1988 (My grandfather's PC-XT...I was 2 when I first used it.)
IBM PC-XT
4.77MHz Intel 8088 CPU
256-640KB RAM
10MB HDD
5.25" floppy drive
IBM Model M keyboard and IBM mouse
1994
100 MHz Intel Pentium
16MB RAM
1.2GB HDD
5.25" floppy drive
3.5" floppy drive
4x CD-ROM drive
1996
200 MHz AMD K6
32MB RAM
3.2 GB HDD
16x CD-ROM drive
3.5" floppy
1998
333MHz Pentium II MMX
64MB RAM
6.4GB HDD
3.5" floppy
32x CD-ROM
1999
500MHz Intel Pentium III (Katmai)
96MB RAM
20GB HDD
3.5" floppy
48x CD-ROM
2001
1GHz AMD Athlon
256MB RAM
80GB HDD
3.5" floppy
2x CD-RW
2002
1.7GHz Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette)
512MB RAM
160GB HDD
64MB nVidia GeForce 4 MX420
3.5" floppy
4x CD-RW
2003
3.06GHz Intel Pentium 4
1GB RAM
160GB HDD
128MB ATi Radeon Pro 9000
3.5" floppy
2.4x DVD+/-RW
16x DVD-ROM
2003 (Aquarius)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (939) (2.2GHz)
ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard
2GB DDR RAM (4x 512MB)
250GB HDD (IDE)
128MB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Replaced by 256MB ATi Radeon X1600 AGP
8X DVD+/-RW
2004 (Odyssey, eMachines M6811 laptop)
AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ (2.2GHz)
512MB DDR RAM (Upgraded on purchase to 768MB, upgraded 2008 to 1.25GB)
64MB ATi Mobility Radeon 9600
80GB HDD
2.4x DVD+/-RW
1280x800 15.4" screen
2007 (Shadowhawk, as built)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz)
ASUS M2N-E Motherboard
2GB DDR2 RAM (2x 1GB sticks)
250GB HDD (SATA)
640MB nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
Replaced by 512MB nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
Replaced by 512MB nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ OC
16X DVD+/-RW DL
2008 (Sojourner, ASUS M50vm laptop)
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53GHz)
4GB DDR2 RAM
500GB HDD
1GB nvidia GeForce 9600M GS
16X DVD+/-RW DL
2012 (Shadowhawk, current configuration)
AMD Phenom X4 9950 (2.6GHz)
ASUS M2N-E Motherboard
6GB DDR2 RAM (2x 2GB sticks, 2x 1GB sticks)
250GB HDD + 1TB HDD
1GB nvidia GeForce 560 Ti SC
16X DVD+/-RW DL