New Dell G5 initial set-up

On 7 April 2021, my new Dell G5 5000 computer arrived, and I couldn’t help myself, I just had to boot it up and do some configuration.

Beside the obvious Windows 10 stuff, I installed the following:

• PeaZip (free zip/unzip software; seems to work well enough)
• Steam
• Rocksmith 2014 and Sunless Sea (Steam games)
• CustomsForge Song Manager
• Editor on Fire 18RC12 (updated with Hotfix 20-09-26)
• Rocksmith Custom Song Toolkit 2.9.2 (rev a60453fa), and
• Firefox, which I set to the default browser.

For the time being, I have it connected to my old Philips 27″ monitor, but if and when needed, I can connect the Philips 33″ 4k monitor which is now attached to my MacBook Pro.

Then I powered it down and unplugged it as I didn’t have a suitable power bar and surge protector and didn’t wish to take any risks!

This will be my development machine for the PC side of the house, as well as my primary leisure activity machine going forward.