My best machines are, I still have them:
- a maxed out MacBookPro3,1 with basically all parts changed including the motherboard. This is the one with best monitor out of my laptops. I have OS X 10.10 in it, I'll add 10.11 so that I can choose which one I boot.
- an HP Pavilion dv6 quad-core i7, currently 2 GB RAM and a 128 GB SSD, I'm going to put 8 GB RAM in it instead. This computer is my oldest laptop but will be the fastest for most tasks in the Bible Study software thanks to the SSD and the cores (I rarely afford quad-core). Windows 8.1. I think I will lend this computer to a friend.
- Lenovo Thinkpad X220 which I'm buying this weekend - great value for money i5 2nd gen. CPU. Windows 7. I'll max the RAM to 8 GB. When a period comes when I'll use it a lot, I'll put a 128 or 180 GB SSD in it depending on how intensely I estimate needing to use it then.
- I wish I would afford to keep my Dell Latitude E5430 because it can take 16 GB RAM, the 3rd gen. i3 handles my internet connection extremely well and is OK for the Bible Study software. Windows 7 Professional. But I'm selling it because I only used it this Summer - I had stressful periods this Summer. But I'll require that the buyer is a Windows 7 fan and if he/she should upgrade to Windows 10 that that should only be done in the last minute. I would prefer to sell to someone at uni who would need Bible Study software (not my account of course, I don't want to get caught for misuse because they permanently remove all Your licenses if caught). Also great that both USB 3.0 ports work.
- desktop computer: Acer Aspire XC600, Pentium G2030 3.0GHz CPU, 12 GB RAM. This particular CPU is excellent value for money, it's dual core. I have an OK BenQ monitor to it, no speakers. Windows 8.0
- cell phone: Samsung GT-B2710, non-smart-phone. It can take moist and vibrations very well. I will never buy a smart-phone.
- Blackberry Playbook with Playbook OS 2. This device is excellent, I got it very cheap used. 16 GB memory. I use the OliveTree Bible Study software on it with a couple of great resources but I really won't be buying more books in it, which is a software which I use very little otherwise. Unfortunately I don't have any other softwares for it though, so it serves as my only camera as well.
None of these are that new, the Mac is late 2007, the HP is 2009, Lenovo 2011, Acer is Q32013 and the Dell about the same age. The cell-phone is 2012.
Additionally I also have:
- a 2012 model HP EliteBook 2540P, dual core i7, 4 GB RAM (I really should have put more RAM - as much as possible - into it if I would have afforded, perhaps one day). I haven't been using it for a few Months, because I hope it will last me many years. This computer is constructed with quality parts and can take vibrations better than the other computers so when I change the drive in it I'll put a hybrid drive in it. It has not been great at multi-tasking but I've used it for that anyway since I didn't have a better computer at the time.
I have more computers as well: two old desktop computers that are basically down one of which has an old quad core CPU - these computers need new drives and OS's (they have several monitors though - the ones mostly in use are Dell), one late 2009 Samsung laptop with SSD - this is my most worn computer I have to use an external keyboard, one HP 635 with a really low-budget AMD CPU, 8 GB RAM and hybrid drive, it became usable when I upgraded the RAM and drive, I've used it a lot actually - it's pretty stable thanks to the AMD CPU. These have older operating systems like Windows 7 Home Premium, and I'm thinking about in which installation I'll use my spare Vista Home Premium license and in which one the spare Windows 7 Professional.
For antivirus I use Avira, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, and on some computers none.
For a mouse I prefer a PS/2 mouse in desktop computers, I'm tired of the bad accuracy of USB 2.0 -mouses. In the laptops I try to use USB mouses all the time except perhaps when riding the bus.
For a keyboard I prefer
http://www.trulyergonomic.com
I also have two Nook HD 7" 8 GB tablets 2012 model, both have memory totally full with Bible Study software.
"My" cellular internet connection (which I don't even pay) starts slowly in most of my computers, the newer ones such as the Dell and the HP EliteBook being the exceptions. I don't actually have internet at home. I have data cap. I prepare for a time when I won't afford any internet connection, therefore I have books and Bible Study software features on the computers for offline use.