2. something… With AMD K6-2/350 MHz and 128 MB of RAM, can’t really remember the hard disc, but about the size of a dual layer DVD disc, I guess.

3. HP Omnibook 4150, Pentium II 300 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, 6 GB hard drive. I loved it. It was my first laptop, I had 2 batteries (you could pull out the CD drive and replace it with a second battery. It looked like it will never have to be recharged again, I mean, it really lasted long. I had it for a long time, used it for car diagnostic programs, because it had serial port, sold it 2 years ago and still regret it.

4. Compaq Evo n800c, Pentium 4m 2.2 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, 40 GB hard drive, ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (32 MB), with docking station. Still have it, works great, even had ideas about upgrading the RAM to 1 GB, and CPU o 2.4 GHz, but it is more expensive than getting something newer, and I kinda got used to this computer. It still does everything I got it for, and still can outperform some new lower cost laptops.

5. Time will tell…

I was still using it in 2000 when I finally upgraded to a P3 600Mhz with 256MB of RAM. I was in heaven!

Then I upgraded to AMD 2200+ @ 1.8Ghz with 1GB of RAM which blow away the P3 and thought I was GOD. j/k

Now I have my AMD 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.6Ghz and 2GB of RAM and could never imagine going back. I would die!

Also love my ASUS F3SV-X1 laptop…

1999: Phionex Custon 333Mhz w/ 32 megs of ram, 4 gig hdd, Windows 98

2001: Emachines 500Mhz Tower w/ 64 megs of ram, 10 gig hdd, Windows 98

2004: Custom 1.2 Ghz w/ 512 megs of ram, 40 gig hdd, Windows XP

2006: Micron 600Mhz laptop with Slackware Linux

2007: Custom 2.2 Ghz w/ 1 gig of ram, 320 gig SATA, Debian Linux

2007: Fujitsu Lifebook B2630 – 900Mhz, 256 megs of ram, 160 gig hdd, Slackware

I wonder, why laptops and no desktop PCs? I mean, you work at home and all that.

Up until last year, we were both full-time students and so our computers always came with us to school which is why we’ve had laptops. Even though we do work from home now, it’s always nice to have the option to be able to take our computers with us no matter where we go so that work can get done from just about anywhere. We both hook up a keyboard, mouse, and have a second monitor when we’re working at home, so it works out well.

we’ve been on about a one year schedule for buying laptops the last few years only because we keep them in really great condition and then sell them on eBay.

Ahh eBay.. I wish I still had that option over here

#2 2003 – Dec 2006 – Sotec Laptop (13.3″, 1.2 GHZ P3, 30 GB HD, 256 RAM, integrated graphics, Windows XP) peice of junk!!!

#3 Dec 2006 – Feb 2008 – Dell XPS 400 Desktop (Dimension 9200 in Canada) (2.13 GHz Dual Core 2, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HD, 256 VRAM, Vista Premium) Great for what I use it for. Only use as HTPC now because of Computer #4…

#4 Feb 2008 – Present – 15.4″ Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Dual Core 2, 2 GB RAM, 256 VRAM, 200 GB HD, Leopard) The best computer I have owned to date!

And 3 years ago when I started attended college, I got a free laptop from them.

There seem to be a lot of universities that are going that route these days. I couldn’t have imagined not having a laptop through college, but our university didn’t equip us with one.

Wow! What is really shocking is the amount of Apple II-E stuff that is still being sold on eBay about 25 years later.

Do we really need to? Probably not, but Ashley explained our reasoning well. In the end we can upgrade for next to nothing on a yearly basis, and we often avoid problems with the computers that way. After all, a lot of things start breaking after the first year of ownership, right?

$500 for floppy drives is crazy! Who would have thought that they would ever go out of style.

Yeah, we’ve had some of the same issues with out Dell’s. I would think that things would be getting better though since they are now offering Ubuntu on Dell computers.

Yes, we have looked at those. Cost wise though we always come out on top by purchasing a Windows-based version. They are the ones that if you look hard enough and wait patiently you can find some pretty crazy deals on. The Dell computers that we have purchased are typically $500 or $600 off the list price. Compliments goes to Slickdeals.net for finding some truly amazing deals.

What we listed are the computers that we’ve owned personally. Prior to that we had several other generations of computers that we shared with our family, and so we focused solely on our own PC’s. Ashley’s family actually started with a Mac, and mine started with a Windows 3.11 PC.

Soon… #6… MacBookPro.