updated 10.16.2026
Daily driver for coding, writing, and browsing. Great battery, still years of updates left and plenty fast enough for the random things I use it for. If I were to buy a new Mac now, I'd probably get an Air for portability because I really don't need the power/fan of a pro. I would like an oled display with 120hz though....
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U (8C/16T), 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD. Installed Fedora on it. Nice laptop for the price (paid $250 on eBay). My only complaint is that the speaker is tinny and horrible, and the display is only serviceable.
Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.40GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 500GB NVMe + 1TB HDD + 16TB Plex storage (2x 8TB). Old gaming PC (PowerSpec G221) turned 24/7 Ubuntu server running Plex and Antigravity.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super, 2TB SSD. Gaming PC, pretty much only use it for steam and Guild Wars 2.
Photography, workflows, daily carry. All phones are the same.
Reading, YouTube, travel display, home dashboard.
Running metrics, training, VO2 tracking. Looking at something with maps next time around.
I don't like sealed earbuds so these give anc with an open feel. Not the best sound or anc but they work well with all my Apple stuff.
Dated noise cancelling headphones that still work fine. I wish they had usb-c.
Home audio ecosystem. I have like 7 Era 100s, a Beam sound bar in living room, 2 mini subs, and a roam 2. I split these into main floor and basement as groups and can move audio around my house pretty seemlessly.
Mediocre streaming service I'm using until they piss me off enough to self host.
Unified home control. Hella switches and bulbs to automate lights on at sunset etc.
New home dashboard and view for managing and monitoring the house.
Shortcuts, focus modes, intelligent assistant tasks, and routines.
A tiny, pocket-sized e-ink reader running custom open-source firmware for distraction-free reading on the go.
Handheld retro gaming. Retroid is a bit over-kill for what I actually emulate in a handheld format but the Miyoo Mini + gives me all my gameboy and gba goodness I need.
Quality intro level mirrorless camera with great film simulations for lazy people like me that don't want to bother editing. Lenses: TT Artisan 27mm f2.8(41mm full frame equivalent) as a pancake every day lens, Fujinon XT 16-80mm, f4.0 zoom lens for more focal length options.
Cheap chinese made digital disposable camera that sucks because it's supposed to.
Started using it when I started working at Google and now I run it on my old gaming PC turned Ubuntu server.
Hands down the best podcast app I've found.
Current IDE of choice, no projects right now though.
Long term information storage.
Short term info storage (pocket replacement), shared shopping lists, time/location sensitive reminders.
Stuff.