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As of April 2021
ThinkPad X220 i3-2350M 2.30GHz
8 GB RAM; 120 GB SATA SSD; 128 GB MSATA SSD
Running Debian Linux 10 (buster)
This is my primary "desktop" machine, albeit, I can run around with it and take it with me. However, most of the time is is in a dock and hooked up to two monitors, my Logitech M590 trackball and a heavily modified IBM Model M keyboard [USB mod, Wheelwriter and Unicomp caps mixed in to change layout].
Even though it is a 10 year old machine, I purchased and fixed it up only a couple years ago and frankly, it is fantastic. I keep my OS lean and use `i3` for the window managment and `st` as my terminal.
Dell Latitude E6420 i7-2640M 2.80GHz
8 GB RAM; 240 GB SSD
Running 9front (Plan 9 from Bell Labs fork)
Even though this is also a laptop, this is closed, propped on it's edge and used as a cpu/auth/file server. I always have drawterm open to remote into this machine on azoth and forge.
I use this as a minimalist enviroment for authoring, experiementing (Go and Scheme, mostly), learning Plan 9, IRC, gridchat, etc. I also use to for wrangling and moving files between machines.
Apple MacBook Pro 13" (Late 2013)
8 GB RAM; 128 GB SSD
This was my workhorse for many many years. When I worked as a consultant, this was also my *work* machine for many assignments. Even with years of MacOS updates, I have keep the thing running relatively lean and mean and, excepting having to change out the battery last year, it has not given me a day of trouble since I got it.
I tend to use this in the kitchen or around the house, since the battery lasts well and it is very portable and thin, but it also gets absconded by my younger daughter to watch Netflix when she wants to do artwork on the kitchen table.
IPC PC Tower (circa 1998) K6-2 300MHz
128 MB RAM; 8 GB (of a 256 GB SATA SSD) allocated
This is my DOS/Windows 98 box. I use it for old games. It's great.
I have a nice Yamaha OPL3-based sound card in it, so it sounds brilliant for old-school gaming and since it's a K6-2/Super Socket 7-based machine, I can adjust much of the clock and multiplier settings from DOS, making this a really capable machine for many different eras.