Still in use as of June 2021: Dell 5155, Dell 3190, Ryzen 3700X, i7-4790k
| Approximate date | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Desktops | ||
| Nov 2019 | Ryzen 3700X | my new work machine, nvme, dual 3k monitors |
| March 2016 | i7-4790k | With a nice big desktop monitor. My first Intel desktop in over 20 years? Upgraded to a 4K monitor recently, still (as of 2021) my gaming machine. (GTX 960 graphics) |
| December 2012 | Phenom II X4 | First adventure with kFreeBSD and zfs. 3 x 3TB disks; new hardware to upgrade without service disruption (finally entered service Fall 2013) |
| May 2009 | Phenom X4 | Previous system failed (capacitor plague?) |
| Jan 2007 | Athlon X2 | Wanted dual core; to develop 64-bit LinuxCNC on Sempron 64; to upgrade from Fedora to Ubuntu without service disruption |
| Sep 2005 | Sempron 64 | Wanted performance, 64-bit, consolidated 2 systems |
| Jun 2003 | Athlon XP | Last machine I bought to install Windows (XP) on (to play games!) |
| Aug 2002 | Duron 1GHz | Wanted performance, "1GHz" |
| Ca 2000 | K6-3D? | I think I purchased a faster speed K6 later |
| Ca 1998 | K6-3D | because 3DNow! instructions sounded cool |
| 486DX | dumpster dived | |
| 1995? | Pentium | First computer bought with my own money |
| 1992? | AMD 386 | Added 387 co-processor later |
| Ca 1990 | V20 and 80286 PCs with MS-DOS | |
| 1980s | Commodore 64 | |
| 1980s | VIC-20 | |
| Laptops | ||
| September 2021 | 15" Dell 5515 | Thinkpad's battery reached "holds no charge". This Dell has no proper suspend mode otherwise works great in Linux! |
| June 2019 | 11" Dell 3190 | Chromebooks flaked out and died and lost software support |
| April 2017 | 11" x86 chromebook | Samsung Chromebook was getting slow |
| September 2014 | 14" x86 chromebook | Built-in 4G LTE |
| January 2014 | 11" Samsung Chromebook | best travel computer yet, ARM CPU |
| April 2013 | Thinkpad T530 | Performance, gaming, previous system had become flaky |
| April 2008 | Dell D830 | Performance, previous system had become flaky |
| 2004? | HP zt3000 | Performance, 1920x1200 screen resolution |
| IBM T-Series (refurb?) | ||
| 2002 | Dell 300MHz (used) | |
| 2001? | Toshiba Pentium (used) | |
| 1999-2001 | Two 386 laptops (used) | |
| Other | ||
| 2020 | Google Pixel 4a | Handed down the Pixel 2 to Ingrid |
| 2018 | Google Pixel 2 | New. The XL had a camera problem and I replaced it as soon as I could justify it. |
| 2017 | Google Pixel XL | Refurb |
| 2015 | Google Nexus 6 | New |
| 2013 | Motorola Photon Q | Android 4, 5-row QWERTY keyboard |
| 2012 | Nexus 7 | Introduction-day order even |
| 2012 | No-name Android 2 tablet | Piece of junk, at least it was cheap |
| 2012 | Kindle Paperwhite | Has seen much more use than my Kindle 2 |
| 2011 | Kindle 2 | Refurbished |
| 2012 | HTC Speedy | Switched from sprint to ting |
| 2011? | Samsung Moment | First smartphone |
Entry first conceived on 20 January 2012, 13:51 UTC, last modified on 3 November 2021, 21:25 UTC
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