, Doom (shareware edition) and early mp3 files. 1997 was fun lol.
Nice system and nice video. Appreciate your work and you have a similar viewpoint to me but I would have installed Windows 7 on this machine. Keep up the great vids
For an everyday Linux user as myself I can agree that Windows Xp is a pretty good operating system. Everything is in a convenient place, there's some nice Anti-virus software like AVG, and when I ever had a problem, there was nothing I couldn't fix with a little Google search here and there.
The Califone Kidskey keyboard is just for testing computers on my workbench, and it actually has a nicer typing feel than the keyboard this Compaq came with when it was new.
I run into that sometimes with computers. One computer i have has SATA connectors on the power supply but not on the board, and the second had SATA connectors in the board but not the power supply. And while i would just swap them around they weren't from the same company.
Haha I still have this exact same PC, have it since around 2008. It already came with a C2D E8400 and XP Professional. Still a solid performer after all those years, although the motherboard could do with a couple more RAM slots.
I have one of these cheapo Compaqs... It was originally my Mom's before she upgraded to a Mac Mini. I replaced everything but the motherboard and CPU. The Bestec PSU failed in it long ago. One thing with mine is that it had those molex to Sata adapters like in yours except the original hard drive actually had a Molex connector on it! The original drive was also a Deathstar, Which failed of course. The CPU was also an AMD Athlon 64 instead of a Pentium. But once I replaced all the cheap parts and Installed Ubuntu server it made a great web and file server.
You used to be able to use CapDVHS to get transport streams out of cable boxes through the firewire port. I think most cablecos lock this down now though.
Damn man it takes my computer 15 seconds to cold boot and 12 seconds for my wife's computer too. We both use Corair SSD's Force models, and I use an AMD 8350 she uses a mid ranged i5.
I have the exact same motherboard, the MS-7525, except that its a HP a6645d system, and it came with Windows Vista Home Basic. I also upgraded it with an SSD but keeping the PDC CPU, and have Windows 10 on it. I am guessing your Compaq is manufactured around 2008, since that's when Compaq and HP are together.
Nothing better then good ol' Winamp! I've been using it for as long as I can remember, it's a shame Yahoo bought it and killed it! It's been in the "More To Come" state for some time...be nice to see it return, albeit, it still works on Win98~Win7...so it's still good! Nice computer....and I agree, XPP is still an awesome OS, I run it on one of my vintage HP's for my vintage cameras, that and a Win98SE HP box....
The 2 extra knock-outs are for add on devices. On some HP's I've seen wireless cards installed there with a internal usb header, or a add-on printer port that plugs directly into the motherboard's serial header. It is an odd place but I guess it gives you the flexibility of having up to 6 devices without having a larger case. Btw I like crt's for what they are, I don't mind seeing them in your video's. ;)
I also used to organise my start menu into folders, but got lazy when Windows 7 and later added the quick search, that and spotlight have spoilt me! These and similar computers where actually alright machines. Upgradable and useful despite the base lower-spec components. That Compaq with the full-fat Core2 and SSD flies! The bargain basement desktops of today are a joke though, not much more than a cheap laptop in a tower case, upgrade what you have or build your own, ha!
Have you done anything to add TRIM support for your SSD under XP? I've never put XP on an SSD myself but as far as I know it doesn't natively support TRIM so your performance might degrade over time.
Nice, that's not a bad deal. My Dell Inspiron 530 has gone through a similar transformation, from a 1.4 GHz Celeron to a 3.16 GHz Core 2 Duo (a 5x increase in CPU power), and from 512 MB of RAM to 8 GB of OCZ gaming RAM that the motherboard shouldn't even support, but apparently does. After that, a 256 MB video card, and the 160W power supply is pretty much maxed out!
+themaritimeman I, too, own a Dell Inspiron 530, and have been interested in pursuing a RAM upgrade. Online reports are a mixed bag, with some saying the BIOS can only support a maximum of 4GB, with others making mention of successfully installing (and utilizing) a total of 8GB of ram! It seems the maximum amount of RAM supported is largely dependent on the BIOS version. Would you happen to know the BIOS version your Inspiron is presently using?
I've been running BIOS version 1.0.15. I just upgraded to the latest version, 1.0.18, and everything is still working fine. I'm running 8 GB of OCZ Fatal1ty PC2-8500 RAM. It's 2.0V gaming RAM, which can sometimes be unstable in regular computers, but I've run every kind of stress test, and it performs beautifully. I can't guarantee that all 2 GB DDR2 modules will work, but at least some do.
