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1. iMac 24 Alu, vintage '08
2. Audiovox cell phone, vintage '05. You could hammer nails with this thing.
3. EDIT: AKG-240 head-phones
That's about it.

Also stuff I use every day, Pioneer stereo equipment, Thorens table, Electrovoice bass reflex speakers (vintage '65).
 
1. JVC RX-450 (receiver).

2. A pair of Scott Omni 3.3 speakers.

3. Technics SL BD-35 (turntable; it sort of works).

4. Rev. A Bondi iMac.

5. 1974 MG Midget.
 
As in favorite/most used?

1. Apple tv
2. Pair of Playseats with Logitech G25 racing wheels
3. iPad
4. PS3
5. Panasonic Lumix 18x optical zoom camera

I don't consider my laptops as gadgets I guess.
 
Central air and heat with timed control
powersaw
lawn sprinkler with timer
3 smoke alarms
nose hair trimmer
 
I'm assuming this is like most used device?

1. 32GB iPhone 4.
2. Canon 1D Mark II (with lenses).
3. 21.5" iMac.
4. 16GB WiFi iPad.
5. My custom built PC (great gaming rig, but essentially is a massive media server for now).
 
MacBook
iPod Shuffle (2nd Generation)
Sennheiser PX 100 headphones
erm...


(I was going to say Wii but I don't like it very much - my brother uses it more than I do)
 
^ Why would you almost post something that you've repeatedly said you don't like :p.
In terms of usage and in no particular order;

Nintendo DS Lite
Sony PSP-3000
iPod 5.5G
Macbook 2008 unibody thing
Sony 46" Bravia TV
 
My list, in order of usage/usefulness (to me; YMMV, of course):
  • iPod nano 5th gen: It stores all my "essential" music and a smattering of random tunes from my Library, as well as a handful of videos, and still has room for recording an impromptu video or two with its camera.
  • iMac (late 2007 aluminum 20"): Still going strong as my primary computer after nearly three years.
  • M-Audio 02 USB MIDI controller: It lets me work on music anywhere, without proprietary drivers to get in the way.
  • Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere: Perfect for outdoors, poolside, in the hotel room; slim and sleek with its own rechargeable battery to boot.
  • iPod nano 2nd gen: Nifty as a backup iPod, and works well with the "Convert to 128Kbps AAC" option in iTunes.

What didn't make my list is my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 from circa 2003. It's getting long in the tooth, frankly, and it's a behemoth at approximately 8 pounds. It's already had two DVD drives die, so I can't use it as a DVD player, and if I need to reinstall Windows then I'm screwed (I don't think the Satellite's BIOS allows boot via USB drives). I use it for three things:
  • An Internet appliance in hotels that have only wired Internet access in the rooms (apparently to prevent bandwidth leeching by non-guests, and you may be surprised by how many hotels do this);
  • A portable music workstation for running Cakewalk SONAR, and it's only barely powerful enough for that-- it chokes on more than one real-time softsynth;
  • A disaster recovery plan, in case my iPod nanos need restoring when I'm on vacation.
I'd love to replace it with a 13" MBP, but the budget says "uh... how about no". I could replace it with a netbook to reduce weight, but that probably wouldn't run Cakewalk SONAR's softsynths any faster either, and most of the netbooks I've test-driven kinda suck, except maybe for toying with Linux. An iPad won't run the Windows-only Cakewalk at all, and is useless for Internet access in Ethernet-only hotel rooms.

I'm open to suggestions... :)
 
Dagless said:
^ Why would you almost post something that you've repeatedly said you don't like :p.
In terms of usage and in no particular order;

Nintendo DS Lite
Sony PSP-3000
iPod 5.5G
Macbook 2008 unibody thing
Sony 46" Bravia TV
Click to expand...

Everytime I see your posts I crack up and read them to myself in a 'Marenghi-esque' voice...

My gadgets have to be:

1) iPad - I use it way too much
2) Hackintosh - I do miss Linux from a curiosity standpoint, so will be building a new hackintosh and putting linux on this
3) Sony a300 DSLR
4) Sony PS3
5) Apollo Slant mountain bike. Since buying it 3 weeks ago, I've done about 75km on it and lost 3lbs of weight from me, so has been awesome so far!
 
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