What hardware I use
I always find it interesting to see what technology people use in their day to day life, so I though I would post my own “What I Use” post. Just a note: Lots of my stuff has been handed down to me so it is quite old.
Main Machine
I have recently switched to my Netbook for use while at home and out and about. I’m amazed how well it performs most of the time, and considering I normally only use Live Messenger, Firefox and Media player, I don't really need a full desktop machine. It even runs Visual Studio 2008!
It’s currently running XP Home, but I’m going to upgrade it to Professional when I get the chance. Also tempted to give Window 7 a shot on it once I have purchased another gig of ram.
When at home I have it plugged into a Dell 19” LCD monitor as the 10.2” screen becomes a little hard to work on after a while. I also connect it up to a Microsoft keyboard and Mouse.
Desktop Machine
This was my main machine till recently. Its a mix and match machine built up over a couple of years.
It has
- AMD Athlon 2800+ (32 bit, single core)
- 1gb Ram
- 80gb Hard drive
- 64mb nVidia something-a-rather
- 5.1 channel sound card
- XP Pro SP3
- 19” Dell LCD (Shared with laptop) and a 17” No-Name LCD
Servers
Because both of my servers are (rather) old, I run two (though I am upgrading to a brand new one in the next few months). They are close in hardware configuration but run different tasks as one can’t handle the lot. Both run Windows 2003 with all the latest updates.
Server 1 (HP Netserver E200):
- 1ghz Pentium 3 CPU
- 640mb ram
- 18gb SCSI drive
- Tape Drive
Server 2 (Random bits from over the years):
- 1ghz Pentium 3 CPU
- 768mb ram
- 80gb and 40gb hard drives
I also have an old Compaq machine running as a Smoothwall box. Can’t remember what it is, I think its around 700mhz with 256mb ram with a 20gb hard drive. Its been running months on end without me touching it.
Music Players
I currently have 2 MP3 players – an 80gb iPod Classic which is around a year old and a 30gb original Zune that I won a few months back. Use both about the same amount, don’t really prefer either, they both do what they’re supposed too with minimal effort.
Other bits and bobs
- 500gb Seagate external hard drive – Mainly used for storing big things that don’t fit on my laptop and backups
- Nikon CoolPix S210 – For a cheap camera its surprisingly good minus the screen quality.
- Logitech 5.1 speakers
- Random other old machines and servers
- Sanyo SCP-31000 cell phone on Telecom (for texting) and an iMate SP3 Smartphone on Vodafone
I’m sure there’s something important I've left off the list, but that's (at least) the basics of my digital day-to-day life.
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