"Ooh you're still using a CRT?!" lol... well to be fair, it does kind of look like a CRT from head on. Will this be one of your main computers now? I have never seen XP boot up that quickly! that's awesome. One of the reasons why people think XP is so slow (aside from years of filling the computer with junkware and viruses) is because it tends to be running on old, slower systems, perhaps with hardware that's on its last legs. My laptop with Win 8.1 does boot almost that quickly... but that's because I removed most of the bloatware that Acer decided to clog up the computer with. I wonder if you'll get comments from people telling you to install you-know-what? Or have they all unsubscribed after your recent series of demonstrations? :-). Soon, we'll be setting up our old desktop in the spare room, and it's an older professional grade Dell tower with XP... I think I'll be putting Service Pack 4 on it for now, and using one of those browsers you showed off. Who knows if a new OS would even run well on it, but I'd have to look up the specs to see.
+talldude123 Yea, other than video sites like UA-cam, most webpages seem to be designed more for 4:3, since most of the time you'll just get a narrow column in the middle with a sea of blank space on the sides.
Nice machine, I would put a proper PCI-e video card in there and you got yourself a really nice machine. I was freecycled one of these last year and the thing had bad caps all over the board so it went to the recycling for proper disposal.
+vwestlife agreed, but you will see a significant difference. you can get a pci-e card for low cost though and get some help with video work. just my opinion.
i have no idea why i watch this and i cant stop
As an Argentinean who recently bought a Compaq notebook (less than a week ago) I thought Compaq was dead and you pretty much left it clear to me now !
Its not dead, its hp for horespower ( i know its helwet packard)
That spider was just trying to get on the web...
Keep up a good work, I watched almost all your videos. from finds, to audi and so on :)
Very calm and enjoyable voice you have.
Wow, you're still reading comments all these years later. That's impressive!
I love the random break in the middle of the video of a spider running on the SSD box.
I found the same computer on my neighbours curb, it was beaten up on purpose to make sure "all personal information" was ruined. I took it home and discovered the hard drive, operating system and files was in perfect condition :)
*slow clap*
LOL
I had a Compaq SR5710F. Which was bought in 2009. It came with a Compaq Monitor and at the store I bought it at, they gave me a free HP W2207. I upgraded and loved that PC, I donated it to goodwill in October 2014. Since I built a new computer.
Some people do cold starts on vehicles, but here on the vwestlife channel, we do cold starts of computers!
Gold almighty, this is getting people's panties in a knot more than the Linux videos!
+themaritimeman It's very surprising.
3:46 who the hell is giving you shit for using a CRT monitor?? We're not talking about using an 8 track player instead of a CD player. It's a different picture and nostalgia is a factor that should never be overlooked.
Great looking monitor and love the upgrades nice videos!
im from argentina and I didnt know they we were the only ones still making compaqs, i feel special
Registered to: Steve Jobs
Apple Inc. Windows XP: FUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKK
The knock-out slots on the back are used for some special expansion cards. I have an hp from the same time period, and it has a wireless card in one of the knock-out bays. My hp also has the same power supply. It also has the molex to sata adapters.
The feel when this thing has a better CPU then your main gaming computer
That spider is shopping for an SSD, i think.
Probably a rich spider
I used to repair these machines. Wow has time flown. These usually had Asus branded motherboards in them. Sometimes even Foxcon.
Seeing this however is interesting.
I've got that same (or very similar) motherboard that I pulled from a slightly older Compaq Walmart special, loaded with 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHz ULV C2D, in my file server. Mine had a slightly chunkier heatsink though, since it was originally equipped with a 2.8GHz P4. It's been surprisingly reliable.
So you register every windows computer you have to Steve Jobs? That's hilarious.
I had an SR5210NX growing up, it was branded under the Presario line with the new Compaq logo, same case, but without the floppy drive and card reader.
The hardest thing about running XP on newer machines is finding the drivers-a lot of trial and error goes on.XP was great-still run it in vm.
I got XP running on a machine I built with a Xeon E5440 (Q3HE, which is an engineering sample). It's impressively usable.
9:52 Druaga1 reincarnated as a spider
CompuTech no....that was Boris The Spider.
0:37. Nostalgia just punched me in the face right there. Those were the exact same stickers on my dad's former Toshiba Satellite A205-S5825.
