What's in your computer?

[Saaby]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

ChrisM--I'm right up there with you.

My laptop:
Toshiba Satellite 335CDS
266 Mhz Pentium I (With MMX)
4.2 Gig Hard Drive
Dim, old LCD Panel
Built in Keyboard--Eraser Stick mouse
Logitech Wireless Optical Mouse
Dell TrueMobile Wireless LAN card
96Mb Ram
Cambridge SoundWorks 2.1
24X CD-Rom
Floppy
Toshiba 3600 Mah LiIon battery.

I use my dads a lot so here it is:
AMD Athlon 1800 XP (1.33 Ghz)
SOYO K7-Dragon Plus Motherboard
2x256Mb DDR (PC2100?) Samsung
Integrated Lan
Integrated Sound (He doesn't use it much so onboard works..)
Ati All-In-Wonder 128
TDK VeloCD 48x12x48 flashed to TDK VeloCD 52x12x52
Iomega Zip 100 Internal (I won't touch it!)
Altec Lansing 2.1 Set
Microsoft Internet Keyboard pro
Logitech MX700
Viewsonic 17" Trinitron monitor



When I can I'm replacing my Laptop with a G3 PowerMac (Probably B&W) and then eventually I'll get a PowerBook. Macs may be a little slower in benchmarcks but..well..you have to look at the whole picture :winkie:

 

[binky]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

Wow. Is there no limit to FalconFX's toys? (lights, pc stuff) Makes me wonder what the guy drives. Anyway here's my production-made box of much-beloved stability...

box:
Dell Precision 530
dual Xeon's
3x18GB x 15Krpm SCSI drives (alas on s-l-o-w pci bridge /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif)
Raid5 via Dell's PERC3-DC card
~1.25GB RAM
1CD-ROM, 1 CD-RW
Matrox G450 dual-monitor video
SoundBlaster blahblah card to headphones
dual-boot Win2K/RedHat8

monitor:
PrincetonTech Senergy850 18" LCD
sometimes a 2nd monitor when I can get my greedy hands on one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Backup power, printing, LAN.

 

[James S]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

Charles, how do you like that flat panel? I've been using laptops and flat panels for the last couple of years almost exclusivley and I LOVE these screens. Much easier on my eyes and clearer than any but the most expensive CRT's. They are more expensive, but when you sit in front of this for 8+ hours a day it really makes a difference to my comfort.

 

[Sean]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

Sony Vaio Desktop PC
P4 2.4GHZ w/533MHZ front side bus
512MB DDR SDRAM
Pioneer A04 DVD-R/RW & CD-R/RW
80GB HD
ATI All In Wonder 8500DV 64MB
56K modem & speakers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Epson Stylus 925 Printer
Sony 17" Trinitron Monitor
APC 500 UPS

 

[Icebreak]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

James S -

Did you notice binky has an 18" LCD?

Why does Princeton Tech sound familiar? It must be a very bright monitor.

binky? Does it have Surge protection?

 

[binky]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

I'm very happy with my monitor. It's not as bright as some of the newer ones, but at 300:1 it was the brightest when I bought it 1.5 yrs ago. And it tilts to portrait which I wanted. And its native res is 1280 x 1024, which isn't bad. For comparison, it's sharper but not as bright as an NEC 1810X that I use next to it sometimes. The NEC seems to have some coating or something that makes the pixels a little fuzzier. Some of the newer LCD's are claiming much higher contrast ratio. (Princeton Graphics 981 spec'd at 600:1)

For surge, I would hope that's part of the power brick, but everything's plugged into the SmartUPS which has surge anyway.

I agree about the sharpness of these, and I also got used to the LCD clarity when I was a travelling eCommerce consultant with the requisite humongous laptop. LCD's are even far easier on my eyes than any great CRT. Even the best Trinitrons are annoyingly fuzzy to me, but I'm mostly reading and writing text/code stuff.

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Re: What are CPFer\'s Computer Specs?????

