Ultimate Dream Computer

[steven114]

Here's mine:

Quad IBM Quantum PowerPC G10s at 10PHz each (1 PHz = 1024 THz = 1048576 GHz)
Mind/Machine interface (no more keyboard/mouse)
Some ridiculously fast Internet connection
Mac OS 50
RAID array of five hundred drives at an exabyte each.
Erm... that's all I can think of

[MrToast]

I'd kinda like two or three of these:

http://computing.vt.edu/research_computing/terascale/

But I'd also be happy with:
PowerMac Dual 3GHz
2TB HD
16GB RAM
52-52-12-12 SuperDrive (52 burn and reburn CDs, 12 burn and reburn DVDs)
ATI Radeon 10000 Pro (with 1GB RAM)
FibreChannel
LaCie Biggerest Disk
Two 30" Aluminum Apple HD Displays
REALbasic 6
Halo
WarCraft 4
StarCraft 2
FCP 5
Keynote
OS X 11
Fibre Optic internet connection

oh yeah,

a 5G iPod (100GB) (Color screen, video playback....)

One that doesn't crash every hour has a 2 button mouse and not named after a piece of fruit...in other words the computer im looking for hasn't been invented yet

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

One that doesn't crash every hour has a 2 button mouse and not named after a piece of fruit...in other words the computer im looking for hasn't been invented yet

Is there a fruit named G5?

Apple Computers actually gets it's name from the Beatles' record company, Apple Records. At the time when Jobs and Woz were looking for a company name, the Beatles were huge, so they went with "Apple".

[steven114]

And probably regretted it later, due to the copyright issues

And even though a G5 is not a fruit, a Macintosh is a kind of apple (although spelled somewhat differently I think)

And what's wrong with being named after a fruit? Could be worse - could be a Dell

[Crash852]

Originally Posted by MrToast

Is there a fruit named G5?

Apple Computers actually gets it's name from the Beatles' record company, Apple Records. At the time when Jobs and Woz were looking for a company name, the Beatles were huge, so they went with "Apple".

i actually believe that jobs and woz named it apples because either jobs or woz liked to eat apples or something, never heard the story where they named it after the beatles though.

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by Crash852

i actually believe that jobs and woz named it apples because either jobs or woz liked to eat apples or something, never heard the story where they named it after the beatles though.

There's a good link here:
http://www.macnyt.dk/default.tpl?news=20020702040337

The paragraph in question is towards the bottom of the page.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I just built as close as I'm gonna get to my Dream PC:

Asus P4C800-E Dlx Mobo
Intel P4 3.2Ghz 800MHz FSB
2GB Corsair DDR3200 RAM 512x4
ASUS Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Antec 450W PS
200 GB WD SATA HD
120 GB WD HD
DVD drive and 52x Lite-on burner
Logitech cordless MX duo
CTX 17" LCD

I don't really care much how the case looks, as long as it keeps everything cool and isn't a huge eyesore.

Plus I got a FREE pen too.

[Michelle 236]

one that NEVER crashes

[Ashley Weed]

I think I am pretty close to dreamy right now.... my ze4100 was going (internal surge killed video/mobo, and LCD display)... and as a college student, screen meltdowns were no longer my friend. I went shopping yesterday, and picked up this new token:

HP pavilion zd7020us
P4 2.8 GHz
17" WXGA+ widescreen
80 GB
1024 MB
64 MB NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
802.11g WLAN
4x DVD RW and CDRW Combo

[Drawman]

Bah, by the time I ever get a "Dream Computer", there will just be another computer out there that is better and I will not be happy. That is how the world of technology is. =/

[Alex Pelan]

I'm all for the Univac
Seriously, tho,something with the AMD FX 51, Radeon 9800 1 gig DDR