An SSD in an old computer?! Who do you think you are, Druaga1!?! :P
atleast it isnt a windows 98 era pc XD
+Spriteclad Hey Smokers ............ :)
Love Druaga1
Well druaga installed an ssd in a windows 95 pc.
Thank you very much for all the wonderful videos you have uploaded. How many computers do you have? Where do you find the space to keep them all?
Those knock outs on the back are for optional media recorder. They would put the plugs for video and remote control in there. Also sometimes for a wifi internal adapter.
Ahaaaaa, I always suspected that Apple Inc's founder used Windows as his daily driver !!!🤔
Thanks for varifying that my man
I HAVE A Compaq that looks exactly like this one, but its a Presario SR5710F, original specs were Athlon X2 X4450e Dual Core 2.3 GhZ, Win Vista DDR2 ram.
I installed Windows 7 at some point, but the mobo died in 2018. This year I got a new mobo and CPU that has 2.6 Ghz, and installed Linux Mint 20.3. Now it runs safely in todays modern web.
I got an earlier version from Best Buy on clearance back then. It had the card reader and USB, but also had a Firewire on the front. It had an AMD Athlon 64, but crappy onboard video. I doubled the RAM, put in a good PCIe graphics card, and it was a really nice machine.
9:50 - time to burn down the house...
I really love watching your videos man, keep them coming!
Wow look at those beautiful Firewire 400 ports. When I got my 3rd gen ipod in 2003 I had to shell out a lot of money at the time for a Firewire card because I didn't have USB 2.0 yet.
My grandparents have a similar Compaq to this one, except it has an AMD processor in it. It was bought brand new in 2008 and they're still using it today, although it's still running Vista.
This is a pretty solid machine, I have one about to go out into the field as a Linux media center PC, I did similar upgrades like you did with the SSD being dual 500Gb instead of a single 250Gb. This thing needs to hold alot of music files. Also I didn't put in a floppy drive because in its intended environment a floppy drive would be useless.
We did a custom paint job on the case where the front bezel is white and on the sides we had white airbrushing of Atlas Sound and MTX Audio put on.
5:33 Registered to: Steve Jobs
Apple Computer, Inc.
LOL
Poor Compaq, When I was in highschool I had one of those Presario 5000 series and I ordered the
green case/speaker covers for it. I also have a Presario CQ56 notebook, which i think is basically
just a rebadged HP.
Yep, the Presario CQ56 is basically a rebadged HP G56.
+sci3ntologist I have a presario cq56 and i still use it as my main laptop after upgrading it
9:53 That spider is in the market for an SSD.
It's a SSS Solid State Spider
Anthony Mondz Super Speed Spider
Could be a rich spider trying to buy vwestlifes computers
I would happily use this computer most of the time (I say most and not all because my new computer is too good to replace really). But I love Windows XP!!
Enjoyed this video very much! I appreciate your software choices, I use Cyberfox as my main browser on modern PCs and K-Melon/Palemoon on older systems. Cheers :)
i like how you put 'registered to steve jobs of apple incorporated'
+xan page-brown Not to mention, his voice does somewhat sound like Steve Jobs xD
yeah it does actually. haha
5:48 it kinda seems like that has largely happened with just about all browsers these days, just about all browsers have used chrome or the chromium code as it's base these days, and appears to have copy/pasted the appearance of it a bit too. I liked when the tabs were on the bottom, below the bookmarks, not above the url box. Firefox used to have a setting that allowed you to switch back to that old style before they pulled that setting and put the tabs above by default.
4:36 well that solve the floppy drive mystery on my machine..
great video, have one of these exactly the same in the UK that shipped with a 160GB hdd and Vista home premium, just got it out today to re install windows and hopefully sell
I recently picked up a working HP P6000 series model of some description from my local thrift store for $15. A score to say the least.
The case design is almost identical to this Compaq, including a power supply utilizing Molex to SATA power adapters
RIP Pentium as a flagship Intel processor
ON THE WORKBENCH TONIGHT! ;)
5:22 LOL (Registered to: Steve Jobs of Apple Computer Inc.
I have an Eizo FlexScan L557 as a daily driver (used it about 10.800 Hours), it is the third monitor connected to my pc.
I like computers.
+Wabbit me toooooo
Me too 😄
Me to
Me too
Registered to:
Steve Jobs
Apple Computer, Inc.
lol :D
The first computer my family ever had was a brand new Compaq Presario 4505. It wasn't special but it'll always hold a special place in my heart as it's where I learned about MS Paint, AOL 3.0 to 4.0, Doom (shareware edition) and early mp3 files. 1997 was fun lol.
