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Hardware

My first and current laptop was a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. I've bought it in 2016 because back then I started to use Macs at work, and I ended up liking them. This machine still works like the first day! Before the Mac I used to have a regular desktop computer with Windows and Ubuntu; you know, the ones you have to assemble by yourself. I got the Mac just before I moved to Germany, so that was another reason to buy a laptop. In 2022 I got myself an M1 MacBook Pro (what a beast!).

Monitor: Dell U2719D. Not bad, but from time to time a vertical blue line appears on the left side of the screen and doesn't go away until I disconnect all the cables and reset the monitor. Annoying.

I'm using a generic Logitech mouse (wired), and an Apple Magic Keyboard (old model). I'm not that picky when it comes to peripherals, and I may try one day one of those @{cool||noisy||heavy}@ mechanical keyboards.

And the best hardware device I ever bought is my iPOD shuffle (4th generation). I don't remember exactly when I bought it (perhaps in 2014?), but it still works like the first day. Impressive because this guy uses a Lithium-ion battery that, in theory, should have already went south. I use my iPOD every week when running or playing outdoors. The most inconvenient part would be that the jack/usb cable is very fragile (the original one got broken and then lost).

In 2022 I got myself a SanDisk Clip Sport Go. Pretty decent! It's a bit bigger than the iPOD shuffle, but I can definitely carry it on my pocket (the clip is strong enough to carry the device hanging from the jacket).

The second-best piece of hardware I have is the Kindle Scribe. I bought it in 2024 and primarily use it for reading the tons of @{pirated books|| books}@ I have on my hard drive. It's big, so PDFs fit just fine. The best part is the battery, it usually lasts over a month without needing a charge.

Software

These days I try to run as much as I can in virtual machines. Nevertheless, this is a list of some programs I have installed in my laptop:

  • IntelliJ IDEA (e.g., Goland, PyCharm)
  • Vim
  • iTerm2
  • Vagrant Multipass
  • Docker
  • VMware QEMU
  • Git
  • Chrome, Firefox
  • f.lux
  • VLC
  • OpenEmu
  • Zotero
  • JupyterLab