Ask HN: What's your computer setup?

#1

Post by pizza » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 6:46 PM UTC

I've got: * an Acer Aspire 7741G-6426

* a pair of wireless G930 headphones (good, if a little gimmicky)

* a Mionix Naos 3200, a comfortable, well-built, well-priced gaming mouse.

* a shitty 1999 Apple USB keyboard. I need some keyboard recommendations!

What do you guys use?

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

#2

Post by stevoyoung » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 6:48 PM UTC

2011 MBP high res matt display, magic mouse, laptop lap stand. Nothing to fancy.

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

#3

Post by AdamN » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 6:53 PM UTC

Mid-2010 15" MBP with secondary 27" Viewsonic. Sennheiser 595 headphones, Magic Mouse, Full-sized Apple Keyboard.

All the other developers have MBAs or Retina MBPs and Thunderbolt Displays :-/

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

#4

Post by dgunn » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 6:57 PM UTC

I use the dell keyboard I bought about 7 years ago. Love it. It's lasted through many pcs.

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#5

Post by stevencorona » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:03 PM UTC

13" MacBook Air and Bose Headphones. That's it.

I minimized down from a 27" iMac with Second Display, because I loved just having one computer instead of a Desktop + Laptop.

I just ordered a rMBP today from Amazon. Thinking about going full circle and getting two external displays for it.

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

#6

Post by br0ke » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:08 PM UTC

I like the razor pro v1.6 mouse (1600dpi) and the apple a1048 keyboard. The machines are an '08 alum macbook, a cheap $200 celeron running ubuntu, and an old 1.2ghz running fbsd at home and an 8 core mac pro at work.

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

#7

Post by MarlonPro » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:15 PM UTC

Please also tell us what you do, so we can correlate the computer setup with what you do :-)

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

#8

Post by stephengillie » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:15 PM UTC

My PC is a self-built i7 in an MSI p55-gd80, 8gb ram, radeon 4870. Razer naga epic (go 12-buttons!), OLD kb, logitech usb headphones. It's gone from primary computer to media center to friend's media center.

My "phone" has been my primary computing device for over a year.

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

#9

Post by Baltoli » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

2011 Mac Mini i5 2.3 with 8GB of RAM, as well as a custom built gaming PC. Both are connected to the same 22" LG monitor (via a switch), and I swap a wireless USB keyboard / mouse between them. I am a 16 year old freelance iOS developer, and as such, the Mac is my main use computer.

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#10

Post by Delphiki » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 8:00 PM UTC

I'm a music producer, audio engineer, etc.

Mobile Rig:

- 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 15-inch MacBook Pro 2,2 with 3GB of RAM running OS X Lion 10.7.4

- 16GB original iPad running Air Display (acting as a second monitor)

- Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones

Studio Rig:

- 2.8 GHz Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" Mac Pro 3,1 with 6GB of RAM running OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8

- 24" Dell monitor

- 42" Vizio HDTV (acting as a second monitor)

- M-Audio Studiophile Q40 headphones