Your flagship computer?

[Anonymous Freak]

My iPad. Really. Since getting it (original model - WiFi 16 GB, in January,) I have used it more as my 'main computing device' than any other computer in the house.

Other than that, it would be my 'Hackintosh' (see signature - which is presently on the fritz,) and my first-generation MacBook (black, 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, which is acting as my desktop until I get around to fixing my Hackintosh.)

 

[gkarris]

TRS-80...

 

[Intell]

Mine would have to be my mid 2007 Blackbook. People look at it and ask if Apple really made black Macbooks. I respond by saying the black ones have a higher resale value on eBay.

 

[maclaptop]

My quad core i7 hackintosh with an apple 24" ACD

The thing is a beast, and cost me a fraction of a Mac Pro

Smart, very smart

 

[gauchogolfer]

Until I get a new iMac at home, this machine at work will remain my 'flagship' though my G4 PB is still going strong.

HP xw8600 8Core Xeon (3.33 GHz) with 16GB RAM, CUDA.

 

[Nermal]

Lenovo ThinkStation S20. Just to buck the Mac trend in this thread

Intel Xeon Quad-Core Processor W3550, 4GB, 500GB 7200RPM S-ATA HDD, no diskette drive, PCI/PCIe Tower (5x6), NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 768MB, DVD Recordable, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Memory card reader, Windows 7 Professional 64

Needs more RAM though.

 

[gauchogolfer]

Lenovo ThinkStation S20. Just to buck the Mac trend in this thread

See above

 

[Nermal]

See above

You snuck that in when I wasn't looking!

 

[techfreak85]

Home built Hackintosh: Core i7 920. 6 GB of RAM. 1 TB HDD, 9800 GTX+ GPU. OS X 10.6.7
I am running Folding@home on it.
Hopefully soon I will upgrade to a SSD for the OS and Apps, and maybe after that a 6870 and two more monitors to do Eyefinity in Windows, but that is probably a ways off.

 

[Surely]

My late 2009 13" MBP, with a 500GB HD and 4GB RAM, which I use clamshelled and hooked up to a 24" LCD. I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and Magic Mouse.

Eventually, my next purchase will be an 11" MBA (perhaps the next gen), and then an iMac. However, my MBP works like a champ, and I love that I'm able to turn it into a desktop and then quickly unhook it and take it with me if needed.

 

[ed.g]

Mine would have to be my mid 2007 Blackbook. People look at it and ask if Apple really made black Macbooks. I respond by saying the black ones have a higher resale value on eBay.

Man I miss my Blackbook. It was so hot!

At this moment I'm rockin' the MBA and lovin' it!

 

[Synchromesh]

Mini Monster: Phenom II 945 95W | Asus M4A88TD-M/USB3 | 16GB Corsair XMS | Sapphire Radeon 6870 | SB X-Fi XtremeGamer | Crucial C300 256GB + WD 2TB Black | Samsung 223L | KDM 520W PSU

It's a gaming system. And it's a mATX format in a very small case. I will probably be upgrading a few things on it soon though. Right now it's running W7 on a 24in Dell. Hopefully a 30in version coming soon.

Actually, aside from a few Macbooks I need to sell off my house is Apple-free.

 

[dXTC]

Mini Monster: Phenom II 945 95W | Asus M4A88TD-M/USB3 | 16GB Corsair XMS | Sapphire Radeon 6870
....

Interesting, this. When I built my PC (it's in my "flagship list" earlier in this thread), I also used a high-powered-for-the-time AMD processor and a Sapphire Radeon card. From your experience/point of view, are the Phenoms as good now as the Athlon 64s were in their time?

 

[Synchromesh]

Interesting, this. When I built my PC (it's in my "flagship list" earlier in this thread), I also used a high-powered-for-the-time AMD processor and a Sapphire Radeon card. From your experience/point of view, are the Phenoms as good now as the Athlon 64s were in their time?

Athlon 64 kicked P4's butt back in the day. Modern Phenoms are an excellent value for the money but they don't outperform i7s. I think most are on par with i5s give or take. Mine is the lower 95W versus the regular 125W one to boot. I am just a bit of a fanboi and had an AMD-powered main system in one guise or another since 2002. Today's games are far more dependent on video cards it made little sense to spend major $$$ on CPU and motherboard at the time of purchase. Thought about going X6 but the 95W version is VERY hard to locate and with a tiny case that I currently have it was almost a requirement. Current CPU runs about 24/33 (idle/load) at stock speeds with a Zalman heatsink which isn't bad for a quad core at all.

This Radeon is my first ATI/AMD card since 2005. I bought it slightly used locally, hence the Sapphire brand. I must admit it's a good card although drivers are far from perfect but still miles ahead of their 2005 levels. I'm actually planning to get a 30in Dell LCD at some point so will have to up the card, probably to a flashed 6950 of some sort. Current card will struggle with 2560x1600 resolution for sure.