What computer you have?

[Jen]

As the topic says ^ Do you build the parts or buy the whole computer package from shop? What hardware you have..

This built computer I have:
17" LCD monitor
120gb hard disk
512mb Ram
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Microsoft keyboard & optical mouse

We have only that computer faster than old one. I hardly share with my brother so I am looking to buy another computer for me.

I want to have:
20" Dell LCD widescreen flat display
Microsoft keyboard / optical mouse
Ram? Don't know
Storage? Don't know

I also wanted Power MAC but I don't want to spend with parents' money. Better to buy with my own money.

[Ricky]

I have 17" imac g5.

I want to get a upgrade 20" but its all good :P

[mstwntd]

iBook G4

1 Ghz
256MB Ram
40GB HDD
14" TFT

Compaq PC

1.8 Ghz
256MB Ram
40GB HDD
17" CRT



Once Apple release a Core Duo Power Mac, I'll upgrade to that.

[Vox Pelli]

Compaq oldie

400 mhz Pentium 2
256 mb RAM
20 gb HDD
ATI 4mb
2 x Voodoo 2 8 mb
17" TFT
Windows 98 SE

Bad new one

2.4 ghz Celeron
384 mb RAM
6 gb old HDD
70 gb new HDD
Geforce FX 5600
17" CRT
Windows XP SP2

Commodore 486

25 mhz 486 SX
8 mb RAM
ca 500 mb HDD
ca 100 mb HDD
15" CRT
Windows 3.1 ;)

133 mhz Dell laptop

133 mhz Pentium
32 mb RAM
3 gb HDD
800x600 screen
VERY short batterylife
Windows 95 :)



The commodore ain't used very often but I use the other three quite freguently. I am now dreaming about a new MacBook or a similiar Mac :)

[Jen]

Whoa Windows 3.1 and 95! Can you take a screenshot of Windows 3.1? I'd like to see what Win 3.1 looks like.

Why not sell old computers and get $$$ money :D

[Vox Pelli]

I don't think I could get any money for those ;) They are kind of wrecked. My laptops on/off button is broken and I fixed it in a quite ugly way ;) My Windows 3.1 computer only starts every second time and are there really a market for such computers? I am also too attached to Windows 3.1 to get rid of that computer and my laptop is the only "portable" computer I posses... I had a Nokia 16 mhz 386 computer which I gave away and I did the same with another old computer recently.

I'm sorry but I can't take a screenshot right now - I don't have that computer set up because of lack of space and my high school project is due to wednesday so I better write like hell until then :S

Windows 3.1x is however the best Windows I have used because of it's stability and close relationship with DOS. I grew up with this OS and it was the only OS I used until 5 years ago. The only negative thing with 3.1 is that I haven't found out how to use internet with it ;) I think I need 3.11. I would like to test Windows 286 also, I have the original floppies but I haven't had time to test them...

Some screenies I found:
Installing some drivers (http://www.granneman.com/images/windows_3.1_screenshot.gif)
You didn't have a desktop in Windows 3.1, instead the shortcuts were placed in the program manager (http://www.osdata.com/system/ui/screens/win31.jpg)

[stealthyninja]

Vox Pelli: I think Win 3.1 only had support for dialup connections (http://www.logicalsky.com/Windows31_FAQ.htm#_Hlk447884458). You can try setting up a DSL connection (http://www.scrounge.org/tips/wfwg/index.html), but you'll probably find that you need Windows for Workgroups (Win 3.11) due to incompatibility/unavailability of drivers for Win 3.1. To get a network going (http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/win31.htm) you'll need some DOS drivers (http://www.computing.net/windows31/wwwboard/forum/10423.html).

[Vox Pelli]

I will do that some day - hopefully I in one way or antoher can connect it with a null-modem cable through another of my computers to the internet.

