This is the short version. A longer answer will be at my blog :).

I've got all sorts of computers, and not all of them Wintel, but my convertible V1250 (1ghz / 768mb) is the one that holds my attention. Other than my iPod and flash drives, I rarely attach external devices to it. I have a USB-to-IrDA adapter for those rare times I might want to sync my Nokia PM-6225 phone with Outlook.

I work in at least ten sites throughout the city Unlike the other techs in my group, who almost always work within walking distance of their desktop PCs, I religiously use VPN during normal work hours (if at one of the four WiFi-enabled sites)

768 x 1024 res is annoying, even when using the help desk database. The failure to adopt wireless at the off-site clinics often sends me scrambling for the uncommon spare ethernet port. There are days when I never see my own desk, so charging the 3.5-hr battery can be a PITA. Biggest problem: wandering away from a completed job and leaving the tablet pen behind.

I use a Toshiba M200 Tablet. It is my only computer. I used to have a desktop PC w/ dual monitors. After some prodding from fellow technology coordinators I got rid of the desktop and only use the tablet. It was one of the best decisions I made. I am the Director of Technology for a school district. I use the tablet to run the network, design the webpage, and all my mundane tasks. I have the fancy docking station from Toshiba for the M200 . I have a 17" external monitor connected to the port replicator. I have a wireless keyboard and mouse that are connected to the port replicator as well. I take the tablet to grad school 2 days a week and bring it home everyday.

I save everything to the hard drive. I back up important files to a SD card that I leave in the tablets all the time. I also back up my important files to the school network. I am going to purchase an external hard drive for school so that I can back up my tablet every day. I tried all the synching programs but they all had something quirky with them. I also have my One Note files backup to the SD card.

As I said before going to just one machine is the best thing I have ever done. I love having everything with me all the time. I just purchased new Toshiba M400s for all the math and science teachers at my school. I may get one for myself, or I am hoping Motion Computing will come out with a dual Core proccessor in the 1600 or LS800 . If they do I might purchase one of those.

I used a PDA for 2 years but found I has to reset it to often. I do not carry a cell phone. Email is my primary contact. Most of the applications I use to run the school are web-based.

I'm running an Acer Travelmate C314xmi right now. It's my first tablet and I love it. It is my primary computer, and I carry it with me everywhere. I'm a student, so I take all my notes on it, and have it with me on campus all the time.

At my apartment I have a pretty intense (at least for someone my age) setup. I'll start from the "mainline" out.
I've got my Acer C314 on a cooling pad (with extra USB ports) and both of these are connected to my Acer EZDock. From there I have a Microsoft brand wireless USB keyboard and mouse. I also have a 19" Acer LCD monitor, which I use as extended desktop (tablet is over to the left, monitor is right in front).

I have 2 external USB hard drives, one is 80gb and the other is 160gb. I use them mostly for multiple backups (I backup some files daily on both HDD, some files weekly on both HDDs, and some files monthly on just one drive) though I do store some video and music files that I don't need or use on a daily basis on them.

I have an HP all-in-one (scanner, copier, printer... no fax) that I use, though I'm thinking about getting an Opticbook scanner soon.

I also have a Dell Axim x51v, which I just got a couple
months ago. I use it mainly to keep really good track of my schedule and contacts, though I do put some notes on it for easy studying on the bus and stuff.

Lastly, I have a Nokia 6103 cell phone. Though this doesn't seem like it should be considered part of my setup, but it has bluetooth and I'm able to copy my schedule to my phone as well, which I use mostly for the fact that there's an alarm and I always have my phone on me so anything I may forget, it reminds me, and any important notes I need at all times I always have them with me.

That's my system. I love the multiple monitors, because I spend a lot of time where I need to have a website or e-textbook up on one screen, and am writing a paper or something on the other screen, so it's really convenient. The dock is also super convenient, because I take my tablet with me every day, and with so much stuff it would be a huge pain to disconnect and reconnect every time I leave or get back.

My desktop computer is a self-built powerhouse with a dual core Athlon, 2 gigs of RAM, and a Geforce 7800 GT OC video card. I use it when I need to do some serious gaming or number crunching (like compiling a big program)
- It has a Logitech Cordless Desktop 3000 which is sufficient for the limited typing I do on it now
- It has one single 19" CRT monitor at 1280x960. I can do 2048x1536 if needed.

My tablet is a Gateway CX2618. Lately I've been able to use it as my primary machine, due to it having full functionality (DVD burner, memory card drive, decent keyboard, etc).
- I've never hooked an external monitor up to this computer, partly because I think I'd keep trying to hit something on it with the pen. More often than not, the wide screen 1280x768 is enough for me to be able to view two things side by side. I was doing that yesterday, with a Powerpoint (2003) window on the left, and a PDF open on the right. With as many toolbars minimized or closed as I could reasonably handle, I was able to work well like that. I'd often need something cut from the PDF, so it was handy to be able to do that without having to hook up another monitor.
- At work, I hook up a Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard to it, as this is where I do most of my typing. There's also an Intellimouse Explorer hooked up to the keyboard, and one more USB 1.0 port open on the keyboard.
- At work, I have an ethernet connection. At home, I have a wireless connection. It would be nice if when it detected the ethernet connection was unplugged the computer could automatically switch off proxy preferences in Firefox & IE (I don't use IE to browse, but when I have to follow a link from Outlook, it requires that IE is able to view the site before it will open in Firefox). It's a pain to keep enabling them when I get to work and disabling them when I get home.

When I need to synchronize files between the tablet and my desktop, I use a wireless ad-hoc network and a program called Allway Sync. The program only needs to run on one machine, and can be set to automatically sync every x minutes when the device to sync to/from is accessible over the network. This has proven to be quite useful, as now I don't have to spend 20 minutes copying the folder over to my desktop to work on, then copying it back when I'm done, as Allway Sync determines which files changed and thus only transfers what's necessary. The interface is similar in functionality to Microsoft's SyncToy, just not quite as eye candyish. You select a left folder that serves as the master folder, and then the right folder. You can tell it to make the right folder match the left folder (mirroring), or make only the new/changed files on the left copy to the right (echoing) so that if you delete something on the left folder, it's not deleted on the right.

This setup seems to work fairly well for me. My only wish is that the proxy at work allow me to do remote desktop so that I can do or get something on my desktop on demand.