Niels Hartvig's umbraco blog

Two weeks ago my harddrive died in my primary machine, the macbook pro. So off to repair, couldn't be fixed, buy new harddrive, reinstall. Irritating and waste of time - or?

For the first time I didn't just do the usual re-install of all tools. For the first time I'm only installing as I really feel a need, I don't restore files I don't use. No crap, no nonsense - it's digital Feng Shui.

Here's what happend so far:
- Vista is still my primary work OS and I really like it
- Firefox is now my primary browser (should have done that ages ago)
- I haven't installed Outlook - I'm now using Gmail and Google Calender
- My current programs are: Vista, Firefox, IE, Office 2007 (sans Outlook), VS2005, VS2008, SQL Server Management Studio, Snag-It, Reflector, Live Writer, Camtasia, WinRar, Virtual CloneDrive, Messenger and Skype
- Hosted software: umbraco ;-), Gmail, Google Calender, E-conomic, Basecamp and Campfire

I'm surprised how good this work so far and I'm hoping to continue having as much as possible online and web based. That said, nothing beats writing a blog post in Live Writer or writing book chapters (ooops, did I really say that ;-)) in Word 2007.

As for the Mac part of the machine, it's filled up with Logic Studio 8 (YEAY), Software synths and 60gb of samples. Did I mention I love my new 250gb internal harddrive ;-)