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velocityresolution — Sat, 27 May 2006 20:46:47 EDT

iBook G4 (the last one they made) with 1GB ram, and an external flat-panel monitor by ProView (I installed the firmware 'hack' to turn on monitor spanning). And, naturally I use an Apple "Nipple" Mighty Mouse. My files get carted around from place to place on a black iPod nano... But underneath it all, I really want a white MacBook!

velocityresolution

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Fangorn81 — Sat, 27 May 2006 13:45:11 EDT

I have a computer.

Fangorn81

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Pahtlor — Sat, 27 May 2006 12:09:13 EDT

Apple PowerBook G4 1.33GHz/1.25GB/100GB Sony CliÃ© UX50

Pahtlor

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seamonkey420 — Sat, 27 May 2006 10:35:59 EDT

Running my own custom built HTPC (Athlon 64) running Windows XP Media Center 2005 also got my G4 Tower running OS X Tiger and my phone running Windows Mobile 5 watch my tv and movies on my htpc and use my mac to burn my dvds and web surfing when my main pc is busy rendering video.. hehe..

seamonkey420

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BowserUSC — Sat, 27 May 2006 03:33:03 EDT

Dell Inspiron 6000 with XP and soon to be a Macbook running strictly XP. Thats right.

BowserUSC

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Jason Chen — Sat, 27 May 2006 00:19:19 EDT

I updated the post to reflect my full nerdy specs. And like John, I went Mac about two years ago with the iBook G4, and then last year picked up a PowerBook G4. I use both the PowerBook and the XP machine simultaneously with Synergy. It really is the best of both worlds. Doing more processor intensive stuff on the PC while using Apps like Adium on the PowerBook.

Jason Chen

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codybraxton — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:20:30 EDT

Laptop - Sony VAIO S480P running xp pro for work Desktop/HTPC - Antec Aria with P4EE running at 4 GHZ, EVGA 7900 GT OCd, X-FI Sound Card, DVB-S for testing (i mean subscribing, I swear) sattelite TV running xp pro. Logitech Z-5500 Speakers. Handheld - Treo 700W Thats alot of tech for a commercial real estate broker but tech is what I love.

codybraxton

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icky2000 — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:11:26 EDT

Yes, please, everyone post your computer configuration here. Fascinating!

icky2000

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thrillhouse — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:53:34 EDT

wolfie - does that come with a turbo charger?

thrillhouse

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William — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:01:04 EDT

wolfie, Is that *really* a machine? And you don't have two, do you? Why for? I'm pretty gullable.

William

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Gizmodo-Noah — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:33:43 EDT

Noah's Setup: 14-in iBook G4 16-in Acer TravelMate 8100 (XP) 20-in iMac some ancient Vaio laptop (XP awaiting Linux) 17-in PowerBook G4 Weber Smokey Joe Grill (Kingsford Match Light) Yuengling (Lager)

Gizmodo-Noah

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thrillhouse — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:17:02 EDT

Dell Dual-core E510 - XP Dell something er other (D800?) lappy - XP 6-year-old Homebuild - SuPerHaXor linux, er umm XP, that is.

thrillhouse

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wolfie — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:11:08 EDT

william: that's from the movie "my cousin vinny". as a matter of fact, i have two of those units downstairs in the lab.

wolfie

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tnkgrl — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:04:44 EDT

On the go: - Nokia N80 (Symbian) - OQO Model 01+ (XP Pro) - Macbook (2 GHz Core Duo, OS X & XP Pro) At home: - Mac mini (1.66 GHz Core Duo - OS X & XP Pro) - Mac Cube (1.2 GHz dual G4 - OS X) At work: - iMac G5 (2.1 GHz, iSight - OX X) - HP xw9300 (2.4 GHz dual core Opteron - XP Pro) - SPARCStation 20 (150 MHz dual Hyper - Ubuntu) Scorpionturtle (wife): - iBook G4 (1.2 GHZ - OS X)

tnkgrl

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RazorSharp — Fri, 26 May 2006 15:49:12 EDT

1) Toshiba Qosmio G25-A513 2) HP TC1100 Tablet 3) Mac Mini Core Duo 4) Self-built Intel P4-based for HTPC use

RazorSharp

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BWGunner — Fri, 26 May 2006 15:39:05 EDT

I've donned the fire retardent suit for this one, so lemme have it, I don't care. Home (ALL functioning): C64 w/ SpeedDisk Amiga 500 w/ 60meg HD Quadra 650 serving a LaswerWriter II G3 tower clocked to a screaming 300 TiBook G4 in my entertainment center G4 Cube (1.3 w/ 5200 vid card) for the home hub G4 Powerbook for mobile video New Dual Core 20" iMac that runs both OS's every day...damn that's one sweet rig. Work: Dell D600 laptop It's no great surprise that I "work from home" when I have to crank out a movie or a serious design piece.

