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About my computers

On this page you can find some information and specifications of my computers and peripheral devices.

Desktop

My desktop is currently an early 2008 model Apple iMac. Purchased in October of that year to relieve my laptop that was temporarily serving as as desktop before then. Came with 2 GiB of memory, but I doubled it right upon arrival.

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8235 (2.8 GHz, 6 MiB L2 cache)
Memory 2 × 2048 MiB DDR2 800 MHz (Dual Channel)
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro (256 MiB DDR3)
Monitor 24" wide-screen TFT panel (1920×1200 px)
Sound Stereo speakers and mono microphone
Combined analog/digital in, combined analog/digital out
Web cam Apple iSight (640×480 px, 30 fps)
Wi-Fi Apple AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n)
Hard disk drive Western Digital Caviar 500 GB (7200 rpm, 16 MB cache)
Optical drive Apple SuperDrive (Dual Layer DVD+/-R(W), slot loading)
Operating system Mac OS X Lion

Laptop

My laptop is a white late 2006 model Apple MacBook. Purchased in February 2007 to replace its predecessor (a Packard Bell). Also served as desktop for a while, when my previous desktop committed suicide. Came with 1 GiB of memory and a 80 GB hard disk. Those have since been replaced with 2 GiB and 250 GB versions, respectively.

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0 GHz, 4 MiB L2 cache)
Memory 2 × 1024 MiB DDR2 667 MHz (Dual Channel)
Graphics Intel GMA950 (on-board, 64 MiB shared)
Monitor 13.3" wide-screen TFT panel (1280×800 px)
Sound Stereo speakers and mono microphone
Combined analog/digital in, combined analog/digital out
Web cam Apple iSight (640×480 px, 30 fps)
Wi-Fi Apple AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n)
Hard disk drive Western Digital Scorpio 250 GB (5400 rpm, 8 MB cache)
Optical drive Apple SuperDrive (Dual Layer DVD+/-R(W), slot loading)
Operating system Mac OS X Lion

Devices

These are my mobile devices. By now it should be fairly obvious I’m an Apple fanboy. :P

Tablet computer Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G (32 GB, iOS 5)
Phone/Media player/Camera Apple iPhone 4 (32 GB, iOS 5)

Peripherals

These are the devices that are connected to my desktop, either directly or over the network.

Keyboards Apple Aluminum Keyboard
Apple Aluminum Wireless Keyboard
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution Wireless Laser Mouse
Touch tablet Apple Magic Trackpad
Pen tablet Wacom Bamboo USB
Speakers Creative GigaWorks T20 (2.0)
External drives Western Digital My Book Studio 1 TB (7200 rpm, 16 MB cache, USB 2.0, Firewire 400/800, eSATA)
LaCie d2 Quadra 1 TB (7200 rpm, 16 MB cache, USB 2.0, Firewire 400/800, eSATA)
Router/Wi-Fi access point Apple Airport Extreme base station (802.11a/b/g/n)

Server

You already met it, since it serves this web site, among other things. ;) It’s a virtual private server, running with three others on the same physical machine.

CPU Shared, 2.3 GHz (effectively ½ dedicated core)
Memory 1 GiB guaranteed
Hard disk space 25 GiB
Data transfer 50 GB/month
Extra KVM based, so I can install any OS I like
Own IPv4 address and a 64 bit IPv6 range
Operating system Debian Lenny