Your computer!

[Captain Picard's Hair]

From cell phones to computers, now!

I know that, though we're all Trekkies/Trekkers/Trekkists/Trekkians, whatever the heck we're supposed to be called, many of you wouldn't be able to give technical details. Just say whatever you can about it. Mac/PC, Laptop/Desktop, screen type, etc...

Me: Nice modern sort of budget/mainstream dual core CPU (2.00 GHz) desktop PC. Came installed with Windows XP Professional, though I've recently added Linux on a second hard drive (I Still have Windows on the first). Acer 19" widescreen LCD monitor (at a resolution typical of larger models). 160 GB Windows HDD + 80 GB Linux HDD (Linux can access the Windows drive, so I effectively have 240 GB available in Linux) plus 500 GB external for backup. Logitech cordless keyboard, mouse - love the freedom from wires, and battery life has been far better than I expected! DVD burner, card reader, more USB ports than you can shake a stick at.

Linux has been like a free upgrade (not quite free, since I bought the second HDD rather than partition the first), as it runs my system much faster than XP did - and it's pretty much invulnerable to viruses/malware compared to Windows. I have the Linux version of Firefox 3, and haven't missed Windows yet. Web pages load at hyper speed in this thing.

[Captain Seafort]

I have a black and silver box, a screen, a keyboard and a mouse. Together, they make a glorified typewriter and allow me to communicate with you gentlemen (and women). Beyond that I haven't the foggiest.

[Reliant121]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor 4800+ 2 x 2.5 GHz
3070 mb RAM

i dunno much else

[Sionnach Glic]

I have a black and silver box, a screen, a keyboard and a mouse. Together, they make a glorified typewriter and allow me to communicate with you gentlemen (and women). Beyond that I haven't the foggiest.

Yeah, same here.

[Mikey]

Cheap way out for me - Dell 2100 or 4200 or some other sequence of 4 digits; Pentium 4 processor at 2.3 MHz, 80GB hard drive, CD-R drive, corded optical mouse, stock keyboard, but a nice 19" Viewsonic widescreen LCD monitor.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Cheap way out for me - Dell 2100 or 4200 or some other sequence of 4 digits; Pentium 4 processor at 2.3 MHz, 80GB hard drive, CD-R drive, corded optical mouse, stock keyboard, but a nice 19" Viewsonic widescreen LCD monitor.

I really hope you mean GHz, since even a low end PDA gets into the 100 MHz range

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Technical details for me: Pentium dual core e2180 2.0 GHz, 2 GB (2048 MB) DDR2 RAM, HDD stuff noted above

[Bryan Moore]

Currently at my parents' house I'm on a Dell Dimension 8400. 3.2 GHz processor, 1.0 GB of RHAM, 228GB hard drive. Was pretty ballin when we got it in 2005.

[Mikey]

Cheap way out for me - Dell 2100 or 4200 or some other sequence of 4 digits; Pentium 4 processor at 2.3 MHz, 80GB hard drive, CD-R drive, corded optical mouse, stock keyboard, but a nice 19" Viewsonic widescreen LCD monitor.

I really hope you mean GHz, since even a low end PDA gets into the 100 MHz range

Yes, yes, it's just not good enough to call me at work and remind of the difference between "mega" and "giga."

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I have a black and silver box, a screen, a keyboard and a mouse. Together, they make a glorified typewriter and allow me to communicate with you gentlemen (and women). Beyond that I haven't the foggiest.

Yeah, same here.

Also.

Honestly, a PC really has to do four things for me:

1. COnnect to the internet.

2. let me write/save my fanfiction.

3. Let me play a SW game with my friends online.

4. Let me play DVDs/CDs.

And that's... pretty much it.

[stitch626]

I have a desktop PC at home. It runs Windows XP Profesional.
Moniter: old NEC MultiSync LCD 1530V (no idea what any of that means besides LCD), 15' I think
Keyboard: um... its just a keyboard
Mouse: optical... and just like most other mice
Computer: Intel Celeron CPU, 2.80 GHz, 960 MB RAM (going to add another 512 MB soon)
149.08GB + 42.08 GB (OS on larger drive)
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series (I think this is my vidio card)

Honestly, don't know how good or bad my machine is, but it does what I need it to. And for some reason, it doesn't get viruses. Which is a good thing, I'm certainly not complaining.

My laptop will take a while to find the specifications for, not sure where they hide all of the info (runs Linux, not Windows).

[Thorin]

I have a laptop.
And desktop.

My laptop currently turns on, while my desktop doesn't seem able to.

And there my computer knowledge ends.

[colmquinn]

Desktop p3 850, its rubbish but it works (bit like my car and my phone really)

[Reliant121]

My graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 3850

[Teaos]

I'm usually on my laptop, a Dell Latitude D510, the only reason I know that much is because it says it right above the keypad.