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Desktop - Unknown ABS model. AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core, 2.0GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3850, crummy old IDE HD. I found this computer half destroyed at a junk sale
by ndl 16y ago
Desktop - Unknown ABS model. AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core, 2.0GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3850, crummy old IDE HD. I found this computer half destroyed at a junk sale and spent a few hours and about $50 refurbishing it to usable condition. Wouldn't have been able to afford it otherwise. The HD was missing, so I threw in an old one.
Laptop - Asus 8JS. Geforce 7700 graphics, 2Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 120GB HD. 14" screen with 1440x900 resolution (looks photorealistic on some games).
OS - Ubuntu 10.10 as primary. Standard low-maintenance Linux, though occasionally I have to custom install something that has gone stale in the repositories. I also have mostly unused Windows XP and Vista boots.
Code editing - Eclipse or Gedit. I have rudimentary knowledge of VIM and painful memories of Emacs. I code in a whole slew of languages and generally find that I'm either okay with the really simple text editor (Gedit) or want code completion and automated testing (Eclipse). I also like to put SVN repos into a Dropbox. It's a free way to keep my code private but still have it backed up and synchronized between computers. I've used Git and Bazaar, never in a way that convinced me they were truly more advanced than SVN.
Web Browsing - Firefox. Tried Chrome and Opera, and I think I'm just more used to Firefox now and can understand its quirks. I was using Phoenix 0.4 back in high school, and people thought I was crazy.
Phone - was pretty uninterested in phones until Android came out. Now I have an HD2 (that's a WinMo phone) that I'm hacking to run Android.
Sound - anything I can salvage. People throw away tons of audio equipment. I have a huge pair of Tannoy speakers that look like they could power a rock concert. I think I have a usable amp for these, but I'm still figuring out how to wire everything.