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Brag About Your Computer Here!
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At work:
G4 tower with Cinema Display, 512 RAM, attached CD burner.
I have one for my daily tasks, and two more of the same set up, one running OS X and the other running OS X Server for research and troubleshooting.
Also a Ti PowerBook for going on the road.
At home:
Recently got rid of my 20th Anniversay Macintosh and will be getting an iBoing. (I just use the PowerBook at home when I need to in the meantime)
It's nice being in the Educational Technology department.
G4 tower with Cinema Display, 512 RAM, attached CD burner.
I have one for my daily tasks, and two more of the same set up, one running OS X and the other running OS X Server for research and troubleshooting.
Also a Ti PowerBook for going on the road.
At home:
Recently got rid of my 20th Anniversay Macintosh and will be getting an iBoing. (I just use the PowerBook at home when I need to in the meantime)
It's nice being in the Educational Technology department.
Heh...
G4 400 PCI, 1GB RAM (technically I have 1.5GB in there, but good ol' Yikes! can't read more than 256MB per DIMM. Ain't that nice.) 20GB HD, external 12x10x32 QPS CD-RW.
Peripherals: HP ScanJet 5370C, Epson 880i, Altec Lansing ASC65i speakers (in bondi, right before they came out with graphite, grrr), Kodak DX3500 dig cam, and a brand new pair of Sony TMR-RF975R wireless headphones for those long nights playing Q3A.
Oh, and as for BRAGGING, the only thing I'll be bragging about is replacing my troublesome G4 as soon as the word "G5" leaves Steve's lips.
G4 400 PCI, 1GB RAM (technically I have 1.5GB in there, but good ol' Yikes! can't read more than 256MB per DIMM. Ain't that nice.) 20GB HD, external 12x10x32 QPS CD-RW.
Peripherals: HP ScanJet 5370C, Epson 880i, Altec Lansing ASC65i speakers (in bondi, right before they came out with graphite, grrr), Kodak DX3500 dig cam, and a brand new pair of Sony TMR-RF975R wireless headphones for those long nights playing Q3A.
Oh, and as for BRAGGING, the only thing I'll be bragging about is replacing my troublesome G4 as soon as the word "G5" leaves Steve's lips.
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I'm in the process of building a Mac parallel computing cluster for physics research. Currently I have a G4 733 in my office and a G4 867 in my lab. I have run them in parallel with performance over 5 GFlops. Probably could do something similar with just a dual-800, but some day I will have roughly ten machines in the cluster. I'm just waiting for new towers....
Sadly, I am writing this from home on my Power Tower Pro 225 (604e clone). Fortunately, I do have a TiBook (400 MHz, but still ...) that is all my own. But it shuttles between home and work so I just leave the Power Tower hooked to the cable modem.
Anyway, once the Mac cluster is really up and kicking I will be sure to come back and post some killer specs. Probably late this year before I really have a nice setup, though.
Sadly, I am writing this from home on my Power Tower Pro 225 (604e clone). Fortunately, I do have a TiBook (400 MHz, but still ...) that is all my own. But it shuttles between home and work so I just leave the Power Tower hooked to the cable modem.
Anyway, once the Mac cluster is really up and kicking I will be sure to come back and post some killer specs. Probably late this year before I really have a nice setup, though.
hardware
At work:
G4 733MHz (pre-QuickSilver) with 512MB Ram, superdrive, DLT tape drive attached for archiving. Running OS 9.2.2 99% of the time, occasionally booting into 10.1.2.
At home:
G4 500MHz tower (agp graphics), upgraded with a 32MB ATI Radeon video card, 27GB hard drive along with a 40GB (both internal), 1.5GB of RAM. Using a ViewSonic VG175 lcd monitor on it. Us OS 9.2.2 about 75% of the time, otherwise I boot into 10.1.2.
VST/Smartdisk 30GB FireWire hard drive (titanium one)
Epson C80 printer
Epson Perfection Photo 2450 scanner (connected via FireWire)
About to get a LaCie 32x10x40x FireWire burner (waiting for it to arrive).