BWGunner

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WE_DELIVER — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:04:47 EDT

I got me a Dual Opteron 250, 4Gigs of RAM, 1.2TB of HD space, and a Quadro FX 3000. Im running Windows XP and am pretty happy. Surprisingly I crash less than the Mac guys here at work.

WE_DELIVER

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Monty — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:02:07 EDT

Amiga 3000, baby with a whopping 16 megs of RAM. Who needs blue screen of death when you can true pre-meptive multitask five applications in 512K (and enjoy the a little guru meditation a few minutes later)?

Monty

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davebach — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:49:39 EDT

Your equipment exclosure explains why I never see any Amiga news here.

davebach

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AlisdairC — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:45:06 EDT

A Crayola crayon (no sharp points) and the back of a cigarette packet meet most of my needs... (actually, it's an Evesham Athlon 64 (HT) 3800+ with Win XP pro,but that's plain dull)

AlisdairC

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Ravidrath — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:41:52 EDT

Are there really accusations of Mac bias? That seems like something that comes with the territory of running a gadget blog - Mac makes awesome gadgets and sexy PCs, and should be covered because of it. PCs are very rarely attractive or interesting as gadgets to non-PC people. If the only reason you're covering the Dell XPS bullshit or whatever is to placate people claiming that the site is biased, please stop. If the coverage stops, maybe then we'll see PC makers start actually trying to make attractive, well-designed products for coverage instead of calling foul play.

Ravidrath

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-liquid — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:40:02 EDT

you guys are still mac fanboys. "What are all you non-Mac fanboys running?" what do you think? honestly i could care less about winxp vs mac os, use what you like that gets the job done. But in the same breath does every other post have to be about some dumb ipod dock?

-liquid

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William — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:31:34 EDT

"I used a Hewlett-Packard 5710-A dual-column gas chromatograph with flame analyzation detectors." What's that from?

William

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Keebler — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:26:35 EDT

I'm currently using a Dell Inspiron and a Powerbook G4 15" (who really cares about the specs). I've used PCs my whole life and have only been using Macs regularly for about the last 9 monthes. Although I'll give it to Mac on many ease of use issues, there are some things that are just silly and unforgivable in my opinion... namely not being able to change the size of window bezels, having the return key rename a file instead of launch it, the horrible "Finder" file broswer (all three views suck in their own special way, PLEASE let me know if there are alternate file browsers available (and don't say "use the terminal window")), closing the Powerbook turns it off, and as John listed above: the iPod (the only reason I'm able to stand the iPod I bought was by installing RockBox on it). I won't even mention the single button mouse on the laptops either. Oops, I guess I just did.

Keebler

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isawdrones — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:11:18 EDT

mac mini core duo 12" powerbook dual-933 p3 running ubuntu thinkpad for work running ubuntu but xp is installed.

isawdrones

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Scott — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:10:27 EDT

The Folks at Giz come out! :) Mine Desktop: Athlon 64 3200 XP Wife: P4 XP Server: Athlon 64 3000 2003 Server HTPC: Athlon 64 3000 XP Laptop: Sony P4 Mobile XP

Scott

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deziner — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:03:37 EDT

-PowerMac Mini 1.42/Superdrive/1GB ram/Wifi/LG 19" LCD (@ home) -15" AL Powerbook G4 (for fun) -PowerMac G5 Tower/2.5 GB Ram/160 GB Dual-RAID SATA/23" HD Cinema Display/18" Wacom Cintiq/Logitech NuLOOQ/BT Apple Keyboard/ MS Wireless IntelliMouse (@ work) -Dell Dual Xeon running XP/headless via ADC-DVI switch/1.5GB Ram (@ work) Designers get all the cool toys! ;-)

deziner

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Sockpuppet — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:03:28 EDT

A crappy Acer laptop - Centrino 1.5 GHz running Windows XP. However, my next lappy will be a sexy new Macbook Pro, as soon as I can find an apple store in dublin with one in stock. It will be running OSX and XP, and my ugly little acer will be put in to a dank cupboard and forgotten, alone and miserable.

Sockpuppet

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William — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:48:53 EDT

Commodore 64. I tried an Apple in one of my labs in college. It showed an image of a bomb when it crashed. I lost a ton of work every time and never saw the humor in it. Yes, 20 years later I'm still a little bitter.

