Seeing how computers is my second interest and not sure if anyone else here in ChefTalk has a keen technical mind, I'd like to see posts on your system specs. My desktop (gaming, internet, cd burning, and movies) P4 @1.6ghz socket 478 Thermaltake Spark 7+ Xaser Edition MSI 845 Ultra intel 845D chipset 512mb PC2100 DDRam (1x256 kingston value, 1x256 crucial premium) Radeon 9800Pro 128mb to Optiquest Q71 17" monitor Realtek RTL8029 10/100 ethernet (cable modem) Creative SBLive value to Logitech Z-560 4.1 speakers Western Digital 120gb Cavalier 8mb cache (60gb boot/80gb storage) Maxtor Diamondmax 60gb (storage on removable rack) Pioneer DVD-116/2 DVD-Rom 16x AOpen CDRW 24x10x32 My laptop (IBM T20 used for work, light gaming, and movies) PIII @ 733 192mb PC100 IBM 10gb Hard drive S3 Savage 8mb AGP2x Crystal SoundFusion Hitatchi GD-S200 DVD-Rom 4x Intel Pro/100 Ethernet Brand spanking new battery that lasts me 3.5h on idle Both are hooked up to a linux hub for firewall, NAT, and internet sharing.
Hi H.C I'm not the best when it comes to computers! this is all I know about mine:- AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.66 GHz 256 MB Ram Sony DVDRW Philips CDRWDVD 60gb Standard Hard drive USB ADSL Modem And It's Linked to another computer in the house (ether net). Looking at buying a Laptop, and maybe a Mac!
HC and Lins, your computer acumen is impressive! And then, there's me. As Sergeant Schultz (of Hogan's Heroes) would say, "I know NOTTING!" I've got a nice, fast Dell and a very intelligent engineer-husband. I don't trouble my pretty little head with the details! I don't know what I'd do without a cable modem- and my husband, of course.
ahh, timing is everything when buying. p4 3.2 HT Gigabyte something or other 512 pc3200 FX5600 256meg 120hdd nec dvd/cd burner 19in monitor (crt) xp home speakers yahda yahda still quite cheap given stuff bought.
hmm... a little old and on a budget epox 8rda+ xp1700+overclocked to 2.1 aircooled wgd30gig(way small now) 512 crucial mem(need more)oc's ok for me radeon 8500le SC turtle beach various cd drives love tweaking-don't have to trace chipsets anymore to gain multi's and can mess with most things in bios. danny
Mac enthusiast here: Dual 1.8GHz G5. Sweet machine and a beauty to look at. In all, our little office holds 2 desktop PCs, a Vaio laptop, my G5, and on alternating days of the week, my wife's Dell laptop from her work and a Titanium Powerbook from my work. Oh, right, four printers and a scanner, wired network with wireless router and cable broadband to boot. Oh, the networking headaches on the PC side of things...
Just depends what you're familiar with. I think PCs are pretty easy to network. Easier before Microsoft decided to make it "easier" anyway. XP's worse than the early 95, 98, or ME.
Ge Force 2.6 GeForce 5800x graphics 128mb 512 RAM 80mb hd speakers stuff n sparkly bits... I play clan based games so the graphics card is important.