Sunday, March 28, 2004
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OK, I spent some time working out what my dream home computer system would look like.  What I haven't decided is the order in which I should buy all of this stuff.  I need to replace my desktop at some point, as it's basically home made, and it's slowly falling out of date, not to mention that the CD-ROM drive just stopped working.  So, the dream involves a new desktop with a minimum 3.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB internal hard drive, and two firewire ports (one for a camera, and one for a 200 GB external hard drive).  That would be attached to a KVM switch that would be attached to my wireless keyboard and mouse (which I've already got) and my new 23” widescreen flat panel monitor (by new, I am dreaming here).  Why a KVM switch?  Because I also want to get a laptop that I can take with me when I go places like the Siebers and still need to work.  The laptop doesn't need much in the way of power, as I'll mostly remote desktop into my machine.  The things that matter would be a DVD-ROM drive for portable entertainment, a fairly large screen, and wireless networking.  Along with this laptop, I would get a docking station that would also be attached to the KVM switch, so that if I wanted to I could work directly on my laptop at home, but using my regular keyboard and huge monitor.  I'm not sure how often I would need to do this, but it would be nice to have, I suppose.  So, now all that is left really is the video portion of the system.  That would include a Panasonic DVX100 camera, which would be plugged into that firewire port I mentioned above.  I also want to be able to playback media from my computer to my television, so something akin to the Sony RoomLink would come in handy.  And of course, I'd love to display that stuff on an awesome new television screen, so how about a 50” XBR Plasma WEGA HD Flat Panel?  I know it's hard to believe that I've ever been in debt.

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