My computer setup
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My Computer: Purchased 19 May 2009


 

Hardware:

 
 

Machine type: Mac Pro (Early 2009)
CPU Type: 64 bit 8-core: Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series (Nehalem) processors
Number of cores: With Hyper-Threading technology the computer has 16 virtual cores
CPU speed: 2.26GHz. 8MB fully shared L3 cache per processor
Memory: 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM - Eight memory slots (four per processor) installed with 3 sticks of 2GB DIMMs per processor for a total of 12GB
Hard drives: Western Digital 640GB Serial ATA (boot drive), Western Digital 640GB Serial ATA (clone drive), Seagate 1.5TB (time machine drive), Western Digital MyBook 500Gb USB (external drive)
Media drive: 18x SuperDrive w/double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW). Reads DVDs up to 18x speed. Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs up to 32x speed. Reads CDs up to 32x speed
Expansion slots: Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots (not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards). One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot. Two PCI Express 2.0 x4 slots
Internet connection: 1Mbps/6Mbps always-on cable (Motorola SB5100 SURFboard cable modem) internet connection (Comcast) w/DHCP IP assignment
Wired Network: Powered by a Dynex DX-E402 4-Port Ethernet Broadband Router. Currently used to connect my Roku player to the TV and power my wireless network (I may need to upgrade to a different router in the future. This one won't do port forwarding without a fixed IP address)
Wireless Network: Powered by Apple's Time Capsule; a dual-band wi-fi base station (Apple's Airport Extreme router) with 802.11a/b/g/n wireless, an Ethernet WAN port, three Ethernet LAN ports, and one USB port. There is also a 500GB hard drive inside the casing

 
     
 

Video card / Display:

 
 

Video card: Installed in a double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot. nVidia GeForce GT 120. The card has a dual connection bus with one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port. Onboard video memory is 512MB of GDDR3 VRAM
Display: Dell UltraSharp 30" monitor - 3007WFP-HC. LCD / Widescreen Flat-panel. Resolution is 2560 x 1600.

 
     
 

Peripherals:

 
  Printers: Epson Stylus photo R200. Epson Artisan 800 multi-function printer, scanner/copier, fax
Camera: Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac. High-definition video, 2-megapixel sensor, Built-in microphone, Up to 30 frames per second live video on Skype and iChat, High-Speed USB 2.0
Keyboard: (I'm not using the one pictured here) Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000. Ergonomic design with a zoom feature (tied to the Mac's universal access functionality), numerous customizable hot/favorites keys, internet/media keys, integrated palm rest, and an outstanding design - Microsoft makes some good stuff
Mouse: (I'm not using the one pictured here) Logitech TrackMan wheel. Thumb-ball provides smooth, ultra-precise tracking, two traditional buttons plus clickable wheel offers many configurable options
Speakers: Bose Companion 3 - Series II mulimedia speaker system
 
     
 

Operating system / Core components:

 
  Mac OS: Mac OS 10.5.7 build 9J61
Terminal: Terminal version 2.0.1 (240) running GNU bash, version 3.2.17(1)-release (powerpc-apple-darwin9.0)
Mail User Agent: Mail.app Version 3.6 (935/935.3)
 
 
 

Author: Robert L. Vaessen e-mail:
Last updated:Thu, June 18, 2009
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