I was just flipping through some old pictures (what, is that all I do) — every time I/we get a new computer, a bunch of fresh pictures are taken of it… I realized, BME (and I mean just BME: I'm not including my other companies) has a ton of hardware. We've got seven servers in three locations. We've got two machines dedicated to video editing. We've got one machine dedicated to audio editing. Another one handles email only. We have at least two other desktops handling miscellaneous tasks. There are four laptops, and one palmtop.
Anyway, the list goes on, but below is one of the slicker machines… It's an Acer Travelmate 739TLV — 512 meg of RAM, 40 GIG of hard drives, PIII-850, S-video out, DVD drive, and, most of all a built-in fingerprint biometrics system. Whenever the machine is turned on, or specific filesystems are accessed, you have to confirm your identity via fingerprint. Before you plan on breaking in to my house (which contains only a few old PIII-500 desktops and the G4), this machine isn't located here. While BME may not officially have any staff, it does have a number of “shadow workers” who manage other tasks for me when I need them done… and that's where this beast is hiding.
Anyway, I know that a lot of places frown on Acer, but I've owned a number of their machines, and have always been very happy with them — plus they undercut the competition drastically in price. The machine above (not including accessories) came in at under $3000 when I bought it (and that's back then — it's probably less now).
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