devices
laptop
Microsoft Surface Book - the ultimate laptop (with some bugs) - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/ms/surfacebook/
RIP - Sony VAIO Pro 13 SVP13215PXB - superfast PCI-e SSD, twice as far AS SSD vs Intel 521 SSF - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/sony/pro/13/
Sony VGN-P588E/R netbook
Sony UX390N UMPC - cutest machine ever
Sony AR390E - MCE no longer works
Sony Z - one of the best ultra thin, fan whinning, warranty support refuse to fix it unless "performance" issue and failed diagnostic
Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 - 4K! - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/asus/zenbookpro_UX501/
Asus Taichi DH71 - the ultrabook side screen not touch enable drives you crazy. it is recessed instead of infinity glass, originally designed to have touch overlay? auto-rotate & power scheme setting got reset every once a while is annoying too.
ASUS Zenbook UX31E RSL8 Ultrabook
Alienware M14x R2 - 1600x900 only, 64GB SSD boot not enough, hibernate/page files took up most already. review
late 2016 Dell XPS 13 9360 - serious, still won't move the webcam back to top
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9365 - won't even open flat, very strong magnets - avoid at all cost
Dell Optiplex 7450 AIO
returned - XPS 13 9350 (late 2015) - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/dell/xps13_2016/ only for testing, classic clsmshell that is not interesting anymore with convertibles, problems not fixed from previous gen. unstable USB-C and Thunderbolt 3.
returned - XPS 13 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/dell/xps13_2015/ - only for testing, as good as X1 Carbon, but that webcam ... ...
returned - Latitude E7450 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/dell/lat_e7450/ - why would some one willing use one, yike ... ...
Dell XPS 17 - color region LEDs, just like Alienware
Dell Inspiron 17
HP HDX 18.4"?
Sharp Actius RD3D - no wireless
RIP - Toshiba tabletPC - IDE drive dead suddenly when try to turn on. LCD or fan? broke once and has to be repair under warranty
2018 Lenovo ThinkPad P72 - 4K "10-bit" is a lie? everything said it is 8-bit
2018 Lenovo X380 Yoga - screen won't do pen click anymore (pen works in other models)
2017 Lenovo Yoga 920
2017 Lenovo Yoga 370 - Dolby doesn't work
2017 Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen 2 - there is no comparison to that OLED
2016 Lenovo Yoga 910
2016 Lenovo Yoga Book - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2016/yogabook-win/ - Intel Atom way too slow
2015-2016 Lenovo ThinkPad P50 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2016/p50/ - replacement for trusty W series
returned - 2016-2017 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 260 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2016/yoga260/ - only for testing
returned - 2015-2016 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 12 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2015/tpyoga12/ - only for testing
returned - 2015-2016 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2015/X1C3/ - only for testing
2014-2015 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga S1 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2014/tpyogas1/
2014-2015 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2014/X1C2/ - terrible adaptive keyboard (+ too tight TrackPoint, inaccurate noisy TrackPad)
2014-2015 Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2013/yoga2pro/
2013-2014 Lenovo ThinkPad Helix - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/lenovo/2013/helix/review/
2012-2013 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon - non user replaceable RAM, battery, SSD ultrabook, no optical, no Ultrabay, no dock/slice battery, USB 2.0 to Ethernet, U processor, 2 hours battery @ 100% CPU, for 0.7 lb. lighter than T430s - meh - review
retired 2012-2013 Lenovo ThinkPad T430s - some of the "modern" keyboard new layout just bad, same worst 14" LCD as T420s, "authentic/secure" batteries only - booo - review - only for testing
2011-2012 Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - one of my favorites
2011-2012 Lenovo ThinkPad T420s - worst 14" LCD ever - review
2010-2011 Lenovo ThinkPad T410 - review
2009-2010 Lenovo ThinkPad W500 - one of my favorites
retired 2009-2010 Lenovo ThinkPad T400 - only for testing
retired - 2008-2009 Lenovo ThinkPad T61 - only for testing
2007-2008 Lenovo ThinkPad T60p - one of my favorites
retired- 2007-2008 Lenovo ThinkPad R60 - only for testing
retired- 2006-2007 Lenovo ThinkPad T60
retired- 2005-2006 Lenovo ThinkPad R52
retired- 2004-2005 Lenovo ThinkPad R51
Lenovo ThinkPad T40p - one of my favorites, last 4:3 screen, parallel, S-Video out, dead battery, dead CDROM drive.
retired - 2003-2004 Lenovo ThinkPad R40
Lenovo ThinkPad A31p - one of my favorites, two Ultrabay bays (one Plus for WorkPad) - last one with audio line-in? dead battery, dead CDROM drive
Lenovo Transnote - CMOS battery replacement >$100???
