Guess what! I've just got a new laptop! It has 512MB ram, 40GB hard drive and 1.5GHz, as well as a DVD/CD rewriter, 15.4" widescreen display, and wi-fi. My dad's a little miffed since it came to a bit more dosh than he expected, but I'm paying over half so it's okay.

 So, what machine are you on? Got anything new that we don't know about?

Cool.

I think my computer [which is most certainly not a laptop] is basically the same as when I last said.
Let's see. I've got two disks; my 40GB C drive, and my 20GB D drive.
Which, due to installing various new and large games, are both nearly full.  O_O
No more ram [as in, I've still got 512]. I have a read/writable CD drive that I don't use very often, and another one I usually use. And I have the same old trackball, same old keyboard, same old cobbled-together speakers, and the same old monitor [which I hate].
I've got the same motherboard... same ancient soundcard [for playing old DOS games], and a newer graphics card. I don't recall exactly what it is, but it's some kind of NVidia thing. I've had that since I started playing Tron 2.0, though.
I haven't got a joystick any longer. I finally ditched the thing.
I think that's about it, really... oh, and I've got a floppy drive, too. But that's been there for many years. And not likely to change, either. :P

I think I'll just go through as many systems as possible to waste time, heh.

BBC Microcomputer (got around 1991 thanks to my mum's work upgrading to IBMs, my very first computer)

CPU: 2MHz 6502
RAM: 32KB
Video: 8 graphics modes, 8 colours
Audio: Four channels
Speakers: Integrated
HDD: None
Removable Storage: 5 1/4" floppy disks
Network: ECONET socket
OS: Acorn OS
Monitor: 10" colour screen

Viglen (bought around 1991, PSU is effed)

CPU: 486DX2 66MHz
RAM: 16MB
Video: S3 1MB
Audio: SoundBlaster 16/originally none
Speakers: SoundBlaster stereo/originally none
HDD: 110MB
Removable Storage: Quad-speed CD-ROM and FDD/originally just FDD
Network: None
OS: Windows 95 and MS-DOS 6.22/originally Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6.22
Monitor: 14" flickery Dell thing/originally 14" flickery Viglen thing

Dell No. 1 (bought around 1998)

CPU: 350MHz Pentium II
RAM: 192MB/originally 64MB
Video: nVidia TNT2 16MB/originally Matrox I think
Audio: TBS Montego
Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
HDD: 20GB/originally 7GB
Removable Storage: CD-ROM drive/had Zip 100
Network: 10Mbps ISA card/originally had none
OS: Windows 2000/has been Windows 98, 98SE, BeOS 5 and Mandrake 7
Monitor: 17" Dell

Dell No. 2 (bought around 2001)

CPU: 1GHz Pentium III
RAM: 512MB/originally 128MB
Video: nVidia GeForce 2MX 32MB/originally nVidia TNT2
Audio: SoundBlaster Live!
Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
HDD: 60GB/originally 40GB
Removable Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Network: 10/100Mbps PCI card/originally had none
OS: Windows XP Home/originally Windows ME
Monitor: 17" Dell

Home-built PC (built 2002, the one I use most)

CPU: 2.4GHz Pentium IV
RAM: 768MB/originally 256MB
Video: ATI Radeon 8500 64MB
Audio: SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Speakers: VideoLogic 5.1
HDD: 80GB and 7GB
Removable Storage: CD-RW and DVD/had Zip 100 also
Network: 10/100Mbps integrated and wireless-enabled
OS: Windows XP Home and Slackware 10 dual-boot/also tried dual-booting with SuSE 8.1, SuSE 9 and Fedora Core 2
Monitor: 17" Mitsubishi

Dell Laptop (mum's, bought 2004)

CPU: Pentium-M 1.6GHz
RAM: 1024MB
Video: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Audio: SigmaTel something-or-other
Speakers: Integrated stereo
HDD: 60GB
Removable Storage: DVD-RW and CD-RW
Network: 10/100Mbps integrated and wireless-enabled
OS: Windows XP Professional
Monitor: 15.4" TFT

And that's more or less it.

Unless you want me to have a look in the loft, of course... ;P

My machine:
CPU: Intel P4 3.2GHz
RAM: 1GB
Video: 128MB ATI 9700
Screen: 21" Samsung LCD
HD: 200GB and 80GB
DVD Rewritable drive and normal DVD drive

Yippie! We just get ADSL connection! I'm so happy! :D

My machine:

GenuineIntel Pentium III
600 mhz
511 mb RAM
Video: MSI MS-StarForce GeForce FX 5200 NVIDIA
Audio: Creative SB Live! Value
DSL-300i High Speed Internet (that we just get)
DVD drive and CD-RW drive
Screen: 17"
Current resolution: 1024 X 768
OS: Windows 98SE
Speakers: 2 - Stereo
HDD: Total 38,2 GB in 2 drives

My system at my mom's...*sigh*-

RAM:not enough
ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING: not enough
MONITOR: View sonic (best monitor in the world)
SOUND CARD: Somehow able to function
MHz: ?
MOUSE: Laser B)
SPEAKERS: awesome
GRAPHICS CARD: ... do not even SPEAK to me about this
FLOPPY: broke for 4 years and gaining
CD DRIVES: 1.  "Ghost CD Drive" (pops open and shut on its own!!!)
C DRIVE: 6 Gigs   O_O :'( X_X
OS: Win 98
OVERALL:Not the best package, but it suits my needs...mostly

*NOTE: This computer is on the very edge, and I mean the VERY edge of being too old to run the newest games (Rome Total War doesn't work on it, only on 98 SE, RRT 3 doesn't either.  Warcraft III screws up.)

