The Windows Desktop .. still ticking fine! (9th grade, 1998)
- eMachines eTower 366i2
- 366 MHz Celeron
- 96 MB SD100 RAM (32+64)
- 4.1 Maxtor drive
- 15" CRT monitor (KDS)
- generic 40x CD-RW
- Acer 2x1x4 CD-RW (dates from '98
)
- WinTV tuner
- Win98, recently turned Win2K, soon to be Win98 again (2k won't connect to the internet properly with my ethernet card)
- Logitech Cordless Desktop (first wireless keyboard/mouse combo Logitech made)
The Mac Laptop (10th grade, 2000)
- PowerBook 3400c
- 12" active matrix
- floppy (ooooo
)
- 200 MHz, 16 MB RAM (soon to be 144), 2 GB HDD
- limping on OS9 and won't let me boot into Linux we put on it
.. after the RAM increase will be OSX/Linux possibilities
- first computer I bought on my own, $699 at MacResQ
The Windows Laptop (12th grade, 2002)
- Sony Vaio FXA53
- Athlon XP 1600+ (1.3 GHz)
- 256 MB SD133 RAM
- 30 GB HDD
- three-spindle: DVD/CDRW, floppy (removable for second battery
)
- 14.1" SXGA-TFT
- WinXP Professional
- currently no Ethernet thanks to a recent electrical storm, needs motherboard
The Mac Desktop (freshmen year, 2003)
- Power Mac G3/266 (Rev B with A/V)
- 320 MB SD66 RAM (128+128+64)
- 40 GB (10 + 30)
- floppy, CD, Zip
- 17 Apple CRT, hopefully soon a 15" LCD
- OSX 10.2.6
- $10 2-port USB 2.0 card (Wal-Mart clearance), $1 2-port FireWire card (yard sale
), free video card (trade with friend), free Logitech Cordless Freedom keyboard/mouse (logitech.com contest). Computer/monitor itself was $225 after shipping, and the 30 GB drive was $29. Good deals, I think...
Both Windows computers were bought brand new (part of the laptop was my graduation present). Both Macs were clearly bought used. Until recent events forced me not to, I had used all except the PowerBook daily. Now the G3 is my daily machine until both Windows computers are working properly again (both work fine sans Internet capabilities, which renders them useless to me currently!). In two years I plan to build myself a decent PC, and the eMachines will become a dedicated something-or-other (alarm surveillance system is something I have in mind).
