My Computers

The first one was named "MeanMachine". Don't ask why. This was my first ever computer, and was bought on September 24, 1999. Here are it's specs:

• Celeron 266Mhz Processor, no L2 cache, Slot 1
  
• 64MB RAM
• 4GB Seagate HDD
• 14" Samsung 4BNi monitor
• 104-keys Mercury Keyboard
• "Yamada" Speakers
• Creative 32X IR CD-ROM Drive
• Zida/Tomato Motherboard
• Windows 95
  

It lasted for about 2 years, when a power surge destroyed the motherboard and power supply. The replacement "MeanMachine", gifted by a friend, looked like this:

• PIII 550Mhz
• 160 MB SDRAM
• 4GB HDD
• Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux 9
• D-Link 56Kbps Modem
  

However, with the coming of XP, and with MS deciding to kill off VB, I made the move to Linux also buying a 40GB HDD on the way. Thus "MeanMachine" became "meanlix", and now looks like:

• PIII 550Mhz
• 160MB SDRAM
• 40GB Seagate 5400 RPM
• 17" Samsung 793S
• 104-keys Mercury Keyboard
• "Yamada" Speakers
• Sony DVD-ROM
• Logitech Optical Mouse
  
• Ubuntu Dapper Drake
• USB 1.0
• D-Link 502-T Router
• D-Link RTL8139 chipset based NIC.
  

Along the way, I've replaced the power supply, a couple of mice, the hard disk, the CD-ROM drive, the monitor. I've added the network card and the router, so only the keyboard and speakers have survived from MeanMachine.

Meanlix chugs along fine, though it's no longer adequate for most tasks that family uses it for, though Dapper Drake is (looking) faster than Hoary Hedgehog on this machine. It's time for an upgrade, and perhaps, come December, and with some money, I'll upgrade this machine to a newer one. Any suggestions on what to go for? I'm looking for processor (probably a Core 2 Duo/AMD 64 X2), RAM (1GB/2GB), Motherboard, and perhaps a 80G HDD. Maybe the speakers too. And the keyboard. And yes, the cabinet :) I won't be using this machine much, it'll be a family machine. And yes, it'll run Linux.