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Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:56 pm**

There's probably already a topic about this, but I'm too lazy to dig it up. What kind of rig is everyone running? My current computer: Case: Raidmax ATX form 19"x21" tower with 6 internal fans. CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Motherboard: SOYO KT880 Dragon 2 Vid Card: ATI Radeon 9800pro 256mb 256bit Memory: 1 gig Hard Drive: Maxtor 120GB Monitor: 15" Rosewill LCD screen ANNNNNNDDDDD For christmas, I'm getting new components! CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual Core processor Motherboard: eVGA NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX (Yes. An SLI ready mobo. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> ) Vid Card: eVGA Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:32 pm**

Well, let's see... *gets out his receipt* Intel P4 2.4GHz, ASUS P4PE Motherboard, 512MB DDR RAM, 2 80GB HDDs, 16x DVD-ROM, 52x24x52x CD-RW, SB Live 5.1 sound card, nVidia GeForce4 AGP, 350W power supply, SyncMaster 753DF monitor (17" CRT), and... *checks his kernel* ...a Philips SAA7130 TV tuner Oh, and I'm running... *checks his `uname -a` output* Linux doubleo9 2.6.14-gentoo-r1 #2 SMP Tue Dec 6 17:00:30 EST 2005 i686 Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:53 pm**

Well, you did ask for it . . . I am currently running a networked system. My main desk terminal: Compaq Presario 2700T Notebook Pent III, 1.06 GHz 1.0 GB RAM, 30 GB HD (NTFS) 15" screen, 1400 X 1050 pixels WinXP Pro SP2 My main runabout portable: IBM ThinkPad 600X Notebook Pent III, 647 MHz 576 MB RAM, 40 GB HD (FAT32) 13" screen, 1024 X 768 pix. Win2000 Pro SP4 Fileshare and Printshare: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Pent II, 349 MHz 128 MB Ram, 80 GB HD (NTFS, 4 partitions) Nokia Multigraph 447Za 15" CRT, 1024 X 768 pix. (ex-office, nice monitor for the $5 I paid at a rummage sale) Win2000 Pro SP4 Networking: Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B router supplemented with a Netgear 5 port switch, various Linksys and Siemens Wireless-B Notebook adapters, Xircom and Trendnet rj45 ethernet cards, and lots of wire . . .

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:30 pm**

My boxen is good in places and bad in places... Case/Computer model: D4100Y HP tower Dual core Pentium D Proc, 3GHz 1 Gig ram 80Mb HD 64MB Nvidia card; leeches enough ram to make it seem like 256MB card o_o 15 inch LCD screen Win XP Home CD/DVD R/RW And... a POS Keyboard, suited for mashing keys hard without worrying of destruction <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:52 pm**

my computer is a peice of crap. It run's fine for a computer from 2003 or whenever I got it, but some of the hardware is not compatable with nearly any distrobution of any operating system than windows unless you feel like spending hours extra making it work. ...that's really all you need to know about it. I want to get a new laptop for christmas.

Posted: **Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:02 pm**

A yes, laptops... ...where that hardware compatibility problem can pop up even faster. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/flee.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='flee.gif' />

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:15 pm**

Not that I understand what all those abbreviations and numbers mean but, how do you get all the specs? Are they written somewhere in the computer? Richard, when I saw your comment about laptops your avatar was miserable.png. Very apt for what you said.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:29 pm**

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Jack Ravendawn @ Dec 19 2005, 09:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Not that I understand what all those abbreviations and numbers mean but, how do you get all the specs? Are they written somewhere in the computer?</td></tr></table>  We get the specs from sources such as:<ul> </li><li>the receipts for our computer purchases </li><li>advertisements for said computers </li><li>picking the parts ourselves, so we just know </li><li>asking the computer, "What are you made of?" (In Windows, right click on "My Computer" and select "Properties...", then read what comes up in the resulting window; checking the Device manager might help too. On Linux, use utilities like lspci, lsusb, and uname, or try to read through the contents of /proc) </li></ul>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Jack Ravendawn @ Dec 19 2005, 09:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Richard, when I saw your comment about laptops your avatar was miserable.png. Very apt for what you said.</td></tr></table>  That's why I don't use laptops.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:38 pm**

An even better place to lookin Windows is "System Information", which usually resides somewhere like this: Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information And yes, I tend to agree. Linux is hard to get to work on laptops . . . there's almost always one more device driver to find, unless you're willing to use a big name company distro like SUSE.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:17 pm**

the plastic thing on the front of my computer it had the specs on a sticker.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:55 pm**

Funny, that sticker only gives the specs for the monitor on my system.

Posted: **Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:56 pm**

I have: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2Ghz Asrock K8 Combo Z 768Mb DDR RAM 2 x 40Gb IDE hard drives (not really used) 160Gb SATA hard drive DVD ROM Drive CD-RW Drive Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT AGP

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:58 am**

Basics: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name BEN System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation System Model Dimension 2200 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1296 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A02, 5/21/2002 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)" User Name BEN\Ben Schwab Time Zone Eastern Standard Time Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB Available Physical Memory 45.02 MB Total Virtual Memory 879.10 MB Available Virtual Memory 436.00 MB Page File Space 625.09 MB Page File C:\pagefile.sys It's an old computer and behind the curve even when new. I have pathetic cards and drivers and hardware/software. I had a decent printer until I smashed it up and I liek my scaner. There isnt; huch else ot liek abotu my comp. I can provide mroe details when requested.

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:16 am**

Total Physical Memory 32768.00 MB Available Physical Memory 810.07 MB Total Virtual Memory 2348.16 MB Available Virtual Memory 1744.00 MB Page File Space 5000.24 MB 640 GB Harddrive Dual core Pentium Z Proc, 9GHzDual Well, I'm not checking, but this is probably true.

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:14 am**

MY COMPUTER CAN PLAY WOLF 3D AND EVEN DOOM

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