Ramblings about myself...

What is my Machine Setup

I have 2 systems, one a, old, but stunningly beautiful IBM Thinkpad T43 and one Desktop PC. The PC is currently at home, and here in US I have just a laptop to work on.

My Thinkpad T43, often dubbed as my Girlfriend

o Read the reviews on my blog about Thinkpad T43

Hardware

0. 1.5 GB blazing fast 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
   (That was the fastest available, but today it's succeeded by 666 MHz I guess)
1. UltraSlim Matshita UJ-822S DVD-RW (this costed me a fortune!)
   (There apparently is only 1 maker of DVD-RW of 9mm thickness)
2. Breathtaking SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) resolution
3. HDD: 80GB Hitachi Travelstar 7K100, 7200 rpm
4. ATI Mobility Radeon X300 Graphics Card
5. Mobo: Intel 915GM
6. Display Size: 14.1"
7. Weight: 5 lbs
8. Keyboard: Full size Thai NMB (the BEST kbd out there!)
9. 1.86 GHz Pentium M
10. WiFi: Intel PRO/wireless 2915 ABG
11. Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
12. Fingerprint Reader
13. Sexy WD-320GB external passport HDD
• Read the review here: WD320, she's sexy!

Most Important Software I run on it

0. Linux: Debian GNU Linux Lenny/Sid
1. Kernel Version 2.6.26-1-686
2. [g]vim
3. KDE version 3.5.9
4. superkaramba
   Personalized very lightweight karamba themes I use:
   • Simple CPU usage graph and Time-Date
   • KDE, Kernel version
   • System State at a glance
5. Thunderbird
6. Firefox
7. Pidgin, Skype
8. Korganizer
   Great for organizing things, can sync with Google Calendar online! Check this quick How-to tutorial.
9. k3b
10. MyPasswordSafe
11. GPG
12. bash, sed, awk, perl, gcc, gdb, binutils, coreutils, pstools,

My Desktop

o Read the reviews on my blog about My New PC

Hardware

0. Intel Pentium -4 2.80 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, LGA775.
1. Intel D915GAV Motherboard
   (Something striking about this mobo is that its has got built-in 5.1 Intel High Definition Audio system, implying on-board support for DTS, Dolby, etc. Grantsdale, as this mobo is called, features multi-tasking audio ports, implying that it can sense whether you have plugged in a mic, speaker, or something else and switch to appropriate functionality without human intervention. Features GMA900 onboard graphics subsystem. Also has PIC-X slots. And hell lotta technical innovations)
2. 17" Samsung LCD/TFT Monitor (710N) [CRTs suck!!!]
3. 120 GB Seagate SATA HDD [Barracuda 7200.7 SATA - ST3120026AS]
4. 1GB (512x2) DDR 400MHz RAM
5. Creative Inspire 5200 (5.1) 6-speaker system
6. Sony CD-RW/DVD-RW (Sony DRU-710A) [ review 1, review 2]