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Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
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Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#72Before I list my setup, I'd like to ask: What's with all the laptops? I worked off a 15-inch laptop for several years, but after using a desktop, I've completely converted. Laptops give you less screen space and less computational power, and in general I've never liked their keyboards. They're also more expensive (I think?) and trickier to self-build. The only advantage I see is portability, which is understandable,…
I have an extenral monitor, keyboard, and mouse with my laptop.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#73A Macbook Pro. That is all.
I am on a macbook as well, with externals at my usual haunts.
It is really interesting to see how many people use a laptop as a main dev box. I figured that more hackers would have a desktop and a laptop
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#74Before I list my setup, I'd like to ask: What's with all the laptops? I worked off a 15-inch laptop for several years, but after using a desktop, I've completely converted. Laptops give you less screen space and less computational power, and in general I've never liked their keyboards. They're also more expensive (I think?) and trickier to self-build. The only advantage I see is portability, which is understandable,…
This:
http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/x/blogger/5478/1688/...
and this:
http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mob...
Granted, they sell desktops in France, and you could technically put one in a van, but the experience of taking off for a month-long road trip to get some work done is a definite perk.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#75A Macbook (black) with a triple-monitor display (internal display + 2 x 24" Acer 1080p monitors on either side). I'm using the EVGA UV Plus+16, which is a USB-to-DVI adapter for the second external monitor, which is really nice, but it only allows the one monitor to go up to 1680x1050, so I just use that monitor for email, IM, IRC, etc, where it doesn't really matter.
Are you happy with the EVGA adapter? I have been looking for a solution to do exactly what you are doing.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#76At work: slightly old Centrino Duo laptop with I think 2GB ram (due to be upgraded very soon), 1280x800 screen plus 2x 1280x1024 external screens. Runs XP SP2 (SP3 failed to install for some reason, maybe I'll try again in safe mode...).
At home: Athlon II x4 with 8GB ram (I usually seem to use around 4GB of that), SSD (one of the Indilinx Barefoot ones) plus large platter drive, 2x 2048x1180 screens. Runs Debian Testing/Unstable, plus occasional VirtualBox instances.
I also have an almost-netbook running XP SP3, which is too underpowered to do much local development on or watch high-res youtube movies but makes a nice web+ssh terminal for lighter tasks or travel. It's fairly small, and has about 7 hours of battery life (getting decent CPU power with similar size and life would have been way out of my budget, especially since that's what the desktop is for).
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#77Sorry if this is a bit OT, but does anyone have any experience using panasonic toughbooks? I travel fairly extensively and my MBP is basically in tatters (I have enjoyed it immensely, but the hardware has been subpar - battery exploded, screen went dead, power plug nearly caught on fire, HD failure, etc. I've noticed the new ultralight toughbook is out, and thought this loaded with Linux might be an ideal solution. I…
I have used a few different toughbooks, and have been pleased with all of them.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#78Custom-built:
* Intel Core2 E8600 @3.33Ghz
* 1 GB ram (so behind I know)
* Vista but soon to be Win7 (tried linux but it was disappointing)
* Two 22inch Samsung monitors @ 1650x1080
* Crazy video card that is louder than the rest of my computer (when the fan starts up)
It's almost 2 years old now, but still fast enough to run all the latest games on max settings without flinching. I don't play as many games though lately.
I've also got some crappy gateway laptop with a buggy touchpad driver that I only use when my desktop is on the fritz.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#79Sorry if this is a bit OT, but does anyone have any experience using panasonic toughbooks? I travel fairly extensively and my MBP is basically in tatters (I have enjoyed it immensely, but the hardware has been subpar - battery exploded, screen went dead, power plug nearly caught on fire, HD failure, etc. I've noticed the new ultralight toughbook is out, and thought this loaded with Linux might be an ideal solution. I…
I am a big fan of the Panasonic business series. They were originally called "Lets Note" in japan but rebranded with "toughbook" in the US as the business ultralight series.
I have a Y4 currently. It is somewhat rugged, but the most important part is that it has every attribute I want: 3.5 lbs, 14" screen at 1400x1050, built-in DVD/RW, 5-7 hour battery life. The keyboard is quite nice also. Basically, I had a Macbook Air with more features in 2006.
http://rdist.root.org/2008/02/07/panasonic-cf-y4-laptop-disa...
If you want to replace the hard drive, you have to disassemble the whole thing. RAM upgrades don't require that though. I'm quite familiar with the BIOS and it's one of the better ones. It works fine with Linux and FreeBSD.
They stopped making the Y series with the Y7. The replacement (F8 and F9) annoys me a little because they went to widescreen. I hate widescreen. What you want as a programmer is as many vertical rows as possible, not horizontal. The F9 is 1440x900. You gain 40 horizontal pixels but lost 150 vertical! It also has that weird handle thing but you can ignore it.
I'm still happy enough with my Y4 that I haven't replaced it. It's such a good combination of build quality and firmware quality that I'm afraid of anything else.
Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?
#80http://jcs.org/notaweblog/2010/03/28/the_setup/
i think it would be neat if _the setup_ (http://usesthis.com/) had a version where anyone could submit their responses and people could vote them up. a lot of the people they "interview" are really uninteresting and i'm sure there's a lot more unique setups out there being used by people that aren't famous.