My 2012 computer setup

(This started as a Google+ post, but since those words are wasted, I decided to blog it instead)

I do all of my work on a laptop, which I recently repaved for the new software Microsoft released last week. I thought it might be interesting to share the configuration.

Hardware

• Lenovo T520
• Storage: a 500GB hard drive, plus a 256GB OCZ Vertex 4
• A Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600
• A pretty standard Samsung 22" LCD monitor

At the moment I survive on the single LCD monitor plus laptop screen, though when I return to Australia I'll add a second 22" monitor. I've used more expensive keyboards from Logitech in the past but the Microsoft Wired Keyboard has a very nice feel to it when typing.

Here is my WEI rating. The graphics performance is normally much higher, but I'm only using the built-in Windows 8 driver instead of drivers from the graphics vendor because, well, they seem very crashy.

Software

• Windows 8
• Office 2010
• Adobe CS4
• Axialis IconWorkshop
• Visual Studio 2012
• ReSharper 7.0
• Red Gate .NET developer bundle (Reflector, ANTS)
• Beyond Compare
• GitHub for Windows (all Octopus code is in public/private GitHub repositories)
• GitExtensions for the things GH4W can't do yet
• Sublime Text
• Balsamiq Mockups
• Steam (for Age of Empires III)
• mRemoteNG
• Fiddler2
• Wireshark
• Dropbox
• Picasa
• Skype
• Google Chrome

Although I'm using Windows 8, I spend all of my time in the desktop, and haven't installed any Metro Windows 8 style applications from the application store yet.

So far I've managed to avoid installing SQL Server or any older versions of Visual Studio. I think if that time comes I'll set up a virtual machine using VirtualBox.

What does your 2012 hardware/software configuration look like?