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If I studied where most of my disposable income has gone in the past nine years, I think it's safe to say it's gone straight into computing. I got my first laptop in high school...and I've been moving on up ever since. I've amassed a little family of computers, and if you count the "retired" members of the family, you could nearly call it a collection. I'm a Mac user at heart, but there are just some things that a cheap, fast PC can handle...like the occasional round of Counter-Strike or Grand Theft Auto.
It's almost a collection. But I'll save the "museum" billing for when I get my own place.
On Active Duty
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System: Apple Power Macintosh G4
Processor: 450MHz PowerPC G4
RAM: 640MB
Hard Drive: Dual 80GB Western Digital Caviar SEs, mirrored
Video: ATI Rage 128, 16MB RAM
Audio: Onboard stereo, output via Creative Labs Inspire 2100 Speakers and Advent wireless headphones
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Extras: Samsung SyncMaster 712N 17" LCD Display, Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse, Belkin 2-Port USB PCI Card, SanDisk ImageMate 8-In-1 Media Reader, Epson Stylus C84 Printer
Acquired: Used, through Computer Salvage of New England, November 2003 |
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System: Apple PowerBook G4 12"
Processor: 1.33GHz PowerPC G4
RAM: 512MB
Hard Drive: 60GB Toshiba ATA
Video: NVidia GeForce FX Go5200, 64MB VRAM
Audio: Onboard stereo
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Extras: Onboard AirPort Extreme
Acquired: New, through Apple Computer, April 2004 |
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System: Custom-Built Production PC
Processor: 2.2GHz AMD Athlon XP 3200+
RAM: 512MB
Hard Drives:80GB Western Digital Caviar SE, 120GB Western Digital Caviar SE, 200GB Western Digital Caviar SE
Video: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9000 Pro, 64MB VRAM
Audio: SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Value, output via Cambridge SoundWorks FourPointSurround FPS1600 Speakers and RadioShack Stereo Headset
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Extras: Cornerstone Imaging Color 20/77 20" Monitor, Pioneer DVD-120S DVD-ROM Drive, Pioneer DVR-108 DVD-RW Drive, KingWin Mobile Rack, Logitech Wheel Mouse, Logitech Elite Keyboard, Promise Ultra133TX2 IDE Controller, Belkin FireWire 3-Port PCI Card, ATI Remote Wonder, Daewoo VCR
Acquired: Completed in December 2003 |
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System: pwn3d.net Web Server
Processor: 500MHz Intel Pentium III
RAM: 256MB
Hard Drive: 4.5GB Quantum Viking II Ultra-2 SCSI
Video: None (minimal card, running headless)
Audio: None
Operating System: Gentoo Linux
Mods: Custom 10x12" laser-etched window by Kool PC Mods, red cold-cathode lighting, 3 Antec lighted 80mm fans, Dupli-Color Gunmetal paint w/silver accents
Acquired: Completed in November 2003 |
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System: Apple PowerBook Duo 2300c
Processor: 100MHz Motorola PowerPC 603e
RAM: 28MB
Hard Drive: 750MB ATA
Video: Onboard video, 512KB VRAM
Audio: Onboard mono
Operating System: Mac OS 7.6
Extras: Apple DuoDock (with lid upgrade) and Apple Performa Plus 14" Monitor, Apple Duo MiniDock, Apple Duo Floppy Adapter, Apple HDI-20 External Floppy Drive, Sony PRD-250 CD-ROM Discman External 4X CD-ROM Drive/CD Player
Acquired: Used through eBay, January 2000 |
Retired Machines
Currently, sitting dormant in the workshop downstairs are a Power Mac G3/333 (my old desktop), a Performa 6400 (the former pwn3d.net server for a year or so), and a Power Mac 7100/80 (the first pwn3d.net server, often referred to as HackMac). If only I had a place to set them up.
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