what kind of computer do you own?

[Wyndham]

I own a 2.4 GHz Black Macbook Laptop with 2 GB memory and 250GB HD space, running Leopard 10.5.2.
how about the rest of you?


Edit: I also own a 1st Gen Mac Mini.
my parents own a Mac mini too, and an eMac.


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[KodiaX987]

Two custom-built boxes (Athlon 3000 and Core 2 Duo E6600) and two Dell laptops (Inspiron 1150 and Latitude D610)

[Shadowpawn]

Gateway Laptop, Model#ML632 1.GHZ 1 GB Ram, 60GB HD and running Vista and Ubtunu as a live CD.

[amtalx]

All of my computers are frankenstien boxes...I'm not even sure whats in the older one's, haha.

[DEM_CIG]

A Sony Vaio

[MetaZedlen]

A Gateway e2160 (i think)

Pentium D 2.0 GHz
4GB RAM
GeForce 8500 GT 256 MB (insufficient funding for a new card...)
500GB HDD

and to finish it off...

Vista!!!!



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[CupOfCoffee]

A 15-inch MacBook Pro. I think it has 1.5gigs of RAM, 80gigs hard drive space (lame, I know--it's almost filled up, too), and the Intel processor. No fans, though! They both have spun their last.

[Neith]

Dell Dimension 5000, pretty old now and probably upgrading within the next few months. Tweaked it a bit though.

2.8Ghz Pentium 4 HD
80Gb HD
2.5Gb RAM
GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Running XP SP2 (SP3 has some odd sound issues that driver updates/meddling with dxdiag didn't fix for me).

[Frana]

*Sigh*

I'm on an IBM aptiva windows 98. On dial-up. God, I suck...

[Syl]

Custom-built comp made from spare parts. It was given to me for free, and it gets the job done http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

2.0 GhZ AMD Athalon 3200+
30 GB HD >_>
1 GB RAM
ATI Radeon X800 256 MB (and supposedly, a secondary X800)
Windows XP SP2 (with a Vista shell upgrade ;o)

[rogue_robot]

Gateway laptop with 2.6GHz AMD Athlon 64 Mobile, 1.5 GB RAM, 100 GB hard disk, ATI Radeon x600 Mobility, dual-booting Windows XP Media Center SP2 and Ubuntu Linux v7.10. Secondary monitor only works with Windows because ATI only released one Linux driver for the entire Radeon series, and it blows, and is completely unsupported (and the community-made drivers aren't any better). 4.1 speaker setup at home (salvaged from a dead desktop), planning on getting a 2.1 setup to replace the 2 external stereo speakers I use on campus.

Oh, I also get a retarded shift-key bug under Linux in which programs (and I mean any program) fail to catch any further input from the keyboard. That only started recently, though, when I reconfigured both O/Ses to make use of my 109-key Japanese keyboard, also salvaged from the old desktop. (I suspect having to use 106-key JP drivers because of an odd lack of 109-key JP drivers is part of the problem; Ubuntu only has "generic" 109-key drivers, which, according to Ubuntu's own forums, are made of epic fail - funny given Ubuntu's devs claim they care more than Microsoft about people outside of the states, seeing as I don't have this problem with Windows - and, in fact, my non-US-English keyboard was made by Microsoft, but now I'm just ranting... each O/S has its strong and weak points, anyone who would tell you otherwise is naught but a shameless fanboy...)

[Katrina]

a Dell

[Blitzkommando]

Primary desktop: Blackbox
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (Socket 775 LGA | Conroe) | 2400MHz (266x9 | 1066MHz FSB) @ 3000MHz (333x9 | 1333MHz FSB | 1.30v after vdroop)
Memory: 4x 1024MB Corsair XMS2 5|5|5|12 DDR2 800
Internal Hard Disk Drives: 150GB Western Digital RaptorX 10000RPM 16MB Cache SATA-150 |NTFS|
500GB Western Digital 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 |NTFS|
500GB Hitachi Deskstar 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 |NTFS|
320GB Western Digital 7200RPM 8MB Cache SATA-150 |NTFS|
320GB Hitachi 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 |NTFS|
External Hard Disk Drives: 750GB Seagate 7200RPM 16MB Cache eSATA-150 |NTFS|
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) | Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit SP2
Video Card: nVidia EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX
Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
PSU: ThermalTake Toughpower Cable Management 700W
Monitors: Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP-HC 24” @ 60Hz | 1920x1200
Acer AL2216W @ 60Hz | 1680x1050
Keyboard: Logitech G15 LCD Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G7 wireless USB Gaming Optical Mouse
Additional Notes: Hitachi DVD-RAM +/- RW 16x | TDK CD-RW 48-24-52 | Cooler Master Cosmos 1000

Laptop:
Motherboard: Apple with P965 chipest (I'm pretty sure ASUS makes Apple's motherboards)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (Socket M | Merom) | 2400MHz (200x12 | 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 2048MB OCZ, 2048MB Buffalo 5|5|5|18 DDR2 667 (4GB total)
Internal Hard Disk Drives: 160GB Hitachi 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA-150 |NTFS/HFS+ Journalized|
External Hard Disk Drives: 300GB Maxtor 7200RPM 8MB Cache USB 2.0
OS: OSX Leopard 10.5.2 | Windows Vista Business 64-bit
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
Sound Card: Realtek HD
Internal Monitor: 1440x900 @ 60Hz

For more of my computers that I use click here (http://blitzkommando.com/Computers_Stats.html).