G4 500MHz TiBook (rev A), 512MB RAM, added Airport. I use this one 95% of the time, at least for daily and internet use. I power up the G4 tower for scanning and such. On this one, I run OS X 10.1.2 99.5% of the time.
I also have the pc that I built, but that is for games only (won't bother with details).
All of my systems have DVD-Rom/DVD-RAM drives in them, but I don't watch movies with the computers since I have the DVD player attached to the TV (27" is much better then a 19" screen for that).
At work:
G4 733MHz (pre-QuickSilver) with 512MB Ram, superdrive, DLT tape drive attached for archiving. Running OS 9.2.2 99% of the time, occasionally booting into 10.1.2.
At home:
G4 500MHz tower (agp graphics), upgraded with a 32MB ATI Radeon video card, 27GB hard drive along with a 40GB (both internal), 1.5GB of RAM. Using a ViewSonic VG175 lcd monitor on it. Us OS 9.2.2 about 75% of the time, otherwise I boot into 10.1.2.
VST/Smartdisk 30GB FireWire hard drive (titanium one)
Epson C80 printer
Epson Perfection Photo 2450 scanner (connected via FireWire)
About to get a LaCie 32x10x40x FireWire burner (waiting for it to arrive).
G4 500MHz TiBook (rev A), 512MB RAM, added Airport. I use this one 95% of the time, at least for daily and internet use. I power up the G4 tower for scanning and such. On this one, I run OS X 10.1.2 99.5% of the time.
I also have the pc that I built, but that is for games only (won't bother with details).
All of my systems have DVD-Rom/DVD-RAM drives in them, but I don't watch movies with the computers since I have the DVD player attached to the TV (27" is much better then a 19" screen for that).
A performa 600cd for home (33mhz, 8mb RAM, 160mb HD, 13" CRT)
and a PowerBook 145b for on the road (16mhz, 4 mb RAM, only half of the screen works at a time)
Yup, these are my power computers
Actually, I have a G4 400 and a 600mhz iBook with combo drive. It's cool.
and a PowerBook 145b for on the road (16mhz, 4 mb RAM, only half of the screen works at a time)
Yup, these are my power computers
Actually, I have a G4 400 and a 600mhz iBook with combo drive. It's cool.
my first mac:
iBook 600 MHz
DVD-ROM Drive
30GB Hard Drive
640MB RAM
Airport Card
Accessories:
Kensington Flylight
Car Charger
Airline Adapter
Kensington Apple-logo Saddlebag
Pro Mouse
Canon ZR25MC DigiCamcorder
SMC Wireless Broadband Router
Palm Vx
Software:
OS X without OS 9
Office v.X
The Sims
plus i have accidental damage coverage on the whole thing for three yrs.
iBook 600 MHz
DVD-ROM Drive
30GB Hard Drive
640MB RAM
Airport Card
Accessories:
Kensington Flylight
Car Charger
Airline Adapter
Kensington Apple-logo Saddlebag
Pro Mouse
Canon ZR25MC DigiCamcorder
SMC Wireless Broadband Router
Palm Vx
Software:
OS X without OS 9
Office v.X
The Sims
plus i have accidental damage coverage on the whole thing for three yrs.
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Dual 800MHz G4 Quicksilver
768MB RAM
7200RPM 60GB HD
7200RPM 40GB HD
SuperDrive
GeForce 3 64MB DDR
Apple 17" LCD studio Display
H/K USB SoundSticks speakers
Apple Pro Keyboard, Logitech optical wheel mouse (silver color, even)
Palm V cradle via Keyspan serial-USB adapter
MacOS X 10.1.2
Dell Dimension 4100 Pentium III 1GHz
512MB (815i chipset)
7200 RPM 40GB HD
7200 RPM 20GB HD
GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
17" Dell LCD display
Philips 8x CDRW
Samsung 12x DVD-ROM
1GB Jaz SCSI internal
Adaptec 2930 SCSI PCI
Linksys 10/100BT NIC
SoundBlaster Live soundcard
Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse
Logitech Quickcam
Sandisk CF reader
Altec-Lansing ACS340 speakers
Windows XP Pro
Apple PowerBook G3 (Pimso/Firewire) 400MHz
256MB RAM
10GB HD
DVD-ROM
AirPort card
MacOS X 10.1.2
Apple iBook (Dual USB) 600MHz
384MB RAM
15GB HD
DVD-ROM
AirPort card
MacOS X 10.1.2
BookPC 533MHz Celeron
128MB RAM
7200 RPM 20GB HD
LG 8080B 8x CDRW
19" KDS CRT
D-link USB-Wireless 802.11 adapter
Dell Quietkey keyboard, Logitech optical wheel mouse
Windows XP Pro
All networked via 100BT Linksys cable modem router & AirPort base station for the three wireless machines.
