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I got a new desktop for home last week. I settled on this HP desktop on amazon. It’s been running really well so far- quiet, fast and can handle 2560×1600 monitor output without much problem.
I’ve been running Windows this week for the first time in a while, though I plan to install Linux soon. I had never used Windows Vista before.. it runs alright, though people really weren’t kidding about how terrible the security alert system is. It’s surprising how much Windows stuff I’ve forgotten already, but it came back soon enough. I how have to deal with 4 keyboard configurations day-to-day: Windows, Linux, Mac, and Mac with a windows keyboard. Windows + L on the mac with a windows keyboard puts the keyboard focus in the address bar in firefox, but in windows it locks the computer, so I learned pretty quickly to stop doing that.
I’ll post some thoughts on some windows-only software that I’ve been trying sometime soon.
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Do you do much development on your home PC? What does it usually get used for? I have my old PC acting as a fileserver in my house, and my newest PC hooked up to my TV and acting as a gaming rig (though I haven’t had much time for that lately, so it’s been off for a while). I haven’t been able to justify the cost of upgrading or replacing my PC, since I don’t have much time for gaming lately, and I get enough software development in at work that I rarely feel the urge to spend my free time on it (though I do enjoy working on a projecteuler.net problem from time to time).
I picked up a cheapo Dell when my Linux box died. I spent ~$600 for a Core 2 Quad with 4Gb of ram. It can build Firefox in about 12 minutes, which is good enough for me.
I have a MacBookPro, a Linux desktop, and a Windows desktop tied together with Synergy, with a keyboard and mouse attached to the Linux machine. I have considerable confusion using things on the Mac, since I haven’t remapped the keys there. (I probably should.)
@Chris Some android development from time to time, and some scripting. My roommate already has a NAS and video computer that we both use, so I don’t really need to serve those purposes. I’m considering doing some video stuff, so I wanted to make sure that I wouldn’t have to upgrade right away.
@Ted: I should think about using Synergy, I know a bunch of people who do. Re-mapping keys makes sense, but I think I’ve finally figured it out.
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