retired- 2002-2003 Lenovo ThinkPad A30
retired- 2001-2002 Lenovo ThinkPad A21m
retired- 2000-2001 Lenovo ThinkPad A20m
retired- 1999-2000 Lenovo ThinkPad 390E
retired- 1998-1999 Lenovo ThinkPad 380XD
retired- 1997-1998 Lenovo ThinkPad 380D
retired- 1996-1997 Lenovo ThinkPad 365XD
retired- 1995-1996 Lenovo ThinkPad 360CE
Macbook Pro 13 touchbar 2018
Macbook Pro 13 touchbar late 2016
Macbook Pro 2015 http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/apple/mcp13_2015/
Macbook Pro A1297 8.3 17 - 2.2 GHz i7 quad 8GB 256GB SSD 10.7.5 1920x1200 HD3000 512MB
Macbook Pro 6,2 A1286 15 - 2.66 GHz i7 dual-4MB 8GB GeForce 330M PCIe-512MB+Intel HD-288MB 1680x1050 ST9500420ASG
Macbook Pro 5.2 A1297 17 - 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB GeForce 9400M+9600M GT-256 320GB Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 5400 rpm OS X 10.6.8
Macbook Pro 3,1 A1226 15 - 2.4 GHz Core 2 4GB GeForce 8600M-256 1440x900 Fujitsu MHW2160BHPL OS X 10.5.8
Macbook Pro 1,2 A1151 17 - 2.16 GHz Core Duo 2GB ATI X1600-256 1680x1050 120GB OS X 10.6 - A1189 battery swollen cover buckled, press against touchpad button cannot click, the button is never flush since day 1!
PowerBook G4 5,1 A1013 17 - 2003/02/05- 1GHz PowerPC G4 (7455 1GHz) 1GB RAM nVIDIA geForce4 MX (440 Go) -64MB AGP 1440x900 Fujitsu MHS2060AT OS X 10.4.11 silver keyboard some keys crooked not level some static discharge that shocks you mildly sometimes very annoying... - DVI port
RIP - Macbook G3? bronze - mother messed up after lose CMOS battery. reset PRAM messed up display
Apple LC
Desktop
Intel NUC
Lenovo ThinkStation D30 4229CTO - Xeon E5-2650 2.0GHz 8 core, NVIDIA Quadro 2000 1GB, 16GB, 1TB - review
Lenovo ThinkStation S20 4157VMV - Xeon 6-core X5650, 8GB, 500GB, NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 1.5GB
Lenovo ThinkStation D20 4158W27 - Xeon Quad Core E5520, 8GB, 250GB 7200RPM, NVIDIA FX580 512MB PCIe, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Windows Vista Business 64
Lenovo ThinkCentre M91P 4524-A41
Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p 7484-AD4 - ?
inherited - Lenovo ThinkCentre A55? - 8705CTO
Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 8811VLW - Core 2 Duo XP - Rescue & Recovery doesn't work, blank dialog box on boot (H)
retired to lab - Lenovo ThinkCentre M51 - 8143-WQL Pentium 4 XP
inherited - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50 - 8189-F6U Pentium 4 XP
Lenovo ThinkCentre M40 - 8189F6U - Pentium 4, XPs (H)
IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 3rd Gen 6221-48U - Pentium 4, XP, 3840 capable (H)
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 2nd Gen 6850-66U Dual Xeon 2.4-512 4GB 3Dlabs Wilcat III 6110-64MB 18.2GB 10000 rpm SCSI
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 2nd Gen 6850-67U 2.4GHz-512 NVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL-128MB
IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 2nd Gen 6866-24U P3Xeon-733/133-256 ELSA Gloria II (bad?) 64MB AGP 4x, 9GB wide ultra SCSI 10000 rpm
RIP - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 2nd Gen 6850-32U - Xeon 2000 - dead HDD
RIP - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 1st Gen 6868-22U - P3Xeon dead HDD
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 1st Gen 6889-76U P3-550-512K Diamond FireGL1 32MB 256MB RAM ST39102LW IBM DCC0?
IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 1st Gen 6865-25U PIIXeon
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 1st Gen 6859-15U P2 MMX-450
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 1st Gen 6849-34U - NT4, Pentium 4 (H)
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 1st Gen 6889-95U - NT4, PIII-600, 256MB RAM, Fire GL1, 9GB SCSI, 40X CD (H)
IBM e-Server x-series 240 8664-81U
IBM e-Server x-series 235 8671-7AX dual P4 2.8GHz-512K 2GBx256 PC 2100 Ultra 320 ATI RageXL PCI 8MB
IBM NetFinity 3000 8476-21U - PII MMX - NT4 - still humming, cross my finger, fan/HDD whinning for years
RIP - IBM PowerPC workstation Power Series 850 6070 PowerPC 604 - dead HDD
retired - IBM PC Desktop 300PL
retired - IBM PC Desktop PC 330 - Pentium 133?
retired - IBM PC Desktop PC 300XL - Pentium MMX?
retired - 1986 IBM PC Desktop PC 350 - Pentium?
retired - 1985 IBM PC Desktop PC 300? killer desktop? - Pentium 75?
returned - 2015-2016 - Dell OptiPlex 7440 AIO - so plasticky, not slot load DVD, like a toy - only for testing
Dell Precision T7400 4HPCHF1 - Xeon Vista
Dell Precision 69034Y8WC1 - Xeon XP - 1KW power supply?
