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

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Post by elHeffe »

Work: Dell Optiplex 960 x3 on a KVM. Room(Afghanistan): Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh / Asus EEE Box PC running Win 7 / Ubunutu 10.04 Home: iMac 20" from a couple of years ago / PowerBook G4 12"

The worst of them all is the freakin Dell Optiplex's at work, but what can I do? I love the portability of the Hackintosh and am thinking of installing Ubuntu on it as well, but I do love my Mac OS X.

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

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Post by dalenkruse »

Self-built desktop with a Q9550 CPU and 4GB RAM running Kubuntu. Dual 23" LCD montitors. I can dual-boot into Windows XP when I get gaming or flight-sim urges.

I also have a Dell E1505 laptop (also running Kubuntu) that I use when I need to be mobile.

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

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Post by PStamatiou »

17-inch MacBook Pro with RAID 0 Intel SSDs: http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-apple-macbook-pro-raid-0-arr...

and a small Asus EEE PC (1005HA) with Ubuntu 10.04 for commuting/etc, usually tethered to my Nexus One with froyo.

http://paul.posterous.com/reading-and-taking-notes-on-abooka...

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

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Post by waivej »

phunel wrote: post #62

Sorry 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 know a New York Times photographer that had an unhealthy love of hers. It was so old to be laughable...but it kept going and going.

It's cool to have a computer so tough you don't use a case. (and years later to be debating replacing it because new machines are faster, not because it's broken.)

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

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Post by defdac »

Home couch-hacking: Dell XPS M1530, T8300 (2*2.4 GHz), 4 GB ram, 15" 1920p screen, 7200 rpm disk, Vista 32-bit (so yea, only 3,5 GB ram..).

Work: HP with about the same specs but with external keyboard and 24" monitor and slower disk.

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

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Post by stefanobernardi »

JarekS wrote: post #38
falsestprophet wrote: post #34

A Macbook Pro. That is all.

A Macbook Pro 13". That is all.

That's more than enough. I have a MacBook 13" in the office, and when I bring it home I plug it into a 26" Samsung display with mac keyboard and magic mouse, plus various external HDs.

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

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Post by mambodog »

petercooper wrote: post #21

I basically buy everything Apple releases. So I've got an 8 core Mac Pro loaded to the hilt and.. it's sat in my shed unused for the past 9 months! Once the new 27" iMac came out, that was it. Perfect form factor, "fast enough", a far better screen than my 30" ACD.. so it turns out a machine half the price of my Mac Pro set up totally replaced it. And as there's no market for used Mac Pros, it seems, I now have a ful…

You're in England, yeah? Surely there's some music types around who would buy a used Mac Pro... here in Perth, Australia, I know a few Drum & Bass and Dubstep producers who are gagging for one, they're just more expensive here.
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