Hardware history

calendar Aug 8, 2012 · 11 min read  ·
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There's no question about it - old hardware eventually leaves the desk. It is remarkable when you observe this constant modernization process over several years and can see which systems you have had over the years.

For fun, I maintain such a list - a nice little excursion into the world of IT nostalgia:

Desktops

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] ESCOM Desktop AMD 486DX @ 66 MHz, later Pentium @ 120 MHz 16 MB EDO, later 64 MB 900 MB IDE, later 2.1 GB MS-DOS 5.0, MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98 SE later Creative SoundBlaster AWE64 and CD-ROM, 14" CRT @ 800x600x16 1993 - 2000
- Noname Race Intel 80286 @ 25 MHz 4 MB EDO 500 MB IDE MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Creative SoundBlaster 16, 12" CRT @ 640x480x16 1997 - 2001
[📷] Medion MD 2000 Intel Pentium 3 @ 667 MHz 128 MB SDRAM, later 512 MB 20 GB IDE Windows 98 SE, Windows XP Home, SuSE Professional 7.2 SoundBlaster 128 PCI, 32 MB Nvidia TNT2 Pro, Creatix V90 HaM 56k Modem, later Realtek WLAN, 17" CRT display @ 1024x768x32 2000 - 2005 (💀)
- Medion MD 3000 Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz 256 MB DDR, later 768 MB 80 GB IDE, later 160 GB Windows XP Home, SuSE Professional 7.2, Ubuntu 5.10 Modem, 15" TFT display @ 1024x768x32 2001 - 2005
[📷] Medion Titanium MD 8080 XL Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz 512 MB DDR, later 1.5 GB 160 GB IDE, later 500 GB Windows XP Home, Ubuntu 5.10 - 9.04 ATI Radeon 9800 XL with 128 MB, TV/Radio card, card reader and WLAN 2003 - 2009
[📷] Peacock Tower Intel Pentium MMX @ 200 MHz 32 MB EDO 4.3 GB Quantum Bigfoot IDE Windows 95B, DeLi Linux 2006 - 2008
[📷] Noname Tower Intel Pentium 3 @ 450 MHz 256 MB SDRAM 30 GB IDE Windows 2000 SP4, ArchLinux 2007 - 2009
[📷] DIY Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz 512 MB DDR 3x IBM DCHS 4 GB SCSI Ubuntu 8.10 2007 - 2009
[📷] Noname Tower Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz 512 MB DDR 320 GB SATA Ubuntu 8.10 Dawicontrol DW-150 SATA 2008 - 2009
[📷] DIY AMD Sempron 2800 @ 1.6 GHz 1 GB DDR 40 GB IDE Windows XP SP3, SuSE Professional, Ubuntu 5.10 - 9.04 2005 - 2010
[📷] DIY Pentium Core2Duo E6600 2 GB DDR 250 GB SATA, later 320 GB Windows XP SP3, Vista, Ubuntu 8.10 - 9.04 2008 - 2010
[📷] IBM ThinkCentre M52 Celeron D @ 2.77 GHz 512 MB DDR2 40 GB SATA Windows XP SP3, Ubuntu 9.04 Small Form Factor 2009
[📷] Apple Mac Mini Core i5-2410M @ 2.3 GHz 8 GB DDR3 500 GB SATA, later 160 GB SSD Mac OS X 10.7 Thunderbolt, Bluetooth 2012 - 2013
[📷] DIY Xeon 1230v3 @ 3.3 GHz 8 GB DDR3, later 16 GB 250 GB SSD, later 1 TB Windows 8.1, later Pop!_OS 20.04 MSI GTX760 OC Twin Frozr, later GTX 1070 Ti, even later ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 ROG Strix OC 2013 - 2021