[inno]

I bought all components and built it myself, my setup is:

Screens:
19" Samsung SyncMaster 957MB flatscreen CRT
2 x 19" Mermaid Ventura 19" TFT

Harddrives:
200gb Seagate Sata
160gb Seagate Sata
300gb Extern Maxtor in aluminium case
6gb 5-year old Samsung hdd, just to make my harddrives: 666gb

Graphics:
Ati Powercolor x800 pro 256mb gddr3 blablabla

Memory:
2x 1024 kingston dual-mode thingey

Motherboard:
Asus p4p-p800-x with wifi and other fun stuff

Mouse,keyboard and such:
Logitech mx-518 mouse
Logitech don't know its name keyboard ( it's black and silver )
Qpad XXXL 40x25 cm mousepad

Sound:
Logitech 6.1 don't know it's name (it was expensive)
Sennheiser hd-555 headphones
****py build-in soundcard on mobo.

It's good, but I want a 15" macbook pro :/

[Nemus]

*Stuff*



OMG! That's a killer computer!

My computer is nothing to be proud of

CPU: Athlon 1,8GHZ
RAM: 256mb
Drives: ~40GB

But it's enough to do some web designing on! :)

[Vox Pelli]

inno: kickass computer you got there. You are using three 19" monitors with ONE computer? That's wickedly nice ;)

nemus: Well - it's a nice CPU you got at least ;)

I can btw add that my computers all are built by the shops where they are bought...

[inno]

inno: kickass computer you got there. You are using three 19" monitors with ONE computer? That's wickedly nice ;)
.

It's great, but it's really hard to find wallpapers wider then 3000px, I have a resolution of 4800x1200, 1600x1200 on every screen.

[Vox Pelli]

Yeah that's a problem of course ;) It's really an insane resolution :P

[Jen]

I'm sorry but I can't take a screenshot right now - I don't have that computer set up because of lack of space and my high school project is due to wednesday so I better write like hell until then :S

Some screenies I found:
Installing some drivers (http://www.granneman.com/images/windows_3.1_screenshot.gif)
You didn't have a desktop in Windows 3.1, instead the shortcuts were placed in the program manager (http://www.osdata.com/system/ui/screens/win31.jpg)

No problem. Ah, I think I got that similar, my uncle gave me his old computer when I was little. He wrote down the DOS commands so I could type. It was all black and white screen <dir>, <c:/document> thingy, haha how weird!

inno, why are you using 3 monitors together? It's too long widescreen :S

[inno]

Why are you using 3 monitors together? It's too long widescreen :S
I like to see what's going on. I have irc up on one, firefox on the one in the middle and photoshop/ other full screen demanding application on the third :)

[ornj]

PC:
Pentium D 2.8 ghz (2 P4 2.8 cores)
2 gigs of DDR ram
256 Geforce 6800 PCI-e
160gig hd, 200gig hd, 120 gig hd
20 inch wide screen display and a 17 inch wide screen display.

Mac:
G4
1 gig of ram
Ati something or other
19 inch monitor.
This thing needs to be replaced, we are debating buying another G5 and some Intel machines.

[colag]

IMac G5 1GB, 250GB, 20-inch

Toshiba Satellite 2450-101 2.6Ghz, 512MB, 30GB

[jokke]

Hello!

My setup;

Pentium D 830
ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe (nForce 4 intel edition)
Ati x800XL 256mb / 2x SLi nVidia 6600GT (my brother is using one of the nVidias)
2 x 512mb kingston blahbla
200+150+200+200gb storage

19" Samsung syncmaster TFT
21" Nokia multigraph CRT

Random logitech keyboard + MS 6000 laser gaming mouse

[Vox Pelli]

Seems like multi-screen setups and Macs are popular :D Lucky you

[Justin G]

Well, I just got my computer handed down to me. Heres my specifactions;


15' inch Moniter
512mb RAM
2.0gig AMD processor
120gig Harddrive
Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 OC AGP 256mb DDR


I really want a new one, but if I had to pick I'd get the following;
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1642925&CatId=1920

[marks]

My current computer is okay, its a laptop and I bought it for $500 (Labor day special).. its all in the servers if you ask me however..

*) 19" (Non-brand name, ****py) Flat Screen monitor -- 1280x1024
*) Acer Aspire 3003LCi (Laptop form factor)
*) AMD Sempron Mobile 2800+ - clocked at about 1.8ghz
*) 1024mb RAM (came with 512mb)
*) 50gb HDD

Not too bad. It runs Gentoo (linux) using E17 (http://get-e.org/) pretty darn well.

