What brand of computer are you using

[BLU LUNCH]

Just curious what brand and speed of computer everybody using? How about internet connection amd speed? I'm using Compaq p-4 at 2.6ghz and a Dell CPxJ laptop P-3 at 650mhz with cable running at 3.5 mbps down 500 upload Monitor is a Nokia 445 21" crt....

 

[Paul Moir]

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Athlon XP 2500+ at around 2900+ (Post week 39 , - need to get an XP-M)<br />Asus A7V8X-X (it's alright)<br />Geforce2 MX 400 (ancient, gotta go someday)<br />Pair of Quantum Atlas', one V, the other IV in a separate box (SCSI). I always use commercial drives.<br />DSL - crummy PPPoE setup, appx 1.5M.<br />Older OptiQuest V95 19" monitor. Very nice but now you can get one for a song.<br /><br />Favorite computer: Old Toshiba T3200 (286) with a plasma screen. Just for the screen.

 

[roscoe]

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Apple iBook G4 1ghz (comparable to a 2 ghz pc in speed)<br />Direcway 2-way satellite isp, usually get consistent downloads of 7seconds per megabyte, but its a little slow now, due to tree growth. Guess I'll have to trim those bushes pretty soon.<br /><br />I have a decent pc too, somewhere. I haven't turned it on since getting the mac 4 months ago.

 

[Dunaruna]

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Are you guys speaking english? Its all double dutch to me.<br /><br />Pentium 90 (yea thats right - a 90). 1 GB hard drive, 56k dial up. Thats it. No CD, no sound card. I press refresh and go and make a cup of coffee so I'll get back to you somewhere around 2005<br /> <br /><br />Aldo

 

[ZmOz]

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Right now I'm on my Dell laptop. 1.8ghz P4. Also have several other desktops...Athlon 2400...P4 2.4ghz...lots of other crap, all built myself. Yes, I am a computer geek. Internet is about 3.2mbps.

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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Good on you Aldo <br /><br />Cheers<br />Phillip

 

[FSHKPR]

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dell 2.8 ghz. p4 and a dell 2.6 ghz laptop. both running on cable connection

 

[ndemge]

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DARWIN: The Perpetual Upgrade Box.... Here has been the progression:<br /><br />486DX250 Begot P120 Begot P200 Begot Celery 300a Begot AMD400 Begot DualP450 Begot Athlon 1.2<br /><br />512 DDR 2100 Asus Raid KG7<br />Geforce 2 MX400<br />HD's:<br />80g<br />60g<br />40g<br />40g

 

[briannh1234]

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I've seen a lot of computers come and go and I can tell you who the survivors are - DELL. I have an old 166Mhz at home that is still working fine on dialup. At work all I buy is Dell.<br /><br />HP = junk. Compaq = Junk. Gateway is a little better than HP + Compaq. There was a time when a home built system was better than the brand names but not anymore.<br /><br />Cable modem seems a litter faster than DSL, but it depends on the website your surfing.<br /><br />- Brian

 

[ndemge]

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Briannh... The home built system, only way I will still go for myself if I were to get a NEW machine.<br /><br />a couple years ago, someone would ask "who kind of computer should I get" I'd say, give me your budget, we'll order the parts and build twice the computer.<br /><br />It cost MORE to do it that way now for a basic home system.

 

[Paul Moir]

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ndemge - you might appreciate this:<br />I just retired my old hard drives which were a bunch of Fujitsus. The primary one was a full height (ie, 2 bays), full size (ie, 5-1/4" slot) 2G Fujitsu 2654S. It had twelve physical platters, 21 actual, real live heads and spun at 5400rpm. It took about 30 seconds to wind up at startup and when seeking (which was pretty quick) the entire case shook. The reason for having a second box was to have a second power supply for running this beast!<br /><br />My reason for liking white-box systems is that you don't have to compromise on the quality of components like you do with a package vendor. I can buy the best motherboard, the best drives, the best video card, the best memory, the best power supply, the best monitor, and have them serviced locally, supporting a local small business. Add that to having open industry standards, upgradeability, and last a very good price, and the proprietary all-in-one computer vendors start looking like a hard-sell.