What's wrong with crt, I love them!
The SSD is worth more than the PC
Except the ssd is part of the pc
Nice system and nice video. Appreciate your work and you have a similar viewpoint to me but I would have installed Windows 7 on this machine. Keep up the great vids
I hope you eradicated that nasty spider running around. The hair stood up on my arms when I saw that!
Spider intermission
For an everyday Linux user as myself I can agree that Windows Xp is a pretty good operating system. Everything is in a convenient place, there's some nice Anti-virus software like AVG, and when I ever had a problem, there was nothing I couldn't fix with a little Google search here and there.
I'd never make fun of anyone for using a CRT, especially for a XP oriented machine or earlier. That keyboard on the other hand.......
The Califone Kidskey keyboard is just for testing computers on my workbench, and it actually has a nicer typing feel than the keyboard this Compaq came with when it was new.
Love that spider bit :D
be careful with the psu, the best tec psus used in these pcu are motherboard killers because they cheaped out on the capacitors on the 5v standby
I have a similar setup with a core 2 duo e8600 unlocked 4gb of ram and a reason graphics card. Great gaming pc in 2009. It's now a server
runs windows 7 great
Lol! @ 5:03 "Registered to Steve Jobs"
That made my day.
I run into that sometimes with computers. One computer i have has SATA connectors on the power supply but not on the board, and the second had SATA connectors in the board but not the power supply. And while i would just swap them around they weren't from the same company.
I just... I can't even. Now you just need a PCI-e graphics card, and you're good to go!
I'd love to see this beast run Windows 7 or 10.
Why would you need so many browsers?
My parents still have that...
10:08 That spider dropped by to say hi.
Haha I still have this exact same PC, have it since around 2008. It already came with a C2D E8400 and XP Professional. Still a solid performer after all those years, although the motherboard could do with a couple more RAM slots.
I love that type of bios it is easier to work with
I have one of these cheapo Compaqs... It was originally my Mom's before she upgraded to a Mac Mini. I replaced everything but the motherboard and CPU. The Bestec PSU failed in it long ago. One thing with mine is that it had those molex to Sata adapters like in yours except the original hard drive actually had a Molex connector on it! The original drive was also a Deathstar, Which failed of course. The CPU was also an AMD Athlon 64 instead of a Pentium. But once I replaced all the cheap parts and Installed Ubuntu server it made a great web and file server.
I have that ssd, best purchase ever
+proce09 I have the same SSD too and after I installed on my PC, my PC felt like a brand new computer. A much faster computer.
+MegaBojan1993 so worth it
You used to be able to use CapDVHS to get transport streams out of cable boxes through the firewire port. I think most cablecos lock this down now though.
That looks EXACTLY like the computer I used to make Season 1 of Funny Signs with . , .
Wow how lucky are you to have found Steve Jobs' computer!
What do you think of the Royale Noir theme?
It's OK but has the bug where the Start button turns green when you click on it. Overall the Zune theme is quite similar but not as dark.
Spider friend. :)
It looks like you cleared all the bugs.
Damn man it takes my computer 15 seconds to cold boot and 12 seconds for my wife's computer too. We both use Corair SSD's Force models, and I use an AMD 8350 she uses a mid ranged i5.
What OS?
MediaInfo is an excellent tool for identifying codecs used in video files that you might be interested in. It provides a lot of other useful info too.
I know. I've been using MediaInfo for years now. :-)
Okay cool :)
Oh man I miss windows xp on my old machine. But man does that thing boot up instantly!
+TheCrimsonDuelist The SSD is too fast for it's sata bus too!
+ElectrofizzStudiosCo Yeah I wish I had ssd on my xp machine lol.
I have the exact same motherboard, the MS-7525, except that its a HP a6645d system, and it came with Windows Vista Home Basic. I also upgraded it with an SSD but keeping the PDC CPU, and have Windows 10 on it.
I am guessing your Compaq is manufactured around 2008, since that's when Compaq and HP are together.
Nothing better then good ol' Winamp! I've been using it for as long as I can remember, it's a shame Yahoo bought it and killed it! It's been in the "More To Come" state for some time...be nice to see it return, albeit, it still works on Win98~Win7...so it's still good! Nice computer....and I agree, XPP is still an awesome OS, I run it on one of my vintage HP's for my vintage cameras, that and a Win98SE HP box....
Actually it was AOL who bought Winamp, not Yahoo.