[jammodotnet]

AMD athlon 1.3GHz
120G HD (of which about 70G remains)
1G RAM
standard keyboard with MS optimouse
17" CRT
XP pro sp2

would LOVE to get:
amd 64
2G+ RAM
200G+ HD
20" display
dual boot with XP & Ubuntu (the geek in me! :) )

[ornj]

tough break, I just sold a 2ghz Athlon 64, Gigabyte K8NS-pro mother board, and a gig of PC3200 DDR ram. You could have picked up all that for like, 150 bucks.

[carinamalmgren]

Pentium 4, 2.80GHz
512MB RAM
120GB HD
XP pro sp2
19" 1600x1200
Trust 1200-V2 Tablet
superslim geeky keypad and optic mouse

Next to get
Flat screen and 2:1 speakers

[fatihturan]

There is my dumb system:

pentium III 733
256 mb sdram
20gb 5400rpm seagate hdd
17" ****py monitor

:D

[Jen]

Hooray I have new black PC;

Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz, 2mb L2-cache
Asus motherboard with nvidia supports - new fanless design
Western Digital 160GB harddrive
2 x Hynix 512mb RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600 512MB
Microsoft black keyboard & optical mouse
20" LCD widescreen display (still looking)

[marks]

Hooray I have new black PC;

Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz, 2mb L2-cache
Asus motherboard with nvidia supports - new fanless design
Western Digital 160GB harddrive
2 x Hynix 512mb RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600 512MB
Microsoft black keyboard & optical mouse
20" LCD widescreen display (still looking)
Pretty nice rig you have going there, Designgraphy.

[Magicsoul]

20" LCD widescreen display (still looking)

I will buy this monitor 20" widescreen at final :D (435€)


http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/05/dells-ultrasharp-2005fpw-widescreen-20-inch-lcd-monitor/

[jammodotnet]

I will buy this monitor 20" widescreen at final :D (435€)
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/05/dells-ultrasharp-2005fpw-widescreen-20-inch-lcd-monitor/
nicce monitor.

since ya mentioned engadget, check out what i just found today:
http://www.photoshopblog.net/2006/05/14/engadgetcom-a-visual-breakdown/

[tyson]

PowerBook G4 12" 1.5GHZ 1.2GB RAM, 100GB HD, 250GB External HD, 19" Acer (piece of s***!), Apple keyboard, iCurve stand, Microsoft mouse, and Altec speakers.

Also: 400MHz Celeron no-name box with Windows XP for basic IE 6 testing and whatnot.

Ah, Macs. I've been a fanboy since my first one (Performa 550 with 33 blazing MHz!) I'm looking to get a base-level MacBook (after they learn how to use thermal paste) and a 17" iMac some day. College student budgets suck!

Also, the Acer monitor is nice, but it died on me a month ago and I have yet to get it back from Acer's "repair shop". Their support is absolutely awful. I need to call and find out where my monitor is. Halo is no fun on this 12" screen.

(P.S. Anyone know if Halo runs well on MacBooks?)

[artViper]

Athlon XP64 3800
MSI mobo
2 GB Corsair RAM 2-2-2-3-2
750 GB HD's ( 3 x 250 GB )
1 Plextor 16x DL DVD
2 x 19" Samsung
Radeon x700 Pro 256 MB

[marks]

Definitely a nice 'one, artViper.

I just ordered a MacMini this morning.. will get it in ~10 days. :)

[artViper]

Thanks :) a MacMini? Ain't that bad too *g* Well, my machine is okay, but for some graphic works I have to do, it has definitely too less RAM. Gonna update soon to 4 GB, but unfortunately I have to throw out the old ones then - not enough banks :(

[marks]

:( . Well- I dont do graphics so I have no dier need for RAM :).

[KewL]

Well guys, I'm only 16 so I don’t have much money, but i managed to pick this up for 500$ on clearance, It’s an eMachines.

Monitor:
17" eMachines Moniter.

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Optical Drives:
DVD+/-RW 16x double layer
Multiformat drive
CDROM 48x max speed.

Hard Drive:
200 GB

Graphics:
Ati Radeon Xpress x200

Memory:
1024 mb DDR SDRAM Duel Channel

Motherboard:
No idea, they don’t tell you when you buy a premade computer.

