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Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#141
Not that many all things considered. Desktop, laptop, phone, old phone that hasn't seen the light of day in years. TV is also a computer I suppose though I only use it as a dumb display with an HDMI cable. A tablet, too.

4 computing devices that see regular use as such, 2 that don't for a combined 6.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#143
Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 || GTX 1600 || Dual Boot Linux + Windows

Laptop - LG Gram 14

Phones - iPhone 13 Mini || Nokia 5.1

Tablets - iPad 10.2 || Kindle 7th Gen

VR - Oculus Quest 2

IoT - Raspberry Pi 4

Console - Nintendo Switch

3D Printer - Ender 3

These are computers I use regularly that are personal, so 10 in total. If you count devices that other family members own or those that are unusable, the total quickly doubles.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#144

10+ Retro PCs from 386 to Pentium 4 (with all the obligatory graphics cards (3DFX, TNT2 Ultra, PowerVR etc.), sound cards (GUS, Adlib, SB Pro, AWE32/64, etc.) and MIDI modules (Roland MT-32, SoundCanvas, etc.) And the parts to build 30+ more in the basement. 6 or 7 Sun Machines, SGI O2, a few Cobalt RaQ (CacheRaQ, Velociraptor) (both MIPS and x86). Also in the basement. 5 HP Microservers (one with a "low power" Xeon…

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Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#145

For me personally; 1x 13" M1 MBP with 16GB/1TB best device I've ever owned. I do everything on this from dev work, to browsing, photo editing, fiddling around in Logic Pro, and even some light gaming. And I can do all of that (probably at the same time) while running on battery, for hours on end. 1x Windows "gaming" desktop I built a few months ago. i5/16GB/6700XT/2TB NVMe/8TB rust. It's ok, I thought I'd use it a lo…

>Lobotomised Sony "Smart" TV ... popped the back off and yanked the wire antennas for its wifi radio and now it performs twice as fast.

Surgeon of the year.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#146
Too many:

- 2x MacBook pro

- 1x Old Mac Mini

- 1x iPad

- 2x Nvidia Jetson (NANO, TK1)

- 1x Dell XPS

- 1x Dell Subnotebook

- 1x Lenovo X220

- 1x Asus eee 900

- 2x Linux server x64

- 2x Compaq Alphaserver DS10L (Alpha)

- 1x Sun Netra T1 (Sparc)

- 1x IBM 9114-275 (Power4)

- 1x HP Integrity RX1620 (Itaniun2)

- An unknown number of Raspberry, almost every model since its birth, I honestly don't know how many: I need an inventory

- An unknown number of more exotic stuff, network apparatus, microcontroller and development boards : I also need an inventory

- more machine incoming

- all the machine are in working conditions

- more vintage stuff, like a 386 Pc, is stored somewhere

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#147

10+ Retro PCs from 386 to Pentium 4 (with all the obligatory graphics cards (3DFX, TNT2 Ultra, PowerVR etc.), sound cards (GUS, Adlib, SB Pro, AWE32/64, etc.) and MIDI modules (Roland MT-32, SoundCanvas, etc.) And the parts to build 30+ more in the basement. 6 or 7 Sun Machines, SGI O2, a few Cobalt RaQ (CacheRaQ, Velociraptor) (both MIPS and x86). Also in the basement. 5 HP Microservers (one with a "low power" Xeon…

Please tell me you have a YouTube channel!?

I don't. I have thought about it a few times.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#148
Somehow, I ditched all x86 computers last month. Unintentionally, they were old and rusty and I already have a decent Mac mini desktop. Sold some and donated others with boxful extra old hardwares. Maybe in Christmas I can buy a x86 again but nowadays everything is OK.

Base model Mac mini M1, iPhone SE 2020, Raspberry Pi B+ for Pi-Hole, Raspberry Pi 3B+ for home development server.

Dell Latitude 6220 laptop and 2 Android phones, wifey's.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

#149
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1 mac from the office 1 Asus zephyrus g14 for personal use, running Arch Linux 1 Asus (don't remember the model) laptop from 2013 running Windows. It was used extensively for my kid's online classes but is mostly gathering dust now. Maybe I'll set it up as a server one of these days.

are there any arch linux issues you haven't been able to solve on zephyrus g14?

Only one that I can think of - I wasn't able to get Bluetooth to work.
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