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Darwin:
I was recently given a circa 2000 Samsung Sens 820 notebook with a BIOS password that no one could remember:

PC 5:
CPU: PIII 600Mhz
RAM: 192MB SODDIMM
HD: 12 GB 4200rpm
OS: Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)
Graphics: ATI RAGE Mobility 128, 8 MB
Soundcard: No idea!
Korean keyboard

I defeated cleared the BIOS password by disconnecting all power and unplugging the CMOS battery overnight. My next challenge was a bum install of Windows XP and what turned out to be a dead stick of RAM (when I received it, it had 2x128MB RAM - I swapped in a spare 64MB SODDIMM I had lying around). It was *supposed* to get Xubuntu, but I popped in the wrong install CD :o :-[ I'll probably uninstall Ubuntu and install Xubuntu at some point as Ubuntu is a bit slow on this configuration (no surprises there!).

cranioscopical:
Just unpacked, but not yet even close to be taken into use:

Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Pi 2680 - E01 (desktop medium sized tower)
Vista Home Premium (OEM, no disc)
2x2 GB DDR2 RAM
2x500 GB SATA
Intel QuadCore2
NVidia GeForce 9600GT 512 MB
-Curt (October 04, 2008, 07:27 AM)
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That'll improve performance somewhat  :)

Jesper Hertel:
Here is my laptop, which is also my main computer:

AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50, 1.6 GHz (mostly running at 800 MHz to reduce fan noice)
2 GB RAM (DDR2, PC2-4300, 266 MHz)
100 GB Hard Drive (Seagate Momentus 5400.2 Ultra ATA/100)
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with 128 MB on-board RAM
17" LCD with resolution 1440x900
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002, SP3-Jesper Hertel (September 16, 2008, 07:01 PM)
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I just bought a new, second laptop, intended to be a spare laptop, but it quickly took over as my primary computer - it is surprisingly fast :) (I had been told Vista was slow?):

Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, 1,66 MHz
15,4 WXGA (1280x800) LCD (16 ms)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 with 128 MB dedicated memory and up to 400 MB total memory
160 GB HDD (Toshiba MK1637GSX, 5400 RPM)
DVD-Super Multi double layer (DVD+-R double layer, DVD+-RW)
2 GB DDR2 RAM (Samsung, PC2-4300, 266 MHz, CL4)
802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN
Windows Vista Home Premium

Price 3000 DKK, about 558 USD, including VAT.

Darwin:
Yes, Curt! That should be a blazing machine! Are you going to be running 32-bit or 64-bit Vista Home Premium? Hope it's 64-bit so you can use all 4 gigs of RAM. Having said that, the 3 gig that I am running in my notebook are MORE than enough to keep me grinning when I use my computer... Let us know what you think of Vista (I know your g-f's computer is already running it and that you've played with it, but now you'll be "living" in it)!

Jesper - nice notebook  :Thmbsup: Vista has been a big surprise for me, consideirng the bad press.

Curt:
I did TRY to consider 64-bit, but realized that I knew too little about the subject to understand what would become of my favourite 32-bit program - so 32-bit it is. I hope the 7777 dkr is a fine (=low) price, but the salesman knew even less about computers than me, though he would be pleased to also offer me a washing machine, of which we also both knew next to nothing...

I never before took interest in the 32 vs 64 -bit situation. It is however not too late to return the package and get a 64-bit instead, but it would take for me to first understand if I then will loose all of my 32-bit programs?

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