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mrainey:
I have a Tosbiba A45-S150, P4-2.4, 1.25 GB RAM, 60GB HDD, XP Home - pretty much your basic laptop from a couple years ago.
Software I use the most:
UltraEdit
Excel 97
IBasic Professional
EXECryptor
Inno Setup Compiler
Firefox 1.5
SpamPal
Courier (email)
Classic Clipboard
Faststone Image Viewer
Outlook Express (newsgroup reader)
Kerio Personal Firewall
Avast Home
CounterSpy
Trojan Hunter
HTML Help Image Editor
JV16 PowerTools
Directory Opus
WinZip
Foxit Reader
Capture
Crap Cleaner
Windows Media Player
Bootit NG
nudone:
oh, go on then...
main pc:
antec p180 case (black)
seasonic s12 600w silent power supply
asus a8n sli premium
corsair 2gb ddr
athlon 64 x2 dual core 4800
plextor dvd/cd dual layer jobbo drive
creative x-fi fatality edition
xfx geforce 7800gtx
two 75gig raptor drives (in the old raid 0) inside silent max aluminium cases
two 250gig samsung spinpoints
leadtek digital tv tuner card
akasa 4 way fan controller
a few 120mm akasa fans
saitek keyboard
logitech 8 button mouse jobbo
some creative labs 5.1 speakers - only use them in 2.1
and the old eizo 24" widescreen monitor.
removable hard drive bay - 120gig ide drive.
netgear wifi router
used for:
3d shooter and driving games
creating stuff using the adobe programs.
browsing using maxthon
old machine
athlon xp2200
1.5 gig ram
120 gig drive
dvd/cd writer
audigy 1 card with the panel on the front of the case
altec lansing 2.1 speakers
19" crt ctx monitor (a good one)
geforce 4200
a few real slow spinning large fans
midi keyboard (can't remember the number of keys)
epson scanner
epson printer
cheapo keyboard and mouse
used for
watching films - the computer is connected to a 32" widescreen tv (not LCD)
making IDM type music with cubase and the usual stuff - at least in theory.
other stuff
some crappy athlon xp2000 with the usual stuff in it - haven't thought of a purpose for it yet.
a few hard drives - always come in handy for something. i've a couple usb type hard drive cases.
gericom laptop - pentium 4, 128meg geforce graphics, 512 meg ram - can't think of a good reason to turn it on. my sister uses it when she visits.
pentium 2 laptop - can't remember much about it - even less reason to turn it on.
pocket pc - use it for tom tom when i actually go somewhere i don't know - like once every couple of years, i.e. it's pretty pointless.
recently managed the throw even older machines away a few months back - been hanging on to them for years but had to admit they were just junk.
Hellie:
This my main machine I brought from ebay last week. I added to it an upgrade to a 300GB SATA 16MB CACHE HARD DISK. Also added a firewall card, a 17in flat screen monitor with speaker, a 56k modem for when BT Broadband is down, wireless mouse amd keybroad and a extra dvd/cd rewriter drive. Silent cooling case as well.
AMD Athlon 3700+ CPU With Latest 939 Pin
- 64Bit Design Actual Mode 3700+ With L2 Cache
nFORCE4 & nVIDIA Geforce 6100 Chipset
- 2 x PCI Slots, LAN Port & 6 x USB2.0 Ports
- DDR400, IDE, SATA, Dual Core & PCI-Express
- 7.1 Intergrated Sound & Superb nVIDIA 6100 Graphics
2GB DDR400 PC3200 RAM Memory
- Major Brand Used For Awesome Performance
- Fully Upgradeable (Larger Size, Faster)
200GB MAXTOR Hard Drive (I upgraded to 300GB 16MB CACHE HARD DRIVE)
- 7,200 RPM, ATA133 & 8MB Cache
- Major Brand Used For Awesome Performance
- Fully Upgradable (Larger Size, Faster Connection)
16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual Format ( I PURCHASED AN EXTRA ONE OF THESE)
- DVD+/-RW, DVD-ROM & CDRW All In One
- Fastest DVDRW Available, Burns 8GB Dual Layer DVDs
- Compatible With All Packages, Nero, PowerDVD Etc
- Fully Upgradeable (Extra Drive For Disk2Disk Copying)
Connectivity Range
- 6 USB2.0 Ports (Inc 2 On The Front)
- LAN Port For Networking/Broadband
- 7.1 Quality Intergrated Sound (8 Channel Sound!!)
