System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS OS Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64 CPU AMD Athlon 240 Motherboard M4A78LT-M LE Memory 6 gig DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3000 Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard Mouse Microsoft Touch Mouse PSU OCZ 500 watt Case rebuilt and redesigned Dell Dimension 4550 case Cooling Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes Hard Drives 500 gig Seagate drive
250 gig Western Digital drive Other Info In current transition from Windows 7 technologies to future Windows 8 technologies...
I prefer the Classic style of Desktop -- but very much appreciate the look and feel of the Metro Windows 8 Desktop, for those who are more into that type of thing. For myself and other users who aren't, there's a GREAT tip posted by jimbo45 on how to change the Metro Style UI to a Classic Windows style Desktop in the Virtualization section of Eight Forums at Install W8 in vmware workstation -- you must use version 8 of vmware .
PS - Hmmmmmm, I can't seem to get the above links to work -- but for anyone who wants to change their Metro UI, you can find jimbo45's post in the Eight Forum's Virtualization section --- it's the first thread - titled Install W8 in vmware workstation -- you must use version 8 of vmware
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv5t OS MS Office - Vista Home Premium x64 (SP2) CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz) Motherboard HP Memory 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) Graphics Card 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port Mouse Built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port Hard Drives 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Internet Speed Turbo Other Info HP dv5t ~Vista 64 bit ~ T9400 2.53 GHz ~ 15.4 WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 ~ 4GB DDR2 ~ 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT ~ 320GB 5400RPM ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office 2007