Why do people list the spec of their computers?

[Steve Worrell]

Hi.

Just a quick question. I see on forum posts that people list the spec of their computer after their posts.

Why do people do this?

 

[Dave R]

A lot of developers visit this page to help with problems/issues. It's handy for the devs to see what you are running on without having to ask you. At least that's my guess

 

[Andy_J]

But normally as a form of bragging. (look what I have spent) I doubt many developers read your sigs.

 

[Steve Worrell]

A lot of developers visit this page to help with problems/issues. It's handy for the devs to see what you are running on without having to ask you. At least that's my guess

Ah interesting. Find it odd if it is about bragging. Each to their own I guess.

 

[Dennis Phelan]

I need someone to donate a state of the art PC to me.
Currently running:
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8500 at 3.16GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6M Cache
COOLING
Vigor Cool BlastTM Cooling System with Triple 120MM Case Fan
POWER
Cooler Master Real Power Pro nVidia-SLI Certified 850Watt Power Supply
MB CORE LOGIC
Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 DDR2 w/1600MHz FSB & Gen 2 Crossfire
MEMORY
8GB Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2K2/4G CL5 DDR2 1066MHz Memory (2 X 2048MB)
DATA HARD DRIVE 1
320GB SATA II 7200 RPM Hard Drive
VIDEO CARD #1
nVidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB Xtreme Plus Edition @700MHz, DVI and TV Out
OPTICAL DRIVE 1
SONY/NEC Internal AD7200A 20X Dual Layer DVD+/- RW + CDRW Rewritable Drive
SOUND
Digital High Definition 3D 7.1 8-Channel Sound
NETWORK PORT
Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000Mbps) PCI Network Card
I/O PORTS
1 Parallel, 1 Game/Midi, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire and 6 to 10 USB
MONITOR
Asus VW246H 24" HDMI Widescreen 1920X1080 1000:1 2ms Gaming LCD Monitor

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

But normally as a form of bragging. (look what I have spent) I doubt many developers read your sigs.

I agree with this one

 

[AndrewBo]

Well @Dennis Phelan , for a start.....here is your new mousepad.

 

[Joseph Wright]

Yes I don't know why people have specs in their signature

vvvvvv

 

[Nick Gregory]

I don't because mine doesn't fit.

 

[Stig Bidstrup]

Hi.

Just a quick question. I see on forum posts that people list the spec of their computer after their posts.

Why do people do this?

Some smooth talking You tuber have probably started it by listing the specs under a video--then it runs like a Australian bush fire thru the ranks...

 

[Stig Bidstrup]