What computer do you use?

[proglife]

My machine is a bit long in the tooth

PowerMac G4 450 Sawtooth
1 GB RAM
20 GB/ 40 GB Maxtors
DVD-R/ LaCie Firewire CD-RW
Airport/ D-Link 614+
Logitech Navigator Duo
19" LaCie ElectronBlue III
OS 10.3.2
30 GB iPod

Thankfully, Apple keeps improving my machine with every new OS release, but I'd really like a G5 Powerbook whenever that happens.

 

[grinch]

Quote:

Originally posted by D-EJ915 ...and forget the second CPU, barely any programs are multithreaded compared to the whole gamut, and I'd laugh if a game was!!

quake3?

dual proc machines are so underrated and badmouthed, mostly by single-proc gamers who have never used one (scsi is the same deal). game performance is usually not the main goal of a dual proc machine, and not all applications can run smp, however, the ability to multitask is unbelievable. i've done everything from play a game, burn a cd, and encode mp3s all at once on my dual proc machine (back in the day). my personal favorite is to use eac's compression queue and allow it to do two files at once: encoding two mp3s at the same time, both at full speed, is quite fun and fast.

err anyway, my home machine is sort of down.. but it is a dual p3 700@933 box. 768mb of ram, a few 15k seagates, a few ide drives, pioneer 104, yamaha f1, etc. nothing too special, but was a great desktop and has lasted me for over three years.

 

[Kirium]

My baby:

Toshiba Satellite 5100-603 Notebook

P4Mobile 1.9GHz
512Mb RAM
60Gb HDD
15" Screen
64Mb nVidia GeForce4 440Go video card
Yamaha AC-XG soundcard
DVD/CD-RW drive
Synaptics cPad
Integrated SD card slot
IR Port
Firewire
Bluetooth
integrated Espresso machine

Digital still camera:
Pentax Optio S4 w/ 256Mb, 64Mb and 16Mb SD cards

Digital Video Camera:
Panasonic NV-GX7A (also has SD card slot...)

my tech world revolves around the tiny magic of Secure Digital...

(Except my Sony-Ericsson T610 cell phone and iPod)

 

[r3cc0s]

I picked up a emachines notebook 5312 for 1100
and upgraded to 1 gig ram and got a 7200 hard drive 80 installed

Display: 15.4" Widescreen TFT LCD WXGA (1280 x 800 max. resolution)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
CPU: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2400+ Processor
Quantispeed™ Architecture operates at 1.8GHz
266 MHz Front Side Bus and 512K L2 Cache
Memory: 512 MB DDR SODIMM (PC 2100)
Hard Drive: 60 GB HDD
Optical Drives: DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive (24x10x24 CD-RW; 8x Max. DVD-ROM)
Video: ATI® Mobility RADEON™ (Integrated)
64 MB DDR Shared Video Memory
Sound: PC2001 Compliant AC '97 Audio
Built-in Stereo Speakers
Modem: 56K* ITU V.92 Fax/Modem
Network: Integrated 802.11g Wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps); 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet
Pointing Device: Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Zone
Battery: 8-cell Lithium-ion (Li-ion)
Dimensions: 1.36"h x 14.0"w x 10.0"d
Weight: 6.6 lbs. (7.75 total travel weight)
Internet: AOL 3 month membership included, click here for details
Ports/Other: 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 IEEE 1394, 1 VGA External Connector, 1 S-Video Out, 1 Parallel, Microphone In, Headphone/Audio Out, 1 PCMCIA Slot (Card Bus type I or type II)

 

[Edwood]

Yes, I have waaay too many computers. Heheh.

Workstation:
P4 2.4B
2GB PC 2700
Intel D875PBZ
Seagate Barracuda V 8MB Cache 120GB
LiteOn 48x12x48 CDRW
LiteOn 52x CDrom
Matrox P650
Soundblaster Live!
Wacom Cintiq 15X
Wacom PenPartner USB
Dell 1900FP 19" LCD
Antec TruPower 480
Lightly Modified Coolermaster ATC-200 Case

Fun Box:
P4 2.4B
512MB Corsair XMS PC2700
Asus P4S8X
Seagate Barracuda V 8MB Cache 120GB
IBM 60GXP 60GB
Western Digital WD800JB 8MB Cache 80GB
Pioneer 105 DVD-R
MSI GF4 Ti4200 64MB modded with Zalman HP80
RME digi96/8 PAD
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Dell 1900FP 19" LCD (shared with workstation)
Enermax Whisper 350
Antec Lanboy Case

Server:
1.3GHz Pentium M
Lippert Thunderbird
Western Digital WD1200JB 8MB Cache 120GB (x2)
3Ware Escalade 7410 in RAID 1
On board Video and Sound
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 275watt
Modified Checkercube Mini-ITX Case

Home Theater PC:
1GHz PIII
AOpen AX34 Pro II
1GB PC 133
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 2MB Cache 120GB
Panasonic Slim Slot Load DVDrom/CDRW
AOpen GF3 Ti200 64MB Modded with Zalman HP80
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Samsung HLN467 (my favorite "monitor")
ProSilence 350 Fanless PSU
D.Vine Series 4 Case

Tablet PC:
Toshiba 3505
1GHz PC133
40GB HDD

Tiny PC: (if you don't recognize the specs, don't bother asking)
733 MHz PIII
Inside Technologies 786LCD 3.5" Biscuit Board
512 MB PC 133 SODIMM
IBM Travelstar 2.5" 20GB
On Board Sound and Video
Custom Made Case and Power Supply (wish I knew about Front Panel Express back when I made it.)

