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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
by synicalx 4y ago
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 lot more than I do and I'm DEFINITELY not getting my money's worth out of the 6700XT playing HOI and Factorio.
1x Ex-business Optiplex micro, i5/16gb/512SSD + 2x 4TB USB disks running Ubuntu. This is my main linux machine that doubles as a light home server running Plex and a few other little things.
1x iPad mini from last year, mostly just for reading and media. I do use my knockoff Apple Pencil to jot down some notes as well. Also makes a neat little secondary display for the MBP if I'm away from my desk and want some more screen.
1x Heavily refurbished Thinkpad T470 running Arch (btw) i7/16GB/256GB. Barely gets used despite the amount of work I put into refurbishing it. The poor old i7 (dual core version) really struggles with some stuff, even basic things like Youtube over 1080p nearly kills it.
I feel like I've hit a good equilibrium of devices, I can fit it all onto one desk with a USB-C monitor and a keyboard/mouse that I can switch between devices (including my work laptop). Nothing other than ye olde Thinkpad ever goes unused for more than a day or two at most, and everything except the gaming PC was all purchased refurbished or secondhand.
Media stuff;
1x Apple TV 4K which is currently in direct competition with a Fire TV 4k that I got for free. I'm trying to work out which I should keep, the Fire TV does almost everything the ATV does but the remote is just... awful - so cheap and nasty feeling.
1x Lobotomised Sony "Smart" TV. After the first year of owning it, it started lagging when switching inputs, navigating menus etc. I popped the back off and yanked the wire antennas for its wifi radio and now it performs twice as fast.
- stazz1 4y ago>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.