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Discussion on: What computer do you use for software develpment?

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Ben Sinclair

Work-provided:
Macbook Pro 2019 or 2020 (unknown specs, I don't care enough to look but probably an i7/16GB/512GB)

It's horrible to use but has a few good features like the webcam and microphone being above-par for a laptop, and it's the only machine allowed on my work VPN so it's the Zoom and Docker machine as far as I'm concerned and I connect to it remotely from a proper computer, via web, ssh and barrier.

I technically use it for software development but that's as a server.

Personal:

  1. Thinkpad T410 2nd gen i5, upgraded with 12GB RAM and a 480GB SSD. This is starting to show its age (badly-optimised websites like Reddit slow to a crawl after a while) but does everything I need. If I get some money together I might replace it in a year or two.

It runs Arch, btw.

  1. Ryzen 5600/16GB desktop PC, running Windows 10 (ugh), with two monitors. I use the old 22" monitor for web browsers and the decent 24" monitor for terminal apps using tmux (I mostly stay in Vim all day tbh)

I would run Linux on this but I need Windows for Oculus stuff, which I've been enjoying during "compiling..." breaks.