 

[gsbodine]

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Originally posted by Paul Moir:<br /> and the proprietary all-in-one computer vendors start looking like a hard-sell.

That's what I've really started hating about all these new boxes at work now. They've all got low-profile this and space-saving that and none of it is conveniently (or cheaply) interchangeable. <br /><br />And yes the big companies always shortchange something somewhere. I've noticed that most of the power supplies in them, for instance, are just barely enough to cover the components that they put in them. If you upgrade the video card or add HDs or something, then you've gotta upgrade the PS too, etc. PITA, iyam.

 

[briannh1234]

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The Dell computers I have bought have had plenty of power supply to fill the computer with add-on components. I've been buying the regular sized machines - not the low-profile ones. The one thing I have noticed that they skimp on is the AGP connector. If you buy a machine with on the motherboard video there is no AGP slot - So make sure you order one with a factory AGP card. I have never-ever seen a new video card or new HD require a new PS.<br /><br />As for the quality of the components they are great. I don't think you can build a white-box machine that out performed a Dell at the same price. And they will build it to your specs.<br /><br />They have all be very reliable as well. Having to tinker with a white box system to get it running correctly is a PITA to me. And then having to tinker with it again several months later because some component failed is another PITA to me. And finding out the component came from a supplier that is no longer in business is another PITA to me.<br /><br />At a place I used to work at one guy ordered a MacIntosh while another ordered the parts for a white-box. They both got there stuff the same day. The Mac was running in a hour. The white box took several days.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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Desktop: <br /><br />Homebuilt P4 2.0 overclocked to 2.1 (whoopie!).<br />FIC VC-11 mobo<br />Geforce 440MX (works ok for me)<br />Pair of Maxtor 120GB HDD's<br />21" monitor (brand escapes me at the moment)<br />Cable over SMC router/firewall<br /><br />Laptop:<br /><br />Dell Latitude CPxJ PIII 750mhz. <br /><br />Also have a Celeron 450mhz homebuilt desktop that's 'retired'. <br /><br />Also have a pair of Sun Ultra Unix Workstations for fun. Wife hates them, says they take up too much space.

 

[brother chris]

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Originally posted by Dunaruna:<br /> I press refresh and go and make a cup of coffee so I'll get back to you somewhere around 2005<br /> <br /><br />Aldo

 

[DustyJacket]

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No brand name, I assembled it myself. I think the floppy drive and one of the hard disks and the keyboard is the only thing left from my original system.<br /><br />Cable modem 3+ megabits/sec actual D/L speed.

 

[NathanY]

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old Gateway Celeron 667mhz, Win 2000 Pro, cable modem.

 

[mattttt25]

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i have a gateway m675x laptop. big laptop that replaces the need for a desktop. full size screen, keypad, and tons of features. i really love it. i take it all over the house with wireless internet, but still feel comfortable using it due to it's size and features.<br /><br />check it out...<br /><br /> http://products.gateway.com/products/GConfig/proddetails.asp?system_id=m675x&seg=hm

 

[LubeDude]

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Home built, Aluminum clear side case, 500 watt power supply, Soyo K400 Platinum Mother board,AMD 2400 Chip, Son works for Intell, Boy that ticks him off) 1 full gig of Ram, 120 gig 10,000 RPM Hard drive, 128 Vidio card, 11 cooling fans all together counting integrated ones and the Thermaltake Tornado CPU cooler , 19" Monitor and yes, it has lights inside. Windows XP Pro. Cost pretty near $1,000.00 for me to build it last year. 1st one I ever built and running very strong.

 

[JB]

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Borealis. Assembled for me by my friendly neighborhood conehead.