What I Use- February 2014

It is the first of a new month, and you know what that means! The monthly 'What I Use' is finally here! This time I am writing this from home, so pictures and detailed specs will be included.


Main Computer- Custom built desktop-

The insides of my very dusty desktop

• Intel® Core™ i7 CPU   965 @ 3.20 GHz 3.18 GHz
• 12.0 GB DDR3? RAM
• ATI Radeon HD 4800 series
• 465 GB HDD
• 465 GB HDD (not a typo, I have two)
• 1.86GB external USB drive
• 954MB external USB drive
• 2.70TB network drive
• 32GB external USB drive
• ViewSonic® VA1912wb 19 monitor 19" viewable widescreen with 1440x900 resolution 
• Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit

Changes from January 2014:
The only change I made, hardware-wise, to the main rig is that I added another 500 GB HDD.
Software wise, I added a Mac OSX 10.8.5 OS on Virtual Box.

Future planned upgrades:

• I am going to upgrade the memory to 16GB of RAM
• I should really upgrade the monitor.
• The computer currently has an issue booting external OS's (Ubuntu), which I really should fix

Portable Computer- Lenovo Carbon X1 Touch Ultrabook-

My laptop, currently booted onto Ubuntu

• Intel Core i5-3427U Processor (3M Cache, up to 2.80 GHz)
• Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit
• 14.0" MultiTouch Premium HD+ (1600x900) LED Backlit Display
• 720p HD Camera
• 4 GB DDR3 RAM
• 128 GB Solid State Drive
• Intel HD Graphics 4000
• Multi touch touchscreen

Changes from January 2014:
There are no hardware upgrades to this, and no planned upgrades until Summer of 2016.
Software-wise, I put Ubuntu 13.10 on an external USB drive for this, and I will upgrade it to 14.04 once it release in April

Phone- HTC 8X (Windows Phone)-


My Phone and initial start screen

• 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon CPU
• 1GB RAM
• 16 GB storage space
• Windows Phone 8 Developer GDR3 on T-Mobile.

No hardware upgrades or software upgrades since last time.

Gaming- I use two devices as my dedicated gaming consoles.

The Xbox Duality

1) Xbox 360 Model S-

• 3.2 GHz tri-core xenon CPU
• 512 MB RAM
• 150 GB HDD
• Xbox 360 OS v2.0.16547.0

2) Xbox Original-

• 733 MHz Intel Pentium III Coppermine processor
• 64 MB DDR SDRAM
• 10GB HDD
• WinNT based Xbox OS

Games I have received since last time are:

• Shoot Many Robots- It's rather fun from the short amount I've played of it.
• Sleeping Dogs- I don't think I am even finished with the tutorial sequence yet.
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light- I haven't gotten a chance to play this either. Maybe next weekend.

 
Tablet-
Nook Color-

• 4000 mAh battery
• 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 based TI OMAP3621 (single core)
• 8GB internal storage
• 16 GB MicroSD
• 512 MB RAM
• 7-inch 1024 x 600
• Android 4.2.2 with Cyanogen Mod 10.1.3.2

I actually haven't even turned the tablet on since last month. I honestly don't have a use for an Android Tablet other than testing for Kerinova.

MP3 Players-

1)Samsung Galaxy Y-

• 1200 mAh battery
• 832 MHz Broadcom ARMv6 CPU (single core)
• 194 MB internal storage
• 16GB Micro SD
• 384 MB RAM
• 3 inch 240×320 pixels
• 2 MP camera
• Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread

2) Unnamed MP3 player- Unknown specs, screen-less.

The unnamed one is new since last time. I received it as a Christmas present from Sebastian. It works very well in that it is miniscule and doesn't have a screen, so I am able to sleep to it's music much easier than the Galaxy Y.
The Galaxy Y has received no changes, other than song additions.

New songs since last time- Vector Nine OST, and Dignity Ark
Other Devices


The miniscule Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Model B-

• 700 MHz CPU
• 512MB RAM
• 8GB SD
• RaspbianOS

No changes since last time.

Desktop #2-

Yeah, I need a better camera.

• Intel Celeron 2.20 GHz single core
• 1.5GB DDR SDRAM
• 160 GB HD
• 40GB HD
• No GPU
• Soundcard, but I don't want to look to find it's name. Just remain in awe that I still use a computer with a soundcard, just to have audio work.
• HP Compaq LA1951G 19" 1280 x 1024 monitor
• Xubuntu 13.04

No, I didn't change from a Pentium to Celeron, I just made a mistake last time.
No changes from last time.
I plan to skip 13.10 and go straight to Xubuntu 14.04 LTS in April.


Software:

• IDE: Visual Studio Ultimate 2010, Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, Xamarin Studio, and MonoDevelop
• Art: Graphics Gale Full, Paint.NET, 3DS Max, Tile Studio
• Sound Effects: BFXR
• Voice Acting: Melodyne
• OS: So many: Ubuntu 13.04, Windows 8.1 Pro 64, Windows Phone 8 GDR3, Android 2.3.6, Android 4.2.2, and more to come next month, and into 2014. Namely, I plan on getting updated Ubuntu, Updated Android, a Nexus 7 (2014), and other OS updates.
• Web Browser: Internet Explorer 11 mainly, but IE10, Chrome, Chromium, and Firefox on my other devices.

I added more IDE's since last time, and I got a new drawing program: Tile Studio.