What's under your hood? Fav Operating System?

[Klark]

Home Computer: OpenSUSe 11.1 Linux operating system on a Dell Dimension E310 with a 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium IV processor. I've got 2 GB of RAM and an Nvidia graphics card.

PS3: Either I'm on the PS3 operating system or it is also equipped with OpenSUSe 11.1 having recently been switched from Yellow Dog Linux 6.1.

I'm currently in the process of ordering parts for constructing my own computer from scratch. So far I have an ASUS motherboard with a 3.2 GHz Pentium IV processor. I will more than likely max out the RAM at 4 GB.

So what's under your hood? And what is your favorite operating system? (Please no flaming outbursts regarding a person's particular love for an operating system).

My favorite is Linux because of it's flexibility and security.

[blueeyes]

Most of my time's spent on a laptop, 1.5 GHz Core2Duo, nVidia 8600M GT graphics card, 2 gigabytes of RAM, 60 gigabyte hard drive, running Win7 x64 RC. Also have access to a desktop on Win7 x64 beta running a 2.6 Ghz Core2Duo, nVidia 8800 GS, 3 gigabytes RAM, 120 gigabyte hard drive.

Between work and experimentation, there are also a few server-type machines, running WinXP x32 (AMD Sempron 2600+ at 1 gigabyte RAM), CentOS Linux (Intel PIII at 1 gigabyte RAM), or other flavours of Linux. Client machines at work tend to be Core2Quad or i7-based machines running WinXP x64 between four and eighteen gigabytes of RAM.

If I had to name favorites, for personal machines it'd be Win7, but in practice the importance is more what the system needs to do. I like Win7, but it'd be a disaster to try and run a VOIP system on it, where it was easy-ish with CentOS.

[Lore]

At the moment I'm using a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile with an Intel Celeron CPU 570 @ 2.26GHZ, 2.0GB of RAM and SiS Mirage 3 Graphics Card running Vista Home Basic.

The graphics card sucks but I don't use it for heavy gaming.

[GhostBat]

For my desktop I have:
24 inch iMac with Windows XP Professional and Leopard, 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 500 GB Serial-ATA, 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

For my laptop I have:
15 inch MacBook Pro with Leopard, 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 100 GB Serial-ATA, 256 MB ATI Radeon X1600

[Chriz]

Similar to GB.

Desktop:
24 inch iMac with MacOS 1.5.7 (Leopard), 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB Serial-ATA, 256MB ATI Radeon HD2600

Laptop:
15 inch MacBook Pro with MacOS 1.5.7 (Leopard), 2.66GHz Intel Core Duo, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, 100 GB Serial-ATA, 256MB Nvidia GeForce 7600

[Xavious]

I've got a heavily modified custom built desktop. It consists of a Biostar P4M80-M4 Motherboard, Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz Processor, ATI Radeon x1650 graphics card, 500GB SATA HD, 120GB IDE HD, 30GB IDE HD, 1 GB Ram, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy audio card, and serving the dual purpose of cooling the computer and looking good are two blue LED fans. It also runs Windows XP because I am heavy a gamer :p

[Fenixblade]

I've got a custom build, as I'm a heavy gamer myself.

PCChips A15G Motherboard
2x 2GB Corsair DDR2-800 RAM
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.8Ghz (originally 2.6Ghz)
320GB Western Digital SATA
Nvidia GeForce 8400GS
Running: Windows XP

[WareW-Believer]

Gaming rig:

Motherboard: Foxconn P45A-S
RAM: 4GB G-Skill DDR2 1066
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.2Ghz (occasionally @ 3.6Ghz)
HDD's: Seagate Barracuda 160GB and 320GB, Western Digital 1TB, all SATA.
Graphics: GeForce 9800 GTX 675MhZ @ 781Mhz (Core)
PSU: Silverstone 750 Watt Modular
Liquid cooled with Danger Den and Koolance products.
OS: Windows XP Home

Latest 3dMarc06 score: Don't remember exactly, but just over 18,000
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[Lysander]

Main Rig: 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, 2x 500GB + 1x 120GB SATA 3.0 7200RPM hard drives, 4GB DDR2, Geforce 8800GTX 768MB, Windows 7 RC x64.

Laptop: Dell Studio 1555: 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo, 320GB HD, 15.4inch LED 1080p screen, BD-ROM, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, Vista Home Premium

[Hoplite]

my fav OS has to be the good old windows XP...i use Red Hat Enterprise 5 in parallel too...
the hardware profile: intel dual core 1.6 Ghz, 2.5 gigs of RAM, nvidia graphics card...umm...the rest is just ordinary ;)