OKAY WHERE DO I START
|
OKAY I
USE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, ALL NETWORKED TO PRINT AND
ACCESS THE INTERNET. FORM LEFT TO RIGHT AND ONE DOWN
UNDER; 1. PENTIUM III 1 GIG ON AN SOYO WITH 120 GIGS OF STORAGE AND 1 GIG OF PC 133 SDRAM. IT ALSO HAS A SCSI 16X CDRW, SONY 52X CD, TWO HOT SWAP DRIVE BAYS, AND OF COURSE A 1.44 FLOPPY. AN AGP ATI RADEON 32 MEG VIDEO CARD, ON BOARD AC'97 WDM SOUND FOR NOISE, AND A US ROBOTICS 56.6 MODEM, 3COM 10\100 NIC. THIS IS MY SERVER. WHAT KEEPS IT ALL RUNNING, YOU MIGHT OF KNOWN, WINDOWS XP PRO, TILL I CAN AFFORD SERVER 2003 :) |
| 2. CELERON 466 ON AN ABIT BE6 WITH 25 GIGS OF STORAGE AND 256 MEGS OF PC 100 RAM. IT ALSO HAS A CDRW - ACER 8-4-32, ZIP 100, AND 1.44 FLOPPY. AN AGP NVIDIA GEFORCE II 64 MEG VIDEO CARD. A SOUND BLASTER AWE-64, 3COM 10\100 NIC, AND A US ROBOTICS 56.6 MODEM. THIS SYSTEM ALSO HOSTS MY HP FLATBED SCANNER, WEB CAM, DIGITAL CAMERA AND MANAGES ALL MY FAX MESSAGES. YES IT DOES CRASH OCCASIONALLY, BUT I CAN BE BACK UP AND RUNNING IN LESS THAT 8 MINUTES. WITH NORTON GHOST :) THIS IS MY WINDOWS '98 SE MACHINE. |
|
|
3. PENTIUM 6 TUALATIN 1.13 GIG ON A MATSONIC MAINBOARD, AN ANTEC SILVER ORB AND 2 EXTRA CASE FANS :). 180 SMALL GIGS OF STORAGE AND 512 MEGS OF PC 133 RAM. IT ALSO HAS A 16X FULL SPEED DVD, ON BOARD AC'97 WDM SOUND FOR NOISE, TWO HOT SWAP DRIVE BAYS, AN INTERNAL 6 IN 1 MEDIA CARD READER / WRITER, AND A 1.44 FLOPPY, WHY I DON'T KNOW, NEVER HAVE USED IT. AN AGP NVIDIA GEFORCE III 64 MEG 4X VIDEO CARD, MOTOROLA 56.6 MODEM, 3COM 10\100 NIC, GETS ME TO THE EVER NEEDED WINDOWS UPDATE SITE. THIS IS MY WINDOWS 'SE GAMING MACHINE. I KNOW THERE ARE BETTER ONES AVAILABLE NOW, BUT I ALWAYS SAY IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT :) |
|
4. DOWN UNDER: A DURON 750 ON A MATSONIC MAINBOARD, 256 MEGS OF PC133 SDRAM, 1 HOT SWAP DRIVE BAY, AND A TOSHEBIA 8X CD-RW, 3COM 10\100 NIC. IT'S MY BIZ SYSTEM RUNNING WINDOWS 95C AND THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING I USE THIS SYSTEM FOR. NESSLED ATOP OF THE DURON SYSTEM IS MY MASTER VEIW HOT SWITCH WHICH LETS ME FEED ALL FOUR INTO THE SAME MONITOR AND LOGITECH WIRELESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE. OH YEA :) |
|
A GEM 19" MONITOR LETS ME SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT DESKTOP. CENTERED UNDER THE MONITOR IS ONE OF THE FOUR SURGE SUPPRESSORS I HAVE, THIS IS A MUST IN MY BOOK. |
|
OH, YES NOW FOR THE SPEAKER ARRAY THREE SUBWOFFER SYSTEMS ON 1, 2, AND 3. THE FOURTH SET OF SPEAKERS ARE MOUNTED UNDER THE DESK ABOVE THE 3 SUB BOXES, AND AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED, IT CAN GET A BIT LOUD :) |
WHY WINDOWS, WELL I'VE RAN THEM ALL, LINUX - BE OS -SOLARIS - OS2 - UNIX - PC DOS. IF YOUR KIDDING YOURSELF THAT AN ALTERNATE OS MAY BE BETTER, EVEN WITH THE LIMITED SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM, WELL YOUR JUST KICKIN' A ROCK :)
THAT ABOUT SUMS IT UP, JUST A TYPICAL GEEKS LAYOUT :)
OH, NO , WHAT'S NEXT AFTER WINDOWS XP?
'WINDOWS SERVER 2003 & LONGHORN XP'
GUESS I'LL HAVE TO GET A HOT SWITCH THAT HANDLES MORE THAN FOUR :)
EXTREME 
MACHINES