I got my Pee-Cee with a lot of help, but here goes...

Dell Dimesion 4500 Pentium 4 at 1.8GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM
Dell Enhanced Keyboard
19" Sony Trinitron flat-screen CRT
64MB GeForce3 Ti 200 Graphics Card
Harmon/Kardon powered speakers with powered subwoofer
80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
3.5 Floppy
MS Windows XP Home Edition
Logitech Optical USB Rat
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K Telephony Modem
24x/10x/40x Max CD-RW
Bundled Software
3 Year at Home Service

I also added a pair of Roland powered studio monitor speakers, so the sound is even better than before.
Pictures are here if you want to see them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Tomas]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

A lot of brightly colored electronic bits and pieces, many feet of assorted bightly colored wire, several printed circuit boards, a couple of drives, a few LEDs, and a bit of dust.

In my other computers it's pretty much the same.

My palm is different because most of that surface mount stuff is dull blacks, browns, and greys, many with tiny white squiggles on 'em ...

-= MICROSOFT FREE ZONE =-

 

[Bill.H]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

For those of you looking for quiet systems, let me recommend the Antec Performance Plus series of cases, with Vantec Stealth fans and the Maxtor "fluid drive" disks. I can't believe how quiet this thing is - and I have 9 fans in it! And the Antec case comes with what might be the best power supply made (according to bench tests by anandtech). Top-notch construction and feature-packed, too.

This is my very first Gigabyte mobo. The included software utilities aren't great (I deleted them all except the RAID controller stuff but that's from Promise anyway), but the hardware is awesome. Rock solid and not a single problem. I got PC1066 RAMBUS memory, it's really not much more money and there is a nice speed improvement.

eluminator, I totally agree about the heat on brand A! I was this || far from getting a dual Athlon setup when I saw the heat tests at tomshardware. I got a P4 2.5 instead - this was last year - and I'm still very happy with it.

 

[NightStorm]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

Creepies and Crawlies, Ghoulies and Beasties and Things that go Bump in the Night. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

Dan

 

[Albany Tom]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

Radio Shack 4P
Z80A processor, 4MHz
128K RAM (64K RAM disk)
dual 360K floppies (user mod-dual DSDD)
Worldport 1200 baud pocket modem
External midi sound processor
Running Kermit in VT100 mode to connect to a shell account

Kidding..... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

What I really have is a 1 GHz Pentium III running Internet Explorer 5.5SP2, so it actually just RUNS at the same speed as the Radio Shack above. (No kidding, the Radio Shack word processor was faster than Word on a P3.)

Microsoft - Where would you like to run 10,000 times slower than software written 10 years ago?

Microsoft - You got kids? They write better code than we do.

Microsoft - Hey, we had one week last year with no security holes found! (No kidding, SANS actually wrote that the lack of Microsoft notes wasn't an oversight.)

and my favorite...

Microsoft - Where would you like to crash today? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Gimpy00Wang]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

My primary machine is a Dell Inspiron 8200 with the following specs:

- P4-M 1.7GHz
- 640M RAM
- 40G HD (5400rpm)
- 15" UltraSharp UXGA screen
- DVD-ROM, NIC, winmodem(useless), couple batteries
- FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE_p7 w/XFree86, Blackbox, etc...

My girlie's machine is a 550MHz P3 w/256M RAM, 40G HD, burner, DVD-ROM, etc... It's running Win2k, but not for much longer. I've almost convinced her to let me put FreeBSD on it! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I also have two other FreeBSD machines at home (one fw/nat/ap box and one file/web server).

At work I'm stuck on a Dell with a 450MHz P3 w/384M RAM and evil WinNT 4.0. It's not too terrible though...I do most of my work on FreeBSD and RedHat boxes.

