What machines do you guys use?

[eb3n]

Hi there!

I recently received my latest laptop from work (they really want to send us laptops during this pandemic, huh?) and it got me curious as to what kind of laptops, desktops, etc., you guys use?

Feel free to include pictures of your setups too!

Here are the specs for my one. I'm totally in love with it!

 

[charliecurly]

macbook pro late 2013, MacOS BigSur oldy but goldy

 

[eb3n]

My previous workplace set me up with a Macbook and I really didn't get along with it.
I feel I'm too used to my Linux key mappings that I struggled really hard to learn the new keyboard layout!

Have you always been a mac user?

 

[charliecurly]

No, before mac i used mint and ubuntu, i love them. I don't very often use shortcuts, fn etc. so key mapping is not a problem for me.

 

[OKHuman]

I work on Lenovo B580, with MacOS installed.

Specs:
- i5 3210m
- 8 GB RAM
- 120 GB SSD

 

[eb3n]

A Lenovo with MacOS? I didn't know you could put MacOS on anything except Apple hardware! That's really neat.

Any reason you've gone for MacOS?

 

[sudan]

I work on Dell 5570 with Ubuntu 20.04
My Specs:
- i7 8550U
- 8GB Ram
- 1TB HDD + 256 SSD

 

[eb3n]

That sounds super quick, and so much storage o.o

i found Ubuntu to have some latency on my old Dell XPS 13, which put me off of it

How are you finding Ubuntu?

 

[Phantaminun]

Personal computer with Windows 10 Pro x64 & MacOS HighSierra:
- i5 4460
- 8GB RAM DDR3 1600MhZ
- GTX 960 2GB GDDR5
- 1TB HDD 7200RPM
- 256GB SSD Kingstone

 

[sameer434]

pc
- Amd 5 Ryzen 3600 6 cores
- 16GB RAM DDR5
- RX 570 8 GB graphic card
- 1TB HDD black super fast
- 500GB SSD intel super fast

I have a regrade instead of pc I should buy a laptop....

 

[TUTProfessor]

Windows 10 Pro 64bit (Custom os)

-Ryzen 5 3600
-16GB 3200 Mhz Ram (8x8)
-Gtx 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6
-1 TB Hard Disk & 240 GB SATA & 120GB M.2

Purchased for gaming, later changed my mind for Study, Should I buy a laptop or Ipad

 

[kebrumotis]

i would say you got a pretty good laptop for work...since most employers will end up with i5 at best especially the not IT firms..
BTW i got
i7-7700H
GTX 1050
16GB, 250GB(SSD) + 1TB(HDD)
Wn 10 Pro

 

[sameer434]

same motive same specs and same doing U too have a regret u should buy laptop instead of pc...

 

[sudan]

Till now i haven't faced latency on Ubuntu. I think Dell XPS have not offical support for ubuntu

 

[eb3n]

I'm counting my blessings!

Most of the places I've worked have offered me MacBooks, but I tell them I'd prefer a Linux machine. They then let me get one for the same price range, so it'd only be natural I get a very powerful machine, since Macs are a little more expensive than their hardware should cost, in my opinion.

Do you do development on this machine?

 

[eb3n]

I had a gaming PC and sold it for a laptop and it was the best decision ever. Sure, I can't play as many games, or at as high resolutions, but the portability of a laptop is just too good to give up (especially as I loved cafés, pre-covid)

I would recommend getting a laptop, because it's way easier to change the OS on it should you wish to. In addition, laptops feel more sturdy, whereas iPads are made out of glass D:

Beautiful computer specs btw!

 

[eb3n]

Ooh a dual boot with Mac AND Windows? Put Linux on there and you'll have caught them all (I might enjoy Pokémon too much...)!

What do you use it for primarily?

 

[eb3n]

@sudan You can purchase Dell XPS preinstalled with Ubuntu! Except I bought the Windows one and it definitely suffered a little bit.

It must be the laptop anyway, interesting

 

[redinoj]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T480 that I got specifically for programming on the go. It's an i5-8250u, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD running a mix of Windows 10 and Ubuntu on VMWare.

Back home, I have a desktop PC running Windows 10.

Specs: i7-6700k | Corsair H115i AIO | Asus Maximus VIII hero | 16GB Dominator platinum | RM650X Corsair 80+ Gold PSU | A Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SATA III SSD | 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black | an NZXT H440 v2 Black/red case, Schitt audio stack, Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO

 

[kebrumotis]

Make sense....and yes i do development on this machine.