You start with the crate of network cards first. Then the multi-IO serial/parallel cards (as those too were jumpered). Then, you attack the motherboards. Then the cases come out. Everyone has a HILTI electric drill with screwdriver attachment. That part sounded like a Nascar Pit Crew.

Once you got a rhythm going, you could crank them out fast. :)

Planning to have it per-post or global?

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Now having flashbacks of me and two other guys building 125 systems in one night for a university computer lab. This was back when all the network cards and motherboards had to be jumpered.

Long night.

That used to bother me but it doesn't so much anymore. I have built literally thousands of systems up over the years. Kind of sick of digging in their innards at this stage.

Hmmm. Ideal setup.

  • Left display of Windows Workstation - Enterprise Linux VM
  • Right display of Windows Workstation - VS-2015/Android Studio/Whatever
  • 27" iMac for the stuff I'd rather be working on.
  • Mac Mini…Undecided.

I'd be surprised if someone hasn't suggested a reality show with him and Bill Cosby.

Also, going to the Apple retailer in the mall was a bad idea. The 27" iMac fever struck again.

I'm pretty much resigned to buying a large L-shaped desk for the time being so I can have the dual display Windows workstation on one wing and that damned Mac on the other.

That display is so easy on my eyes. Writing and editing would be a joy.

Playing with Autodesk Sketchbook. I can make do with this but not with the Bamboo tablet I have. Definitely need to move up to something better.

Just a bit.