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My MAIN Macintosh...
A 24 inch iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system (with an added 24 inch display) is my base unit
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
All-in-one design! (What you SEE is the ENTIRE COMPUTER.)
Mac OS X version 10.5.7 operating system
(Also able to run Windows XP as well as Ubuntu Linux ALL AT THE SAME TIME as Mac OS-X!)
Four Gb of memory
Equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 (VRAM (Total) 512 MB) video card
8x double-layer SuperDrive (able to create Dual-layer DVDs as well as CDs)
1000 Gb (One TERABYTE!) Serial ATA hard drive built-in
I also have an external two Terabyte drive as a backup hard drive
I now have Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP and Windows 7 loaded into this iMac
I can load and run Windows XP in under 15 seconds...
Windows, etc. and the Mac operating systems can ALL run at the same time!
The iMac has a built-in 24 inch LCD display (See above)
This is also driving a Dell 24 inch display; Together, the two 24 inch displays give me a lot more "desktop" space. (See the pictures of the Dell monitor below.)


The Dell 24 inch LCD display has lots of inputs, lots of outputs! (See above)
The LAN (Local Area Network) and related components
All of the local computers are DSL-served via an Ethernet-based LAN (Local Area Network)
Speedstream 6520 DSL modem (With 4-port router and Wi-Fi)
Cisco/Linksys WRT54G ROUTER (Wireless broadband access with 4-port router)
D-Link 8-port SWITCH
D-Link DI-102 ethernet packet optimizer
7-port USB-2.0 HUB
Sony DV (digital) video camera, model
DCR-PC330
HP 3210xi inkjet printer/scanner/copier, etc.
Dell laser printer
The KITCHEN computer...
- My wife's computer is another 24" Intel iMac. (She also has an iPod Touch, which she enjoys a LOT!)
This iMac also has the Elgato HDTV tuner; This makes the TV set operate like a TiVo set! With this, we can record high definition TV programs, even up to 1080i screen resolution. This makes the kitchen computer also function as a really great TV (and DVR, or Digital Video Recorder) set for us! (We used to have a Sony TV set in the same area with the computer, and so we have now gotten rid of this set, as the computer/TV does an extremely good job for all functions.
The ECHOLINK SERVER computer...
- The base unit is a Dell with a 133 Mhz "Repentium" processor
- Windows 2000 (with service pack 4) operating system
- 94 Meg of memory
- Standard floppy disk drive
- Standard CD drive
- Two hard drives: 120 Gb and 80 Gb in capacity
- 15 inch LCD monitor
- ATA-66 interface card
- Sound card
- Ethernet card
- (Presently hosting the ECHOLINK,
node for amateur radio)
The WEB SERVER computer...
- Macintosh 24 inch iMac as the base unit
- 2.8 Ghz Dual INTEL processor
- Mac OSX 10.5.8
- Four Gb of memory
- SuperDrive (CD, DVD read-write) optical drive
- One internal hard drive: 500 Gb size
- One external hard drive: 500 Gb size
- LG external (USB) LIGHTSCRIBE DVD burner, which can make low-level LABELS on a CD or a DVD.
- (Presently hosting the webcam experiment , as well as serving as
a "backup" server)
The HAM RADIO computer...
- HP Pavilion as the base unit
- Dell 24 inch LCD display
- 2.4 Ghz Dual INTEL processor
- Windows XP operating system (Also, Windows 7 as an alternate)
- Two Gb of memory
- SuperDrive (CD, DVD read-write) optical drive
- Two internal hard drives: 500 and 320 Gb sizes
- One external hard drive: 500 Gb size
- Internal LIGHTSCRIBE DVD burner, which can make "low-level LABELS" on a CD or a DVD.
- (Presently hosting the
Flex-3000 SDR (Software Defined Radio) which is an extremely new field of radio.)
The TELEVISION computer...
- The TV set is an LED-lit (1080i, 1080P) Samsung 61 inch unit
- Apple "Mini Mac" is the base unit for DVR (Digital Video Recorder) function
- 1.8 Ghz Dual INTEL processor
- Mac OS-X 10.5.8 as the operating system
- Two Gb of memory
- SuperDrive (CD, DVD read-write) optical drive
- One internal hard drive: 320 Gb size
- EyeTV as the add-on digital TV tuner, as well as acting as the means to program, record and play the HDTV signals for us
- The Mac Mini is presently hosting the Elgato HDTV tuner; This makes the TV set operate like a TiVo set! With this, we can record high definition TV programs, even up to 1080i screen resolution.
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