I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer which translates to "big geek." The majority of my work experience is in providing technical assistance to computer system users, answering questions and resolving computer problems for clients in person, via telephone and remotely, providing assistance in the use of hardware and software, including printing, installation, word processing, e-mail, operating systems, and networking.
My primary computer is an Apple iBook that I take everywhere with me:
-Mac OS X 10.3 (aka Panther)
-800 MHz G3 processor
-640 MB RAM
-14.1" screen
-30 GB Hard Drive
-DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
-Airport Card for wireless networking
Current specs for my home built PC:-FIC VC11 P4 Motherboard (Socket 478)
-Pentium 4 1.6 GHz processor
-256MB RAM
-Windows XP Professional
-One 10GB Hard Drive & one 60GB Hard Drive
-KDS Rad-5 15" flat-panel LCD monitor
-CardExpert GeForce2 MX TwinView/VIVO Golden Sample video card
(4X AGP, NVidia GeForce2 MX-400 chip, 32MB of SDRAM, 350-MHz RAMDAC, S-Video-in and -out, composite-in and -out)
-Ricoh CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive
-100MB Zip drive
-Soundblaster audio card
-Philips ToUCam Pro (used as a webcam)
-10/100 Ethernet & 56k modem
-USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire, & IrDa (infrared)
I was a Mac man before I got into PCs. I like to get my hands on as many different operating systems as I can to learn and experiment with them.
I try to understand the people who only want to use one platform:
"Macs are so much better...", "PCs are real computers...", "Macs are only good for graphic design and schools..."
I'll take any and all. PCs/Wintel computers have their place and specific tasks and Macs have theirs. I've even tried installing Linux on a home built PC I had. I didn't know enough about Linux to do anything with it but I started to learn a little. The current Mac OS is Unix based and I learned a little HP-UX (Hewlett Packard Unix) at a previous job.
Apple's iBook
KDS Rad-5 15" LCD
FIC VC11 Socket 478 Motherboard
Gainward GeForce2 MX 400 TwinView/VIVO Golden Sample video card
Ricoh CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive