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Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by jseliger »

You can see my setup here: http://jseliger.com/2010/05/02/writing-space-2010 . You can see a 24" iMac (the screen space is, to my mind, more valuable than the processor speed) with an external monitor and a Kinesis Advantage). [EDIT: Note also the desk -- a Maxon 1000 series with a Humanscale keyboard tray. It's a good combination because you can adjust the tray to keep your arms at a 90 degree angle and the desk is really solid.)

My family's space is here: http://blog.seliger.com/2008/06/15/tools-of-the-trade%E2%80%... .

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by tezza » 

  Quad core Q5550 , 8GB ram, Vista x64
  cygwin with extensive use of mintty
  Eclipse for everything
  2 * 24" Monitors
  Microsoft X6 Keyboard
  Taskflash LED readout [I make this ;) ]
  Velociraptor 300GB + ~3TB of sundry disk space
  LTO-2 tape drive (unf, requires SCSCI card too)
  VMWare used extensively for linux dev
  Linode for internet accessible hosts
  Virgin Media 50Mbit cable internet

  --

  Also a Thinkpad W500 with an Intel X-25M for when my baby comes along in October and I'm kicked out of my home office

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by harshpotatoes »

My main is an old desktop, amd athlon xp 2400, nvidia nforce2 motherboard, and nvidia fx 7600 graphics card, dual 17in monitors, running win7. 5 years old, still does everything i need like a champ. My laptop is a 6year old off brand celeron 1.7ghz processor, running debian stable. Still works fine, albeit a little big. I will upgrade when things break.

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by gprisament »

jseliger wrote: post #91

You can see my setup here: http://jseliger.com/2010/05/02/writing-space-2010 . You can see a 24" iMac (the screen space is, to my mind, more valuable than the processor speed) with an external monitor and a Kinesis Advantage). [EDIT: Note also the desk -- a Maxon 1000 series with a Humanscale keyboard tray. It's a good combination because you can adjust the tray to keep your arms at a 90 degree angle and the desk is…

+1 for the Kinesis, great keyboard, fixed my wrist pain!

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by patrickk »

cytzol wrote: post #63
dmm wrote: post #23

Asus Eee PC 1000HD * 1.6Ghz Atom * 1 GiB ram * 10" 1024x600 display * OpenBSD (recent snapshot) * StumpWM is the window manager * emacs is the editor I use it as terminal to login to my ps3 running Debian sid for cell processor development. I use profont to let me fit a lot of code on the small screen.

I've heard some people say that only being able to see a small amount of code at a time forces good programming practices, compared to what you'd be able to do with a large monitor. Do you think that having such a small screen helps in this way?

I would say that's bullshit.

Tried using a netbook to do some web development, and the small screen, keyboard and lethargic hardware made it very frustrating. Horrible compared to using a big monitor and powerful desktop.

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by bluemetal »

dmm wrote: post #23

Asus Eee PC 1000HD * 1.6Ghz Atom * 1 GiB ram * 10" 1024x600 display * OpenBSD (recent snapshot) * StumpWM is the window manager * emacs is the editor I use it as terminal to login to my ps3 running Debian sid for cell processor development. I use profont to let me fit a lot of code on the small screen.

I'm on an Asus EeePC 1000H and I adore it. I used to have another machine for gaming and other stuff but after I went about a year without turning it on I got rid of it. I like to plug mine into a larger external display and my wireless kb+mouse if I'm at my desk.

As far as my OS, yesterday it was a pretty heavily tweaked install of XP, today I'm trying out Ubuntu 10.04. Oh, and learning how to use Vim.

EDIT: I've also got a 1tb external drive for long term storage, and slightly smaller USB powered external for those other occasions.

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by mambodog »

1. Macbook Pro 13". I prefer it to the 15" I used to have, as the most important factor for me is portability. The 13" is effortless to tote, and fits comfortably into even small bags.

2. Core i7-860 based hackintosh, Samsung 24" monitor. It's essentially a cheap Mac Pro. It has all the power and screen real-estate I need to complement the laptop, especially for 3D work (Silo, Maya), and music production (Logic). I write music that is heavy on complex effects chains, and I like to keep it all realtime, so I definitely appreciate the extra power, which I wouldn't be able to afford in a real Mac desktop.

Speaking of music production, I use a Focusrite Saffire soundcard, for its nice-sounding mic preamps, and KRK Rokit 8 studio monitors, which sound pretty decent. I've got some M-Audio MIDI controllers which are of decent quality and not too pricey.

Also, a friend gave me his unused Apple Keyboard, which I use with my desktop. I know, it's a small crappy keyboard, but that's the best part, it is a much more dynamic element of my desk space than a big, bulky keyboard would be. Also, I like the fact the layout is identical to that of the Macbook keyboard.

Re: Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

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Post by dchest »

I have 3 MacBooks (Pro, Air and unibody white), and use as a primary machine the one that works (i.e. not in repair) -- currently, MacBook Air. I had to underclock it with CoolBook to 800 MHz so that it could work without overheating. I can't believe I spent more than $7500 for something like this.
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