Testers Hardware...

[Yaakov Nemoy]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:05 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg at hi.is> wrote:
>
> Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
>
> > I think it would be good to gather a little HW info on everybody's testing
> > gear in this thread.
> >
> > There are numerous advantages for testers to know each others HW..
> >
> > So I will start..
> >
> > The gear I use for testing is..
> >
> > Dell inspiron 6000. ( i686 )
> > http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_b9b84fa4-4248-4c6d-8a4e-904f04246a13
> >
> > And
> >
> > Lenovo Thinkpad T61p 6457-CTO Penryn. ( x86_64 )
> > http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_1536ec85-61c8-49d4-aeaa-3852a20d5d29
> >
> > Best regards.
> >                  Johann B.
> >
>  Just thought it would be a good idea for testers to know each others
> hardware
>  encase developer needed bug testing on specific hardware ( amd, intel,
> i686, x86_bit, ppc,ati,nvidia etc..)
>
>  Also if some testers came across a bug other tester could see if they could
> duplicate it and so on..
>
>  Apparently it was an lame idea, so let's just drop it.
>
>  Best regards.
>                    Johann B.

Not really a lame idea.  I came up with public profiles, just so that
we could do that.  I was actually happy to see you doing it.  I think
the best place though is to put it somewhere useful though, like in
your bug reports.

-Yaakov