Shared Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 and Epson Stylus Color 880 printers.
Agfa SnapScan 1212u on the Dual G4.
768MB RAM
7200RPM 60GB HD
7200RPM 40GB HD
SuperDrive
GeForce 3 64MB DDR
Apple 17" LCD studio Display
H/K USB SoundSticks speakers
Apple Pro Keyboard, Logitech optical wheel mouse (silver color, even)
Palm V cradle via Keyspan serial-USB adapter
MacOS X 10.1.2
Dell Dimension 4100 Pentium III 1GHz
512MB (815i chipset)
7200 RPM 40GB HD
7200 RPM 20GB HD
GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
17" Dell LCD display
Philips 8x CDRW
Samsung 12x DVD-ROM
1GB Jaz SCSI internal
Adaptec 2930 SCSI PCI
Linksys 10/100BT NIC
SoundBlaster Live soundcard
Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse
Logitech Quickcam
Sandisk CF reader
Altec-Lansing ACS340 speakers
Windows XP Pro
Apple PowerBook G3 (Pimso/Firewire) 400MHz
256MB RAM
10GB HD
DVD-ROM
AirPort card
MacOS X 10.1.2
Apple iBook (Dual USB) 600MHz
384MB RAM
15GB HD
DVD-ROM
AirPort card
MacOS X 10.1.2
BookPC 533MHz Celeron
128MB RAM
7200 RPM 20GB HD
LG 8080B 8x CDRW
19" KDS CRT
D-link USB-Wireless 802.11 adapter
Dell Quietkey keyboard, Logitech optical wheel mouse
Windows XP Pro
All networked via 100BT Linksys cable modem router & AirPort base station for the three wireless machines.
Shared Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 and Epson Stylus Color 880 printers.
Agfa SnapScan 1212u on the Dual G4.
Well I am new here...not a lot to brag about but I love my iMac DV Blueberry, I call him "Macky" and he is the best buddy in the world next to "Rusty" my Golden Retriever...hehe I would have to say "Macky" is slightly more dependable then "Rusty" hehe...sorry boy...I still love ya!
I also got a shiny new iBook a month ago. I love it. It is working well for me. I network the two and then I can share files and burn CD's on the iBook. I also have an Imation SuperDisk...because some people that I know still have to hand me a blasted floppy every now and then. I have an HP Deskjet 842C printer...don't laugh it was a freebie when I got the iMac and I have an iSub for my iMac. I got a pro-mouse for the iBook...but laugh as you might...I still kinda prefer my "Hockey Puck" anyone else???LOL I have a digital camera...but I want a better one and well that is about it...any questions? Oh ya I am running system X 10.1 too. This is my first month, I decided to convert when I got the iBook. Alas...this whole month...no matter what I do it will not crash...no more "mac lock" YEAH! Later...
