MisterLappy's Specifications:

Acer Aspire 5740G Intel Core i5 520M 2.4GHz (Turboboost to 2.93GHz) 8GB Patriot DDR3-1333 CL9 (Upgraded from 4GB DDR3-1066) ATI Mobility Radeon 5650 1GB 120GB Intel 320 SSD (Upgraded from 320GB Hitachi HDD) 15.6in screen LED backlit Draft N, Gigabit, HDMI, and all that other laptop connection stuff Currently dual booting Windows 7 Home Premium and Fedora 16

I bought Misterlappy in 2010 to replace a couple of beater cheap laptops I had bought broken and repaired. As As I got more into using computers for everyday tasks including photo editing, personal time management, and syncing to my cell phone, I found my older laptops becoming too slow to get my work done in an efficient manner. With the i5 and upgraded 8GB of RAM, this laptop should last me for years to come. The Intel SSD made the laptop very responsive and quick to boot. My desktop was giving me great pains with instability so I replaced it full time with using my laptops.

I do my web editing, photo editing, etc on it. I still play games occasionally, and I even have Steam working in WINE. The 8GB of RAM is for running Virtual Box .

LinuxStation Specifications:

Abit AW9D mainboard Intel Core2Duo E6600 2.4GHz (Overclocked to 2.8GHz) Zalman CNPS10X Flex cpu cooler with two 120mm fans 8GB Patriot Viper Series DDR2-800 timed 4-4-4-12 ATI Radeon X1900XT 512MB (for hardware accelerated dual monitors) 2x 500GB Seagate Sata drives in a software RAID1 2TB Raid 5 HDDs 3x 1TB Seagate Sata drives on Highpoint Rocketraid pci-express 1x card 910W PC Power & Cooling Silencer power supply 4u server case Dell 19in CRT and NEC 21in CRT monitors

Media Center's Specifications:

EVGA 750i FTW mainboard Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.2GHz (overclocked to 3.3GHz) 4GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 timed 5-5-5-15 XFX AMD Radeon 6870 1GB 320GB Western Digital Sata drive 500W OCZ power supply LG 4x Bluray drive Coolermaster Centurion 5 mid tower Olivia 42in HDTV Sony surround sound reciever Paradigm full tower speakers for front & vintage Radioshack floor speakers for surround

I use Windows 7 and the built in Media Center to watch DVDs and TV. Unfortunately I have to use Cyberlink PowerDVD to watch Blurays and it doesn't always play nice. The powerful video card lets me play games on the TV.

My setup is a little unique. I have the computer in the basement and I use a long DVI to HDMI to connect to my TV in the living room. I also made my own long USB cable that attaches to a USB hub in the living room. There is a wireless keyboard & mouse that lives on or around the couch I use to interface with the computer. Until you have done it, you can have no idea how awesome it is to have a computer connected to you television.