Those desktop shortcuts are just all my Steam games…as a reminder of how I really need to start playing them. I buy buy buy without playing any of them.
Yeah, I almost posted something along the lines of “These kinds of threads are so cute!” but decided against it (at least, at the time).
As for me, I code on an Apple IIe. Getting Java to run on it has been incredibly difficult.
Why do you all care so much about hating on this thread? He just was wondering, it’s not like it matters, and if you don’t like the thread, guess what? Don’t post in it or view it. Wow.
There are just too many opportunities for ranting and comic relief, I’m afraid. Those of you who like to start these kinds of threads really should understand this by now.
Sent from my Apple IIe
Or you could just mind your business and choose not to put down others just for having a silly question?
Okay, okay… I’ll partake.
Dell Latitude D531
15.4" monitor
Dell docking station
Secondary 19" monitor
AMD Turion X2 2.0 Ghz
2GB Memory
On-board graphics with shared memory
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) / Fedora Core 19 (64-bit)
320GB hard drive
DVD/RW
802.11g wireless
Gigabit ethernet
4ea USB 2.0 ports
1ea Firewire port
Touchpad
Wireless mouse and keyboard
Built-in microphone
Speakers
“Works best with Windows Vista”
We all know that’s a lie, no matter what the object in question is.
This kind of thread is very useful for the following reasons:
- Some housebreakers can make their spottings
- Those who have no big d*** can compensate their frustration(s) especially if they have no big car
- They are happy to show that they have some money to spend in computer hardware
Ok, so “no big d***”, a little car and a poor Athlon 3800+ on Windows 7… hum… I hate my life ;D
Seriously, all I also really need, is a computer where I can type, compile and run programs.
However, sometimes and for many other reasons, I just would like more comfort…
I won’t check that ;D. Of course, I was joking in my previous post, I hope I haven’t offended anybody.
I code on a laptop running Ubuntu, soon switching to a Arch/Crunchbang dual boot though.
Intel i7-3632QM
8 GB DDR3 RAM
1.5 TB Hard Drive
AMD Radeon 7670M
25 Inch Monitor
Forgot the motherboard 
I’m not even using the laptop’s keyboard, though I like it alot. It’s infact just closed with a bunch of wires sticking out of it…
Why thread like this is popular… Well, we all are nerds and nerds just love talking about hardware and computers in general. 
Damn gouessej I was about to post something like what you said.
Most of the whole, “Whats your Rig” ends up about people bragging how much money they spent on a computer they will never actually use to its fullest potential.
I will join though.
I use Eclipse for java and…I really only use java. Although, been doing some C# with Unity and well…it is java.
My Computer ain’t nothing great. Just a computery computer. It does the normal computer things like sit there…processing in a deep sleep.
I also have a graphics card but he does not really come out unless I play a game.
I have two keyboards and two mice, two CPUs (one in use), two GPUs, two PSUs and two monitors. Seems I have two of everything! Of course, I’m only using one of each except for my monitors.
I´m using a Macbook pro 15". I´m thinking that if it´s good enough to use as my music studio computer I could make some simple games with it too. 
It would be nice with a bigger monitor but other then that I´m pretty satisfied.
I’ve never seen a business machine that has no desktop icons…I really don’t see how that’s “more professional”. It sounds like you guys just don’t know how to properly utilize your desktop. It seems like a cluttered mess if you just have icons thrown around everywhere. But, if it’s properly organized, than it is definitely an asset.
Here’s a tip. Get Fences by stardock. Not only can it organize your icons, but, you can also double click the desktop to hide all the icons, so they only show when you need them.
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I’m on Linux, so that won’t work for me.
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I organise my menus well, so I can find things easily anyway.
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By doing it this way, I don’t have to keep switching to my desktop to find something.
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Business sounds a lot to me like enterprise, and we all know what that’s like. -___-
Really if you have win7/8 you shouldn’t have icons anymore.
For win7.
- Press start orb.
- click in the search programs. (by default it is selected)
- Type the program you want.
- Press enter.
Step 3 really only requires the first few characters so it is really very fast. Sure, you could hot key to desktop and double click to open but you cannot have every program on the computer ON the desktop. I use 30+ programs/games/apps off and on. There is no need to have desktop icons.
A think the most professional is the most efficient. (At least in the coding world) I mean, why would you not use all the features available to you?
That’s why I love Windows 8. I don’t actually use any Windows store apps, but I do stick all of my programs onto the start screen so all I have to do is hit the windows key and select my program. After I do it enough, I remember where all my programs are pinned so the whole process usually takes max 1 - 2 seconds. So quick and easy, and that’s the only reason why I won’t switch back to 7!
In my case, I do not have desktop icons because I use GNOME Shell. In it, if I move my mouse to the top left corner of the screen or press the Windows key, it will lead to this menu (since taking that picture I have added Emacs to the menu), which has everything that I would put on my desktop. Better yet, when I need to get to applications in the future, I do not have to minimize everything to get to them like I would have to do with them on the desktop. I just need to move my mouse to the top left corner or press the Windows key. Opening the menu with applications open only does this, and once I close the menu the applications return to their respective depths. It is very convenient, much more than using the desktop. It seems like it would, therefore, be more of an inconvenience for me to use desktop icons.