My system at dad's-

RAM:128 Mb
ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING: fairly high
MONITOR: unknown, but good enough for me.
SOUND CARD: Functions
MHz: ?
MOUSE: Ball mouse
SPEAKERS: fair
GRAPHICS CARD: Able to run Crusader!  
FLOPPY: functions
CD DRIVES: 1
C DRIVE: 12 Gigs
OS: Win 98
OVERALL:Hm...'tis alright

*NOTE-My computer at dad's is better, because it's flexible enough to run the newest games, and the oldest (it can run castles II, and that's a pretty finickey old DOS game:  It only gives three sound driver options, and you HAVE to have one of them, or the game doesn't run(An absolutely EXCELLENT game, though!)).


SUMMARY-Things are alright.

Hm.... let's see:


1st one (Self made):

CPU: 2500+ AMD Barton
RAM: 1 GIG
HDD: 120 GB + 80 GB
VGA: Radeon 9800 Pro
SFX: Terratec Aureon Sky (5.1)
SPK: Headset and 5.1 System
FDD: 3,5" Disk
CDD: DVD-ROM and DVD-Writer
MON: 17" TFT from HP
OS: WinXP
Other stuff: USB-Card Reader, Scanner (Canon LiDE 30), Cordless Mouse (MS Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2) and Keyboard (MS Wireless Desktop Elite rockz!), TV-Card from Pinnacle and some other stuff I might forgot.


2nd one (bought some years ago):

CPU: 1100 Mhz AMD
VGA: GeForce FX whatever // originally: gForce 2 MX
HDD: 30 Gigs
FDD: 3,5"
CDD: DVD-ROM und CD-R
MON: 19"
SFX: on board
Other: The manufacturer is HP, so the mouse, Keyboard and some other stuff is from HP.


3rd one (notebook):

CPU: I guess 120 Mhz
VGA/SFX: NO CLUE!
HDD: Yeah
SPK: You can't call them speakers.
FDD: swappable with CD-Drive
MON: 800x600 built in TFT
OS: Win95


4th one (Toshiba T5200):

CPU: Intel 386 (So I guess 20 Mhz)
VGA: who knows...
SFX: Soundblaster Pro (originally none)
MON: built in Plasma (orange-style with 4 colours. Playing Lemmings on it rockz! =P )
HDD: 80 Megs
FDD: Yeah
CDD: Hahaha
OS: MS-DOS 6.22 + Win 3.1


5th one (Epson PX-16):

CPU: 4,7 / 10 Mgz switchable in use
VGA: Yeah
MON: built in LCD with 4 gray colours. And it's very stretched.
SFX: no
HDD: no
FDD: yeah, two 3,5" / 720 KB
CDD: lol!!
OS: MS-DOS on ROM
Other: It has a RAM-Storage device which is hold up by battery, when the computer is off.

I have 4 computers, three of which are usable.

#1 "Shiny Black" -The Main Computer

It's about 1 1/2 years old. Excellent thing.

Dell Dimension 8250
17 inch flatscreen monitor
Pentium 4 , 3.06 Ghz
512 MB RAM
200 GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD/DVD Drive
CD/DVD RW Drive
Lots of front USB ports
Windows XP Home
Radeon 9700 Video Card (128MB )
Sound Blaster Live Card
Logitech Attack 3 Joystick
Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150
DSL Internet Connection (dunno how fast)

... I think that's all.

#2 "Ancient" -Secondary computer

This thing's been updated to the max. Otherwise, I wouldn't even touch it! Its power supply is about to hit the dust though.

Gateway G6450
Crappy Fat Monitor- Unknown size
Pentium II, 450 mhz
320 MB RAM
Drive C, 12GB
Drive D, 40GB (32MB for Windows, the rest for Linux)
Floppy Drive
CD/DVD Drive
CD-RW 52x Drive
a few USB ports in the back (I cant reach them...)
Windows 98 First Edition
Red Hat Linux 9
Radeon 7500 Card
Sound Card Unknown- Sound Blaster Compatible
Crappy ProPad 6 Game Pad (It won't calibrate right)
Used to have a 56k connection-- my parent refuse to add the machine into a network.

#3 "How old is this?" -Brother's Vintage PC

Great for DOS games! Hard Drive is full.

Packard Bell Legend somethingCD
Monitor w/ Speakers
Intel 486DX2 , 66 mhz
8 MB RAM
512 MB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD Drive 2x speed
MS DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Sound Blaster Something card.
18.8 modem-- never used.

#4 "Tasty Apple" -Not used, is in Attic

It was a Mac Performa 600. When we got it, it cost a hell of a lot. Now you can buy these for $5. I don't know the specs, it's been in the attic since PC#2 was moved to make room for PC#1.

My computer at my mom's,

built from scratch

Cd drive makes loud buzzing and whirring noise whenever the computer is on.

it has 6 gigs. 4 are occupied i think.  

monitor, recently improved
speakers:none
age: it still runs dos with no problems and can't run some of the newer games.

computer at dad's:

E-machine

internet:none
sound card:none
speakers:none
memory: 12-14 gigs, not sure.
free memory:4 gigs X_X
monitor,.(average) pretty good monitor if you ask me
about this big |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| times a bunch

My Dad had to completely rebuild my computer because once, I totally crashed the entire system. He decided a sound card wasn't really needed and kind ade things more complicated, so he didn't put one in. :P :D. Both of my computers run dos and can't play some new games.

You say your computer at your mom's makes whirring and buzzing when turned on? I have that problem too, and it means your power supply is near the end of its life. (At least that's the answer I've got a support boards!)