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Topic: What Computer Do You Drive?
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Will Morrow
Film Handler
Posts: 91
From: Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-31-2001 12:44 PM
Okay, I wanted to start this thread because someone said they would provide a list of their computer equipment. Here is mine.I own two that I built myself. My first one
AMD K6-2 w/3DNow @350MHz
Soyo SY-5Ema Mobo
Voodoo BLaster Banshee 16MB AGP graphics
56k Modem External
96MB PC100 Ram
300Watt Power Supply
16X Max CD rom
6GB Maxtor 7200 HD
10/100 Ethernet Card
100MB Zip External Parallel Latest Comp
1100MHz Athlon Thunderbird (socket a)
Asus A7V Mobo
Voodoo5500 AGP 64MB Graphics
256MB PC133 SDRAM
30GB Maxtor 7200 ATA100
10GB Maxtor 7200 UDMA66
ATI TV Wonder
10/100 ethernet
Philips 8/4/32 CDRW
36X Max CD Rom
Two USB webcams
Visioneer 6100 Scanner
Full Tower Case 300Watt
Cooler Master Heatsink N Fan The two are networked via Windows ME home networking software. They currently share a 56K internet connection. All drives are open to sharing between both computers. The newer one is using a 15inch Sony Trinitron monitor, and the older one is using a 14 inch Packard Bell monitor. Both are set at 1100x700 Resolution at 16bit Color. The new one has scored above 6000 in MadOnions 3DMark2000. This summer I plan on upgrading my CDRW, My MB and Proc, buying a new 19inch monitor, and adding a water cooler, for overclocking purposes.
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-31-2001 04:45 PM
Mac:
G4 450 MHz (Faster than a Gigahertz Pentium3) Well over a billion floating points per second SUSTAINED.
256 Megs o' RAM (Virtual memory is for losers. Unfortunately it is unavoidable with Mac OS X with its UNIX kernel).
Mitsumi CD-RW (Removed DVD-RAM Drive)
ATI Rage Pro 16MB AGP
Zip Drive
Dual bus USB
Firewire (hell yeah!)
1 Western Digital 27 Gig hard drive (7200 rpm) with Mac OS 9.1 and Windows '98SE via emulation. No partitions.
1 Maxtor 30 Gig hard drive (7200rpm) with Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS X. No partitions. Partitions suck ass.
Networked and sharing files with the PC
DSLPC:
AMD (Because Intel chips suck ass) 500 Mhz (slower than da Mac G4 upstairs, but still pretty zippy).
Windows 2000 Professional (the only version of Windows that I have ever been pleased with).
Dragon Voodoo Banshee 16M (I think that's what it's called).
Single bus USB
192 Megs o' RAM
20 Gig hard drive 5400 rpm (I think). No partitions.
DVD-RAM drive (from the Mac)
Floppy drive (Floppy drives suck. They should be illegal, just like dial up modems!)
RS-485 network card
Networked and sharing files with the Mac
DSL This PC was self-built. Total cost of entire package (including 17 inch monitor) was $500 a year ago.
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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!
Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-31-2001 05:45 PM
The system i am currently on:Celeron 400 based generic AGP motherboard and case obtained at auction during the liquidation of CFS-Rentec, with the following additions: 128MB RAM
3dfx Voodoo III AGP video w/32mb ram
Maxtor 45GB hard drive no partitions
Kingston LAN card
Memorex 40x CDROM
HP 9100 series CDRW
Sound Blaster Live! Value audio card (run thru a miniature tube amplifier and large speakers for optimum performance) 
Generic PCTel-based 56k faxmodem (used solely for faxes)
Music Quest PC MIDI Card (legacy item for if I ever decide to use this machine for my musical exploits once i get my rig back together)
DSL with Alcatel Speed Touch Home modem
17" el-cheapo monitor Aaron
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-31-2001 06:42 PM
My current system:Dell Dimension 4100
1GHZ PIII
512MB PC133 SDRAM
80GB UltraATA 100 Hard Disc
64MB DDR GeForce2 GTS video card
8X DVD-ROM
8x4x32 CD-RW
External USB Zip100
3 Com NIC
SB Live! sound card
Altec Lansing ADA-885 THX-Dolby Digital speaker system
21" Viewsonic P815 monitor
12" X 12" Wacom ArtZ II graphics tablet.
All of that sits on an Anthro-Cart desk. I use a Linksys Etherfast DSL/Router to network this tower to my old machine: Core Microsystems
Dual PII 400MHz
256MB PC 100 SDRAM
9GB Ultra2 SCSI LVD Hard Disc
Creative Labs 3D Annihilator-Pro GeForce256 32MB DDR card
32X CD-ROM
100MB SCSI Zip built-in
Mag Innovision 19" monitor
Linotype-Hell Saphir2 scanner (the SCSI scanner is the main reason why the old system is still running). I also have a Dell Dimension PIII 550, with 256MB of SDRAM at the office (this machine is starting to get a bit on the old side). I had previous office machines to that, such as a Micron Millenia dual Pentium Pro 200 with 64MB of EDO-RAM (I can't believe how much we paid for that machine considering what your dollar buys now). A couple of 486DX2 machines precedes that, including an IBM PS2 ValuePoint that cost a fortune to do any kind of upgrading. There were a couple Macintosh systems before that when I lived in Georgia. Changing jobs and the sticker shock of the Macintosh Quadra900 has something to do with the change in operating systems. Adobe Photoshop 2.5 appearing for Windows 3.1 and NT helped make the switch easier. And then you have that jump back to yesteryear with the classic Mac, the first Compaq Deskpro 8088 PC --and who can forget the Radio Shack TRS-80 "Trash 80" with only 16K of memory!?