- G!mpy

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

[ QUOTE ]
Albany Tom said:
Radio Shack 4P
Z80A processor, 4MHz
128K RAM (64K RAM disk)
dual 360K floppies (user mod-dual DSDD)
Worldport 1200 baud pocket modem
External midi sound processor
Running Kermit in VT100 mode to connect to a shell account

Kidding..... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

This looks an awful lot like the CP/M mode built into a Commodore 128 computer, except you need the disk drives OUTSIDE the computer, not inside. And the modem can be upgraded to a 2400 unit if you paid extra for that speed of internet access. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

 

[Gimpy00Wang]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

hehehe...I still have a C64 w/5.25 floppy drive, Hayes 300 and 1200 baud modems, voice module my cousin made, and monitor.

- G!mpy

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

That's cool!
I still have my Commodore 64, a couple of 1541 disk drives (5.25" of course), 300 & 1200 BPS modems, Okimate-10 color printer, 1702 and 1902 monitors, a CN1531 Datassette tape drive, a couple of cartridges, and a pile of 5.25" diskettes. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Of course, all the demos I wrote in the late 1980s and early 1990s are long gone. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif
I uploaded them to Sasquatch's BBS as I made them, but that BBS is long gone now too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[B@rt]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

[ QUOTE ]
Tomas said:
A lot of brightly colored electronic bits and pieces, many feet of assorted bightly colored wire, several printed circuit boards, a couple of drives, a few LEDs, and a bit of dust.



[/ QUOTE ]
About the same here... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bad Influence]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

Let's see... computer #1 is:

AMD Athlon 500
Biostar M7MKA M/B w/ AMD "Irongate" (read POS) chipset
256Mb ram (unknown brands, Micron chips for compatibility (see chipset)
Enlight ATX case with P/S for compatibility (see Chipset)
SB Live! Gold
3dFX VooDoo3 3000 16Mb video
20gig IBM Deskstar ATA66 HDD
Sony 40x CD Rom
3 1/2 floppy
HP 4x4x24 CDRW
"CD Home" 10 disc storage tray in a drive bay
17" Cybervision C70 monitor
Kinyo 2.1 speakers
Microshaft Intellimouse Explorer (optical)
Palm III cradle
56K modem (AOpen)

Ok, PC#2:
AMD K6-2 450
Asus P5-A M/B w/ ALI Aladdin chipset
64mb ram
6gig HD
Pacific Digital 4x4x24 (only works at 1 or 2x) CDRW
48X CD rom (sounds like a jet taking off)
Zip100 drive
Junk "Super Case"
Microsoft wheel mouse
Gateway 2000 17" monitor (ViviTron 1776... seems to use a Sony tube)
ATI All in wonder 4 Mb TV tuner/ video card (this is why I built the PC.

 

[Monsters_Inc]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

What's in my computer? I think a family of spiders are setting up camp lately.

 

[ab]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

Heheh, you guys are going to love this. The computer I use every day:

Pentium 200 CPU, no MMX.
Asus T2P4 mobo
128 Mb system RAM (4 x 32 Mb 72 pin EDO simms!)
Voodoo3 PCI video card w/ 16 Mb RAM
IBM P201 20" Trinitron monitor
6.4 and 10 Gb 7200 RPM IBM drives
SCSI CD-ROMs: Nec 4Xi (caddies!), Sony 24x
Soundblaster Live sound
Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 PCI
miscellaneous other twiddly peripherals

...all lashed together in the case in which I had my first 386SX-16! (still with the 16/25 display in the front) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

The AB workshop computer is pretty well the same story. These two and my wife's computer make up a small LAN attached to the internet via Linksys router and 3COM ADSL modem.

All of this from a former computer consultant - when it comes to PCs I still do a little advising and some custom software development - but in terms of my own hardware, I feel like a neanderthal! (It runs AutoCAD R4, Excel and all of the other simulation/modeling software I use so I guess it's good enough...)

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

A.

 

[FalconFX]

Re: What\'s in your computer?

That's not bad at all... My sister's still using the old Macintosh LC-II (all 16Mhz of it's MacOS7.1 and 8MB memory) my parents grudgingly bought for the family way back in '91... As far as she's concerned, if it can print from Word, it's all good...