Dell Precision 670 (aka brown XPS) 37T30B - Xeon, XP
Dell Dimension 9150 16SL1B1 - Pentium D, XP
Dell XPS 600 silver 84660B1 - XP
RIP - Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 silver 1Z1HQ71 - Extreme MCE - won't boot up after shutdown
Mac Pro - 2nd display DVI/miniDisplay doesn't work - black with cursor, not windows, blue in arrange. RAID battery doesn't last long
in storage - Mac PowerPC G5 dual
in storage - Mac PowerPC G3 grey?
RIP - Mac 840AV? - inherited - won't boot anymore
in storage - Micron PC
still in storage? Apple IIe clone
Tablet
Google Pixelbook
Samsung Chromebook Pro
Asus Chromebit
Google Pixel C - scary strong magnet, weird keyboard layout - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/google/pixelc/
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/android/samsung/galaxy/notepro122/
Google Chromebook Pixel - 2560x1700 but ChromeOS & 64GB local storage ... ... at least free 3 year 1TB Google Drive, but only 100 MB/month 2 year free LTE ... ... ! http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/google/chromebookpixel4glte/
Microsoft Surface Pro - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/ms/surfacepro/
Microsoft Surface (Windows RT) - review
Google/Samsung Nexus 10 - 2560x1600 - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/google/nexus%2010/index.htm
Asus Transformer TF201 - not 1920 like Infinity follow on, need to get GPS dongle, dock keyboard key can fall off if finger nail clip it
Motorola Xoom - Android 4.1.2
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9"
Amazon Kindle Fire
Apple iPad Pro - http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/apple/iPadPro/
Apple iPad mini retina (iPad mini 2) - iOS 7
Apple iPad WiFi+LTE (iPad 3) - iOS 6
Apple iPad 2 - iOS 5
Apple iPad - iOS 4
in storage - Toshiba PDA
in storage - Dell PDA
in storage - Sony PDA
in storage - inherited - HP PDA/phone?
RIP - IBM WordPad - touchscreen doesn't work
NAS
Asustor A6404T, 6204T (died under warranty RMA'ed)
Qnap TS-453BT3, TVS-871, TS-659 Pro II
Synology DS216play, Disk Station DS1511+
Buffalo Terastations
RIP - Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition - won't power on anymore
Printers
Xerox AltaLink C8035
retired - Xerox WorkCenter 7835
Canon lasers
retired - Canon AIO
Epson inkjets
retired - HP CLJ8550DN, CLJ 3xxx, 25xxN, 6, 5P, LJ4, LJ3
retired - NEC dot matrix 24 pin
retired - Okidata, Epson, Brother dot matrix 9 pin
UPS
ES 750 BE750G
RIP - APC - RS1500? burn floor
RIP - APC - SmartUPS 700
RIP - APC - SmartUPS CS650?
Others
Apple iPhone 5c - iOS 9
Apple iPod Touch 5th Gen - iOS 6
Apple iPod Touch 4th Gen - iOS 5
Apple iPod Touch 2nd Gen - iOS 3
Amazon Kindle DX
Amazon Kindle
RIP - Asustor AS6204T - won't power on
RIP - Samsung UBD-K8500 UltraHD Blu-ray setup - no video out from HDMI anymore
RIP - Logitech, Microsoft mice - rubber part oozing oily liquid
RIP - Logitech Alert 750e - won't power up
RIP - D-Link - stand broke off
RIP - Seagate disk drives - internal, external
RIP - Kingston flash drives - intermitten errors, or just failed
scanners
Xbox 360 with Kinect
Sony PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation Portable PSP
Nintendo Wii U Black
Nintendo Wii
in storage - Nintendo 64
Nintendo 3DS XL
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo DS blue
Nintendo DS silver
still in storage? VTech 偉易達 CreatiVision - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_CreatiVision
Ancients used before
DEC OSF/1
SGI blue, green
Intel 486, 386SX reference designs
DEC LSI-11
MicroVAX
VAX 780? VMS
IBM 370? VM/CMS
IBM PC
IBM PC Jr
HP 35
NEC CP/M 8" floppy, 9 pin/24 pin dot matrix
multi-user M/PM - Altos? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_Computer_Systems
some multi-user BASIC system?