Post your computer

[Rogles]

BSD: OK, I really need to address this one because this is just blatantly wrong. OS X is based on NextStep, which was based on BSD. It still mentions BSD if you boot to the command line or watch the verbose boot. However, it is not BSD. It's OS X. More specifically, the heavily extended and modified UNIX core of OS X is called Darwin. And Darwin is available from Apple as open source software. Feel free to download and install it on something, modify the code, whatever you want. What you don't get for free is all the additional layers on top of Darwin that comprise OS X, because that all belongs to Apple. And they deserve to get paid for their work. At least they don't charge the absurd price of Vista, and OS X only comes in two flavors--client and server. Also, Linux is not UNIX, it's UNIX-like. As of OS X 10.5, OS X is fully certified as UNIX. Only a couple OSes like AIX, HP/UX and Solaris can say that.

What about A/UX?

[133MHz]

Ok, seriously, think about this: Ever since Apple started using intel processors and switched to that unix os, their computers just became Pcs running linux. So why should that bother anyone?; because they cost an arm and a leg. They aren't very upgradable either, unless you buy "mac" specific hardware (e.g. mac memory, wtf? why doesn't my ram work in their linux pc..er I mean mac, lol.) I can build a pc that would run circles around a mac for a fraction of the cost!

Not to defend Apple (I don't want to! ) but Macs use standard memory and hard drives. If you're a savvy user you can upgrade your Mac without paying an arm and a leg for Kingston memory modules and Maxtor hard drives with an Apple sticker on them (the equivalent of Nintendo's Seal of Quality). And now that they use Intel processors, I'm pretty sure that you can upgrade the processor with a store-bought Intel replacement too.

Only Apple snobs with too much money or dumb people pay premium for Apple-certified upgrade parts.

Heck, I have two old Macs (PowerPC running at 60MHz and a 68LC040 running at 33 MHz) and both have third-party memory and hard drives! and the 68040 has a socketed processor so I could drop in a real 68040 with FPU and get more performance .

[UglyJoe]

Yeah, I was gonna say.  The "you must buy Apple hardware" thing is kind of a myth.  However, unless things have changed over the past 4 or 5 years, they certainly don't make it easy to replace anything other than the RAM in their laptops.

I replaced a dying HDD in my room mate's PPC Macbook (something like that...small size and white...had an apple logo on it...).  It took me all day to do it (and I needed to buy tools...stupid hex bits). 

[Trium Shockwave]

Yeah, we buy RAM, hard drives, mice, monitors and other common parts from the same places the PC guys do. When customers buy a new Mac through us, we generally won't order it with any RAM or hard drive upgrades from Apple. We just put our own stuff in. Even after we mark it up, it's still cheaper than Apple, and our OEM hard drives carry a 3 year warranty.

What about A/UX?

That was from Apple's dark days, when I sat on the PC side of the fence (for good reason). I can't really comment. My understanding is it sucked though.

Yeah, I was gonna say.  The "you must buy Apple hardware" thing is kind of a myth.  However, unless things have changed over the past 4 or 5 years, they certainly don't make it easy to replace anything other than the RAM in their laptops.

I replaced a dying HDD in my room mate's PPC Macbook (something like that...small size and white...had an apple logo on it...).  It took me all day to do it (and I needed to buy tools...stupid hex bits).

The recent laptops you can get to everything from the bottom. The current ones, the hard drives and RAM are under the bottom plate. The plastic Intel ones, those parts slid out of the battery bay. Now, the PowerPC iBooks, yeah. Those are a whore to get apart. You won't get argument from me there. Not one service tech shed a tear when that design was retired. And you think that's bad? Try to get the optical drive out of a 12" PowerBook G4. I'll give you a hint, it was the first thing into the case. Guess what that means.

[133MHz]

Finally got around to take some pics of my PC stuff!

Here's my current workstation. Also, creative uses for old, beat-up NES consoles:


The NES casing makes for an awesome LCD monitor stand! Also thanks to its bottom grooves it's really good for cable management.

• 16" LCD (1280x1024 native resolution - 5:4 aspect ratio - DVI interface)


• MS Natural Keyboard Pro (a touch typist's dream, multimedia buttons and two USB ports on the back!)


• Optical mouse I got like in 2000 when they were expensive and inaccurate.

...and yup, I'm left-handed .