I also got a shiny new iBook a month ago. I love it. It is working well for me. I network the two and then I can share files and burn CD's on the iBook. I also have an Imation SuperDisk...because some people that I know still have to hand me a blasted floppy every now and then. I have an HP Deskjet 842C printer...don't laugh it was a freebie when I got the iMac and I have an iSub for my iMac. I got a pro-mouse for the iBook...but laugh as you might...I still kinda prefer my "Hockey Puck" anyone else???LOL I have a digital camera...but I want a better one and well that is about it...any questions? Oh ya I am running system X 10.1 too. This is my first month, I decided to convert when I got the iBook. Alas...this whole month...no matter what I do it will not crash...no more "mac lock" YEAH! Later...
mySpecs
myWork==@Home
* Tower G4 400 AGP, 896 Mb RAM, 2x40Gig HD, Zip, LaCie 22inch blue electron - OS 9 and X (for webdesign)
* iMac rev A (233Mhz) 288Mb RAM, 20GB HD - OS 9 and X (for the kids)
* Performa 630 DOS compatible (66Mhz), 40Mb RAM, 500 Mb HD - OS 8 (for administration + journalism)
* periferals: Freecom CDRW, Umax Astra 1220U, LaCie USB HD 10 Gig, Color SW 2400, Epson Stylus Photo 810, Imation Superdisk, Alcatel ADSL modem + Vigor Draytek router, MacAlly USB 4-hub, UmaxSoho 10-ethernethub
(waiting for G5 2 Ghz ++)
myWork==@Home
* Tower G4 400 AGP, 896 Mb RAM, 2x40Gig HD, Zip, LaCie 22inch blue electron - OS 9 and X (for webdesign)
* iMac rev A (233Mhz) 288Mb RAM, 20GB HD - OS 9 and X (for the kids)
* Performa 630 DOS compatible (66Mhz), 40Mb RAM, 500 Mb HD - OS 8 (for administration + journalism)
* periferals: Freecom CDRW, Umax Astra 1220U, LaCie USB HD 10 Gig, Color SW 2400, Epson Stylus Photo 810, Imation Superdisk, Alcatel ADSL modem + Vigor Draytek router, MacAlly USB 4-hub, UmaxSoho 10-ethernethub
(waiting for G5 2 Ghz ++)
G3 Powerbook [bronze keyboard]
333mhz
256mb ram
32gb ibm hard drive [5400 rpm]
Extras:
second battery [a MUST!]
11mb skyline card
apple airport base station
newertech firewire card
LaCie 12x fw burner
FujiFilm 4900Z [iphoto likes to freeze the camera]
Battle Scars:
chip in lower right of my lcd
new power cylinder thingy [what is it called?]
crack in case below mouse button
crack in case along left side of lcd
lost all my rubber feet
new modem, motherboard, cd drive, powerboard
on my fourth power adapter!!! [first 2 were the black ones, 3rd was 1st generation round one, 4th is a 2nd generation round one]
333mhz
256mb ram
32gb ibm hard drive [5400 rpm]
Extras:
second battery [a MUST!]
11mb skyline card
apple airport base station
newertech firewire card
LaCie 12x fw burner
FujiFilm 4900Z [iphoto likes to freeze the camera]
Battle Scars:
chip in lower right of my lcd
new power cylinder thingy [what is it called?]
crack in case below mouse button
crack in case along left side of lcd
lost all my rubber feet
new modem, motherboard, cd drive, powerboard
on my fourth power adapter!!! [first 2 were the black ones, 3rd was 1st generation round one, 4th is a 2nd generation round one]
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I have a PB G4 Ti 550
A 800mhz Duron (My netserver) with geforce 1 and SB Live
A 750mhz Duron with Radeon 7200
A 1200mhz AMD Athlon with All in Wonder Radeon, SB Live, 512 DDR RAM, 80GB etc
I wish I did not have to use PCs, but they are much cheaper and are better at games. But the PB G4 is better at games than most of my friends PCs.
A 800mhz Duron (My netserver) with geforce 1 and SB Live
A 750mhz Duron with Radeon 7200
A 1200mhz AMD Athlon with All in Wonder Radeon, SB Live, 512 DDR RAM, 80GB etc
I wish I did not have to use PCs, but they are much cheaper and are better at games. But the PB G4 is better at games than most of my friends PCs.