Oh, and yes, I just got a new PCI-Express SATA controller (2 ports for eSATA because onboard is a bit wonky in eSATA mode). So, now that I have 2 open I'm hoping the larger than 1TB drives come out this year so I can pick up a two. Oh, and Blackbox will likely be replaced some time early next year with a Nehalem system because you can never have a powerful enough computer, at least when HD video encoding is concerned (and of course gaming). Even so, Blackbox has been my favorite build so far and has provided performance and stability far higher than any previous system.

[Weeaboolits]

An emachine that we got right after Windows XP came out, and an old hand-me-down from my cousin that's still running 98 and doesn't even have an ethernet port.

[AlexCraig]

On 2008-03-28 13:53, Katrina wrote:
a Dell

[HUnewearl_Meira]

Custom-built Pentium IV 3.0GHz (Prescott) -based machine.

ASUS P4C800E-Deluxe Motherboard
1 GB Kingston RAM (dual 512 MB chips, to get that 800MHz FSB)
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder X800 XT video card (8x AGP)
250 GB hard drive, partitioned in two segments, 20 GB for the OS, 230 GB for everything else
Additional 120 GB hard drive for archival use
DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, Floppy Drive, 2 front-side USB ports, another 4 in the back.

It was damned l33t in 2004, but it's about time for me to start thinking about upgrading, again. I'm thinking about a Quad-Core Pentium, and multiple Gigabytes of RAM. As for the video card, I'll stick with ATI. I'll get the newest and shiniest All-In-Wonder card they have, when the time comes, provided that I can get it in PCI-Express. Otherwise, I may have to go with a less feature-burdened card, and get a separate TV-tuner. I'll also be getting a card reader, without a doubt.

[Blitzkommando]

Consider the HD3850 (or HD3870 if you wish, the HD3870 X2 is a bit pricey for the performance) and, if you like ATI's capture devices, the TV Wonder 650 HD (comes in PCI-Express or PCI depending on which manufacturer you purchase from). Yes it's a bit more, but it allows you to receive digital signals and HD signals in a dedicated card. I have the 650 HD PCI variant myself and it works pretty darn well in XP and Vista 64. Just a note about ATI's software in Vista though. While it does work, it is an absolute hog. Sucks up a core 24/7 and chugs down RAM like no tomorrow. It also caused pretty nasty problems when changing system settings where the computer would freeze up for several seconds every time I did something as simple as changed folder options. Father's computer which is a rather different setup than mine, but also Vista 64 and 650 HD PCI card, had the same issue. The Media Center in Vista works great though for recording and watching television.

Ah, and as a matter of clarification... Intel's linup goes like this now: Celeron -> Pentium E (low-end dual-core) -> Core 2 Duo -> Core 2 Quad. The Pentium is but a lowly cache-gimped Core 2 Duo (1MB L2 cache compared to 2MB or 3MB for low-end C2D's or 4MB or 6MB for mid/upper-tier Q2D's the 3MB and 6MB cache models are the newest and are 45nm). The Core 2 Quads come in 6MB, 8MB, and 12MB cache variants with the 8MB being the older and the other two being the newer 45nm parts. You very well might never see a quad-core Pentium as Intel is trying to get people to forget their foray with Netburst and the Willamette and Prescott/Smithfield chips. Ironically, the current Core 2 lineup is closer to what they did with the Pentium III than Pentium 4 due to it being based on the Pentium M and Core Duo mobile lines.

[Retehi]

On a new machine I built myself over the course of a couple of months:

ASUS P5KC
Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20 mhz
2gb Patriot Single Module
XFX 8400 GS (didn't need anything hardcore, cheap to)
320gb Western Digital HD
Phillips DVD writer/burner, etc.
Apevia 680W power supply
Sound Blaster Audigy
P180 Antec case


First machine I ever built, and pretty sweet since I didn't spend a buttload on components. I mainly needed it to run programs like Painter X, and Photoshop without lag.

Now my old rig was really pushing it in terms of what I was putting it through. Poor thing could hardly handle an image in Painter, even at a medium resolution. Few games I played ran poorly. It was an eMachines I got from Circuit City about 7 years ago. As far as parts go, it was frankenstein in computer form.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (the only original part in it besides the HD, and case).
60gig Toshiba IDE or something.
2nd drive I yanked from a Compaq which was a Seagate IDE 300gig. . as for the origin of said Compaq, I have no idea where it came from, my friend just told me to keep it. <_< (you'd think getting a free computer would be cool, but it looks like it was recovered from earthquake rubble)
Some sound card with chinese writing on it, which I pulled from the Compaq also.
Some power supply with a weird brand I never heard of.
2 gigs of RAM. . . really low end DDR ram.
Decent Memorex DVD writer I got toward the end of it's life.

