Monday, August 04, 2003  

Just thought I'd chime in with a post of my current desktop set-up as a preview for the forthcoming Gadgets section (it's coming, honest, it really is).



The computer -- the heart of the operation -- is a Power Mac G4 with a built-in DVD burner. I just added the Philips 17" LCD to the system and it's fantastic. LCDs offer so many advantages to regular hulking CRT monitors. They're much smaller and take up far less space yet the screen size itself is much, much bigger. Alongside the monitor are two Apple Pro Speakers, and up front is a new Apple iSight webcam. It's built for video-conferencing and uses the FireWire port for amazing clarity and image quality. I've been testing it out and it works really well so far. And the football poster in the back is of Roberto Baggio, my favourite player of all time. Ahem.

Incidentally, I managed to score Real Madrid tickets in the end. Can't wait for Friday!

Posted at 4:32 PM

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