My computers

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Acer 1642 ZWLMi Notebook

Became my principal computer since August 2006

Processor

Pentium M "Dothan" 735A@1.7GHz with 400Mhz FSB

Memory

1GB DDR2-DRAM @533MHz

Graphics Card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 with 128MB dedicated video memory

Screen

15.4'' LCD at 1200x800 resolution

CD-DVD

Matshita Combo drive, DVD R+/-W

Hard-drive

80GB

Operating Systems, in chronological order:

What works on this laptop - an important point when putting Linux on a laptop...

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At Home

This is what I consider as The One Computer - slightly better equipped and sometimes used for more exotic activities than typing work related stuff! Now let's see what it is made of:

Processor

Athlon XP 2400+, underclocked @1500MHz with 133MHz Front-Side Bus

Memory

512 MBytes of DDR-SDRAM in a single module in synchron with processor's FSB

Motherboard

Asus A7S333 - although became obsolete within a year of my purchase, it works remarkably well since the spring of 2003

Graphics Card

A Hercules 3D Prophet II MX (AGP 4x) with an NVidia GeForce 2 MX chipset - salvaged from the old PC of my boss

Hard Drives

Two, a 40GB Western Digital(becoming a little bit too noisy, mainly used for storing stuff) and a 80GB Maxtor, both simple PATA drives in UDMA5 mode.

Optical Drive

Pioneer DVR-109 - officially supports 16x DVD burning but I never used at more than 4x

Monitor

GNR VL770FS - simple 17'' CRT used 1024x768@85Hz. I could really use 1200x1024 but I should get a new monitor for that - so I am waiting for even lower prices on LCDs and when unsatisfied, I remember our first 14'' VGA monitor...:)

Keyboard and mouse

Labtec Ultra Flat Wireless Desktop - optical mouse and a slick looking keyboard, both wireless, for ~25 Euros? the plus: the wireless hub is connceted to the PC through standard PS/2 ports, thus not occupying any USB ports! Sweeet...

Misc

Floppy 3 1/2, I don't remember using it since...?!

Operating Systems, in chronological order:

What can I possibly do with this crappy old machine, running Gentoo Linux?!

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At Work

This one is the simple one, I bought it - monitor not included! - for 200 Euros and popped in another 256MB RAM for 25 Euros more. At work I got my hands on a monitor and violà! I had a PC at work for 225 Euros!

Processor

Sempron 2200+ (Socket A) with 166MHz Front-Side Bus

Memory

512 MBytes of DDR-SDRAM in two 256MB modules, in synchron with processor's FSB

Motherboard

MSI KM3M-V

Graphics Card

Integrated on-board GPU, with 32MB shared memory

Hard Drives

a 40GB Maxtor IDE HDD

Optical Drive

Samsung CD-ROM

Monitor

Iiyama S704HT (VisionMaster 404) 1200x1024@85Hz - very nice 17'' CRT, a really heavy SOB!:)

Keyboard and mouse

Noname Keyboard and mouse, both with cords.

Operating Systems, in chronological order:

Yes, you see it well - I never installed Windows on this machine and I never regretted this decision:)

I use this machine at work for...