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I recieved my new work laptop today. It’s a Dell E1705 and I’m really digging it. It’s a real “Portable Desktop”. Weighs about 10 pounds.

17″ Widescreen Display UXGA (1920 x 1200), Intel Dual Core Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB Cache), NVIDIA GeForce™ Go 7900 GS 256MB, 1GB Dual Channel SDRAM DDR2 533MHz, 100GB Hard Drive 7200rpm SATA, 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer.

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Today the nice UPS man brought a new addition to the Shures Network, a laptop we purchased for my spouse. Dude, she got a Dell E1505.

15.4″ Widescreen Display WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050), Intel Dual Core Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB Cache), 1GB Dual Channel SDRAM DDR2 533MHz, 100GB Hard Drive 7200rpm SATA, 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer

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This Christmas, Santa brought me a new workstation for the Shures Network. A Dell 9150. This is the first factory built computer I’ve owned since I purchased my 486 DX2 50 MHz machine way back in 1992. Yours truly custom built the last 10 machines between this and that. Here’s the spec on the new one.

Intel® Pentium® D Processor 830
(3.0GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) with Dual Core

NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB

1 GB dual channel DDR2-533MHz RAM

320GB (2 drives x 160 SATA) RAID 0 Storage

16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl layer

Intel® Pro/1000 Ethernet

20 Inch UltraSharp Widescreen Digital Flat Panel

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My new cel phone was delivered today. It’s a Motorola i870 that’s fully loaded with all the latest features such as a 1.3-megapixel digital camera with flash and 4x zoom, an MP3 player, and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has a TransFlash memory expansion slot for additional storage. Roamming in the field pictures have come to the Shures Network.

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The parts have been ordered. My HTPC media convergence device will soon be a reality. What is it? It’s all the functionality of a PC, TIVO, and more. I’ll be able to digitally schedule and record all my tv programing, pause live tv, record and play DVDs, play any type of media files, PC games, surf the Internet, etc… all of this on a Panasonic 47″ HDTV through a 1080i high definition signal.

Specifications for this machine include:

D-Vine D5 All Aluminum Case with Silent Power Supply
MSI 915P ATX Motherboard with Audio /Gigabit LAN /RAID-SATA
Pentium 4 530 Processor 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB Cache
Kingston 1GB DDR2 533Mhz Memory
ATI X700 Pro 256MB PCI-E Video Card
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 Video Capture Card
Maxtor 300GB SATA 16MB Buffer Hard Drive
NEC ND-3500A 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
D-Link DWL-AG530 802.11a/b/g Wireless PCI Adapter
Streamzap PC Remote

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