William

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RustyB — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:47:44 EDT

At least you guys admit your fanboys. Over at that site that rhymes with enbadget they seem to pretend like their not fanboys when they probably all wear blue jeans, black turtlenecks and new balance tennis shoes. I called them on it once, and they got pissed at me. Absolutely pissed. Way to take a little feedback guys.

RustyB

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Roxstar — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:45:55 EDT

I have a 43p running AIX. I also have a T42 running XP but I have to admit, I friggin hate windows. I use it only for office mail and browsing the web. Oh sure, Excel comes in handy too. But I really try to minimize the time I spend in dropdown menu hell. Of course, I could run Netscape from my 43p but I do admit that Windows does browsing better. More plugins and so forth.

Roxstar

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joelja — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:39:31 EDT

custom built athlon 64 workstation - Fedora Core 4 Dell inspiron 6000 laptop - Fedora core 5/Unbuntu g4 mac mini

joelja

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Operator23 — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:36:04 EDT

Feel the Slack.

Operator23

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JohnB — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:34:04 EDT

i went Mac about two years ago with my first mini. I really haven't looked back: command-line, beautiful UI, iLife suite, complete compatability, a wealth of warez (legal and illegal), and ipods. in all honesty, I'm sure if the mini hadn't come out I would have never switched, but it really gave me a good excuse. Now I can't live without it.

JohnB

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Tweak4 — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:33:47 EDT

I'm personally pretty indifferent, but I write software for PCs for a living, so using anything but would be rather silly for me... Office: Win 2003/XP/2000 Home: Win XP Pro on both my systems and my wife's

Tweak4

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thudson — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:31:43 EDT

I use Windows because, uh, it is what I have always used. JB and crew keep trying to switch me, but I will NEVAR! Actually I wouldnt mind a MacBook sometime so I could do that bootcamp shiznit.

thudson

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desonos — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:28:55 EDT

HTPC: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/ Win XP Game PC: Athlon XP 2800+ w/ Radeon 9800 Pro and XP Get actual work done PC: Quicksilver Powermac Dual 800mhz, running 10.4

desonos

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TheZodiac — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:28:22 EDT

All crap. Junk. Give me an abbacus and a sundial anyday, and I can blog like a hamburgler.

TheZodiac

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ElFurbe — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:25:01 EDT

I think being cross-platform is the only way to be. I personally own a 15" AlBook, a Cube (500mhz, fear me), and a custom-built XP machine. In addition to that I carry a Dell D620 for work with XP as well. I prefer the user experience of OSX, but I still have many compelling reason to use Windows. It's about a 50/50 balance of usage, really.

ElFurbe

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Keebler — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:12:21 EDT

Anyone wanna buy a fully upgraded 12" Powerbook G4? I wanna get rid of it... it's in great condition and barely used. Hit me up on aim for more info: absolutkeebler

Keebler

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Exor — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:59:19 EDT

wow, you guys really like your macs. I'm a fan of PCs myself and used to really, really hate anything Apple made.. but they've improved over the years so some walls have broken down there. Currently I run an Athlon64 3200+ Venice Core @ 2GHz (primary system) and an AthlonXP 2400+ @ 2GHz ("old"/secondary system). Sadly both of them run WinXP but I've been waiting for months on my stupid Ubuntu CDs to come in the mail. I might just give up and, you know, actually download/burn it myself. Or maybe i'll go back to slackware.. hmm..

Exor

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Paradise — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:56:58 EDT

may i be the first to suggest a pron movie (god i actually typed "pron" by accident ... wtf) entitled How I learned to love Windows starting Johnson & Biggs? on second thought i'm going to go oedipal on my eyes first.

Paradise

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robzr — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:49:21 EDT

Where's the BeOS?

robzr

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MountainDrew — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:46:30 EDT

Looks like I'm MS's bitch. Desktop - XP Pro, XP x64, Vista Beta 2 - Athlon 64 3200+, 2GB Server - W2K3 Standard - P3 600, 512MB HTPC - XP MCE 2005 - Athlon XP 1700+, 1GB Wife's PC - XP Pro - Celeron 633, 768MB Work PC - XP Pro - P4 2.8, 1GB Cellphone - Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone (Audiovox SMT5600) - OMAP 200MHz, 1GB flash

MountainDrew

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coramck — Fri, 26 May 2006 11:42:40 EDT

Dunno if you guyz will ever read this, but do you NEED to run XP or do u just run it cos it comes with all your Dell's? And Mr. Biggs do you like mandriva?recomend it to the rest of the apple fanboy crew you have going there ;)

coramck