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I have owned many desktop computers since I built my first one in early 2000 but I seem to tinker so heavily with them that they break rather quickly on me.  I have been fortunate enough to own many laptops since 1998 when I bought a Pentium 2 233mhz Umax model notebook.   If you want to read a list detailing my complete computer history you can scroll to the bottom of this article.

In 2005 my Apple Powerbook (October 2005 model) was stolen from my house by a roommates friend in February 2007, even though we knew who had it the police were not able to recover it.  With support from my family I purchased a new Macbook Pro 2.33Ghz in February 2007 that was also stolen from me in October 2007 when I was a victim of a home invasion burglary where they took my Xbox 360 and Audio/Video receiver as well.  I moved after the second theft to a place 30 miles outside of the city because even with gas its cheaper than being robbed so often.

This is a list of my current computers as of 8/12/08.

Laptop – Purchased December 2007

• Hostname: Mactop
• Model – Macbook Pro 2.6ghz
• Operating System - OS X 10.5 and Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
• Virtualized Operating Systems – Windows XP w/SP3
• Memory – 4Gb of DDR2 RAM
• Storage – 250Gb 5400rpm SATA HDD
• Graphics – Nvidia 8600GM 256mb

Desktop – Built Mid 2008

• Hostname: GFIVEBOX
• Model – Custom: LianLi Case, Asus Striker II Formula Motherboard, Intel Q6600 2.4ghz Quad Core
• Operating System – Windows Vista Ultimate x64 w/SP1
• Virtualized Operating Systems – Ubuntu 8.04, Windows XP w/SP3, Arch Linux
• Memory – 4Gb of DDR2 RAM
• Storage – 750Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, 750Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD, 500Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD
• Graphics – Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb

Server One – Built Mid 2004

• Hostname: Bluebox
• Model – Custom: Antec Rack Case, Intel Entry Level Motherboard, Intel P4 2.4ghz 533mhz FSB
• Operating System – Windows 2003 Standard
• Memory – 2Gb of DDR400 RAM
• Storage – 5×300Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD’s, 2×250Gb 7200rpm IDE HDD’s
• Graphics – ATI RAGE XL Embedded

Server Two – Built Mid 2006

• Hostname: Bluetwo
• Model – Custom: Brandless Rack Case, Tyan Server Motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 4000+
• Operating System – Ubuntu 6.06LTS
• Memory – 2Gb of DDR2 RAM
• Storage – 3×500Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD’s, 250Gb 7200rpm SATA HDD
• Graphics – Integrated ATI Graphics

My Computer History

Laptops

Windows 98 Laptops

• 1998-1999 – Umax 233mhz Pentium 2, 64Mb Ram, 8Gb HDD (Was crushed when sat on by sibling)
• 1999-2001 – Custom 266mhz Pentium 2, 384Mb Ram, 20Gb HDD,  w/DVD Playback -  (Purchased second hand by sibling as replacement)
• 2001 – 2003 - Compaq 333mhz AMD Duron, 40Gb HDD, 512Mb Ram, w/DVD Playback – (Given to me by my father who I gave it back to in 2003, he would later give it to another family member)

Windows XP Laptops

• 2003 – 2005 – VooDoo PC Envy M:355 1.7Ghz Pentium M, ATI 9200, 60Gb HDD 7200rpm, 512mb of RAM – I self upgraded this to an Envy M:360 by purchasing the later models barebone kit from a seperate reseller and transferring the parts into the VooDoo case. (Went to my sister so I could go Mac)

Mac OS X Laptops

• 2005 – 2007 – Apple Powerbook 1.67Ghz, 2Gb of DDR2 Ram, 100Gb HDD 7200rpm, October 2005 Model (Stolen in Feb 2007)
• March 2007 – October 2007 – Apple Macbook Pro 2.33Ghz, 3Gb of DDR2 Ram, 160Gb HDD 5400rpm, ATI X1600 Graphics -  (Stolen in October 2007)
• December 2007 – Present – Apple Macbook Pro 2.6Ghz, 4Gb of DDR2 Ram, 250Gb HDD 5400rpm, Nvidia 8600GM – (My Current Notebook)

Desktops

• Way too many to count, I am constantly upgrading/tweaking and rebuilding my desktop computer.  I might even have upgraded in the last hour or so that I took to compile all this information.

Servers

I have not owned any other servers than the two listed above.