+vwestlife Thats right...my error, either way...it's a tragedy! :)
I liked the spider’s interlude in this one
3:48 Best thing ever.
I also like K-meleon and Pale Moon. Those are very good under Linux as well.
I think that computer came with a new friend lol.
The 2 extra knock-outs are for add on devices. On some HP's I've seen wireless cards installed there with a internal usb header, or a add-on printer port that plugs directly into the motherboard's serial header. It is an odd place but I guess it gives you the flexibility of having up to 6 devices without having a larger case. Btw I like crt's for what they are, I don't mind seeing them in your video's. ;)
Love your videos :D
I also used to organise my start menu into folders, but got lazy when Windows 7 and later added the quick search, that and spotlight have spoilt me!
These and similar computers where actually alright machines. Upgradable and useful despite the base lower-spec components. That Compaq with the full-fat Core2 and SSD flies! The bargain basement desktops of today are a joke though, not much more than a cheap laptop in a tower case, upgrade what you have or build your own, ha!
5:33
Registered to Steve Jobs?
+SCK The Kai-Ken Good catch.
Have you done anything to add TRIM support for your SSD under XP? I've never put XP on an SSD myself but as far as I know it doesn't natively support TRIM so your performance might degrade over time.
Samsung provides software to enable TRIM in XP.
@5:23 Registered to Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Inc.?!?!😆🤣😂
The zune theme was my fave when I used WinXP!
Nice, that's not a bad deal. My Dell Inspiron 530 has gone through a similar transformation, from a 1.4 GHz Celeron to a 3.16 GHz Core 2 Duo (a 5x increase in CPU power), and from 512 MB of RAM to 8 GB of OCZ gaming RAM that the motherboard shouldn't even support, but apparently does. After that, a 256 MB video card, and the 160W power supply is pretty much maxed out!
+themaritimeman I, too, own a Dell Inspiron 530, and have been interested in pursuing a RAM upgrade. Online reports are a mixed bag, with some saying the BIOS can only support a maximum of 4GB, with others making mention of successfully installing (and utilizing) a total of 8GB of ram! It seems the maximum amount of RAM supported is largely dependent on the BIOS version. Would you happen to know the BIOS version your Inspiron is presently using?
I've been running BIOS version 1.0.15. I just upgraded to the latest version, 1.0.18, and everything is still working fine.
I'm running 8 GB of OCZ Fatal1ty PC2-8500 RAM. It's 2.0V gaming RAM, which can sometimes be unstable in regular computers, but I've run every kind of stress test, and it performs beautifully. I can't guarantee that all 2 GB DDR2 modules will work, but at least some do.
My uncle has one of the last compaq branded pcs that shipped with windows 7
"Ooh you're still using a CRT?!" lol... well to be fair, it does kind of look like a CRT from head on. Will this be one of your main computers now? I have never seen XP boot up that quickly! that's awesome. One of the reasons why people think XP is so slow (aside from years of filling the computer with junkware and viruses) is because it tends to be running on old, slower systems, perhaps with hardware that's on its last legs. My laptop with Win 8.1 does boot almost that quickly... but that's because I removed most of the bloatware that Acer decided to clog up the computer with. I wonder if you'll get comments from people telling you to install you-know-what? Or have they all unsubscribed after your recent series of demonstrations? :-). Soon, we'll be setting up our old desktop in the spare room, and it's an older professional grade Dell tower with XP... I think I'll be putting Service Pack 4 on it for now, and using one of those browsers you showed off. Who knows if a new OS would even run well on it, but I'd have to look up the specs to see.
+talldude123 Yea, other than video sites like UA-cam, most webpages seem to be designed more for 4:3, since most of the time you'll just get a narrow column in the middle with a sea of blank space on the sides.
+wilkes85 It does look a bit like a CRT, but even on this video, my eyes can't be fooled.
+wilkes85 yeah. I got a 19" 4:3 monitor from a charity shop for a tenner. Looks great, so much more space. Had DVI on it too, bargain
firewire=life
Erik Braun and the only way to install Mac OS X on an ancient Mac without a DVD
registered to steve jobs
Nice machine, I would put a proper PCI-e video card in there and you got yourself a really nice machine.
I was freecycled one of these last year and the thing had bad caps all over the board so it went to the recycling for proper disposal.
I'm not a gamer, so the onboard video is perfectly fine. It has no problem playing 1080p video.
+vwestlife agreed, but you will see a significant difference. you can get a pci-e card for low cost though and get some help with video work. just my opinion.