DAMIDOOP XYZ
Lenovo ThinkPad X220
IBM ThinkPad X60
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s
Apple Power Mac 5,1 (G4 Cube)
Apple Mac Pro 6,1 (Late 2013)
Sony VAIO PCG-505E
Unfortunately for the future money I will earn, I think I'm going to get into some minor computer collecting. I already have quite a few computers, but they all serve a purpose. I'm just gonna use this page to keep track of the computers, their story, and what I use them for. The "More Details" button would make a popup with a paragraph about the computer, but I could not get modals to work with Jekyll's Liquid. If anyone reading has an idea, let me know on GitHub, please!
CPU: Intel i5 6200U
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520
RAM: 2x4gb DDR4
Resolution: 1366x768
Description:I use this one as a jack of all trades, as it runs Windows 11, ChromeOS, Fedora Linux, and macOS Monterey. It has come in handy more than a few times, especially as I don't own any modern Macs. I got this laptop late 2024 from a family member, and I've definitely made sure to put it to good use.
RAM: 1x4gb DDR4
Description:This one is a replacement for the late 450 G3, so it will likely just end up becoming a pi-hole, or maybe I'll try proxmox again with it. As with the other 650 G2, this laptop was also given in late 2024 from that family member.
CPU: Intel i5 8350U
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
RAM: 2x8gb DDR4
Resolution: 1920x1080
Description:My T480. I got it for school after my Surface Laptop Go failed on me, and it has been rock solid since. I know that it is an aging laptop, but it still runs absolutely flawlessly on linux. I was previously running Fedora 41 on it, though I switched to Universal Blue's Aurora 41 because I wanted to try out an immutable distribution. Despite having the T480 for less time than some of the other Computers, it has gone on quite the journey! It's been from my home in southwestern Ontario all the way to the west coast in Vancouver, and it's got the stickers to prove it!
CPU: Intel i5 3230M
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
RAM: 2x8gb DDR3
Resolution: 1600x900
Description:I got this laptop back in 2018 from that aforementioned family member, and it served me well through school, until it got too old and I just wasn't tech-savvy enough to help it. It went out of commission for a while, until about late 2023 when my Surface died. Since then, this laptop got me through computer science classes, and I've even fallen directly onto it while going to school. I expect this ProBook to live longer than the others I own. This ProBook runs both Windows 8.1 and Gentoo Linux.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (T5600)
GPU: GMA 950 Chipset
RAM: 2x512mb DDR2
Description:I just got this computer (as of writing this) for $20 on FB Marketplace, and it's my first ever Mac. It is running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and has been pretty fun to mess with. It doesn't run OSX slowly, but it certainly runs modern Linux rather slowly (At least with XFCE). I also gotta say, I do like how the Mac Minis look.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660
RAM: 4x8gb DDR4
Resolution: Triple 1920x1080
Description:I built this desktop back in April of 2020, and it has served me well ever since. It started with Windows 10, but has followed me on my Linux journey through Pop!_OS, Manjaro, and it's final distro for the past several years, Arch Linux.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: --
RAM: 1x8gb DDR4
Resolution: --
Description:Using a motherboard and SSD I got in 2023, I used my desktop's old CPU to build a server that was an upgrade from the last components. I have Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 installed and it has been running plenty of services since I made it, and I don't know what I'd use if not those services.
CPU: AMD A8 APU
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660
Description:This was my old server, which at the time lacked a GPU. Currently, I use it for Windows XP and Windows 7 as the early 2010s hardware has good driver support for both. It's come in handy for CD ripping and burning.
CPU: Apple A8
GPU: PowerVR GX6450
RAM: 2gb (Soldered)
Resolution: 1536x2048
Description:My iPad that I got a couple years ago. I don't really use it, but I've jailbroken it on it's latest iPadOS, and tweaked it a little. I suppose it has it's uses. (like being a second display for my laptop)
CPU: AMD Custom APU 0405
GPU: AMD ATI VanGogh
RAM: 12gb (Soldered?)
Resolution: 1280x800
Description:I'm sure we all know what the Steam Deck is. It's awesome. I don't have too much to say on it, other than it was so nice to bring it across the country with me. It helped keep me entertained for those long 6 hour car rides. Sorry for the dusty pic lol
My computers from (not so) long ago.. They died either in the line of battle or died of old age. (Or died literally doing NOTHING)
RAM: 4gb DDR4
Description:One of the laptops given to me in late 2024. It's battery didn't work but it had the best screen of all the laptops. It was used briefly for Fedora Server 41 before being my testing grounds for proxmox. It was going to be a pi-hole, but then met its untimely death when a shelf struck it. You can read more here.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 256mb
RAM: 4gb DDR2
Resolution: 1680x1050
Description:This laptop was never truly "mine", but I tried to fix it. It had a tag/dying GPU and I wanted to fix it. Unfortunately for both me and it, this 17" laptop never even got reassembled. It would've been a really cool media laptop to have, but it was not meant to be. I'm glad I salvaged the 4gb of DDR2 SODIMMs it had, as they are finally coming in handy to upgrade my Mac Mini whenever I get the tools.
CPU: Intel i5 1035G1
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics G1
RAM: 8gb (Soldered)
Resolution: 1536x1024
Description:I bought this laptop at the start of high school for CA$1,000 using money I saved up from a paper route I did. It did good for the first few years, but when I had to do a test in grade 11, I put it to sleep by closing it, and it never woke up again. It's really stupid.