Blueberry rev A iBook 3GB HD 288MB RAM
2x Dual USB iBooks Combo and CD-Rom Both broken(long story)
Tiny PII 400Mhz 13GB 64MB RAM
Sony Firewire Cam, but wheres the firewire computer i hear you ask (another long story)
Epson Stylus Colour 740 Blueberry(to match the original iBook)
Near future...800mhz imac and iPod hopefully
2x Dual USB iBooks Combo and CD-Rom Both broken(long story)
Tiny PII 400Mhz 13GB 64MB RAM
Sony Firewire Cam, but wheres the firewire computer i hear you ask (another long story)
Epson Stylus Colour 740 Blueberry(to match the original iBook)
Near future...800mhz imac and iPod hopefully
867mhz G4 quicksilver
Superdrive
Soundsticks
iPod
Hp Deskjet 895Cxi Professional Series (you said to brag...)
Zip 100
Macally USB 7 port hub
Microtech Card reader
17" Studio Display
iBook 366mhz (indigo rev. 2)
Cd-rom drive
Pro Mouse
Can't think of anything else right now...
Superdrive
Soundsticks
iPod
Hp Deskjet 895Cxi Professional Series (you said to brag...)
Zip 100
Macally USB 7 port hub
Microtech Card reader
17" Studio Display
iBook 366mhz (indigo rev. 2)
Cd-rom drive
Pro Mouse
Can't think of anything else right now...
my list 'o goods
At work:
PowerMac G4 400, 320 RAM, 20 Gig HD, DVD, Zip, etc...
19" Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91
An old, but still highly usable HP Scanjet 4C
At home:
PowerBook G4 500, 384 RAM, 30 Gig IBM Travelstar, DVD
VST SmartDrive CD-RW, FireWire
OWC FireXpress HD w/10 Gig Toshiba HD from my TiBook
External Zip 250, USB
Apple Pro Mouse
HP Scanjet 5p (still need the adapter so I can use SCSI!)
Also have, but loaned to a friend:
Motorola Starmax 4000/200 (604 200 Mhz)
32 MB RAM, 4.5 Gig HD
External Zip 100
At work:
PowerMac G4 400, 320 RAM, 20 Gig HD, DVD, Zip, etc...
19" Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91
An old, but still highly usable HP Scanjet 4C
At home:
PowerBook G4 500, 384 RAM, 30 Gig IBM Travelstar, DVD
VST SmartDrive CD-RW, FireWire
OWC FireXpress HD w/10 Gig Toshiba HD from my TiBook
External Zip 250, USB
Apple Pro Mouse
HP Scanjet 5p (still need the adapter so I can use SCSI!)
Also have, but loaned to a friend:
Motorola Starmax 4000/200 (604 200 Mhz)
32 MB RAM, 4.5 Gig HD
External Zip 100
Well, I suppose Ill jump on this, but my stuff sounds just like everyone elses:
G4 400 (Yikes! board)
1GB Ram
10GB HD
80 GB 7200RPM Maxtor HD
QPS FireWire CD Burner
550 Powerbook G4
20 GB HD
512 MB RAM (1 gig is my next upgrade)
Misc Perihpeals
Epson Printer
HP Flatbed Scanner
Drum Machine
Wacom Stylus/Tablet
Wish to God I had a Cinema Display
Favorite Software
Cinema4D XL 7.3
Macromedia Flash 5
Final Cut Pro 2
Adobe Premiere
Illustrator 9
Photoshop 6
Unreal Tournament (GOTYE)
G4 400 (Yikes! board)
1GB Ram
10GB HD
80 GB 7200RPM Maxtor HD
QPS FireWire CD Burner
550 Powerbook G4
20 GB HD
512 MB RAM (1 gig is my next upgrade)
Misc Perihpeals
Epson Printer
HP Flatbed Scanner
Drum Machine
Wacom Stylus/Tablet
Wish to God I had a Cinema Display
Favorite Software
Cinema4D XL 7.3
Macromedia Flash 5
Final Cut Pro 2
Adobe Premiere
Illustrator 9
Photoshop 6
Unreal Tournament (GOTYE)
ONE TO TOP THEM ALL!!!
i've got a performa 5200CD (road apple)!!
but seriously, my awesome computer that is better than anyone else's is an indigo 500Mhz iMac! i've got a macally scroll-wheel mouse and soundsticks (other than the look, they suck for the price. they are always having USB problems i.e. NOT hot plug-able)
but i'm thinking about getting an older g4 so if anyone has a 500mhz G4 AGP with a DVD drive, i'd be happy to buy it from you.
i've got a performa 5200CD (road apple)!!
but seriously, my awesome computer that is better than anyone else's is an indigo 500Mhz iMac! i've got a macally scroll-wheel mouse and soundsticks (other than the look, they suck for the price. they are always having USB problems i.e. NOT hot plug-able)
but i'm thinking about getting an older g4 so if anyone has a 500mhz G4 AGP with a DVD drive, i'd be happy to buy it from you.