Notebooks

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] Medion Titanium MD6200 Pentium 4 @ 2.6 GHz 512 MB DDR 40 GB IDE Windows XP SP3, Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 15" @ 1024x768, GeForce Go 5200, CD-RW/DVD-ROM 2003 - 2006 (💀)
[📷] Toshiba Satellite Pro 4360 Pentium 3 @ 700 MHz 256 MB SDRAM 20 GB IDE Windows XP SP3, Ubuntu 8.10 14.1" @ 1024x768, Docking Station 2006 - 2009
[📷] IBM Thinkpad 760L Intel Pentium @ 90 MHz 24 MB EDO 2.1 GB IDE Windows 95B, CRUX Linux 2.4 10.4" @ 640x480, Floppy, Sound card 2008
[📷] Toshiba Satellite 300CDT Intel Pentium @ 166 MHz 64 MB EDO 10 GB IDE Windows 98 SE, CRUX Linux 2.4 12.1" @ 800x600, Floppy, CD-ROM, Sound card 2008 - 2009
[📷] IBM Thinkpad T42 Pentium D Mobile @ 1.5 GHz 1 GB DDR 40 GB IDE Windows XP SP3, 7 Beta, Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 14.1" Display @ 1024x768, ATI Radeon 7500, LAN/WLAN, DVD-ROM 2008 - 2009
[📷] IBM Thinkpad T41 Pentium D Mobile @ 1.6 GHz 1 GB DDR 40 GB IDE Windows XP SP3, Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 14.1" @ 1024x768, ATI Radeon 7500, LAN/WLAN, DVD-ROM 2008 - 2009
[📷] IBM Thinkpad X21 Pentium 3 @ 700 MHz 256 MB SDRAM 20 GB IDE Windows XP SP3 12.1" @ 1024x768 2009
[📷] Lenovo Thinkpad X41 Tablet Pentium M @ 1.6 GHz 1.5 GB DDR2 RAM 60 GB IDE, later 32 GB SSD Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, 7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.10, ArchLinux 12.1" @ 1024x768, Touchscreen 2009 - 2011
[📷] Toshiba Libretto 100CT Pentium MMX @ 166 MHz 32 MB EDO 20 GB IDE Windows 98 SE, CRUX Linux 2.5 7.1" TFT @ 800x480, USB 1.1, Docking Station 2011
[📷] Review Lenovo Thinkpad R500 Core2Duo @ 2x2.53 GHz 8 GB DDR3 60 GB SATA SSD + 640 GB HDD Windows 7 15.4" @ 1680x1050 2009 - 2012
[📷] Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Core2Duo @ 2x2.4 GHz 8 GB DDR3 160 GB SATA, later 640 GB Windows 7 12" @ 1280x800 2010 - 2012 (💀)
[📷] Review Lenovo Thinkpad X230 Core i5-3320M @ 2.6 GHz 8 GB DDR3 120 GB SSD Windows 8 12.5" @ 1366x768, Intel HD4000 2012 - 2013
[📷] Review Lenovo Thinkpad T420s Core i7-2640M @ 2.8 GHz 8 GB DDR3 160 GB SATA SSD + 640 GB HDD Windows 8 Nvidia NVS 4200M Optimus, 14" @ 1600x900 2012 - 2014
[📷] Review HP zBook 14u G6 Core i7-8565u @ 1.8 GHz 32 GB DDR4 1 TB SSD Pop!_OS 20.04, 22.04 AMD Radeon Pro WX3200, 14" @ 3840x2160 2019 - 2022

