I do all my work on a laptop.

Hardware

  • Apple MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011, 8GB RAM, Core i7 2.3GHz (MacBookPro8,2)
  • Storage: 750GB hdd, plus 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 MI (note: removed optical media drive)
  • Apple magic mouse <- I hate this thing
  • External monitors/keyboards available depending on client site(s)

WEI Rating

Software

  • Windows 7 (soon Windows 8)
  • Visual Studio 2010 / 2012
  • Office 2010
  • ReSharper 7
  • p4Merge + Kdiff3
  • Git: msysgit (w/ bash), git-tfs, Github for windows + GitExtensions
  • Sublime Text 2, Notepad2, Notepad++
  • Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE9 (in that order)
  • Fiddler2
  • Linqpad4
  • Redgate: SQL Compare, Data Compare, Reflector
  • Utils: Sysinternals, ILSpy, Windirstat (pesky small SSD)
  • CloudSync: iCloud, Dropbox, SkyDrive, Windows Live Mesh
  • Remote Access: JumpDesktop + Splashtop (access from iPhone/iPad)
  • Windows Live Family Safety (keep an eye on the kids)
  • IIS7/8
  • IISNode + NodeJS
  • Mac OS X Mountain Lion
  • Mac: Mail, Calendar, Contacts, etc (iCloud-sync'd to everywhere else)
  • VMWare Fusion + Parallels Desktop 7 (running my windows Bootcap installation without rebooting)
  • Reeder - Google Reader Client
  • Sublime Text 2
  • Terminal/Bash/Homebrew + all the common unix-y command line tools
  • Browsers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox (in that order)
  • iTunes (only when I have to, not often in the new iCloud era)
  • Misc games from Steam + Mac App Store
  • Growl, Messages, Twitter, etc
  • Media Sharing: Plex + AirVideo (transcode/share media to mobile devices)
  • NodeJS and related