Working environment - Indispensable Hardware

talis

Hi everyone just curious here. Couple of relax questions and learn the habits of great programmers and designers ;D
1-what is your working environment looks like?
2-Which Hardware are you using, computer, mouse, keyboard. (OK this is a long list if you wish without test devices , main code writing hardware )
3-Any tips or software you want to share is always welcome.

Here is my answers and working environment picture.


-Acer notebook, with a 3M raiser for neck problems.
16 gb ram, I7 3630QM 2.40 ghz CPU
128 gb SSD +1 TB HD

-Logitech M570 Trackball as mouse - Wrist problems , i totally recommend who has chronic hand and wrist pain because of working on a computer.

- Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Split 4000 Keyboard

ar2rsawseen

My working environment is an uber fast laptop and my workplace is wherever I sit down. Sometimes at the table, sometimes on the sofa, sometimes on the bean bag, sometimes outside.

Basically I work as I go and I'm quite mobile

jdbc

I have two computers to develop:

- AMD 8GB RAM with Ubuntu 14.04
- Macbook Pro 13' 8 GB RAM.
- Samsung 22'' as monitor.
- Tablet and mobile Android for testing.

totebo

Macbook Pro hooked up to two monitors and a pile of testing devices.

john26

1) Windows 8.1 laptop: Dell Inspiron 3531 with Intel® Celeron® Dual Core N2830 Processor
2) Windows 8.1 Phone: Lumia 520
3) 1 x USB cable

Also an iPad Mini if I can wrestle it off my kids!

phongtt

Mine :-))

jdbc

I was looking for a good wireless keyboard to code from my dinning-room and 32'' TV. :-)

talis

sometimes the more comfortable you are the more inefficient you are
Agony brings success 8-X

simwhi

Here's mine:-

1) Acer laptop with an Intel i7 and 8GB of RAM
2) A Samsung LCD monitor (2nd screen)
3) Mac Mini (2015 model)
4) Tablets and phones: iPhone 4, iPad, iPad mini, Nexus 7, LG, Sony, HTC EVO and a Lenovo (not all mine though)

antix

Whoops, sorry wrong thread

antix

I'm currently hiding in Rarotonga to escape the New Zealand winter and this is my mobile office.. a 14" Sony Vaio with core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1080p display. I test my Gideros experiments on my Nexus 4 phone and Nexus 7 tablet.

I made the cardboard laptop stand myself and it is really fantastic to not be hunched over while working all the damn time. I would recommend them to everyone.

ar2rsawseen

@antix I always wondered, how many stores are for example on such islands? How many hospitals? clubs? movie theaters?

antix

@ar2sawseen - Well Rarotonga is a small pacific island (part of the Cook Islands) roughly 42 square KM in area. The road is 32KM around the outside and I ride my bike round 3 times a week to stay active. We brought our bicycles with us from New Zealand and they are our only method of transport. There are about 10,00 local people and about 70-80% of the islands income comes from tourism. In peak season (which is around now) the population baloons and there are any tourists, doing their touristy things.

There is 1 movie theatre which has 3D as well. It is strange but there are actually quite a few world premier movie showings here. There is 1 hospital with about 10 little clinics scattered around the island (pretty much a nurse/doctor in a hall type clinics).

Everything here is quite expensive because it all has to be imported. The main company here is the CITC (Cook Islands Trading Company). they have the 2 biggest grocery stores and the only hardware store on the island. they supply most of the local stores, or which there are many around the outer road.

There are heaps of bars since the economy is tourist driven. Some are good, but a lot are really seedy looking. there are tons of places to eat but not many really good ones.

There are loads of resorts and small accomodation for tourists. We opted to rent a fully furnished house which works out great since the rent we are getting from our home in New Zealand pays for our rent here. We are living on our savings for groceries, going out, etc.

We have been here for a bit over 2 months now and I'm just starting to get into programming (so lazy)

Thats probably more information than you wanted but there you go

If anyone read this far and wants to waste some more time, here is a link to a quick page we made with our photos sofar.. http://antix.net.nz/raro

talis

@antix now i am interested. My last holiday was in Sri-Lanka . When i looked your photos they directly reminded me there. Ahhh miss the island weather sun , ocean and everything.
B-)

antix

@talis - I haven't been to sri-Lanka but pictures I have seen from there do look similar to Rarotonga. Rarotonga is a great place to chill out.

The weather etc is really not condusive to programming though :-))

ar2rsawseen

Wow, I would not be able to work there either