What I Use 2015
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Author: Alan Bollinger
Published: Oct 5, 2014
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The updated 2015 list of my gadgets, computers and software I use on a daily basis.
Computer(s)
Computer: MacBook Pro
I've been using a couple of different setups this year, but right now I'm using a nice new MacBook Pro 13" with an attached 23" monitor. It's fast, has crazy long battery life, and works perfectly for doing coding or layout on my book.
Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S5
I was using the LG G3, but the buggy software was causing some random reboot issues. I swapped it out for a Samsung Galaxy S5. While not as quick with the camera, it is a very solid smartphone. The fingerprint reader is a joke, but the unit is waterproof.
Tablet: Onda 919V Dual Boot
The Onda 919V 3G Air is a Chinese knock off of the iPad Air. It was stupid cheap, runs both Windows 8.1 (kill me) and Android. It's very powerful, has a great screen and if you don't mind waiting for a month to get it, worth every penny.
Apple Magic Mouse
Still using this mouse. No complaints.
Ubuntu Home Server
I have a Windows Vista machine hooked up to my flatpanel TV. It is perfect for running movies and Netflix. I am also running Ubuntu 14.04 as a guest in VirtualBox as both an Apache server as well as a Samba server for network file sharing with my kids and wife, plus it's been augmented with an OwnCloud instance to allow for mobile backup and sharing.
Software and such
Browser: Google Chrome – Still going strong. I want to love Safari or Firefox, but Chrome continues to just do a better job.
Messenger: iMessage – works with Gmail, AOL and Facebook.
Development: I use PHPStorm as my primary IDE as well as Google Chrome for debugging
Email and Productivity: I use OSX Mail as my main email client as well as LibreOffice as my word processor. I also use Google Docs for collaboration
Security: On the Mac I use ClamXAV
The updated 2015 list of my gadgets, computers and software I use on a daily basis.
Computer(s)