Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts

Thursday, May 16, 2013

My System

Unless otherwise noted, all the posts in this blog are related to working in the following environment.

Hardware

  • Lenovo T510 Laptop
    • 8GB memory
    • internal 500GB HD for Windows 7
    • internal 750GB HD for Linux
    • eSATA port for connecting external SATA drives (great feature when one want to have 3 HDs available or swap in other HDs for special purposes)
  • Thermaltak BlackX HDD docking station (ST0005U)
    • takes a single 2.5" HD or a single 3.5" HD
    • USB 2.0 or eSATA connection to host
    • press F12 at system startup to get a boot menu that sees this device
    • both Windows 7 and Linux Mint see this device
Software
  • Windows 7 Professional edition, 64 bit
  • Linux Mint 14 Nadia, 64 Bit, Cinnamon
    • Based on Ubuntu Quantal (12.10)