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-31-2001 07:46 PM
Built my own.933mhz Intel
786 megs PC-133
Asus MB
2 each 30 gig Maxtor 7200rpm HD
SB live! 5.1 \w\ IR Remote
2 each VooDoo 3 3000 graphics cards
2 each Sylvania 19 inch F96 monitors
Ricoh DVD / CD fryer CDROM drive
Asus 40X CDROM Drive
Linksys 10/100 Network card
Zoom V-92 Modem
Logitech Internet keyboard
Microsoft Optical wheel mouse
300-Watt Power supply
Mid-Tower case
Programs:
Windows 98 full install with all updates (30 megs worth) on "C" drive, and Windows ME on "D" drive.
Other programs:
Anything that I can jam in that thing that somehow manages to run.. 
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Michael Barry
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 584
From: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-31-2001 11:11 PM
...ummm...let's see...(gulp):P133 with 64MB EDO RAM
S3 Trio video card with 4MB RAM
Voodoo 1 with 4MB RAM (unused now since there are no drivers for Windows 2000)
Quantum 2GB and 3.2GB hard drives
8X CD-ROM
33.6K Modem OK, laugh it up. See if I care! (sniff)
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-01-2001 04:18 AM
Key Software installed:Mac-
-Final Cut Pro (kicks the living hell outta Adobe Premiere).
-Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (Kicks the living hell outta Adobe Photoshop 2.0).
-Adobe Illustrator 9.0 (Haven't figured out what the hell this program is for yet. It kinda sucks. Not easy to work with).
-Quark XPress (What the hell is this? This looks like System 6.0! It's not even in color! How do you import? Crap.)
-Flash 5 (Kicks the living hell outta GIF animations).
-Ray Dream Studio 5 (For computer animation).
-Painter 4 (For hand drawn animation).
-Appleworks 6 (Kicks the living hell outta writing by hand with a pencil).
-Microsoft Word (Kicks the living hell outta, ummm....)
-VocalWriter (For music sequencing).
-AOL 5.0 (Kicks the living hell outta everything else in the entire world!!!!!!!)
-Other Crap. PC:
-Adobe PhotoShop 5 (not LE).
-Microsoft Office (Whoopeeee! I live for spreadsheets!)
-Quicktime 5 Pro (So I can avoid using Microsoft's lame-ass media player)
-AOL 6.0 (Can't live without it. You haven't truly experienced the internet until you've experienced AOL!!!!!)
-Some other crap. Windows XP coming in a week or two. Release candidate.
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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster
Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-01-2001 02:46 PM
I operate three computers on a network at home(of course one of them is my wifes). Mine is a 700mhz P3 on an A-Bit BE6-2 mommieboard running at 900mhz(rock solid!), 512 meg PC133, Win 98SE on D Drive, Win Millennium on C Drive, Shuttle DVD feeding a Sigma Designs Real Magic Decoder card, Diamond Viper AGP something or other video card, Sound Baster Sound Card,100 meg Zipadedoodah Drive, Cheapo 10 buck 10/100 network card. Wifes Computer is a 500mhz P3 on an A-Bit BX6-R2 mommieboard, 256mb PC133 RAM, 45X CD ROM,100mb zipadeedodah drive, Cheap 10 buck network card, Can't remeber AGP video card type. CD BURNER Computer (on network): 2 Creative *X Burners and 45X CD ROM dive, 500 mhzP3 slot 1 mommieboard, floppy. Creative CD Software 5.0 running under win ME. Makes it easy to burn CD's from the 1000's of downloads we got from Napster
MArk @ GTS
Joe, It doesn't matter how fast your apple is, there is only about 1/10th the amount of software available for it  .
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Jason Burroughs
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 654
From: Allen, TX
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-01-2001 03:10 PM
Hmm which one?1. Self built PIII running at 500Mhz One day I'll have time to drop in the 800Mhz processor. 384MB of PC-133 RAM 3 IDE hard drives 8-20BG each and 1 SCSI Running Windows NT Server (this is my PDC). Matrox G200 Video (way over powered for a server) HP LJ2100 Printer. 2. Self Built Athalon 1.2Ghz 384MB of PC-133RAM, 40GB HD, ATI Rage Fury video 32MB of video memory. Running 2000 Pro. 3. Dell Latitude CPt laptop 500MHz p3 processor. 256Mb or RAM. Above 3 are attached to a 21in Dell Triniton monitor via KVM switch 4. Selfbuilt Athalon 1.2GHz 2 40GB hard drives. ATI All-In-Wonder 32MB video ram. Umax scanner. 384 PC-133RAM running 2000 Pro 5. Dell GX1 P2 400Mhz, 40GB and 6GB HD, 128RAM. Running NT Server (going to be a BDC and Exchange server) 6. Dell GX1 P3 500Mhz 20GB HD, 512 PC-100 RAM, this is a test machine, Running NT Workstation Hooked up to annother Dell 21" Triniton Monitor via KVM switch 7. Dell Latitude CP P2 266MHz 128MB RAM - don't use this one anymore all computers are connected via a network and WAN connection via a Linksys router going trough a cable (AT&T = YUCK) modem.
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