# What kind of Computer do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429 "2000-08-31T02:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/21 "2000-08-31T05:22:27Z")
PII 350 Abit BE6 motherboard 256MB PC100 SDRAM (2 DIMMs) 13.5GB IBM UDMA66 7200RPM HD 20.4GB IBM UDMA66 7200RPM HD Diamond Viper V770 32MB 40x NEC SCSI CD-ROM 4x/8x Sony SCSI CD-R Adaptec 2940U SCSI controller 3Com 3C900B NIC 17" Sony Monitor 200ES ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/22 "2000-08-31T07:34:11Z")
At home, I have a Compaq Presario that’s a few years old. It’s a 266 with a 4 gig HD. Oh, yeah, and a nifty HP CD-RW. My work machine (not mind to keep, by mine to use as long as I’m here) is an IBM 390X laptop. It’s really cool. 11 gig HD, 128 meg RAM. I don’t remember what speed, but I think it’s at least 500 mhz. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/23 "2000-08-31T07:35:58Z")
My Home-built POS (it’s on its way out as soon as I can afford to toss it…my next system will probably be from [Alienware](http://www.alienware.com/)): ASUS Motherboard AMD K6-300 (chokes and gags on Homeworld) 192 MB RAM 2 Hard Drives: a 12 Gig and a 7 Gig (EIDE) Matrox Marvel G200 (I don’t own a TV, so my system does double duty here) Creative Soundblaster Live! Value Creative 6x DVD player Davicom NIC (used for DSL) Optiquest V95 19" monitor I also have an _old_ Power Computing system (before Apple got pissy and took away their license). These are hooked up, along with my roommate’s two systems to a makeshift server, which the DSL is actually attached to (so all five comps can use the same line). ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/24 "2000-08-31T10:45:07Z")
Ok, AMD 700 Mhz 128 mb RAM 40 gig HD 12x DVD 19" High res. monitor Boston Acoustic speakers w/ SubwOOfer - all this other stuff which I forgot. Anyways, it’s a nice comp! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/25 "2000-08-31T11:06:15Z")
Gateway Essential Intel Celeron 455 mhz 10 gig Hard drive 64 Ram Windows 98 SE Internet Explorer 5.5 It seems like I have a lot of stuff on it and I still have 6.7 gigs open. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![inoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@inoci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inoci)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/26 "2000-08-31T13:17:18Z")
at home i’ve got a Dell. great machines. my laptop is one too. i like the fact that they’ve been the easiest to put linux on out of all the vendor made machines i’ve tried. good parts too. and the service is great. i bought my home machine 2 years ago, and i haven’t needed to upgrade yet. i won’t quote stats on it, because it doesn’t matter that much. for a long time i would buy/upgrade machines just to have the baddest boy on the block, but nowadays i’ve reealized that it doens’t make a damn bit of difference. heck, i’m not even using the full power of the machine. i think working around real computers all day has jaded me. i simply see anything i could afford to have at home as a toy, and nothing more. but at work i get the really fun toys, but i’m not sure i’m allowed to say what we have here. nothing outstanding, but very cool stuff. mostly Dell and IBM’s though. ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/27 "2000-08-31T13:47:44Z")
Primary Machine AMD-Athlon 650 Epox MB 256M RAM Guillemot TNT2 Guillemot Voodoo2 (need to upgrade this) S3 8M video card SBLive 3Com 3c509 NIC 10.1G and 8G hard drives 24x CDROM 17" Proview Monitor Win 98 I have 3 more machines, but this is the most pwerful one. The rest run FreeBSD, which means they run a hell of a lot better and faster with inferior parts. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/28 "2000-08-31T14:01:49Z")
All these super-fast boxes and you still end up cursing the ISP for being too slow… I’m going to the opposite end of the spectrum, to remind you guys that it’s possible to get by on yesterday’s technology. Right now, this post is coming at you from a a very humble box: Pentium 100 32M RAM About 1.1 gig’s of HDD Yamaha wavetable soundcard 24 spin CD-ROM 33.6K modem 14" SVGA monitor I also have several more old boxes: another Pentium (120Mhz), a 486, a 386, 386 laptop, and a DOS box based on a NEC V30 CPU (equivalent to a 286). Provided that you run software that matches each machine’s capability, they all work just fine. And remember, boys and girls, that software never wears out… ---
**Author:** ![ponch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@ponch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/29 "2000-08-31T14:18:20Z")
been using a Mac 8500, but I just ordered my new baby yesterday… the new [Mac Power cube](http://www.apple.com/powermaccube/) 500MHz PowerPC G4 1MB L2 cache 128MB SDRAM memory 30GB Ultra ATA drive DVD-ROM w/DVD-Video RAGE 128 Pro Graphics 10/100BASE-T Ethernet 56K internal modem got it with the 15" flat screen and airport card…I’m such a nerd ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/30 "2000-08-31T14:39:06Z")