Mouse, keyboard and such:
Microsoft Optical Mouse
eMachines Multimedia Keyboard.
Epson Stylus CX4200 printer/scanner.

Sound:
The worst speakers ever, no bass what so ever, they came with my computer.
Just a basic soundcard.

[willsmith727]

At work:

Power Mc G5 Quad
Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors
1.25GHz frontside bus per processor
1MB L2 cache per core
512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
Three open PCI-Express expansion slots
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM
20" Apple Cinema Display

At Home:

Intel Imac Core-Duo
20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680x1050 resolution
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0

Also a 14" iBook :D.

[funkyprem]

Playstation II linked into PC via optical connection.

PC
Shuttle 45G
There are bits and things inside it. Can't remember exactly what though. I did build it myself... honest!
Optical sound out into my Sony hi-fi.
Enhancer plugin on Winamp kicks ass!

I'm a designer who is very picky about sound! :)

[marks]

That's not "bad" by any means. Remember there are people around the world who have no idea of the technological advances in the world today; this includes the under-privelages and ignorant.

[Jbilsten]

Watercooled, fanless, completely custom setup box. Took me a few weeks to build up and customize everything the way I wanted. The case had to be heavily modified to support all the water cooling features I wanted, and I custom routered out the logo although I'd recommend getting someone else to do it (after doing it myself). The large red thing on the side is the radiator.

Picture of my box at a LAN:
http://lostangel.net/gallery/computer/la_comp_lights_sm.jpg

And on the floor in my room:
http://lostangel.net/gallery/computer/radiator.jpg

[Martijn]

nice one, I have some colorfull fans aswell. Biggest problem is that sometimes i keep it on at nite do dl stuff....friggin thing keeps me awake because of the light LOL

[Jbilsten]

Yeah, I ran into some "hilarious" problems with the power consumption. I have switches mounted on the front for all the lights. However, when I turn them on it throws my graphics card into "slow as molasses" mode. I have a 6800 Ultra (one of the first crummy editions) that has the dual power plugs. The stupid thing draws so much power than even flicking on one of the lightswitches throws the flag in the video card drivers that it isn't getting enough power and downclocks itself.

Only <sarcasm>mildly</sarcasm> annoying :P

[marks]

Both my computers' (laptop and macmini) video cards are integrated on the mobo.

<3 simplicity.. for the end user that is.

[Blitz]

19" Dell CRT monitor
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
1.5gb RAM
220gb HD
P4 2.0ghz
Logitech G5

(Runs counter-strike well, so I'm good hehe)

______________

16" Hitachi CRT monitor
1.33ghz processor
GForce ti4200 64mb (i think)
80gb HD

(runs Quake 1 good. lol. i really need to totally revamp this thing)

[Game Makker]

Damn, Im ashamed to say I havn't even got a clue what makes up my computer but I know its starting to slow down lately. I bought it from a shop who custom made it back in the days I used to enjoy coding classic arcade style games on the PC. They told me it would be able to handle all the operations and what not. I have a bl**dy small widescreen which I hate and I think I was ripped off as it can't even play a game like the old black and white without stuttering or freezing. It does the job for my websites and can just about keep up with photoshop.

[marks]

Damn, Im ashamed to say I havn't even got a clue what makes up my computer but I know its starting to slow down lately. I bought it from a shop who custom made it back in the days I used to enjoy coding classic arcade style games on the PC. They told me it would be able to handle all the operations and what not. I have a bl**dy small widescreen which I hate and I think I was ripped off as it can't even play a game like the old black and white without stuttering or freezing. It does the job for my websites and can just about keep up with photoshop.
I am going to take a wild guess (sarcasm) and assume you are running some version of Microsoft Windoes as your operatiing system. For basic CPU and Memory amounts inside your computer, go to: Start => (Settings =>) Control Panel => System.

This should tell you how fast and what kind of processor you have, as well as how much random access memory is in your computer.

It may be time to upgrade or buy a whole new computer (if yoiu are currently dissatisfied).

Good luck!

[lifeonmars]

I don't know anything other than my computer's a DELL and my monitor is from an old Compaq PC. It's gigantic and bulky 17 inches.

[csshuckster]

Windows... :D

I run Linux, 2 boxes, Gentoo on one and Ubuntu on the other.