Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup?

Re:Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup? by hashtree on Sunday August 04, 2013 @01:58AM (#6154809)

Steelcase leap chair, corner desk with about 20 feet of organizational desk wrapping around room, a few bookshelves of books, reference level cans, topped out Mac Mini with two 27 inch thunderbolt displays, topped out MacBook Air for going portable, and a 42u rack of servers for processing for those times when a guy needs several hundred gigs of ram/ECUs worth of proc power.

A Mac Mini and MacBook Air combo gives you MBP specs on the mini with more portability via the Air for less than a higher end MBP. Also, get a good rep on your Amazon seller account and you can have the latest and greatest for a few hundred per refresh. Apple gear one generation behind holds value well.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup? by arh68 on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @01:10PM (#6167763)

> and a 42u rack of servers for processing for those times when a guy needs several hundred gigs of ram/ECUs worth of proc power

What on earth? Where do you stick that thing, in the garage?

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Re:Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup? by balac on Monday August 05, 2013 @05:05AM (#6159080)

What modal mac mini are you using? I have a 2012 i7 one with the HD4000 graphics card, I also use a 27 inch monitor and find it to be a little laggy. Are you using a SSD?

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Re:Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup? by hashtree on Monday August 05, 2013 @10:54AM (#6160439)

Late 2012 with 2.6GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and Intel 4000 with 768 RAM. I don't experience any lag on 2d. I never use 3d.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your workspace/hardware setup? by balac on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:11AM (#6160551)

Thanks. I've got the same processor but the default 4GB RAM and 1TB 5400 drive. I think I may need to upgrade them...

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