My Personal Computer Systems
as of November 20, 2010
Software
Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3
Word 2002 - word processor
Excel 2002 - spreadsheet
ClearType - improves display of text on LCD monitors
HTML-kit - HTML editor for website development
Paint Shop Pro X - photo editing
TeleMagic Enterprise 5.0 - contact database
Norton Anti-Virus - to keep clean
SmartDraw
Firefox primary browser
Google email
Google calendar
Google Reader
Google Analytics
Google AdWords
Google Alerts
Google Earth & Sky
Naturally Speaking - Speech Recognition
Skype to make free phone calls around the world
RoboForm password automation, auto login, auto form filler
Family Tree Maker (version 16)
Blogger
Advanced Time Synchronizer
Picasa for pictures. free, a Google company
iTunes to feed my iPods, and to organize and play my CD collection
Pandora for my favorite, personalized, internet radio stations
Specialized software:
Weatherview32 - weather station monitoring
Webcam32 - webcam
Multi CAM - handles multiple webcams
Mac software:
Coda for HTML editing
iMovie for video editing
Hardware
1. The desktop computer:
CPU: 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500 Socket 939 processor
Main Memory: 4gb Kingston
Hard Disk: Seagate Very Quiet 100gb, SATA2 7200.1 2.5"
This system is absolutely quiet, as it has no fans whatsoever, and uses heat pipe / heat sink technology for cooling.
DVD: Sony (BLACK) DWQ120A 16X DVDRW
Keyboard - Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard
Mouse - Logitech MX Revolution Laser
Video - Two Dell 30" (3007 WFP) monitors set at 1600x1200
Printer - HP Deskjet 6980 Color Printer
Scanner - Canon CanoScan 4200F
Backup Hard Disk - 250 GB, portable, USB
Speakers - Creative GigaWorks T20 2.0
2. Treadmill Computer:
HP Pavilion desktop PC, 3GB memory, with Vista operating system running Windows Media Center.
connected to 30" Dell monitor.
3. Video editing & production computers:
MacBook Pro, series 2, 2.93Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 17" screen, 256GB Solid State Drive, 4GB main memory, backlit keyboard, Logitech nano wireless mouse, Mac wireless keyboard.
MacBook Pro, series 1, 17" screen, connected to 30" Dell monitor for use in creating videos for my YouTube channel.
4. On The Road
iPhone 4 32GB cell phone, browser, music, etc.
Some favorite iPhone apps: Groceries, Notes, Voice Memos, Google, Camera, Pandora, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, SurfReport, GoSkyWatch, LED Light, Heart Rate, Surf Report, Google Voice, Moon Phase, WebMD, iTriage, Tom Tom, Gas Cubby, Zillow, Dragon, TED, Solitaire, Hulu+, Netflix, Ustream, Amazon, Square, Break Speed, Carpenter, WordBook, Measures, TheBike, Ustream, Shazam
Apple iPods: shuffle (for the bike), old iPhone 3G (music & backup GPS for the car), touch (for the Airstream)
Internet Access
Firewall (details on need to know basis)
TW Cable,
22.0 Mb/s download (12 Mb/s actual)
2 Mb/s upload (1.6 Mb/s actual)
(test your speed, click here)
Previously I ran with this triple 18" monitor setup. It was very cutting-edge when I first started using multiple monitors around the turn of the millennium. But it seems so antiquated in comparison to what is available today. My current dual monitor setup (top of this page) has more than four times the pixels of this old triple monitor setup.