Let’s see… Pentium 233 FIC 503+ MB 64 Meg (had 128) 48x CD ROM Sound Blaster 64 Value POS Trident 1megOram Video Card POS Princeton monitor 3com NIC Alcatel 1000 DSL modem IE 4.72 Works fine. ---
**Author:** ![astrangefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@astrangefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astrangefish)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/31 "2000-08-31T14:45:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*My 'puter: > > iMac DV Special Edition (Graphite) > > 400 MHz G3 PowerPC processor > 192MB RAM (there was a free 64MB RAM offer when I bought it) > 13 GB EIDE hard drive > DVD-ROM > Mac OS 9 > > \*\* Although I’m using IE5.0 I’ve preordered a G4 cube too…can’t wait. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/32 "2000-08-31T14:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ponch \* > \*\*been using a Mac 8500, but I just ordered my new baby yesterday… > > the new [Mac Power cube](http://www.apple.com/powermaccube/) \*\* ponch, I hate you. I mean that in the most reverential way, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/33 "2000-08-31T14:54:28Z")
astrangefish: I hate you, too. I do think think you’re right to use IE5, though. I gave up on Netscape long ago. Am I a traitor to the Mac format? I don’t think so, but… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/34 "2000-08-31T14:56:04Z")
The Power Ranger is… a 300 MHz G3 WallStreet Powerbook 128 MB RAM 14.1 TFT ix3D Road Rocket 18.1 GB Toshiba ATA HD DVD-ROM Internal ZIP iREZ CapSure video-in card 56K modem Context-variant peripherals Dell 19" Trinitron primary monitor (TFT runs as secondary) or Sony 15" Trinitron secondary monitor (TFT runs as primary); Yamaha speakers w/subwoofer or NAD 310 amp+ twin vintage Fisher speakers or Sony headphones 🙂 ; Apple Extended Keyboard or the legendary beer-proof Micro Speed Deluxe ADB keyboard or built-in notebook keyboard; Ricoh external SCSI CD-R / CD-RW (or not); Running MacOS 8.6 (mostly), 8.1, OS X Server, natively; Win95, NT Server 4, Red Hat Linux, AmigaOS Workbench 40.42, and old versions of MacOS in emulation; awaiting Yellow Dog Linus and MacOS X public beta. The Power Ranger goes everywhere I go and I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/35 "2000-08-31T15:09:02Z")
I love to see the Mac users coming out! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/36 "2000-08-31T15:18:54Z")
Beige desktop G3 …upgraded to 450Mhz …USB add on port…over U.S. West DSL my birthday is September 12…who’s gonna get me a cube 🙂 dave ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/37 "2000-08-31T15:26:07Z")
I use my new laptop at home: Dell Inspiron 500 MHz Intel 6G Hard drive 64 Ram etc,etc Trying to buy a computer on a budget can suck (I was drooling over extra RAM and MHz) but I love my new little laptop. The blue casing was a true perk and THANK GOD I went with the 14.4 screen. 🙂 At work… the only thing about this piece of history worth mentioning is my T3 Internet connection. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/38 "2000-08-31T15:39:56Z")
What money you people waste! I’m economical. I just whistle tones very precisely into my telephone when I want to post to the SD. Okay. That’s a total lie. Computers I use reularly: HP Omnibook 900 PII 450 160 MB RAM 6 GB HDD CD CDRW 10/100 Base T 56K Modem HP Vectra Vli 8 PIII 450 256 MB RAM 8 GB HDD CD 10/100 Base T Motorola StarMax 5500 PowerPC 200 64 MB RAM 6 GB HDD CD CDR 10/100 Base T (Cable modem) Which one do I lie the most? The freakin’ Mac clone. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/39 "2000-08-31T15:59:06Z")
I’ve got a peer-to-peer network in my apartment. Here are the specs on the machines: Generic PII 400MHz 256 MB RAM 2 Hard Drives - 1 EIDE 8GB, 1 SCSI 18 GB Riva TNT (16 MB) Layla Digital Audio Interface MOTU MIDI Interface CD-RW CD-ROM 48X 21" NEC Multisync monitor Generic P166 MHz 128 MB RAM 2 EIDE Hard Drives - 10 GB and 40 GB 15" NEC Multisync monitor Not much else (it’s just a backup server) HP Pavilion 550 MHz Celeron 128 MB RAM 10 GB EIDE Hard Drive CD-RW 17" HP Monitor Soon to arrive… Gateway PIII 966 MHz All the bells and whistles. ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429/40 "2000-08-31T17:31:57Z")
AMD K6-2 400 VIA 503+ MB 190 mb Ram (pc-100) 20 gig HD UDMA 66 32 mb geoforce2 mx (Deus Ex at 1024x768x32 with no problems) diamond monster sound 400mx Intelli mouse 19" Monitor 56k crap modem (getting Cable soon) 40x CD [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-computer-do-you-have/31429.md?page=1)