My comp beats all of yours!
Original beige G3 (233MHz), 384MBs RAM, 7200rpm 30GB HD, ATI Rage IIc (or something similar, I'm not quite sure) w/2MB vram, 10.1.2, 9.2.2
And at my friend's house we set up a cluster of his G4 450 and his sister's Powerbook G3 233 last night. It didn't work very well.
Original beige G3 (233MHz), 384MBs RAM, 7200rpm 30GB HD, ATI Rage IIc (or something similar, I'm not quite sure) w/2MB vram, 10.1.2, 9.2.2
And at my friend's house we set up a cluster of his G4 450 and his sister's Powerbook G3 233 last night. It didn't work very well.
My Humble Setup
This is my home setup:
1. Dual800 with 17" Studio Display, 1.5gb RAM and Geforce 3 64mb (Pro Mouse & KBoard)
2. Powerbook 500 with 1gb RAM which is connected to my Epson EMP-500 Projector which makes me use a 6ft screen. Its the best EVER screen (Well to me!)
3. 34 other older macs
4. PowerMac 9600 to be Web Server but not done yet!
5. Sound Sticks of Powerbook and Sherwood Amp with 5.1 speakers (.1 is the sub)
This is my Work Setup:
1. Dual800 Web Server (With 733 QS backup server)
2. Dual533 as my machine with 667PbG4
I am planning to upgrade the Web ServerD800 to 4 Dual 800 running parallel (or possibly G5s if they are released in time!) using a 1000bs-t fibre networking.
All FUN FUN FUN!!!
This is my home setup:
1. Dual800 with 17" Studio Display, 1.5gb RAM and Geforce 3 64mb (Pro Mouse & KBoard)
2. Powerbook 500 with 1gb RAM which is connected to my Epson EMP-500 Projector which makes me use a 6ft screen. Its the best EVER screen (Well to me!)
3. 34 other older macs
4. PowerMac 9600 to be Web Server but not done yet!
5. Sound Sticks of Powerbook and Sherwood Amp with 5.1 speakers (.1 is the sub)
This is my Work Setup:
1. Dual800 Web Server (With 733 QS backup server)
2. Dual533 as my machine with 667PbG4
I am planning to upgrade the Web ServerD800 to 4 Dual 800 running parallel (or possibly G5s if they are released in time!) using a 1000bs-t fibre networking.
All FUN FUN FUN!!!
Ensign Paris how much money do you have?!?!!?
what do you do for a living?
my stuff
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what do you do for a living?
my stuff
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I may as well add my humble system:
Dual 533mhz G4
768MB Ram
40gig HD
CD-RW
Adaptec SCSI Card
Soundsticks
Epson 888
Canon 1220U Scanner
OS 10.1.2, 9.2.2
Photoshop 6
Illustrator 9, 10
Indesign
Acrobat 4
Premiere 6
Flash 5
Dreamweaver 4
Final Cut Pro 2
Watson (really, really, cool program!! Get it on apple's site)
Office:Mac
Corel Painter 7
more that I forget now...
Dual 533mhz G4
768MB Ram
40gig HD
CD-RW
Adaptec SCSI Card
Soundsticks
Epson 888
Canon 1220U Scanner
OS 10.1.2, 9.2.2
Photoshop 6
Illustrator 9, 10
Indesign
Acrobat 4
Premiere 6
Flash 5
Dreamweaver 4
Final Cut Pro 2
Watson (really, really, cool program!! Get it on apple's site)
Office:Mac
Corel Painter 7
more that I forget now...