Friday, August 28, 2009

Computers

Today I got my new computer and figured I may as well brag about specs ;) Here's a list of all my networked devices, they join Carlo Angiuli's computers along with the other housemates' laptops, iPods and phones. We have a total of 14 devices on our network - egads!

UPDATE: 1/21/10 - OS upgrades for singularity and little-guy

  • singularity - my new primary desktop. 8x as fast as sweetness and consumes half as much total power.

    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 905e - 2.5GHz, 65W energy efficient
    RAM
    4GB DDR3 1333
    Chipset
    AMD 785G
    Graphics
    AMD/ATi Radeon HD 4200 (integrated)
    Storage
    3x500GB SATA II
    Optical
    Samsung 22x DVD-RW
    Operating System
    Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" & Windows 7 Professional
    Year
    2009




  • sweetness - my stalwart companion for 5 years. She's still an excellent single core system, but we live in an era of immense parallelization, so it's time to move on. Any new usage ideas?

    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 2800+ - 1.8GHz, 89W, overclock to 2.4GHz for gaming
    RAM
    2GB DDR 400
    Chipset
    nVidia nForce 4 SLI
    Graphics
    nVidia 7900GS 256MB
    Storage
    160GB, 80GB SATA
    Optical
    18x DVD-RW, 20x DVD-ROM
    Operating System
    Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" & Windows XP Professional
    Year
    2004




  • media-pc - generic name avoids over-attachment. This beautiful box drives our 37" panel upstairs and hosts our household media.

    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4850e - 2.4GHz, 45W energy efficient
    RAM
    4GB DDR2 800
    Chipset
    AMD 780G
    Graphics
    ATI Radeon HD 3450+3200 hybrid crossfire
    Storage
    2TB SATA II
    Optical
    22x DVD-RW
    Operating System
    Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope"
    Year
    2008




  • little-guy - the netbook, a Dell Mini 9 [review]

    CPU
    Intel Atom N270 - 1.6GHz
    RAM
    1GB DDR2 800
    Chipset
    Intel 945G
    Graphics
    Intel GMA 950
    Storage
    4GB Solid State
    Optical
    none
    Operating System
    Jolicloud Pre-beta
    Year
    2009