The thing has awful airflow, so I stuck in some ghetto rigged fans. The HD's were burning up, so I mounted a fan under that. . . with Legos of all things. *cough* Not helping them much tho, the Seagate clicks like crazy. Then again, it was mounted on the Compaq with friggin' tape, so it wasn't exactly pristine to begin with I guess.

But yeah, over a course of 7 years, that was my computer, now it's enjoying it's retirement. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif



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[VioletSkye]

Recent acquisition I got from a customer whose pc I fixed http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

And btw, you're seeing that correctly, this bad boy has both a 3 1/2" AND a 5 1/4" Floppy drive with 640K RAM and a Dot Matrix printer http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

http://psofiles3.home.bresnan.net/os.jpg

http://psofiles3.home.bresnan.net/os2.jpg



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[KaneKahn]

Hmm Violet, if only my TI-99 wasn't packed away in boxes XD

Right now I am running a beast:
AMD2 5500+
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard
2 SATA Hard Drives 750 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
8800 Ultra
2 GB of Kingston 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533
Sound Blaster X-Fi

[VioletSkye]

Heh, I had a TI-99/4A back in the day as well. Loved the tape recorder backup lol http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Used to play Parsec and Munchman a lot. (I think the name was Munchman anyway.)


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[Katrina]

On 2008-03-29 13:23, VioletSkye wrote:
Recent acquisition I got from a customer whose pc I fixed http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

And btw, you're seeing that correctly, this bad boy has both a 3 1/2" AND a 5 1/4" Floppy drive with 640K RAM and a Dot Matrix printer http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

http://psofiles3.home.bresnan.net/os.jpg

http://psofiles3.home.bresnan.net/os2.jpg



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hmm... I always heard calculators from the eighty's were a bit on the large size.

[Wyndham]

that kind of computer was the first my family had!

[Nitro Vordex]

An Hp.
I don't really want to post the specs, considering it'd be stone age to you people. >_>

only thing worth mentioning is the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series,[/ancient] as no one apparently has heard of it.

[VioletSkye]

Actually the Xpress 200 is a pretty common chipset. I have that in one of my laptops and it's actually a decent chipset http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

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[Dkzero23]

Dell XPS 420 - Core 2 Duo 1.86, 4 gigs RAM, 250 gb hard drive, 512mb Nividia Geforce 8600, ATI TV tuner, Windows XP Media Center Edition, keyboard, speakers, mouse and a monitor.

[SStrikerR]

a piece of shit

[Tetsaru]

Mine's a Dell XPS 410 model, a little over a year old now. It has a 2.4 Ghz Intel dual-core processor, 2 gigs of RAM, 256 MB Nvidia GeForce 8600 (I think), Windows XP Media Center Edition, and a bunch of random ports for memory cards, USB, Firewire, etc. And then, I have my Bose speakers (kinda need a subwoofer though), a basic keyboard, optical mouse, and my sexy 20" widescreen flat panel monitor. :3 I also have a printer and scanner, but they're old as junk and I hardly ever use em...

[Kent]

ASUS G1S laptop.

Intel Core 2 Duo (2.0 GHz), nVidia GeForce 8600m GT (1024MB - yes, you're reading that right), 2GB RAM. Oh, and a nice and pristine 1680x1050 display.

For a laptop, it's pretty snazzy (especially with the price I got on it). Oh, and it also has blinking cancer lights on the two sides of the monitor, that blink whenever Direct X is on - thereby giving people sitting next to me doses of radiation.

[VioletSkye]

On 2008-04-01 10:04, Kent wrote:
ASUS G1S laptop.

Intel Core 2 Duo (2.0 GHz), nVidia GeForce 8600m GT (1024MB - yes, you're reading that right), 2GB RAM. Oh, and a nice and pristine 1680x1050 display.

For a laptop, it's pretty snazzy (especially with the price I got on it). Oh, and it also has blinking cancer lights on the two sides of the monitor, that blink whenever Direct X is on - thereby giving people sitting next to me doses of radiation.


Only 512MB is actually VRAM, the other 512MB is just dedicated system memory (TurboCache.) There is no version of the 8600M that has 1GB of VRAM. Still, it's a decent card and not bad when it comes to low-mid range gaming on a laptop http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif


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[Ryno]

I own
an
iMac 24 Inch
and a HP Lap top

[McLaughlin]

Dell Dimension 3000.

Basically...

256 MB RAM
80 GB Hard Drive

The first thing I do when I get a job will be to replace it.

[astuarlen]

Custom built, and I love it him like I could never love a child. Apparently, that's unusual (the first part, not the second) in the Big Mac Land called art and design school--but "it just works". Prettier and cheaper, too.