My new machine... Beginning of my command stations...
Note: I have a new blog and I am posting more frequently there than I am here. http://dasboard.in/nilotpal/blogs/347.
I remember I had just started working for Microsoft. One day I was going out to help my good friend David. He happens to be working for Microsoft and he is into technical documentation. One thing led to another and I was telling him that some day I would like to write a book and build a "command station" - a room full of computers.
A year or so passed by and there was still no computer. Well a no. of things happened in the meantime. I met the love of my life and just when I was about to buy my computer, she badly needed a laptop for her job. I bought her the Dell Inspiron. My savings for my first computer went out of the windows. Then I started saving for host of other things and later I got married and went for a fairly expensive life long vacation. Yes, as a wedding gift I gave her a holiday package that would allow us to go for a honeymoon every year.
Today I bought that computer that I have been planning for a year and a half. Nothing too jazzy I would say, but its the beginning. Here are the specs.
Processor: Intel Pentium Core 2 Quad 2.66 ghz
Motherboard: Intel G45 SG
RAM: 4 GB DDR III
Graphics Card: ATU Radeon HD 4350 1 GB DDR II RAM, DirectX 10.1 support
Keyboard: Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Monitor: 18.5" wide screen from ACER.
Rest of the specification is nothing to be mentioned. The usual standard mouse and a dual fan cabinet, UPS. I could have gone for a better monitor too, but I guess I didn't care too much about the monitor either. I am planning to buy a monitor or 2 more. So I guess I will buy better ones then.
On this box goes my Window 7 Ultimate, signature edition. I have been waiting to install this for quite some time. I have just test driven it (on my new box) for a couple of hours and I already like it. Although I was running windows 7 on my official Microsoft Laptop, so its not that I am new to it completely. Check out the search feature. The damn thing is quite intuitive.
And what do you know, this blog comes from my new machine. I will be posting photographs soon.