Computers
Now here's a subject that is close to our
hearts, isn't it ?
I have been asked what kind of a computer I use at home
and I feel here is a good place to let you know just what I've been through as far as
hardware is concerned.
My First Computer :
- A Compaq Deskpro 286 with 4 meg of RAM and a clock speed
of an incredible 12 Mhz ! Do you Believe it ? How about this ... the hard drive was an
over whelming 40 Meg !!! "More than what I would ever need." said the salesman .
Ha ! It also came with two Floppy drives both 5.25" later, I exchanged one for a
3.5" floppy.
Computer # 2 )
- Leading Edge 486 DX with 16 meg of RAM running at 66 Mhz
with a 420 Meg Hard drive - Oh boy, A Big Jump ! With One 3.5" Floppy Drive and a 6X
CD-ROM drive.
Computer # 3 ) - ( actually an upgrade )
- Leading Edge 486 DX with 48 meg of RAM running at 133 Mhz
with two hard drives, a 2.5 GB HDD, the 420 MB HDD including a 6X CD-ROM and 3.5"
floppy drive.
Computer # 4 )
- A Custom built "Pentium Pro" 200 Mhz with 1Meg
RAM (on the chip), running with 128 meg of RAM, three hard drives, a 6.5 GB HDD,
a second 6.5 GB HDD as well as the 2.5 GB HDD, two 3.5" floppies and 32X CD-ROM,
Sound Blaster 32 sound card, a 100 meg zip drive and a 3.2 GB Seagate Tape Drive for
backup, all built in a full tower case Coupled to an HP Scanjet 4C flatbed scanner.
Computer # 5 )
- Another Custom Built Pentium III - 700 Mhz (Flip Chip),
Over clocked to 933 MHZ, mounted on a CUBX 440BX motherboard capable of eight devices and five USB ports in a mid
tower ATX case, powered by a 250 watt power supply running 256 Megs of 133 PCI SDRam RAM,
3 Hdd's 1 - 6GB & 1 - 10GB & 1 - 20GB Hard Drive, a 48x CD-Rom Drive, a three in
one CD-Rom / DVD / Writer, plus 1 - 100Meg Zip Drive, 2 - 3.5 " floppy drives, a 56K
V.90 Single Point Modem, including a 10/100 Intel Ethernet Network adapter, a Creative
Labs 32 Meg Terminator II video card (First Giga-texal video card), 1 - SoundBlaster 32
Live sound card and still, ... a USB digtal camera, a 19" SVGA .27 dot Color Monitor,
Coupled to an HP Scanjet 4C flatbed scanner and a Cannon model BJC-6000 printer and a
laser mouse.
Computer # 6 )
- Custom Built Pentium IV, 1.7 GB with 760 MB of
133 MHz SDRAM RAM, 5 USB ports, a 16 GB main HDD running Windows XP Pro SP-2
and a secondary Archival 40 GB HDD, a CD-RWBurner, 52X CD-ROM, 10/100
Intel Ethernet Network adapter, running an HP all in one HP 1200 series
Printer /Copier / Scanner, a 21" SVGA .27 dot Color Monitor, a 300 Watt Pwr
Supply.
Computer # 7 )
- Withholding Specs on this baby until later.
(You've come a long way Babe !)
Ok now, and just what
kind of a computer are you running ?
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