Hardware

I use a variety of computers at work or home, each with a range of different hardware. Here is a table to help make things more convenient when referring to a particular system. I’ve also recently posted a performance comparison between systems.

Computer Make Function CPU Cores RAM GPU OS Form Factor
Dell XPS 9000 High-level multimedia / gaming 2.66GHz Core i7 4 6 GB 512 MB Radeon HD 4350
512 MB Radeon HD 5770
Windows 7 Full-tower
MacBook Multimedia (wife’s computer) 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 2 GB OS X Leopard 13″ Laptop
iMac 5,1 Office, multimedia production 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 4 GB 128 MB Radeon X1600 OS X Tiger All-in-one
Mac Mini HTPC 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo 2 1 GB OS X Leopard Mini SFF
Dell Optiplex 745 Office, mid-level multimedia 2.8 GHz Pentium D 2 2 GB 256 MB Intel GMA 3000 Windows XP Pro Mini-tower
Dell XPS Gen2 Mid-level multimedia / gaming 2.13 GHz Pentium M 1 2 GB 256 MB NVIDIA 6800 Windows XP Pro 17″ Laptop
Custom Server Backup, file and print server 1.6 GHz Atom 330 2 1 GB 128 MB Intel GMA 950 Windows Home Server Nettop
Custom Desktop Low-level multimedia / gaming 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 1 2 GB 512 MB GeForce 7300 GT Windows XP Pro Mid-tower
EEE 1005HA Portable computing 1.66 GHz Atom N280 1 2 GB 224 MB Intel GMA 950 Windows XP Home 10″ Netbook