And alot of retired hunks of junk I haven't gotten around to throwing out yet.

-Ed

 

[KR...]

How about that MATROX P650 Video Card, 64MB DDR, 128-bit, Dual DVI, 8X AGP, Model "P650" ?

This is the card that I am looking to get, how do you like it?

 

[Edwood]

You have to reinstall Windows to get the damn driver to work correctly. I've had endless problems with Photoshop, Painter, and Illustrator. Damn pop up menus dissappear off screen. Argh.

Unless you are dying for dual DVI, I've had much better experience with my GF4 with DVI and VGA. The driver has more features, and is easier to use. Not to mention you can actually play decent games with a GF4.

The P650 is a small card, and is cooled passively, so it's silent. It runs fairly cool too.

I haven't noticed a real difference in image quality between the two vid cards. Although, color calibration is a little easier with the P650. But I can't calibrate two monitors independantly on the same computer. (damn Mac luvin, Pantone/Colorvision!)

But I digress.

-Ed

 

[KR...]

Quote:

Originally posted by Edwood You have to reinstall Windows to get the damn driver to work correctly. I've had endless problems with Photoshop, Painter, and Illustrator. Damn pop up menus dissappear off screen. Argh. Unless you are dying for dual DVI, I've had much better experience with my GF4 with DVI and VGA. The driver has more features, and is easier to use. Not to mention you can actually play decent games with a GF4. The P650 is a small card, and is cooled passively, so it's silent. It runs fairly cool too. I haven't noticed a real difference in image quality between the two vid cards. Although, color calibration is a little easier with the P650. But I can't calibrate two monitors independantly on the same computer. (damn Mac luvin, Pantone/Colorvision!) But I digress. -Ed

What would be the best Photoshop video Card then for the PC IMHO? I do not play games.

 

[psyco1]

Mine

Antec SOHO Server case/ 420W psu
Epox EP-8k5a2+ mobo
Athlon 1800xp @ 2100xp cpu---want to get a 2500 Barton
Thermaltake volcano 7cu+ hsf
512meg Corsair pc2700 ram
Radeon 9700 128meg All In Wonder video--love it
Fortissimo II soundcard--want to get a TBSC
80G Maxtor 7200rpm
60G Maxtor 7200rpm
Lite-On 32x burner
Lite-On 16x dvd
Side panel 92mm fan
Sony 19" Trinitron
Logitech Z-560's
HP 2175 printer/scanner/copier
Linksys wireless router


Kid #1

Aopen mid case with 300W psu
Epox ep-8kta+
AMD Duron 650
512meg Crucial pc133 ram
Voodoo 5 agp video
15G Maxtor
16x dvd
Linksys wireless card
17" moitor


Kid #2
Aopen mid case 300w psu
ECS K7S5A mobo
800 Duron
256meg Crucial ram
6G WD hd
Radeon 7500 64meg ddr
52x cd rom
Linksys wireless card
17" monitor

 

[D-EJ915]

Quote:

Originally posted by KR... What would be the best Photoshop video Card then for the PC IMHO? I do not play games.

I do know that Matrox cards have excellent 2D performance, so if that's what you do, I'd get one of them, I don't know about their color accuracy or anything though.

 

[ls20]

xp1700+
512 ddr
80gb 7200rpm maxtor
ati 8500le
m-audio revolution

purty 19" compaq p910 (mitsu diamatron flat tube)

time-warner T1 connection for myself

 

[pank2002]

Now im dealing with a really old lady here (the oldest parts are about 4 years old, but she've got some surgey since that

1,1 Ghz Celeron processor
on a Soltek 67ev1 motherboard (now that's old !!!)
with 261,6mb (???) SDRAM (133)
and a ASUS geForce2 AGP-V7700 PRO graphiccard
I got a 80gb Seagate Baracude harddrive,
the crappiest creative soundblaster you can imagine
and a real old cdrom drive.
a Hyundai (yes, the same who makes cars) 17" screen
a Logitech mx500 (the newest branch on the tree)
Oh yeah, it all plays nice with my win2k sp4 OS

and a dsl 256/128 internet wire

I would buy a new one, but we just got a xbox for xmas, so ill proberbly use the money dedicated for a new comp to go on a nice travel to Colorado instead

 

[zcx]

sumsang 171N LCD display
Microsoft IE3.0 mouse and keyboard
mousepad--- Icemat
hard drive 120GB---7200
1GB DDR--kingston
P4 2.8G HZ
9800 pro video card

 

[Braver]

dude, with sucha system I'd expect to see a bit fat grin smiley!

 

[Voodoochile]

Quote:

Originally posted by zcx sumsang 171N LCD display Microsoft IE3.0 mouse and keyboard mousepad--- Icemat hard drive 120GB---7200 1GB DDR--kingston P4 2.8G HZ 9800 pro video card

Why the sad face? That seems like a very nice box to me?