Here's my loyal PC since 2003 (upgraded over the course of its life of course). Her name is NewMedea:


Her speculations:

• MSI KT4AV motherboard (rock solid, overclocker's dream)


• AMD Athlon XP 1700+ overclocked to 2100+


• 768MB DDR333 RAM overclocked to DDR350


• 80 and 40 GB hard drives (both almost full - in serious need of an upgrade)


• LG 16X DVD burner


• ATi Radeon 9250 AGP8X 128MB video card


• Phillips SAA7131 PCI video capture card


• Old school floppy drive (not used anymore - too lazy to remove)


• Windows XP Pro SP3

I know it's outdated and borderline obsolete, but it's good enough for my everyday needs (except for the lack of storage). I stopped being into PC gaming and going to LAN parties years ago. Anyway, IDE drives are extinct and expensive now so if I want a bigger hard drive, I'll have to look into SATA and that practically means building a new computer from scratch. My sister recently got a sweet rig with DDR2 and SATA for about $250 so I'll be surely replacing mine when the money comes (and that's also a good excuse for checking out the newest PC games ).

[manuel]

Nice monitor stand. 

[Byron]

IBM Thinkpad running Windows 98. The battery burned out years ago, so it doesn't work unless it's plugged in. Fifty megs of RAM in this baby. Intel Celeron processor. Totally sweet, I know, but I try to be humble.

[nintendodork]

50GB of RAM???  My present day Toshiba Qosmio X305 has 4!!!  And I thought that was close to the maximum!!

[Byron]

Oh, did I say that? Sorry!
Meant to type megs, not gigs.
*edited*

I actually meant to imply ironically that my laptop is a worthless piece of garbage, but my typo ruined the joke. Dangit.

[nintendodork]

It's funny how two letters can turn a whole joke around

[Byron]

Fifty gigs in a Thinkpad would be absolutely insane.

That would require black magic to be remotely possible.

[133MHz]

I've got an old Lappy too!

"It is a time of desolation, chaos, and uncertainty. Brother pitting against brother! Babies having babies! Then one day, from the right side of the screen, came a man. A man with a plastic rectangle. I mean laptop computer!" -- Strong Bad

And check out her speculations!

• Pentium II 266 MHz


• 160 MB RAM


• 10 GB HDD


• $15 PCMCIA Wireless adapter


• 3.5" Floppy & CD-ROM


• Serial, Parallel, VGA, Audio, PS/2, USB


• No Battery Life Whatsoever


• Dual-boot Windows 98SE & Windows 2000

I seriously love it! In Windows 98 it's DOS games & emulators heaven, loads of fun! and in Windows 2000 it's perfect for some light web surfing and MSN . Also it's loaded with my favorite music and Winamp for more awesomeness. The only downside is the battery but I hope to fix that in the near future .

Also, I'll give a box of cookies and 9000 Internets to the first who can identify the displayed game.

[LocalToast]

ASUS 22" Widescreen - 1080p, 1920x1080 (16:9)
Intel E8400 C2D
ASUS P5Q Pro
BFG Tech GTX 280
4GB Corsair DDR2 800MHz (2x2GB)
320GB Samsung SATA HDD
22X DVD+/-R burner w/Lightscribe
OCZ StealthXStream 600W

...Plus a Steam account loaded with Valve and id games

[Peps1ru1es92]

Ive got a Sylvania G netbook.
IT'S SMALL!


Here it is opened up


Edit: Specs of netbook are as follows
1.2GHz Via c7-m processor
1GB RAM
30 GB HDD
Windows Fundamentals for legacy PC's(replaced gOS linux after 1 hour of me owning it.)
About 2.5-3 Hours of battery life with Wi-Fi on.

My Desktop

Dell Optiplex GX150
1GHz Pentium III Processor
512 MB RAM (upgraded from 256)
40 GB HDD
Windows XP Pro (upgraded from 2000)
nVIdia Geforce FX 5200 AGP 4x video card
Here's a youtube video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQb82w57tsg

And My old laptop...actually My dad's but it became so slow, only I dared to use it. The netbook replaces it.
Compaq Armada 1750
300MHz Pentium II Processor
128 MB RAM
Windows 98SE/2000 - I have 2 hard drives that I switch depending what I want to do
98HDD - 6 GB - 1 GB partition for Puppy Linux
2000HDD - 4 GB
About 2 Hours of battery life with Wi-Fi...but this is one of those cool old ones where you could shove in another battery if you took out the Floppy Drive.

[Jollie]

an IBM Thinkpad T42 with Windows XP, 768mb RAM, 30gb HDD, ATI Mobility Raedon 7500, 3 hr battery Its not the greatest but it works unitl i get my Macbook.

IBM PS/2 L40SX Laptop from 1992 with like 5980kb HDD, 8MB RAM LOL. (HDD, and battery is completely fried).

IBM Thinkpad (Forgetting Model) with Windows 98, 128Mb RAM, 15gb HDD, No Battery at all lol.