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I replace my old laptop with a Lenovo Yoga machine that comes standard with a SSD.
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I replaced my old laptop with a Lenovo Yoga machine that comes standard with a SSD and 16gB of memory.
  
...more later???
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==The new machine==
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Yoga 730-15IKB
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* Intel Core i7-8550U CPU @ 1.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
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* 16 GB ram
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* Hi Resolution 3840 x 2160 touch screen
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* Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU + integrated Intel GPU
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* Window 10 Home
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==Installed Software==
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* Adobe Creative Cloud Photography tools (Photoshop, Lightroom, CameraRaw, Bridge)
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**Topaz AI photography tools
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* Vegas Pro 18.0 video editor
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* Solidworks 2019
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* Arduino IDE
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* Amazon Kindle Reader
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* Amok EXIF sorter (sorts files based on EXIF metadata)
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* Google backup and sync (backup for this machine)
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* Figlet Generator (for figlet text in source code)
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* Filezilla (FTP client)
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* Git for Windows (for software version management)
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* Google Chrome
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* InkScape (graphics editor)
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* IrfanView (image viewer)
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* Java development platform
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* Jetbrains PyCharm Community Edition (Python IDE)
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**Python 3.7
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* LibreOffice 6.1
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* Logictech MyHarmony (for programming Harmony remote, though I generally do this on my phone)
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* Nikon RAW codec (for raw file thumbnails in file explorer)
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* Facebook Messenger (Mostly for family video meetings)
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* MySQL tools (for learning SQL stuff. I have not really done much with this)
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* Lots of mostly useless Microsoft stuff.
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* Norton Security and LifeLock (internet security, firewall, etc)
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* Notepad++ (text editor)
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* Nvidia support software for the GeForce GTX 1050 video hardware
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* Nikon NX Studio photo editor (just because it is free and supports Nikon raw files.)
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* Oracle VM VirtualBox (For virtual machines, including Ubuntu)
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* Private Internet Access (Virtual Private Network)
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* qBittorrent (BitTorrent client for torrent downloads)
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* VMware Workstation (For virtual machines, none installed right now)
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* RPN Scientific X (Microsoft RPN calculator)
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* TightVNC (remote display software. I hardly use it)
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* VLC Media Player (My go to for playing and converting video files)
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* Visual Studio Code (Microsoft IDE)
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* WinDirStat (Graphical Disk drive analyzer. Very handy for cleaning up a drive)
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* WinRAR (file compressor/decompressor)

Revision as of 22:22, 31 May 2021

I replaced my old laptop with a Lenovo Yoga machine that comes standard with a SSD and 16gB of memory.

The new machine

Yoga 730-15IKB

  • Intel Core i7-8550U CPU @ 1.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
  • 16 GB ram
  • Hi Resolution 3840 x 2160 touch screen
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU + integrated Intel GPU
  • Window 10 Home

Installed Software

  • Adobe Creative Cloud Photography tools (Photoshop, Lightroom, CameraRaw, Bridge)
    • Topaz AI photography tools
  • Vegas Pro 18.0 video editor
  • Solidworks 2019
  • Arduino IDE
  • Amazon Kindle Reader
  • Amok EXIF sorter (sorts files based on EXIF metadata)
  • Google backup and sync (backup for this machine)
  • Figlet Generator (for figlet text in source code)
  • Filezilla (FTP client)
  • Git for Windows (for software version management)
  • Google Chrome
  • InkScape (graphics editor)
  • IrfanView (image viewer)
  • Java development platform
  • Jetbrains PyCharm Community Edition (Python IDE)
    • Python 3.7
  • LibreOffice 6.1
  • Logictech MyHarmony (for programming Harmony remote, though I generally do this on my phone)
  • Nikon RAW codec (for raw file thumbnails in file explorer)
  • Facebook Messenger (Mostly for family video meetings)
  • MySQL tools (for learning SQL stuff. I have not really done much with this)
  • Lots of mostly useless Microsoft stuff.
  • Norton Security and LifeLock (internet security, firewall, etc)
  • Notepad++ (text editor)
  • Nvidia support software for the GeForce GTX 1050 video hardware
  • Nikon NX Studio photo editor (just because it is free and supports Nikon raw files.)
  • Oracle VM VirtualBox (For virtual machines, including Ubuntu)
  • Private Internet Access (Virtual Private Network)
  • qBittorrent (BitTorrent client for torrent downloads)
  • VMware Workstation (For virtual machines, none installed right now)
  • RPN Scientific X (Microsoft RPN calculator)
  • TightVNC (remote display software. I hardly use it)
  • VLC Media Player (My go to for playing and converting video files)
  • Visual Studio Code (Microsoft IDE)
  • WinDirStat (Graphical Disk drive analyzer. Very handy for cleaning up a drive)
  • WinRAR (file compressor/decompressor)