Server

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] Peacock Procida TSP 2x Pentium III @ 1 GHz 1 GB ECC SD-RAM 5x 80 GB SCSI Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ICP Vortex SCSI RAID controller with 64 MB ECC RAM 2006 - 2009
[📷] Siemens Pentium Pro Pentium Pro @ 200 MHz 96 MB EDO 13 GB IDE CRUX Linux 2.4 SCSI-Streamer 2008 - 2010
[📷] HP ProLiant DL380 G3 2x Xeon @ 3.2 GHz 6 GB DDR ECC 4x 18 GB SCSI VMware ESXi 3.5 SCSI U160 2008 - 2010
[📷] SUN Fire V240 2x UltraSPARC IIIi @ 1 GHz 2 GB DDR ECC 4x 18.2 GB SCSI Debian Etch 2008 - 2011
[📷] SUN 280R 2x UltraSPARC III @ 900 MHz 2 GB DDR ECC 2x 72 GB FC-AL SCSI Debian Etch RSC Remote Card 2008 - 2011
[📷] IBM ThinkCentre S50 Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz 512 MB DDR 40 GB IDE Debian Lenny SFF 2009 - 2010
[📷] HP ProLiant DL140 G1 2x Xeon @ 2.4 GHz 4 GB DDR ECC 2x 80 GB SATA VMware ESXi 3.5 2010 - 2011
[📷] SUN Cobalt RaQ QED MIPS 5230 @ 150 MHz 64 MB EDO 20 GB IDE Debian Lenny DEC-NIC, LCD-Panel 2011
[📷] DIY-Hypervisor Phenom X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz 16 GB DDR3 16 GB SSD + 2x 500 GB HDD VMware ESXi 5.0 Tyan S8005, HP SmartArray P400, SATA backplane 2011 - 2012
[📷] HP C8000 PA-RISC PA-8800 @ 1 GHz 8 GB DDR2 ECC 72.8 GB SCSI HP-UX 11iv1 FireGL X3, USB 1.1 2012 - 2013 (💀)
[📷] HP Integrity RX2600 2x Itanium2 @ 1.5 GHz 16 GB DDR2 ECC 3x 72.8 GB SCSI HP-UX 11iv3, OpenVMS 8.4 Management Processor, Fibre-Channel HBA 2012 - 2013
[📷] SUN Blade 2500 Workstation UltraSPARC IIIi @ 1.28 GHz 4 GB DDR ECC 2x 36 GB SCSI Solaris 10 8/11 XVR-600 GPU
[📷] HP MicroServer N40L AMD Turion II Neo N40L @ 1.5 GHz 8 GB DDR3 2x 500 GB SATA VMware ESXi Beta HP Smart Array P410 2012 - 2015
[📷] HP C8000 PA-RISC PA-8900 @ 1 GHz 8 GB DDR2 ECC 2x 72.8 GB SCSI HP-UX 11iv1 ATI FireGL X3 2013 - 2014
[📷] Review DIY-Hypervisor Xeon E3-1230 v1 @ 3.2 GHz 32 GB DDR3 2x 1 TB SATA VMware ESXi 6.x Supermicro X9SCM-F, Lian-Li PC-V358B, HP SmartArray P400, LSI SAS3081E-R 2014 - 2016
[📷] HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Celeron G1610T @ 2.3 GHz 16 GB DDR3 2x 500 GB SATA VMware ESXi 6.x HP SmartArray P410 2015 - 2016
[📷] DIY vSphere-Cluster i3-4360T @ 3.2 GHz 32 GB DDR3 250/480 GB SSD VMware ESXi 6.x Mellanox Connect-X 2 10G 2016 - 2017
[📷] Review DIY vSphere-Cluster Xeon D-1518 @ 3.2 GHz 128 GB DDR4 250 GB NVMe, 480 GB SATA VMware ESXi 6.5 Supermicro X10SDV-TP8F 2017 - 2019

NAS

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] Fujitsu-Siemens D1171 2x Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz 512 MB SD-RAM 2x 250 GB SATA Windows Server 2000/2003 Dawicontrol DC-150 2007 - 2009
[📷] DIY-NAS AMD 64 X2 4200+ EE @ 2.2 GHz 2 GB DDR2 1 TB SATA Debian Sarge DDS2-Streamer 2009 - 2010
[📷] QNAP TS-509 Pro Celeron @ 1.6 GHz 1 GB DDR2 3x 1 TB SATA 2010
[📷] QNAP TS-639 Pro Atom N270 @ 1.6 GHz 1 GB DDR2 3x 1 TB SATA 2010
[📷] DIY-NAS AMD 64 X2 4200+ EE @ 2.2 GHz 2 GB DDR2 6x 1 TB SATA Debian Lenny/Squeeze Adaptec SCSI 2010 - 2012
[📷] HP MicroServer N36L AMD Turion II Neo N36L @ 1.3 GHz 2 GB DDR3 4x 2 TB SATA CentOS 6 Remote Card 2012 - 2014

Mobile

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] Nokia N900 Cortex A8 @ 600 MHz 256 MB 32 GB Maemo 5 3.5" display, 3G, 5/0.3-MP cameras 2010 - 2011
[📷] HTC Desire HD Snapdragon S2 @ 1 GHz 768 MB 1.5 GB ROM + SDHC Android 4.0.4 4.3" display, 3G, 8 MP camera 2011 - 2012
- Dell Streak 7 Nvidia Tegra 2 @ 1 GHz 256 MB 16 GB Android 3.2 7" display, 5/1.3-MP cameras 2012
[📷] Review Thinkpad Tablet Nvidia Tegra 2 @ 1 GHz 1 GB 32 GB Android 4.0.3 10.1" display, 5/2-MP cameras 2012 - 2013
[📷] HTC Sensation Scorpion @ 1.2 GHz 768 MB 3 GB Android 4.0.4 4.3" display, 8/0.3-MP cameras 2012 - 2013
[📷] Review Google Nexus 7 Nvidia Tegra @ 1.3 GHz 1 GB 32 GB Android 5 7" display, 1.2-MP Front camera 2013 - 2015
[📷] Oppo Find 5 APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz 2 GB 32 GB Android 5 5" display, 13/1.9-MP cameras 2013 - 2015 (💀)
[📷] OnePlus One Snapdragon 801 @ 2.5 GHz 3 GB 32 GB CyanogenMod 13 5.5" display, 13/5-MP cameras 2015 - 2016
[📷] iPad Mini 2 A7 SoC @ 1.3 GHz 1 GB 32 GB iOS 9.x - 11.x 7.9" display, 5/1.2-MP cameras 2015 - 2017
- iPhone 6S A9 SoC @ 1.85 GHz 2 GB 64 GB iOS 9.x - 11.x 4.7" display, 5/12-MP cameras 2016 - 2018
- iPad Pro A10X SoC @ 2.38 GHz 4 GB 64 GB iOS 11.x 10.5" display, 12/7-MP cameras 2017 - 2019
- iPhone 8 Plus A11 Bionic @ 2.39 GHz 3 GB 64 GB iOS 10.x - 13.x 5.5" display, 12/7-MP cameras 2018 - 2021
- Xiaomi Mi 9 Snapdragon 855 @ 2.84 GHz 6 GB 64 GB Android 9 6.39" display, 48/16/12/20MP cameras 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Snapdragon 670 @ 1.7 GHz 4 GB 64 GB Android 9 10.5" display, 13/8-MP cameras 2019
[📷] Review Volla Phone Helio P23 @ 2.2 GHz 4 GB 64 GB + SDHC Android 9/10 6.3" display, 16/2-MP camera 2021 - 2022

