The equipment that I use to create my work is a standard PC running Windows software (2000 and XP). My system uses an Athlon 2 GHz processor, and 512 MB RAM. I use inter-changeable modular hard drives so I can have different drives for different types of things that I do. I can also have different operating systems that use the same hardware. This configuration has saved my bacon on more than one occasion when a drive became corrupted. I also have a CD-RW and recently purchased a DVD +-RW drive. I use a 4x5 Intuos II wacom tablet. For printing I have an Epson 3000, a Canon 9600i, and an HP 1120.

Software

I rely on about 4 programs regularly to produce my work :
Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9 (formerly Microsoft PhotoDraw II)
Corel Painter 9 (At least Corel owns in for now)
ACDSee 6.0 - I like the visual image management tools