- 56K Modem (Optional Extra) (i P-URCHASED THIS EXTRA)
- 3 Port Firewire Card (Optional Extra) (I PURCHASED THIS EXTRA)
3.5'' Floppy Disk Drive
- Still Widely Used & Still Included In All Palicomp PCs
nVIDIA 128MB Geforce 6100 Chipset
- 16X PCI-Express Slot & 1X PCI-Express Available
- Direct X9.0 & Pixel Shader 3.0 Finally Now As Standard
Genuine AMD Athlon 939 Pin 3700+ With 64Bit Technology
- Actual Model Number 3700+ - 939Pin Design - L2 Cache - More At AMD Website
**NEW** nVIDIA GeForce 6100 + 410 MCP Chipset **NEW**
- Latest nFORCE4 & nVidia Geforce 6100 Chipset - 800Mhz FSB - Supports DDR400 RAM
- LAN Conection - 2 PCI Slots - 6 USB2.0 Ports (2 Front)
- IDE & SATA Support - 16X PCI-Express Slot - 8 Channel Sound Output (7.1)
2GB DDR400 Major Branded RAM
Maxtor 200GB Hard Drive ATA133, 7200 RPM & 8MB CACHE
- MASSIVE 2048MB - Major Branded Memory - 184 Pin Dimm DDR400 RAM PC3200
- 200GB Hard Drive - Major Branded Unit - ATA133 - 7,200 RPM Speed
16XDVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual Format
3.5'' Floppy Disk Drive
- DVD+R @ 16X - DVD+RW @ 8X - DVD+R9 @ 4X
- DVD-R @ 16X - DVD-RW @ 6X - DVD-R DL1 @ 4X
- CD-R @ 48X - CD-RW @ 24X
Also Reads CD's @ 48X & DVD's @ 16X
7.1 Sound (8 Channel), LAN Port, 6 x USB2 Ports
- Broadband Ready - 7.1 Surround Sound (8Channel) - 4 x Rear USB2 Ports & 2 x Front USB2 Ports
nVidia 128MB Geforce 6100 Graphics - NV44 Intergrated
Also Latest 16XPCI-Express Slot + 1X PCI-Express Slot Available
- nVIDIA Geforce 6100 Chipset - 128MB DDR Memory - High Performance 256-Bit 3D Engine
- Pixel Shader 3.0 - Plays Most Games On The Market - PCI-Express Slots (16X + 1X)
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This cost 747 UK pounds including the extra upgrade items I brought.
It is brilliant very powerful. I hammer my PC in terms of web surfing and office type work as I work from home. I don't really use it for it for gaming.
My laptop is has a AMD Athlon 2800 processor, 286 ram and 40 hard disk. It is only 18 months so my next task is to upgrade the ram and hard disk. It will take up to 1024 Ram so if I upgrade I thinik it should be fine.
Software.
wwww.eset.com NOD32 anti virus
www.netveda.com firewall
Lava soft Adware remover.
Spyboot search and destroy
Spyguard
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 Beta
Gemx Notes bloat ware but good
Gemx Calender
Firefox
Thunderbird
BT Total Broadband Option 3 for my Wireless connection. Hence I use the BT Hub thats being heavily advertised in the UK at6 moment. Not the cheapest but convenient as it goes on my quarterly phopne bill, so that's fine. I use BT extra fast USB key for my laptop wireless conection. That cost an extra 58 UK pounds.
I have this software on both my PC and laptop.
Helen
Ps I have only had my PC a week whaat does everyone think have I got a good deal????
It was not brought from an individual I bid on it through one of the PC shops on ebay then I upgraded it with the extras as per above.
Carol Haynes:
Hi Hellie, strikes me as damn good value. Which eBay shop was that?
Hellie:
Its PALICOMP. The service was brilliant I bid on it and won a week last Wed evening at 8pm, spent 24 hours thinking about my extras. Spoke to them about my extras, I think they purpose made the PC for me. I paid extra for Sat deliverly and it was delivered by 8.30 on the Sat, last Sat.
Oh I forgot included in the price was XP Home Edition that I ppurchased as an extra and the Nero softaware for coping and playing CD/DVD'S.
It also has 12 months on site warranty with it!!! That can be extended to 3 years. A months software support again that can be extended too.
Its brilliant so powerful.
I would highly recommend them.
Helen
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