Other

Photo Device CPU RAM HDD OS Other Time
[📷] IBM NetVista 8364-EXX (IPCop) Pentium MMX @ 266 MHz 256 MB ECC SD-RAM 4 GB CF IPCop 1.4.x/1.9.x 2x NICs 2007 - 2009
[📷] Compaq iPAQ 2.2 (Jumphost) Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz 256 MB SD-RAM 80 GB IDE Ubuntu 8.10, ArchLinux CD-ROM 2008 - 2009
[📷] SUN Ultra 10 (Jumphost) UltraSPARC-IIi @ 333 MHz 384 MB ECC SD-RAM 20 GB IDE CRUX Linux 2.2 LSI Logic SCSI 2008 - 2009 (💔)
[📷] IBM NetVista 8364-EXX (Jumphost) Pentium MMX @ 266 MHz 256 MB ECC SD-RAM 4 GB CF CRUX Linux 2.4 USB 1.1, S3 Trio 3D 2008 - 2010
[📷] IBM ThinkCentre S50 (IPCop) Celeron D @ 2.4 GHz 512 MB DDR 20 GB IDE IPCop 1.4.x/1.9.x 2x NICs 2009 - 2010
[📷] FSC S300 (Jumphost) Transmeta 5800 @ 800 MHz 256 MB DDR 4 GB CF Debian Lenny - 2010 - 2011
[📷] ALIX.2D13 (IPCop) Geode LX800 @ 500 MHz 256 MB DDR 4 GB CF IPCop 2.x 3x NICs + WLAN 2010 - 2016
[📷] NETIO-230A - - - - 4x 230V, RS232, RJ45 2010 - 2021
[📷] ALIX.3C3 (Jumphost) Geode LX800 @ 500 MHz 256 MB DDR 4 GB CF Debian Squeeze - 2011 - 2012
[📷] DIY-HTPC Atom D525 @ 1.8 GHz 4 GB DDR3 8 GB SATA SSD OpenELEC Nvidia ION2, DVB-S 2011 - 2015
[📷] ALIX.1D (Jumphost) Geode LX800 @ 500 MHz 256 MB DDR 4 GB CF Tiny Core Linux - 2012 - 2013
[📷] NETIO-230B - - - - 4x 230V, RS232, RJ45 2012 - 2021
[📷] Raspberry Pi 1B (Web server) BCM2835 @ 700 MHz 512 MB DDR 8 GB SDHC Debian Wheezy VideoCore IV, HDMI 2014 - 2015
[📷] Raspberry Pi 2B (Jumphost) BCM2836 @ 900 MHz 1 GB DDR 16 GB SDHC CentOS 7 VideoCore IV, HDMI 2015 - 2016
[📷] Raspberry Pi 2B (Web server) BCM2836 @ 900 MHz 1 GB DDR 16 GB SDHC CentOS 7 VideoCore IV, HDMI 2015 - 2016
[📷] Raspberry Pi 3B (HTPC) BCM2837 @ 1.2 GHz 1 GB DDR 16 GB SDHC OpenELEC VideoCore IV, HDMI 2015 - 2017
[📷] Review APU.1D4 (IPFire) G T40E @ 1 GHz 4 GB DDR3 16 GB mSATA IPFire 2.x 3x NIC + WLAN 2016 - 2019 (💀)

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